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

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METRO AG 

27.01.2015 18:03

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 January 27, 2015, Palatin Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Essen, Germany,
informed us according to sec. 21 of the WpHG that its share of voting
rights in METRO AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 15% on
January 23, 2015, and on that day amounts to 15.77% of the voting rights
(51,117,363 voting rights).



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