Events after the closing date
Cyberattack
On 17 October 2022, METRO became the victim of a cyberattack, which we publicly announced about on our website metroag.de. The cyberattack causes a partial failure of the IT systems. Despite the swift restoration of the IT infrastructure and the associated operational customer services since then, the cyberattack has caused sales losses, inefficiencies and cost increases. Consequently, we expect a negative impact on earnings in the mid double-digit million euros range. Supported by external forensic experts, all functional areas, in particular Corporate Security and METRO Digital, continue to analyse the cyberattack in detail in collaboration with all relevant authorities.
Sale of real estate
In collaboration with the city of Düsseldorf, a new utilisation concept was developed for parts of the campus site in Düsseldorf in order to make areas available for the creation of new living space. In October 2022, this partial area was sold for proceeds in the low three-digit million euros range.