Prospectus for rights issue in Metro International S.A. is


NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE USA, CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW
                       ZEALAND OR SOUTH AFRICA

                           Société Anonyme
    2-4, avenue Marie Thérèse, L-2132 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of
                             Luxembourg
                     R.C.S. Luxembourg: B.73.790



May 19, 2009

The prospectus regarding Metro's rights  issue has been approved  and
registered  by  the  Swedish  Financial  Supervisory  Authority.  The
prospectus is  available on  Metro's  website, www.metro.lu,  and  on
Nordea's website, www.nordea.se/placera. In addition, the  prospectus
will, subject  to  certain  exceptions, be  distributed  by  mail  to
directly registered holders of Swedish Depository Receipts (SDRs)  in
Metro, who were registered on the record date May 18, 2009 in the SDR
register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB. Nominee-registered SDR  holders
should, in  order to  receive information  and instructions,  contact
their nominees immediately.  The subscription period  for the  rights
issue is May 22 to June 4, 2009.


For further information please contact:

Per Mikael Jensen, CEO and President     tel: +44 (0)20 7016 1300
Anders Kronborg, CFO                     tel: +44 (0)79 125 40800 or
                                         tel: +352 27 751 350



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This press release may not  be published or distributed, directly  or
indirectly, in  the USA,  Canada, Japan,  Australia, New  Zealand  or
South Africa. Nothing  in this  press release  is to  be regarded  as
constituting an offer to invest or in any other way trade in  Metro's
SDRs or  other financial  instruments issued  by Metro.  The  planned
rights issue will not be  offered to individuals domiciled or  living
in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa  or
any other  country  in  which participation  requires  an  additional
prospectus or other documentation,  registrations or other action  in
addition to that required by Swedish law, apart from the  appropriate
exceptions. No securities in Metro  will be registered in  accordance
with the  United  States  Securities  Act  from  1933  or  provincial
legislation in Canada.

ABOUT METRO
Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world.  Metro  is
published in over  100 major  cities in 18  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.
Prospectus for rights issue in Metro International S.A. is now available

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