Notification of Change in Shareholding

Metro  International S.A.  ("Metro International"),  the international newspaper
group,  announces that, in  accordance with the  Luxembourg law dated 11 January
2008 on  the transparency requirements in  relation to information about issuers
whose   securities   are   admitted  to  trading  on  a  regulated  market  (the
"Transparency  Law"), Försäkringsaktiebolaget  Avanza Pension  has increased its
holdings  in Metro International S.A to a level exceeding 5 percent of the total
number of class A voting depository receipts.

As  of 26 February 2010, Försäkringsaktiebolaget Avanza Pension owns 17,133,231
class A depository receipts representing 6.48 percent of the total voting rights
in Metro International S.A.

Försäkringsaktiebolaget  Avanza Pension  is a  wholly-owned subsidiary of Avanza
Bank  Holding AB. It is the pension holders  in Avanza Penison who, via power of
attorney, has acquired the holdings in question.


For further information please contact:

Anders Kronborg, CFO Metro International
                        Tel: +44 (0)79 1254 0800
Enikö Biró, Avanza Bank AB
                                                            Tel: +46 (0)8
562 257 63

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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


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