METRO AG: METRO starts divestment process for Real to focus on wholesale

DGAP-Ad-hoc: METRO AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous METRO AG: METRO starts divestment process for Real to focus on wholesale 13-Sep-2018 / 18:37 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. METRO starts divestment process for Real to focus on wholesale Düsseldorf, 13 September 2018. The Management Board of METRO AG decided today to start a divestment process for its retail business Real and related business activities. METRO intends to entirely focus on its wholesale business in the future. Contact: METRO AG Sabrina Ley Director Investor Relations 13-Sep-2018 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	METRO AG
	Metro-Straße 1
	40235 Dusseldorf
	Germany
Phone:	[phone]
Fax:	[phone]
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.metroag.de
ISIN:	DE000BFB0019, DE000BFB0027
WKN:	BFB001, BFB002
Indices:	MDAX
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Luxembourg Stock Exchange

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