Preliminary reporting dates

PRELIMINARY REPORTING DATES Metro International S.A. ("Metro"), the international newspaper group, today announced the following dates for the release of its preliminary quarterly results statements and the Annual General Meeting in 2002: Q4 2001 and Full Year Report 19 February 2002 Q1 2002 Interim Report 25 April 2002 Annual General Meeting 28 May 2002 (Luxembourg) Q2 2002 Interim Report 7 August 2002 Q3 2002 Interim Report 24 October 2002 For further information, please visit www.metro.lu, email info@metro.lu or contact: Pelle Törnberg, President & CEO tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 0230 Matthew Hooper, Investor & Press Relations tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 5010 Metro is the world's largest free newspaper, publishing and distributing 21 editions in 15 countries in 13 languages: Stockholm (Metro), Prague (Metro), Gothenburg (Metro), Hungary (Metro), the Netherlands (Metro), Helsinki (Metro), Malmö (Metro), Santiago (Publimetro), Philadelphia (Metro), Zurich (Metropol), Toronto (Metro Today), Rome (Metro), Buenos Aires (Publimetro), Milan (Metro), Warsaw (Metropol), Athens (Metrorama), Montreal (Metro), Barcelona (Metro Directe), Boston (Metro), Madrid (Metro Directo) and Copenhagen (MetroXpress). Metro International S.A. 'A' and 'B' shares are listed on the NASDAQ National Market and on the Stockholmsbörsen O-List under the symbols MTROA and MTROB. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/01/18/20020117BIT00760/bit0003.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/01/18/20020117BIT00760/bit0003.pdf