Group Communications

26 February 2010
Change on the Management Board of METRO AG
- Zygmunt Mierdorf leaves the company
- CEO Dr. Eckhard Cordes will in addition assume the duties of the labour director

22 February 2010
METRO Group helps Haiti: first cargo flight with relief goods for the earthquake victims takes off
- Welthungerhilfe President Bärbel Dieckmann and CEO Dr. Eckhard Cordes see off the relief transport

- More than 125 tons of relief goods from the Metro sales divisions for Haiti – Donations in kind and financial aid worth one million euro

- Second cargo flight planned for early March

Today, METRO Group launched one of the largest relief campaigns in the company's history. At Düsseldorf airport, Bärbel Dieckmann, President of hunger relief agency Welthungerhilfe, and CEO Dr. Eckhard Cordes saw off the first METRO Group cargo flight to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. The cargo plane is filled with relief goods donated by Metro Cash & Carry, Real, Media Markt and Saturn, Galeria Kaufhof as well as the real estate company METRO Group Asset Management. For the first time in the history of METRO Group all sales divisions have cooperated in this form on a joint relief operation. The second cargo flight is planned for early March. The total value of the aid shipment weighing more than 125 tons: one million euro.

17 February 2010
METRO Group helps Haiti:
two special flights with relief goods for the earthquake victims
-Company supports population in the disaster area in cooperation with the hunger relief agency Welthungerhilfe

- More than 125 tons of relief goods from the Metro sales divisions for Haiti – Donations in kind and financial aid worth € 1 million

- First plane to be seen off by CEO Dr. Eckhard Cordes at Düsseldorf airport on February 22


METRO Group launches one of the largest relief campaigns in the company's history. The first special flight of METRO Group to help the earthquake victims in Haiti will take off at Düsseldorf airport on February 22. Another flight is to follow in early March. On board of the two planes: a total of more than 125 tons of relief goods provided by Metro Cash & Carry, Real, Media Markt and Saturn, Galeria Kaufhof as well as the real estate company METRO Group Asset Management. Never before have all sales divisions of METRO Group cooperated in this form on a joint relief operation. The total value of the aid: one million euro.