Status: March 2021

Our Vision

METRO is a leading international specialist in food Wholesale and a partner for small and mid-sized businesses. Customer focus and customer satisfaction are essential elements of our strategy. We are committed on building trusting relationship with our more than 16 million customers in 34 countries. Across all customer groups, the majority of customers are small and medium-sized companies as well as sole traders. METRO wants to assist them with their business challenges by providing them with sustainable solutions with superior added economic value, which we have combined under the Wholesale 360 approach.

Company Structure

METRO Germany

METRO Western Europe (excl. Germany)

METRO Russia

METRO Eastern Europe (excl. Russia)

METRO Asia

Guidance1 for FY 2020/21

as of 15/01/2021

FY 2019/20

FY 2020/21

  • 1 Based on stable exchange rates and no adjustments to the portfolio. The outlook thereby assumes governmental restrictions to public life to last partially until mid Q2 of financial year 2020/21 and a fast and substantial recovery of the hospitality and tourism industry thereafter.

  • 2 Adj. EBITDA - EBITDA pre transformation costs and real estate gains.

Management Board

Christian Baier

Co-Chair-man, CFO

Rafael Gasset

Co-Chairman, COO (Convenience Cluster)

Eric Poirier

Supervisory Board

Andrea Euenheim

CHRO

COO (Hospitality Cluster)

Jürgen Steinemann

Chairman

Xaver Schiller

Vice Chairman

Marco Arcelli

Stefanie Blaser

Gwyn Burr

Thomas Dommel

Prof. Dr. Edgar Ernst

Michael Heider

Dr. Fredy Raas

Udo Höfer

Roman Šilha

Rosalinde Lax

Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt

Manuela Wetzko

Dr. Liliana Solomon

Angelika Will

Alexandra Soto

Manfred Wirsch

Stefan Tieben

Silke Zimmer

Shareholder Structure

Basic Data of Share

Meridian Stiftung / Beisheim HoldingEP Global CommerceSFrtereu-fbloeasittizng shares

Store Network

  • 1 As of 30/9/2020.

  • 2 Additional 10 countries with Food Service Distribution (FSD) only.

Employees

Development of employee numbers by segments by headcount incl. apprentices - Ø financial year

2019

2020

METRO

93,548

89,752

METRO Germany

14,417

14,078

METRO Western Europe (excluding Germany)

28,205

27,384

METRO Russia

13,695

11,663

METRO Eastern Europe (excluding Russia)

29,007

28,686

METRO Asia

8,224

7,941

Others (excl. METRO AG)

7,186

7,039

METRO AG

920

848

Total

101,654

97,639

Key Financial Figures Annual Report 2019/20

€ million

2018/191

2019/20

Sales development (like-for-like)

2.1%

-3.9%

Sales (net)

27,082

25,632

Adjusted EBITDA

1,392

1,158

Earnings contributions from real estate transactions

339

3

EBITDA

1,731

1,113

EBIT

957

257

EBT (earnings before taxes)

728

-32

Profit or loss for the period2

421

-146

1 Adjustment of previous year due to full retrospective application of IFRS 16 (Leases).

  • 2 Proft or loss attributable to METRO shareholders.

  • 3 Continuing and discontinued operations.

€ million

2018/191

2019/20

Profit or loss for the period (cont. ops.)

427

-140

EPS in € (cont. ops.)

1.16

-0.40

Profit or loss for the period2

322

460

Reported EPS in €3

0.89

1.27

Dividend proposal

0.70

0.704

Investments

826

627

Net debt

5,419

3,771

Transformation costs

0

-47

4 Subject to the resolution of the Annual General Meeting.

METRO AG

Metro-Straße 1 40235 DüsseldorfGerd Koslowski Global DirectorTel.: +49 211 6886 4252

Corporate Communications

Fax: +49 211 6886 2001 E-Mail:presse@metro.de

Sabrina Ley

Tel.: +49 211 6886 1280

Director Investor Relations & Strategy

Fax: +49 211 6886 73 3759 E-Mail:investorrelations@metro.de

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