FINANCIAL CALENDAR

FINANCIAL CALENDAR Metro International S.A. ("Metro"), the international newspaper group, today announced the following preliminary dates for the release of its quarterly results statements and the Annual General Meeting in 2004: Q4 2003 and Full Year Report 11 February 2004 Q1 2004 Interim Report 21 April 2004 Q2 2004 Interim Report 4 August 2004 Q3 2004 Interim Report 20 October 2004 Annual General Meeting (Luxembourg) 25 May 2004 For further information, please visit www.metro.lu, email info@metro.lu or contact: Pelle Törnberg, President & CEO tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1300 Matthew Hooper, Investor & Press Relations tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 5010 Metro is the world's largest newspaper, publishing and distributing 28 Metro editions in 16 countries in Europe, North & South America and Asia. Metro attracts more than 12 million daily readers in over 50 cities around the world with an easy to read combination of headline local and international news and information. Metro International S.A. 'A' and 'B' shares are listed on the Stockholmsbörsen 'O-List' and on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbols MTROA and MTROB. This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" with respect to our expectations and plans, strategy, management's objectives, future performance, costs, revenues, earnings and other trend information. It is important to note that our actual results in the future could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements depending on various important factors. Please refer to the documents we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including our most recent annual report on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us on the date hereof. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Metro International S.A, any Metro International S.A. members or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to above. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/07/20040107BIT20440/wkr0006.pdf