Metro International: Notification of Change in Shareholding
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Metro International ("Metro"), the world's largest international newspaper,
hereby announces in accordance with the "Law of 11 January 2008 on transparency
requirements for issuers of securities", where Luxembourg is the home Member
State (the "Transparency Law"), a change in shareholding.
Please be notified that Investment AB Kinnevik (publ) (as controlling parent
company for its own voting rights consolidated with the voting rights held by
its subsidiaries, Emesco AB and Kinnevik Media Holding AB on its own behalf and
on behalf of Kinnevik Media Holding AB) on 29 March 2012 has changed its
shareholding in Metro International S.A. to a level above the threshold of 66
percent (2/3) of total number of voting rights. Investment AB Kinnevik's
shareholding thereafter amounts to 235,734,323 SDR's representing the Class A
share and 239,920,908 representing the Class B share. This is equivalent to
89.13 percent of the total number of voting rights. Before the mentioned
transaction, Investment AB Kinnevik owned 112,122,785 SDR's representing the
Class A share and 133,798,591 SDR's representing the Class B share, amounting to
42.39 percent of the voting rights.
Please also be notified that the 4(th) AP Fund on 21 March 2012 has changed its
shareholding in Metro International S.A. to a level falling below the threshold
of 5 percent of total number of voting rights. 4(th) AP Fund's shareholding
thereafter amounts to zero. Before 22 March 2012, 4(th) AP Fund owned
15,782,822 SDR's representing the Class A share and 5,022,499 SDR's representing
the Class B share, which amounted to 5.97 percent of the voting rights.
For further information please visit www.metro.lu or contact:
Anders Kronborg CFO Tel: +44 79 1254 0800
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ABOUT METRO INTERNATIONAL AND METRO
Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world. Metro is published in
over 100 major cities in 22 countries across Europe, North & South America and
Asia. Metro has a unique global reach - attracting a young, active, well-
educated Metropolitan audience of over 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.
Notification of Change in Shareholding:
http://hugin.info/132142/R/1598987/504380.pdf
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Datum: 30.03.2012 - 18:00 Uhr
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