<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Montreal, Quebec</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">03.19.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>METRO INC. has announced that Mr. Robert Sawyer, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer will be leaving METRO to become President and Chief Executive Officer of a company operating in another sector, according to a press release. He has held the position since April 2009.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“Mr. Sawyer has played an important role in the success of METRO over the past 33 years and it’s with regret that we learned of his decision to accept a new challenge with another company. We thank him for his contribution and wish him well in his new position,” said Mr. Eric La Flèche, President and Chief Executive Officer of METRO INC.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The heads of the Quebec and Ontario divisions will now be reporting to the CEO while a succession plan of the Corporation is being implemented. The position of Chief Operating Officer will not be filled.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Mr. Sawyer will leave METRO to join RONA inc. the largest distributor and retailer of hardware, renovation and gardening products in Canada, as President and CEO. He will take office in April 2013.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The industry veteran has over 30 years of experience in the food industry in Canada.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://metro.ca/index.fr.html" target="_new"> METRO INC.</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
