RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF METRO INTERNATIONAL

Metro  International   S.A.   ("Metro"   or   the   "Company"),   the
international newspaper group, today held its Annual General  Meeting
("AGM") of shareholders in Luxembourg. All proposed resolutions  were
duly passed.

Election of the Board of Directors
The AGM resolved to  re-elect Ms. Mia  Brunell Livfors, Ms.  Cristina
Stenbeck, Mr. Henry Guy,  Mr. Nigel Cooper and  Mr. Mario Queiroz  as
members of  the  Board of  Directors  of  Metro and  elect  Mr.  Erik
Mitteregger and Mr.  Didier Breton  as new  members of  the Board  of
Directors of Metro.

Mr. Didier Breton, born in 1953, is currently a member of the  senior
team of Pamoja  Capital, a  private equity business  founded in  2006
that invests across a number of industry sectors, and is  responsible
for the  operations  relating to  the  investee companies  of  Pamoja
Capital. Previously, Didier was the Chief Operating Officer of Trader
Classified Media, one of the largest classified advertising companies
in the world, a position he held from 2000 until the company was sold
in 2006.  Prior  to  joining  Trader, Didier  was  President  of  the
Infrastructure & Systems Division at Groupe Bull. His previous  roles
also include managing international operations at Hewlett Packard and
Valeo. He holds an MBA from  the Institut Supérieur des Affaires  and
an Engineering degree from ICAM. Didier is a French national.

Mr. Erik  Mitteregger, born  in 1960,  is a  member of  the board  of
Investment AB Kinnevik since  2004. Erik also  serves as Chairman  of
the board of Wise Group AB, and  is a member of the board of  Firefly
AB. Erik has previously been Head of Equity Research and a member  of
the Management Board at Alfred Berg Fondkommission 1989-1995. He  was
also a  founding  partner and  fund  manager at  Brummer  &  Partners
Kapitalförvaltning AB  1995-2002. Erik  holds  a degree  in  Business
Administration from  the Stockholm  School of  Economics. Erik  is  a
Swedish national.

The AGM resolved to re-elect Ms. Mia Brunell Livfors as the  Chairman
of the Board  of Directors of  Metro and resolved  that the Board  of
Directors of  Metro appoint  a Remuneration  Committee and  an  Audit
Committee at a board  meeting of Metro which  will be held  following
the AGM.

Election of External Auditor
The AGM resolved to re-elect KPMG Audit Sàrl, Luxembourg as  external
Auditor for a term  ending at the 2010  AGM. The remuneration of  the
auditor shall  be paid  in  accordance with  an approved  bill  which
specifies time, persons who worked and tasks performed.

Directors' Fees and Guidelines on Remuneration for Senior Executives
The AGM resolves to approve that the fees for the members of the
Board of Directors of Metro (including remuneration for the work in
the committees of the Board of Directors) for the period until the
end of the 2010 AGM to be a total of EUR 294,500 and with such amount
to be split as follows: the Chairman of the Board of Directors, fees
in an amount of EUR 65,000 (whereof EUR 32,500 in cash and 32,500 in
shares of Metro); each of the six ordinary directors of the Board of
Directors, fees in an amount of EUR 32,500 (whereof EUR 16,250 in
cash and 16,250 in shares of Metro); and in total EUR 34,500 as
remuneration for the work within the Audit Committee and the
Remuneration Committee.

For the work within the Audit Committee, fees of EUR 16,000 shall be
allocated to its Chairman and of EUR 4,500 to each of the other
members, and for the work within the Remuneration Committee, fees of
EUR 4,500 shall be allocated to its Chairman and of EUR 2,500 to each
of the other members.

The AGM further resolves to  approve that an additional  remuneration
in arrears for the period  from the 2008 AGM to  the 2009 AGM of  EUR
7,000 shall be allocated to the  Chairman of the Audit Committee  due
to the amount of work  and engagement that this committee  assignment
has required during the period.

The share-based compensation, in relation to the period from the 2009
AGM to 2010 AGM, will take the form of fully paid-up shares of  Metro
common stock to be issued within Metro's authorised share capital  to
the members of the Board of  Directors of Metro who will serve  until
the 2010 AGM. The shares shall be  issued in equal number of Class  A
and Class  B shares  (or  equivalent shares  in case  of  conversion,
merger or transaction having  the same effect) based  on the Class  A
and Class B share closing price on the OMX Nordic Exchange  Stockholm
as of  today. Such  shares  shall be  issued  subject to  a  one-year
lock-up period as of their respective date of issue.

Procedure for the Nomination Committee for the 2010 AGM
The AGM resolves to approve  the following procedure for  preparation
of the election of the Board of Directors of Metro and the auditor of
Metro. The work of preparing a  proposal on the members of the  Board
of  Directors  of  Metro  and   the  auditor  of  Metro,  and   their
remuneration, as well as the proposal on the Chairman of the 2010 AGM
shall  be  performed  by  a  Nomination  Committee.  The   Nomination
Committee will be formed during October 2009 in consultation with the
largest  shareholders  of  Metro  as  of  September  30,  2009.   The
Nomination  Committee  will  consist   of  at  least  three   members
representing the larger shareholders of Metro.

At a statutory meeting of the  Board of Directors following the  AGM,
the board decided that the Audit Committee is to be comprised of  Mr.
Nigel Cooper, Mr. Henry  Guy and Mr. Mario  Queiroz. Mr Nigel  Cooper
was re-elected the Chairman  of the Audit  Committee. The board  also
decided that the  Remuneration Committee  is to be  comprised of  Ms.
Cristina Stenbeck, Ms. Mia Brunell Livfors and Mr. Didier Breton. Ms.
Cristina Stenbeck was elected Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.


For further information, please visit www.metro.lu, or contact:

Mia Brunell Livfors, Chairman        Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1300
Per Mikael Jensen, President and CEO Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1300
Anders Kronborg, CFO                 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1300



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