Imprint

Publisher
METRO AG
Metro-Straße 1
40235 Düsseldorf, Germany
PO Box 23 03 61
40089 Düsseldorf, Germany

METRO GROUP
on the Internet
www.metrogroup.de

Investor Relations
Phone: +49 (211) 6886-1936/-1051
Fax: +49 (211) 6886-3759
investorrelations@metro.de

Corporate Communications
Peter Wübben
Phone: +49 (211) 6886-4252
Fax: +49 (211) 6886-2001
presse@metro.de

Project responsibility, concept and editorial
Katharina Meisel

Project management
Melanie Speichinger
Claudia Martin
Viktoria Wedel
Inga Reske

Graphic design
Strichpunkt GmbH, Stuttgart/Berlin, Germany
nexxar GmbH, Wien (Online version)

Editorial support and realisation
Ketchum Pleon GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Photography
Urban Zintel, Berlin, Germany: cover, pp. 2, 4–11, 18–24, 30–36, 42–48, 54–60, 68–74
Boris Zorn, Düsseldorf, Germany: pp. 3 (Olaf Koch), 6 (birthday party), 9 (flag), 14
Marco Urban, Berlin, Germany: p. 6 (anniversary party)
Olaf Unverzart, Munich, Germany: pp. 28–29, 67

Photo credits
Corbis: pp. 27, 43 (display screen), 45 (bottom left)
Cornfield: p. 41 (bottom)
Luciano Mortula: p. 78
METRO AG: pp. 6 (Jubilee weeks truck tour), 7–8, 9 (China/Pakistan), 10–11, 13, 15
Oliver Fiegel: p. 16 (campaign image)
Sander Foederer: p. 17 (campaign image)
Sean Pavone: p. 77 (top)
Shutterstock: pp. 26, 38–40, 41 (top), 50, 51, 53 (top), 63–65, 76, 77 (top), 79
Strichpunkt GmbH: pp. 15–17
T.Photography: p. 53 (bottom)

Dance studio (pp. 54–58)
Ilze Liepa School
Rublevo-Uspenskoe shosse 54 b
Zhukova village, 143396 Moscow, Russia

Sources

Population data:
Planet Retail Country Report 2014

Land area data:
Federal Foreign Office, Germany (status: 2014)

Number of wholesale stores as of 30 September 2014:
METRO GROUP Annual Report 2013/14, p. 74

Number of employees by headcount as of 30 September 2014:
METRO GROUP Annual Report 2013/14, p. 112

Selling space in m² as of 30 September 2014