Notice relating to the disclosure of the total number of voting rights and capital of Metro International S.A. for the purposes of the Transparency Law

Metro International S.A. ("the Issuer"), the international newspaper
group, announces that, in accordance with article 14 of the law dated
11 January 2008 on the transparency requirements in relation to
information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on
a regulated market (the "Transparency Law"), the total number of
voting rights and share capital of the Issuer is as described below.

Pursuant to the resolutions taken by the extraordinary general
meeting of the Issuer's shareholders on 24 February 2009, the
Issuer's issued capital is of one million Euro (EUR 1,000,000)
divided into two hundred sixty-four million three hundred eighty-five
thousand two hundred and twelve (264,385,212) Class A voting shares,
each without par value, and two hundred sixty-three million four
hundred twenty-seven thousand three hundred and seventy-nine
(263,427,379) Class B non-voting shares, each without par value. This
information was disclosed in the press release circulated on the 24th
February 2009.

Accordingly, at the end of February 2009, the total number of voting
rights and capital of the Issuer amounts respectively to two hundred
sixty-four million three hundred eighty-five thousand two hundred and
twelve (264,385,212) and EUR 1,000,000.

For further information please contact:
Anders Kronborg, CFO
tel: +44 (0)20 7016 1300

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Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world.  Metro is
published in over 100 major cities in 19 countries across Europe,
North & South America and Asia. Metro has a unique global reach -
attracting a young, active, well-educated Metropolitan audience of 17
million daily readers.

Metro International S.A. shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm
through Swedish Depository Receipts of series A and series B under
the symbols MTROA and MTROB