January 29, 2013 - METRO REPORTS 14.9% GROWTH IN 2013 FIRST QUARTER NET EARNINGS PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Net earnings of $121.4 million or fully diluted net earnings per share of $1.23, up 21.8%
• Net earnings from continuing operations of $115.0 million, up 11.0%
• Fully diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.16, up 14.9%
• Sales of $2,704.7 million, up 2.7%
• Same stores sales up 1.5%
• Declared dividend of $0.25 per share, up 16.3%

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