Christian Baier

METRO AG is a retail company, which engages in the ownership, operation, and management of chain of supermarkets. It operates through the following segments: Metro Cash & Carry, Media-Saturn, Real, and Others. The company was founded on July 25, 1996 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Permira Advisers LLP (Permira Advisers) is a private equity subsidiary of Permira Holdings Ltd founded in 1985 by Peter M. Smitham. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Metro Holding France SA operates an chain of supermarkets. The company is headquartered in Vitry-sur-Seine, France.

C+C Schaper GmbH wholesales groceries and operates grocery stores. It serves as a trading partner for the catering and retail sector as well as for large-scale consumers and focuses on flexible distribution system. The firm operates self-service wholesale stores in Germany. The company was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH (Permira) is the German office of the leading European private equity firm. Established in Germany in 1986, the firm advises the Permira Funds on German, Swiss and Austrian investments and also works on international deals. Permira's customers include investment managers, public and corporate pension funds, governmental development agencies, insurance companies, charities, endowments and foundations and banks. In addition to the Frankfurt office, the firm has offices in Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, New York, Guernsey, London, Milan, Stockholm and Tokyo.

Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd. provides financial services to corporations, governments and municipalities, institutional clients, and high net worth individuals. The company is headquartered in London, UK.