Proposal for Metro's Board of Directors

Metro  International S.A. (Metro) today  announced that the Nomination Committee
has  proposed  the  re-election  of  Mia  Brunell  Livfors, Didier Breton, Nigel
Cooper,  Erik  Mitteregger,  Mario  Queiroz,  and  Cristina  Stenbeck  as  Board
Directors.  The  Nomination  Committee  also  proposed  the election of Michelle
Guthrie  and Patrick  Ståhle as  new Board  Directors. The  Nomination Committee
proposed  the re-election  of Mia  Brunell Livfors  as Chairman  of the Board of
Directors.  Henry Guy has informed  the Nomination Committee of  his wish not to
seek re-election at the Annual General Meeting on 27 May 2010.

Michelle  Guthrie  is  Chairman  of  Plan  International Hong Kong, a global aid
agency  working on behalf of children  in developing countries. Michelle Guthrie
was  Managing Director  and Senior  Adviser of  Providence Equity  Partners, the
world's   leading   private   equity   firm  focused  on  media,  entertainment,
communications  and technology from 2007 to  2010. Mrs. Guthrie began her career
at  STAR,  a  media  and  entertainment  company  in  Asia  wholly owned by News
Corporation,  where she  held a  number of  key executive positions since 2001,
finally  as CEO from 2003 to  2007. Prior to this, Mrs.  Guthrie was Director of
Legal  and Business  Development at  FOXTEL in  Australia. She  began her career
within  media at BSkyB in the UK. Earlier  in her career Ms Guthrie was a lawyer
at Allen, Allen & Hemsley in Australia and Singapore.

Patrick  Ståhle is a Board Director of Charm Communication Ltd, a TV advertising
service  provider in China and  one of the biggest  brokers to China Central TV.
Mr.  Ståhle works  part-time with  Aegis Media  Global Solutions  which involves
oversight  of  global  strategy,  product  development  and  work  within Aegis'
Executive  Committee. He was until 1 April 2010 the Singapore based Chairman and
CEO  for Aegis Media APAC,  part of the media  and market research network Aegis
Plc,  listed on the London Stock Exchange. Mr. Ståhle worked for Aegis Media for
more  than 10 years; as  COO Carat Scandinavia,  CEO Carat Sweden  and CEO Aegis
Media  Nordic.  Prior  to  this,  Mr  Ståhle  launched and managed Canal+ pay-TV
channels  in the Nordic region along  with an e-learning start-up called KWorld.
Over the years Mr. Ståhle has been an active Board Director on several small and
medium  sized  Companies  including  several  start-ups,  focused on publishing,
internet and marketing.

Cristina   Stenbeck,  Chairman  of  the  Nomination  Committee  commented:  "The
Nomination  Committee is pleased to propose  Michelle Guthrie and Patrick Ståhle
to  the Board of Metro. Their  individual media backgrounds and geographic focus
on  Asia during the course of their careers will provide valuable insight to the
key  strategic growth areas for Metro, both  in terms of product development and
geographic  footprint.  With  six  nationalities  represented  on the Board, the
Directors have worked and lived throughout Asia, Europe, and Latin America. This
knowledge  and experience will serve Metro's strategic priorities going forward.
The Nomination Committee would also like to thank Henry Guy for his six years of
service  to  the  Board  of  Metro  as  Chairman  and  later member of the Audit
Committee.  He has been  instrumental in driving  Metro's ongoing transformation
and increased focus on profitability and selective new growth verticals from the
Board level."

The  Nomination Committee's complete proposal is  published in today's notice to
the  Annual General Meeting.  The Nomination Committee  is comprised of Cristina
Stenbeck  on behalf of Investment AB Kinnevik, Annika Andersson on behalf of the
Fourth  Swedish National Pension Fund and Marianne Nilsson on behalf of Swedbank
Robur Funds. Information about the work of the Nomination Committee can be found
on Metro's corporate website at www.metro.lu <http://www.metro.lu>

For            further           information           please           contact:
Damien Massingham, Company Secretary     +44 77 48 14 76 89


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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.

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