Notice relating to the disclosure of the total number of voting rights and capital of Metro International S.A for the purposes of the Transparency Law

Metro International S.A. ("the Issuer"), the international newspaper
group, announces that, in accordance with article 14 of the law dated
11 January 2008 on the transparency requirements in relation to
information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on
a regulated market (the "Transparency Law"), the total number of
voting rights and share capital of the Issuer is as described below.

Pursuant to the resolutions taken by the Board of Directors of Metro
International S.A, and in accordance with the authorised share
capital clause contained in article 5 of the articles of association
of the Issuer, the Issuer's issued capital is increased by three
hundred seventy two Euros and sixty-four cents (EUR 372.64)  to one
million, three hundred seventy two Euros and sixty four cents  (EUR
1,000,372.64) divided into two hundred sixty-four million four
hundred eighty-three thousand five hundred and thirty two
(264,483,532) Class A voting shares, and two hundred sixty-three
million five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred and ninety-nine
(263,525,699) Class B non-voting shares. The issue of the 98,320
Class A voting shares and 98,320 Class B non-voting shares to the
Board of Directors of Metro International S.A was approved by the
shareholders of the Issuer at the annual general meeting held on the
27 May 2008 as share-based compensation in relation to the period
from the 2008 AGM to the 2009 AGM.

Accordingly, at the end of August 2009, the total number of voting
rights and capital of the Issuer amounts respectively to two hundred
sixty-four million four hundred eighty-three thousand five hundred
and thirty two (264,483,532) and one million, three hundred seventy
two Euros and sixty four cents (EUR 1,000,372.64).

For further information please contact:

Anders Kronborg, CFO
tel: +44 (0)20 7016 1300

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Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world.  Metro is
published in over 100 major cities in 19 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