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15 February 2005

TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2004

48.6% year on year increase in net sales to US$ 302.4 million (US$ 203.6 million)
Operating profit for newspaper editions of US$ 13.1 million (loss of US$ 3.9 million)
Operating profit for newspaper editions, excluding the new Lisbon and New York editions of US$ 25.9 million (loss of US$3.9 million)
Metro Sweden reports the highest annual local currency operating profit since 1999
9 out of 16 country operations (6 out of 15) report annual operating profit for the period
Net loss of US$ 11.4 million (US$ 6.9 million - includes profit on sale of shares in subsidiary of US$ 10.7 million)
Weighted average basic loss per share of US$ 0.02 (US$ 0.03)

FOURTH QUARTER ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2004

Net sales up 48.1% year on year to US$ 95.4 million (US$ 64.4 million)
Operating profit for newspaper editions of US$ 11.1 million (US$ 6.9 million)
Operating profit for newspaper editions, excluding the new Lisbon and New York editions of US$ 15.3 million (US$ 6.9 million)
Metro France reports an operating profit for the period of US$ 0.8 million
12 out of 16 country operations (10 out of 15) report operating profit for the period (operating profits for the period also reported by the Boston and Philadelphia editions)
Net profit of US$ 4.3 million (US$ 15.5 million - includes profit on sale of shares in subsidiary of US$ 10.7 million)
Weighted average basic profit per share of US$ 0.01 (US$ 0.03)

Metro's financial results for the first quarter and three months ended 31 March will be released in 20 April 2005.

This interim report has not been subject to review by the Company's auditors.

15 February 2005

Metro International S.A.

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L-2449, Luxembourg

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

Pelle Törnberg, President & CEO tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1300

Henrik Persson, Investor & Press Relations tel: +46 (0) 707 62 00 87

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