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Management Report on the <strong>METRO</strong> <strong>AG</strong> <strong>Group</strong> and <strong>METRO</strong> <strong>AG</strong><br />
6<br />
Emergence of <strong>METRO</strong> <strong>AG</strong> as parent of the<br />
<strong>METRO</strong> <strong>AG</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />
<strong>METRO</strong> <strong>AG</strong> as parent of the <strong>METRO</strong> <strong>AG</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />
has emerged from<br />
the contributions in kind made by majority<br />
stockholder Metro Vermögensverwaltung<br />
GmbH & Co KG, Düsseldorf, i.e. the contribution<br />
of its controlling interests in Saarbrücken-based<br />
Asko Deutsche Kaufhaus <strong>AG</strong><br />
and Cologne-based Kaufhof Holding <strong>AG</strong>, as<br />
well as the major Metro Wholesale/Germany<br />
companies and several service enterprises,<br />
and from<br />
the subsequent mergers of Asko Deutsche<br />
Kaufhaus <strong>AG</strong> including its subsidiary, Deutsche<br />
SB-Kauf <strong>AG</strong>, and Kaufhof Holding <strong>AG</strong><br />
into <strong>METRO</strong> <strong>AG</strong>.