DGAP-PVR: METRO AG: Release according to sec. 26 para. 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

METRO AG 

04.11.2014 13:45

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On November 3, 2014, Gebr. Schmidt Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Essen,
Germany, informed us according to sec. 21 et seq. of the WpHG that its
share of voting rights in METRO AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, fell below the
thresholds of 30%, 25% and 20% on November 1, 2014, and on that day amounts
to 15.77% of the voting rights (51,117,363 voting rights).

Thereof, 2.60% of the voting rights (8,426,849 voting rights) are
attributed to Gebr. Schmidt Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH according to sec.
22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 of the WpHG, further 13.17% of the voting
rights (42,690,514 voting rights) are attributed to it according to sec. 22
para. 1 sentence 1 no. 2 in connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG.

Voting rights of the following shareholders, whose attributed share of
voting rights in METRO AG in each case amounts to 3% or more, are
attributed to Gebr. Schmidt Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH:

- METRO Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG;
- 1. HSB Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG.



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Language:     English
Company:      METRO AG
              Metro-Straße 1
              40235 Düsseldorf
              Germany
Internet:     www.metrogroup.de
 
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