METRO AG

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 24, 2018

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Voting Rights Announcements | 24 September 2018 11:16

METRO AG: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

METRO AG

24.09.2018 / 11:16

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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Notification of Major Holdings

1. Details of issuerMETRO AG

Metro-Straße 1

40235 Dusseldorf

Germany

2. Reason for notification

	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
X	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
	Other reason:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name:	City and country of registered office:
Mr Daniel Křetínský , Date of birth: 09 Jul 1975

4. Names of shareholder(s)

holding directly 3% or more voting rights, if different from 3.

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:20 Sep 2018

6. Total positions

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.a.)	% of voting rights through instruments (total of 7.b.1 + 7.b.2)	total of both in % (7.a. + 7.b.)	total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation	0 %	31.50 %	31.50 %	360121736
Previous notification	0 %	22.50 %	22.50 %	/

7. Notified details of the resulting situation

a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec.s 33, 34 WpHG)

ISIN	absolute		in %
	direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)	direct (Sec. 33 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 34 WpHG)
			%	%
Total			%

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 38 para. 1 No. 1 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
				%
		Total		%

b.2. Instruments according to Sec. 38 para. 1 No. 2 WpHG

Type of instrument	Expiration or maturity date	Exercise or conversion period	Cash or physical settlement	Voting rights absolute	Voting rights in %
Claim for share transfer subject to condition precedent	24.02.2019	n/a	Physical	26288887	7.30 %
Call option subject to condition precedent	31.03.2019	n/a	Physical	54726393	15.20 %
Claim for share transfer subject to condition precedent	n/a	n/a	Physical	13000000	3.61 %
Call option subject to condition precedent	n/a	n/a	Physical	19410956	5.39 %
Put option subject to condition precedent	n/a	n/a	Physical	19410956	5.39 %
			Total	113426236	31.50 %

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

	Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled and does itself not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer (1.).
X	Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name	% of voting rights (if at least held 3% or more)	% of voting rights through instruments (if at least held 5% or more)	Total of both (if at least held 5% or more)
Daniel Křetínský	%	%	%
EP Global Commerce a.s.	%	%	%
EP Global Commerce GmbH	%	22.50 %	22.50 %
Daniel Křetínský	%	%	%
EP Global Commerce a.s.	%	%	%
EP Global Commerce II GmbH	%	9.00 %	9.00 %

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 34 para. 3 WpHG

Date of general meeting:
Holding position after general meeting:	% (equals voting rights)

10. Other explanatory remarks:

Call option and put option (nos. 4 and 5 of the information under 7.b.2) relate to the same shares. Since the put option can only be exercised – subject to the relevant condition precedent – in case the call option has not been exercised, both options are alternate to each other and the underlying shares will not be aggregated.

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

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