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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Oct 30, 2007

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Voting Rights Announcements | 30 October 2007 14:36

METRO AG: Release according to article 26, section 1 WpHG [German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

METRO AG / Release of an voting rights announcement according to articles 21 et seq, 24 WpHG [German Securities Trading Act] of voting rights in MERTRO AG, Düsseldorf

Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Franz-Haniel-Platz 1, 47119 Duisburg, informed
us, METRO AG, Germany (Schlüterstrasse 1, 40235 Düsseldorf), ISIN:
DE0007257503, WKN: 725750, about the following:

I. By letter dated 26 October 2007 Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH transmitted to
us, METRO AG, a voting rights announcement pursuant to article 24 WpHG in
connection with articles 21, section 1, 22 WpHG with the following content:

'1. The proportion of voting rights of our group company

Haniel Beteiligungsfinanzierungs GmbH & Co. KG, Franz-Haniel-Platz 1, 47119
Duisburg,

in

METRO AG, Schlüterstrasse 1, 40235 Düsseldorf,

exceeded the 3 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 %, 25 %, 30 % and 50 % thresholds on 26
October 2007 and amounts to 68.47 % since then. Of this, it holds 16.01 %
of the voting rights directly. The further 52.46 % of the voting rights are
attributed to it pursuant to article 22, section 2, sentence 1 WpHG.

Voting rights of the following shareholders, whose proportion of voting
rights in METRO AG exceeds 3 % or more in each case, are attributed to
Haniel Beteiligungsfinanzierungs GmbH & Co. KG:

• Haniel Finance B.V., Venlo/Netherlands;
• Overpart GmbH, Baar/Switzerland;
• METRO Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf;
• 1. HSB Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG, Waltersdorf.

• The proportion of voting rights of our group company

Haniel Beteiligungs-GmbH, Franz-Haniel-Platz 1, 47119 Duisburg, (in its
capacity as general partner of Haniel Beteiligungsfinanzierungs GmbH & Co.
KG, Duisburg),

in

METRO AG, Schlüterstrasse 1, 40235 Düsseldorf,

exceeded the 3 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 %, 25 %, 30 % and 50 % thresholds on 26
October 2007 and amounts to 68.47 % since then. These voting rights are
attributed to it pursuant to article 22, section 2, sentence 1 WpHG.

Voting rights of the following shareholders, whose proportion of voting
rights in METRO AG exceeds 3 % or more in each case, are attributed to
Haniel Beteiligungs-GmbH:

• Haniel Finance B.V., Venlo/Netherlands;
• Overpart GmbH, Baar/Switzerland;
• METRO Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf;
• 1. HSB Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG, Waltersdorf.

Furthermore, 16.01 % of the voting rights are attributed to Haniel
Beteiligungs-GmbH also pursuant to article 22, section 1, sentence 1, no. 1
WpHG via Haniel Beteiligungsfinanzierungs GmbH & Co. KG, Duisburg, which it
controls as general partner.'

II. By letter dated 30 October 2007 Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH transmitted to
us, METRO AG, a voting rights announcement pursuant to article 24 WpHG in
connection with articles 21, section 1, 22 WpHG with the following content:

'In addition to our voting rights announcement dated 26 October 2007, we,
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, inform you pursuant to article 24 WpHG in
connection with articles 21, section 1, 22 WpHG that the proportion of
voting rights of our group companies

Haniel Beteiligungsfinanzierungs GmbH & Co. KG,
Haniel Beteiligungs-GmbH,
both Franz-Haniel-Platz 1, 47119 Duisburg,
(the latter in its capacity as general partner of Haniel
Beteiligungsfinanzierungs GmbH & Co. KG, Duisburg)

in

METRO AG, Schlüterstrasse 1, 40235 Düsseldorf,

exceeded also the 20% threshold on 26 October 2007 and amounts to 68.47 %
since then.

All further statements and provisions for attribution mentioned in our
voting rights announcement dated 26 October 2007 remain unchanged.'

Please note that only the German version of this announcement is legally
binding.

30.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: METRO AG
Schlüterstr. 1
40235 Düsseldorf
Deutschland
Internet: www.metrogroup.de

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