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Introduction Of Metris N.V. On Euronext

Date 12/12/2006

Today 12,295,567 ordinary shares of the company Metris were admitted on the regulated market Eurolist by Euronext Brussels.
The IPO consisted of a total offering of 8,145,833 shares (over-allotment included), raising a total of EUR 97.7 million of which EUR 65 million capital increase.

At the end of the first trading day, the share price closed at EUR 12.30, a 2.50% rise compared to the IPO price of EUR 12, bringing the market capitalisation of Metris at EUR 151.2 million.

So far this year, Euronext has attracted 132 new listings raising a total of EUR 21 billion, resulting in an additional market capitalisation of EUR 89 billion.

Metris (www.metris.com) started in 1995 as a spin-off of the catholic university in Leuven, Belgium. Today Metris is a worldwide provider of total solutions for three dimensional quality control to the design and manufacturing communities mainly in the automotive and aerospace industry.
The company employs over 370 members of staff worldwide.
Metris recently was elected as Belgium’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2006’.

ICB sector of Metris: 2757 Industrial Machinery

Metris is traded on the NSC platform under the following codes:

Euronext Brussels:                  Stock Code: MTRS

                                  ISIN Code:  BE0003859767

                                  SVM Code:  3859.76