NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE USA, CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND OR SOUTH AFRICA Société Anonyme 2-4, avenue Marie Thérèse, L-2132 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg: B.73.790 May 19, 2009 The prospectus regarding Metro's rights issue has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. The prospectus is available on Metro's website, www.metro.lu, and on Nordea's website, www.nordea.se/placera. In addition, the prospectus will, subject to certain exceptions, be distributed by mail to directly registered holders of Swedish Depository Receipts (SDRs) in Metro, who were registered on the record date May 18, 2009 in the SDR register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB. Nominee-registered SDR holders should, in order to receive information and instructions, contact their nominees immediately. The subscription period for the rights issue is May 22 to June 4, 2009. For further information please contact: Per Mikael Jensen, CEO and President tel: +44 (0)20 7016 1300 Anders Kronborg, CFO tel: +44 (0)79 125 40800 or tel: +352 27 751 350 **** This press release may not be published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa. Nothing in this press release is to be regarded as constituting an offer to invest or in any other way trade in Metro's SDRs or other financial instruments issued by Metro. The planned rights issue will not be offered to individuals domiciled or living in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa or any other country in which participation requires an additional prospectus or other documentation, registrations or other action in addition to that required by Swedish law, apart from the appropriate exceptions. No securities in Metro will be registered in accordance with the United States Securities Act from 1933 or provincial legislation in Canada. ABOUT METRO Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world. Metro is published in over 100 major cities in 18 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.
Prospectus for rights issue in Metro International S.A. is now available
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