FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2009

Luxembourg, 19th  October, 2009  - Metro  International S.A.  ("Metro
International" or the  "Group") (MTROA, MTROB),  today announced  its
financial results for  the third quarter  ended 30th September  2009.
Information was submitted  for publication on  19th October, 2009  at
8:00 A.M. CET.

THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

  * Net revenues declined year-on-year by 8 percent in the third
    quarter adjusting for currency movements, closed and divested
    operations. Total net revenues decreased year-on-year in the
    third quarter by 26 percent to EUR 42.5 million (2008: EUR 57.0
    million).
  * The operating loss excluding closed and divested operations was
    EUR 4.6 million in the third quarter (2008: operating loss of EUR
    8.7 million excluding closed and divested operations). The total
    operating loss was EUR 5.1 million (2008: operating loss of EUR
    13.4 million).
  * The net loss for the third quarter was EUR 8.6 million (2008:
    profit of EUR 22.2 million[1]).
  * Operating costs declined year-on-year in the third quarter by 15
    percent adjusting for currency movements and closed and divested
    operations. Costs incurred at headquarters declined year-on-year
    by 22 percent in the third quarter.
  * In July, Metro Italy was fully divested to New Media Enterprises
    S.r.L.. The transaction is estimated to have a one-off positive
    cash flow impact for Metro International of approximately EUR 0.7
    million in 2009.
  * In July, the Group announced that it had entered into a franchise
    agreement in Ecuador with the leading media group Grupo Hoy and
    re-launched the existing free newspapers in Quito and Guayaquil
    under Metro International's global newspaper format. The Group
    acquired a 15 percent shareholding in the venture.
  * In September, the Group's operation in Hungary entered into a
    sales partnership with Axel Springer and implemented several
    structural changes for the purpose of improving the financial
    performance of the Hungarian operation.
  * The basic and diluted net loss per share for the third quarter
    was EUR 0.014 (2008 basic and diluted net profit per share: EUR
    0.045).

FIRST NINE MONTHS RESULTS

  * Total net revenues decreased year-on-year by 11 percent during
    the first nine months adjusting for currency movements, closed
    and divested operations. Total net revenues decreased
    year-on-year by 25 percent to EUR 158.7million (2008: EUR 211.9
    million).
  * The operating loss during the first nine months, excluding closed
    and divested operations was EUR 12.3 million (2008: loss of EUR
    7.0 million). The total operating loss was EUR 22.8 million
    (2008: loss of EUR 18.4 million).
  * The net loss in the first nine months was EUR 27.5 million (2008:
    profit of EUR 13.8 million[2]).
  * Operational costs during the first nine months declined by 8
    percent adjusting for currency movements and closed and divested
    operations.
  * Metro International recorded during the first nine months a basic
    and diluted net loss per share of EUR 0.048 (2008: basic and
    diluted net profit per share EUR 0.031).

[1] Ibid.
[2] Including profit of EUR 37.5 million on sale of shares in Metro
Sweden.


CONFERENCE CALL

Metro International will host a  conference call today at 10.00  A.M.
CET which will be broadcast live on the internet and as a  conference
call.

Participants can take part in the call either through the audiocast
or the conference call.

To view the Internet Audiocast:
A live audiocast of the presentation will be available on
www.metro.lu, 19th October 2009 at 10.00 A.M. CET.

To participate in the conference call, please dial in on the
following numbers:

Sweden               Tel: +46 (0)8 505 598 53
UK / International   Tel: +44 (0)20 304 324 36
US free phone number Tel: +1 866 458 40 87


Conference call participants can access the presentation slides on
http://www.metro.lu/node/79.

For those unable to  listen to the live  broadcast, a replay will  be
available at  Metro's  website www.metro.lu  approximately  one  hour
after the event.

For further information, please visit www.metro.lu or contact:

Per Mikael Jensen, CEO and President Tel: +44 (0)20 7016 1300
Anders Kronborg, CFO                 Tel: +44 (0)79 1254 0800
Ingrid Seldén, IR Contact            Tel: +44 (0)77 2524 5881


DATE OF NEXT REPORT

Metro's financial results for the fourth quarter ended 31st  December
2009 will be published on 4th February 2009.

METRO INTERNATIONAL S.A ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010

The 2010 Annual General Meeting will  be held on 11am, 27th May  2010
in Luxembourg. Shareholders wishing to have matters considered at the
Annual General Meeting  should submit their  proposals in writing  to
agm@metro.lu or the Company Secretary, Metro International S.A.  2-4,
avenue Marie-Therese, L-2132 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at
least seven weeks before  the Annual General  Meeting, in order  that
the proposal may be  included in the notice  to the meeting.  Further
details on how and when to  register will be published in advance  of
the meeting.

NOMINATION COMMITTEE FOR THE 2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

A Nomination Committee of  major shareholders in Metro  International
has been formed in accordance with the resolution of the 2009  Annual
General Meeting, The  Nomination Committee is  comprised of  Cristina
Stenbeck on behalf  of Investment  AB Kinnevik,  Marianne Nilsson  on
behalf of Swedbank Robur and Annika Andersson on behalf of the 4th AP
Fund.

Information about the work of  the Nomination Committee can be  found
on Metro International's corporate website at www.metro.lu.

Shareholders wishing to propose candidates for election to the  Board
of Directors of Metro International S.A. should submit their proposal
in writing  to  agm@metro.lu  or  to  the  Company  Secretary,  Metro
International S.A,  2-4,  avenue  Marie-Therese,  L-2132  Luxembourg,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

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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  19 countries across  Europe,
North & South  America and Asia.  Metro has a  unique global reach  -
attracting a young, active, well-educated Metropolitan audience of 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.