METRO AG

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 12, 2017

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Voting Rights Announcements | 12 July 2017 17:15

METRO Wholesale & Food Specialist AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

METRO Wholesale & Food Specialist AG

12.07.2017 / 17:15

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 Wholesale & Food Specialist AG

Metro-Straße 1

40235 Dusseldorf

Germany

2. Reason for notification

	Acquisition/disposal of shares with voting rights
	Acquisition/disposal of instruments
	Change of breakdown of voting rights
X	Other reason: First-time admission of shares to trading on an organised market

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name:	City and country of registered office:
METRO AG	Düsseldorf Germany

4. Names of shareholder(s)

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

METRO Consumer Electronics Zwischenholding GmbH & Co. KG

5. Date on which threshold was crossed or reached:12 Jul 2017

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	9.99 %	0 %	9.99 %	360121736
Previous notification	n/a %	n/a %	n/a %	/

7. Notified details of the resulting situation

a. Voting rights attached to shares (Sec.s 21, 22 WpHG)

ISIN	absolute		in %
	direct (Sec. 21 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 22 WpHG)	direct (Sec. 21 WpHG)	indirect (Sec. 22 WpHG)
DE000BFB0019	3601217	32410956	0.99 %	8.99 %
Total	36012173		9.99 %

b.1. Instruments according to Sec. 25 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. 25 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 %
					%
			Total		%

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)
METRO AG	%	%	%
METRO Consumer Electronics Zwischenholding GmbH & Co. KG	8.99 %	%	8.99 %
METRO AG	%	%	%
METRO Consumer Electronics Zwischenholding Management GmbH	%	%	%
METRO Consumer Electronics Zwischenholding GmbH & Co. KG	8.99 %	%	8.99 %

9. In case of proxy voting according to Sec. 22 para. 3 WpHG

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

10. Other explanatory remarks:

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

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