METRO AG 06.03.2015 16:40 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to Sec. 25a para. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Sec. 25a para. 1 WpHG on March 5, 2015: 1. Listed company: METRO AG Metro-StraÃe 1, 40235 Düsseldorf, Germany 2. Notifier: Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, Delaware, USA 3.1 Reason for notification: Acquisition/Disposal 3.2 Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 27.02.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights: Voting rights proportion: 3.91% (equals: 12663410 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 324109563 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: 7.1 Voting rights proportion based on (financial/other) instruments pursuant to Sec. 25a WpHG: 0.37% (equals: 1208527 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.37% (equals: 1208527 voting rights) 7.2 Voting rights proportion based on (financial/other) instruments pursuant to Sec. 25 WpHG: 3.37% (equals: 10927209 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 3.37% (equals: 10927209 voting rights) 7.3 Voting rights pursuant to Sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.16% (equals: 527674 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments pursuant to Sec. 25a WpHG: 8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings: Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. Morgan Stanley International Limited Morgan Stanley Group (Europe) Morgan Stanley UK Group Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc 8.2 ISIN or name/description of the (financial/other) instrument: Physically-Settled Put Options Expiration Dates: 20 March 2015 25 March 2015 18 December 2015 ISIN or name/description of the (financial/other) instrument: Cash-Settled Call Options Expiration Dates: 18 December 2015 ISIN or name/description of the (financial/other) instrument: Cash-Settled Swaps Expiration Dates: 02 March 2015 06 January 2016 06.03.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: METRO AG Metro-StraÃe 1 40235 Düsseldorf Germany Internet: www.metrogroup.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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