Metro International ("Metro"), the world's largest international newspaper, hereby announces in accordance with the "Law of 11 January 2008 on transparency requirements for issuers of securities", where Luxembourg is the home Member State (the "Transparency Law"), a change in shareholding.
Please be notified that Försäkringsbolaget Avanza Pension on 6 February 2012, has changed its shareholding in Metro International S.A. to a level exceeding the threshold of 5 percent of total numbers of voting rights. Försäkringsaktiebolaget Avanza Pension's shareholding thereafter amounts to 14 332 593 SDR's representing the Class A share, equivalent to 5.42 percent of the total number of voting rights (2 August 2011 Avanza Pension's shareholding fell below the threshold of 5 percent of total number of voting rights).
Försäkringsbolaget Avanza Pension is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avanza Bank Holding AB. It is the pension holders of Avanza Pension who have acquired the shareholdings in question.
For further information please visit www.metro.lu (http://www.metro.lu/) or contact:
| Anders Kronborg | CFO | Tel: +44 79 1254 0800 |
| Tanya Forsstedt | Avanza Bank AB | Tel: +46 8 562 257 37 |
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