BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, Aug. 20, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Metro International S.A. (Nasdaq:MTROA) (Nasdaq:MTROB):
Mr. Stenbeck suffered a heart attack at the American Hospital in Paris on Monday night after a brief illness.
Mr. Stenbeck was also the Founder and Chairman of Invik & Co. AB, Tele2 AB, MTG AB, Millicom International S.A., Transcom WorldWide S.A. and was the Chairman of Industriforvaltnings AB Kinnevik.
Stockholm August 20, 2002
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