RNS Number:3903T
Metro Finance B.V.
17 December 2003





                               METRO FINANCE B.V.



                                 Euro 25.000.000

                        Floating Rate Notes 2001 / 2004



(issued under the Eur 3.000.000.000 Debt Issuance Programme, guaranteed by METRO
AG)



                          ISIN-Code: XS 012 621 949 1



According to the Pricing Supplement the Rate of Interest applicable to the
Interest Period from 19 December 2003 inclusively to 19 March 2004 exclusively
was determined to be 2.669 per cent (three-month-Euribor plus 0.525 per cent).
per annum on the Interest Determination Date. Therefore, on 19 March 2004, the
relevant Interest Payment Date, interest is due in the amount of EUR 6,746.64
per note of Euro 1,000,000 principal amount.



Frankfurt am Main,
in December 2003



Dresdner Bank Aktiengesellschaft


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