Metro International ("Metro" or "the Company"), the world's largest
international newspaper, today announced that the Company's directors and
management on 29 March 2012 sold shares as a result of the public takeover offer
from Investment AB Kinnevik. See table below for details:
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Name |Position | No of A-| No of B-| No of| No of|
| | | shares sold| shares| warrants| debentures|
| | | | sold| sold| sold|
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Mia Brunell |Chairman of | 24,580| 24,580| 0| 0|
|Livfors |the Board | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Cristina |Director | 888,883| 12,290| 2,191,481| 2,191,480|
|Stenbeck | | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Nigel Cooper |Director | 12,290| 12,290| 0| 0|
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Erik |Director | 0| 0| 4,000,000| 0|
|Mitteregger | | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Patrick Ståhle|Director | 39,000| 0| 0| 0|
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Per Mikael |CEO & | 1,074,992| 626,688| 0| 0|
|Jensen |President | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Anders |CFO | 0| 319,056| 0| 0|
|Kronborg | | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Pablo Mazzei |EVP Latin | 143,644| 143,643| 0| 0|
| |America | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Johanna Oberg |EVP | 90,000| 0| 0| 0|
| |Commercial | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Linda Fors |Head of | 0| 17,000| 0| 0|
| |Investor | | | | |
| |Relations | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Andreas Ohlson|MD Metro | 70,262| 160,000| 100,000| 100,000|
| |Sweden | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Soren Riis |MD Metro | 19,692| 19,694| 98,464| 98,464|
| |Denmark | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
|Peter Kuo |MD Metro Hong| 107,201| 107,201| 0| 0|
| |Kong | | | | |
+--------------+-------------+------------+----------+------------+------------+
For further information please visit www.metro.lu or contact:
Anders Kronborg CFO Tel: +44 79 1254 0800
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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 22 countries across Europe, North & South America and
Asia. Metro has a unique global reach - attracting a young, active, well-
educated Metropolitan audience of over 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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Metro International: Sale of Shares by Metro's Directors and Management
| Source: Metro International S.A.