Metro International S.A. Financial calendar


BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, Jan. 9, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Metro International S.A. (Metro) (Nasdaq:MTROA) (Nasdaq:MTROB), the international newspaper group, today announced the following dates for the release of its quarterly results statements and the Annual General Meeting in 2003:


 Q4 2002 and Full Year Report         11 February 2003
 Q1 2003 Interim Report               23 April 2003
 Annual General Meeting (Luxembourg)  27 May 2003
 Q2 2003 Interim Report               5 August 2003
 Q3 2003 Interim Report               21 October 2003

For further information:
 Pelle Tornberg, President & CEO       tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1300
 Matthew  Hooper, Investor &
           Press Relations             tel: +44 (0) 20  7321 5010

Metro is the world's largest free newspaper, publishing and distributing 25 editions in 16 countries in 14 languages: Stockholm, Prague, Gothenburg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Helsinki, Malmo, Santiago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Rome, Milan, Warsaw, Athens, Montreal, Barcelona, Boston, Madrid, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Hong Kong and Seoul.

Metro International S.A. 'A' and 'B' shares are listed on NASDAQ and the Stockholmsborsen under the symbols MTROA and MTROB.

This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" with respect to our expectations and plans, strategy, management's objectives, future performance, costs, revenues, earnings and other trend information. It is important to note that our actual results in the future could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements depending on various important factors. Please refer to the documents we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including our most recent annual report on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors.

All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us on the date hereof. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Metro International S.A, any Metro International S.A. members or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to above. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

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