Annual General Meeting 2026
Welcome to the website of the Annual General Meeting of METRO AG on 5 March 2026. Here you can find information about the virtual Annual General Meeting and the internet-based, electronic InvestorPortal which you can use from 12 February 2026.
The Annual General Meeting of METRO AG will be held on
Thursday, 5 March 2026, at 10:00 CET,
as a virtual general meeting without physical presence of shareholders or their proxies.
InvestorPortal and Livestream
The entire Annual General Meeting will be broadcasted live (video and audio) for duly registered shareholders and their proxies on METRO AG's internet-based, electronic InvestorPortal. Voting rights can also be exercised via the InvestorPortal. Please note that, in addition to ordinary shareholders, preferred shareholders are also entitled to vote (for details, please refer to the invitation to the Annual General Meeting). Even in case of an authorisation of third parties, voting rights can only be exercised by way of an electronic postal vote or by issuing powers of attorney and instructions to the proxies nominated by the Company.
The InvestorPortal will be accessible from 12 February 2026.
The speech of the Chairmen of the Management Board will be streamed live on the internet for everybody’s interest on the day of the Annual General Meeting, starting at approx. 10:30 CET.
Invitation and Documents
Please note
The legally binding language for the agenda of and the general information on the Annual General Meeting 2026 of METRO AG is German. Accordingly, only the German version constitutes the legally binding document while the English version is a convenience translation only.
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting on 5 March 2026
The agenda includes further information, in particular regarding
- the terms and conditions for participation at the Annual General Meeting and the exercise of voting rights,
- the proof of share ownership pursuant to § 16 (2) sent. 2 of the Articles of Association and its relevance,
- the process of exercising voting rights via electronic postal vote,
- the process of exercising voting rights by a proxy,
- information about rights of shareholders pursuant to §§ 122 (2), 126 (1), 127, 131 (1) German Stock Corporation Act,
- the total number of shares and voting rights at the time of the calling of the Annual General Meeting.
Additional note to agenda item 4.1 (Election of the auditor for the financial year 2025/26)
At the Annual General Meeting on 19 February 2025, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, was elected as the auditor for the annual financial statements, the auditor for the consolidated financial statements and the auditor for the audit review of interim financial reports for the financial year 2024/25. KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, has served as the auditor of METRO AG without interruption since the financial year 2016/17. The auditor responsible for the audit for the financial year 2024/25 is Mr Michael Jessen; he has signed METRO AG's audit opinion for the first time for the financial year 2022/23. Mr Michael Jessen will be the auditor responsible for the audit for the financial year 2025/26 as well.
Annual Report 2024/25 - Consolidated Financial Statements
Approved consolidated financial statements of METRO AG and combined management report for METRO AG and METRO Group for the financial year 2024/25, including inter alia the report of the Supervisory Board.
Annual Financial Statements 2024/25
Adopted annual financial statements of METRO AG for the financial year 2024/25.
Annex to agenda item 6 (Elections to the Supervisory Board)
Information on the resolution proposal of the Supervisory Board for the election to the Supervisory Board:
- Ms Gywn Burr (Curriculum Vitae)
- Ms Jana Cejpková, Ph.D. (Curriculum Vitae)
- Mr Georg Vomhof (Curriculum Vitae)
- Mr Tomáš Miřacký
Information with regard to agenda item 7 and 8 (Proposed changes of the Articles of Association)
Synoptic comparison of the current version of the Articles of Association of METRO AG and the proposed amendments to the Articles of Association in the resolutions proposed under agenda items 7 and 8.
Articles of Association of METRO AG
Version: Resolution of the Annual General Meeting of 7 February 2024
Information pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 for the notification pursuant to § 125 of the German Stock Corporation Act of METRO AG
Notes and recommendations for connecting via video communication
Notice: All documents published above are non-binding convenience translations. In all cases the German language version shall prevail.
Form for Proxy / Power of attorney to a third party
Confirmation of the exercise of voting rights
After the Annual General Meeting, all shareholders will receive upon request a confirmation of the exercise of voting rights according to § 129 German Stock Corporation Act. The confirmation may be accessed by the entitled persons in the InvestorPortal or be requested via e-mail to
anmeldestelle@computershare.de
Hotline for the Annual General Meeting
If you have any questions, please contact the hotline for the Annual General Meeting of METRO AG as of 20 January 2026 at
Phone: +49(0)211/6886-1720
on workdays from Monday to Thursday between 9:00 and 16:00 CET.
For details on the handling of your personal data and the corresponding rights of shareholders and their proxies, in particular according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)), please refer to our data protection notice.