Announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange has approved the renewal of its share repurchase program, authorizing Couche–Tard to repurchase up to 78,083,521 Common Shares, representing 10% of the 780,835,217 Shares comprising Couche-Tard's "public float" (as such term is defined in the TSX Company Manual) as at April 18. Based on the current share price the completion of the Program in full would represent a total investment of approximately US $4.3 billion or CDN $5.9 billion. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. shares T.ATD are trading up $0.12 at $77.87.