Alimentation Couche Tard 6K Current report

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2009

Commission File Number: 333-10100

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC.

1600 St-Martin Boulevard East
Tower B, Suite 200
Laval, Quebec, Canada
H7G 4S7

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SIGNATURES:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC.

July 17, 2009
	Per: /s/ Sylvain Aubry
	Sylvain Aubry
	Senior Director, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the annual general meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (the “Company”) will be held at the Laval room 1, at the Congress Centre of the Hotel Sheraton Laval, located at 2440 Des Laurentides Highway, in the City of Laval, Province of Quebec, onWednesday, September 2, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. (local time), for the following purposes:

1)	to receive the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended April 26, 2009, together with the auditors’ report thereon;

2)	to elect the directors of the Company for the ensuing year;

3)	to appoint the auditors of the Company and authorize the board of directors to set their remuneration; and

4)	to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The Management Proxy Circular, a form of proxy for the Meeting and a registration form for the Company’s shareholder supplemental list are enclosed with this notice.

If you are unable to attend the Meeting, please exercise your right to vote by signing and returning the enclosed form of proxy in the enclosed stamped envelope. Proxies may also be deposited with the Secretary of the Meeting, immediately prior to the commencement of the Meeting.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(s)Sylvain Aubry

Sylvain Aubry
Senior Director, Legal Affairs
and Corporate Secretary

Laval, Quebec, July 14, 2009

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC.
MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR

This proxy circular (the "Circular") is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the management of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (the "Company")for use at the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company (and at any adjournment thereof) (the "Meeting") to be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. (local time), at the place and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying notice of the Meeting (the "Notice"). Unless otherwise indicated, the information contained herein is given as of June 30, 2009.

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

The proxies must be deposited at the office of the transfer agent of the Company, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 100 University Ave., 9^th Floor, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2Y1, before the time fixed for the Meeting. A shareholder executing the enclosed proxy has the power to revoke it at any time prior to its use, in any manner permitted by law, including by instrument in writing executed by the shareholder or by his attorney authorized in writing or, in the case of a corporation, by an officer or attorney authorized in writing. This instrument must be deposited either at the office of the transfer agent of the Company at any time up to forty-eight hours preceding the day of the Meeting at which the proxy is to be used, or with the Secretary of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting.

A shareholder has the right to appoint some other person (who need not be a shareholder of the Company) to represent him in attendance and to act on his behalf at the Meeting other than the individuals designated by the management of the Company and named in the enclosed form of proxy. Such right may be exercised by inserting in the space provided on such form of proxy the name of the other person the shareholder wishes to appoint or by completing another proper form of proxy.

This solicitation of proxies by the management of the Company is being carried out by mail. The Company may also, upon request, reimburse brokers and other persons holding shares as nominees for their reasonable costs incurred in sending proxy material to beneficial owners of shares of the Company. The costs of solicitation will be borne by the Company as per the regulation.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR NON-REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

Non-registered shareholders may vote shares that are held by their nominees in two ways. Applicable securities laws and regulations require nominees of non-registered shareholders to seek their voting instructions in advance of the Meeting. Non-registered shareholders will receive from their nominees a request for voting instructions for the number of shares held on their behalf. The nominee’s voting instructions will contain instructions relating to signature and return of the document and these instructions should be carefully read and followed by non-registered shareholders to ensure that their shares are accordingly voted at the Meeting. Non-registered shareholders who would like their shares to be voted on their behalf must therefore follow the voting instructions provided by their nominees.

Non-registered shareholders who wish to vote their shares in person at the Meeting must insert their own name in the space provided on the request for voting instructions in order to appoint themselves as proxyholders and follow the signature and return instructions provided by their nominees. Non-registered shareholders should not complete the remainder of the form sent to them by their nominees as their votes will be taken and counted at the Meeting.

VOTING SHARES

The voting shares of the Company are its Class A Multiple Voting Shares (the “Multiple Voting Shares”) and its Class B Subordinate Voting Shares (the “Subordinate Voting Shares”). As at June 30, 2009, 53,708,112 Multiple Voting Shares and 131,658,824 Subordinate Voting Shares of the Company were issued and outstanding. Each Multiple Voting Share carries 10 votes and each Subordinate Voting Share carries one vote with respect to all matters coming before the Meeting.

Conversion Rights

Each Multiple Voting Share is convertible at any time at the holder's option into one fully paid and non-assessable Subordinate Voting Share. Upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the day upon which all of the Majority Holders (defined in the Articles of the Company as being Messrs. Alain Bouchard, Richard Fortin, Réal Plourde and Jacques D'Amours) will have reached the age of 65, or (ii) the day when the Majority Holders hold, directly or indirectly, collectively less than 50% of the voting rights attaching to all outstanding voting shares of the Company, each Subordinate Voting Share shall be automatically converted into one fully paid and non-assessable Multiple Voting Share.

Take-Over Bid Protection

In the event that an offer as defined in the Articles of the Company (an "Offer") is made to holders of Multiple Voting Shares, each Subordinate Voting Share shall become convertible at the holder's option into one Multiple Voting Share, for the sole purpose of allowing the holder to accept the Offer. The term "Offer" is defined in the Articles of the Company as an offer in respect of the Multiple Voting Shares which, if addressed to holders resident in Québec, would constitute a take-over bid, a securities exchange bid or an issuer bid under theSecurities Act (Québec) (as presently in force or as it may be subsequently amended or readopted), except that an Offer shall not include: (a) an offer which is made at the same time for the same price and on the same terms to all holders of Subordinate Voting Shares; and (b) an offer which, by reason of an exemption or exemptions obtained under theSecurities Act (Québec), does not have to be made to all holders of Multiple Voting Shares; provided that, if the offer is made by a person other than a Majority Holder or by a Majority Holder to a person other than a Majority Holder, in reliance on the block purchase exemption set forth in section 123 of theSecurities Act (Québec), the offer price does not exceed 115% of the lower of the average market price of the Multiple Voting Shares and the average market price of the Subordinate Voting Shares as established with the formula provided by theRegulation Respecting Securities (Québec). The conversion right attached to the Subordinate Voting Shares is subject to the condition that if, on the expiry date of an Offer, any of the Subordinate Voting Shares converted into Multiple Voting Shares are not taken up and paid for, such Subordinate Voting Shares shall be deemed never to have been so converted and to have always remained Subordinate Voting Shares. The Articles of the Company contain provisions concerning the conversion procedure to be followed in the event of an Offer.

Holders of Multiple Voting Shares and holders of Subordinate Voting Shares listed as shareholders at the close of business on July 10, 2009 (“Record Date”) will be entitled to vote at the Meeting in respect of all matters which may properly come before the Meeting.In order to be entitled to vote, a holder of Multiple Voting Shares or of Subordinate Voting Shares who has acquired his shares after this date must, at least ten (10) days before the Meeting, request that the Company enter his name on the list of shareholders entitled to vote. If two or more persons are joint holders of shares, those among such holders attending the Meeting may, in the absence of the others, vote such shares. However, if two or more joint holders are present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting and wish to vote thereat, they may do so only as one and the same person. If more than one joint holder are present or represented by proxy, the vote must be made jointly and in unison.

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Following a review of the agreement amongst shareholders of the Company intervened in December 1987, binding namely Développements Orano Inc. (“Orano”), having as majority shareholder Mr. Alain Bouchard and the other shareholders being Messrs. Jacques D’Amours, Richard Fortin and Réal Plourde, and Metro Inc (“Metro”) and in continuance with their former relationship, they concluded a revised shareholders’ agreement on March 8, 2005 with respect to their participation in the Company. Following a corporate reorganisation of Orano occurred on October 14, 2008, the shares held by Orano, which shareholders were Messrs. Bouchard, D’Amours, Fortin and Plourde, in the Company are now held by Orano and holding companies controlled respectively by Messrs. D’Amours, Fortin and Plourde (the “Holdings”). Following such reorganisation, Metro, Orano and the Holdings have entered into an amended shareholders agreement with respect to their participation in the Company. The rights and obligations of the parties under that amended agreement remain mainly the same as the ones in the 2005 agreement which are mainly as follows:

(i)	Metro holds a pre-emptive right to participate in new issues of shares to maintain its then existing equity ownership percentage of the Company;
(ii)	Metro holds the right to nominate one person for election to the board of directors of the Company as long as it holds at least 5% of all the outstanding shares of the Company on a fully diluted basis; the representative currently designated by Metro on the board of directors of the Company is Mr. Jean Élie who is not a Metro employee and not related in anyway except for this nomination;
(iii)	Metro, Orano and the Holdings have undertaken not to sale or transfer directly or indirectly the shares of the Company held by them without the other party’s prior written consent;
(iv)	Metro, Orano and the Holdings hold a reciprocal right of first opportunity on the sale or transfer of shares held by them, subject to certain conditions; and
(v)	Metro, Orano and the Holdings hold a reciprocal right of first refusal on the sale and transfer of the shares of the Company held by them, subject to certain exceptions for transfers to permitted assignees (including to any of Messrs. Alain Bouchard, Richard Fortin, Réal Plourde and Jacques D'Amours).

This agreement provides that it will terminate if either Metro or Orano and the Holdings (the latter considered as a whole) holds less than 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of the share-capital of the Company on a fully diluted basis.

Following the corporate reorganisation of Orano, the latter and the Holdings as well as Messrs. Bouchard, D’Amours, Fortin and Plourde (the “Persons”) have signed a voting agreement whereby the Persons and their respective Holding undertake to exercise their respective direct and indirect voting rights in the Company in favour of each Person’s election, subject that such Persons hold, directly or indirectly, a minimum of 1,500,000 shares of the Company. Should one of the Persons fall under such minimum share holding, the agreement will cease to apply to such Person even if eventually the minimum holding is reached. However, the agreement will continue to apply to the other parties to the agreement.

PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

To the knowledge of the officers and directors of the Company, the only persons who beneficially own or exercise control or direction over shares carrying more than 10% of the votes attached to each class of voting shares outstanding of the Company are:

	Number of		Number of
Name	Multiple Voting	Percentage of	Subordinate	Percentage of
	Shares	Multiple Voting	Voting Shares	Subordinate
	beneficially	Shares	beneficially	Voting Shares
	owned, controlled	outstanding	owned, controlled	outstanding
	or directed		or directed

Alain Bouchard	19,225,474⁽¹⁾	35.8 %	413,968	0.3 %
Jacques D’Amours	10,786,436⁽²⁾	20.1 %	275,200	0.2 %
Richard Fortin	5,464,710⁽³⁾	10.2 %	132,200	0.1 %
Réal Plourde	2,223,548⁽⁴⁾	4.1 %	973,600	0.7 %
Metro Inc.	15,018,680	28 %	5,723,668	4.3 %

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(1)	Of this number, 16,912,752 shares are held through Développements Orano Inc., a company controlled by Alain Bouchard, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company⁽⁵⁾.
(2)	Of this number, 7,954,626 shares are held through 9201-9686 Québec Inc., a company controlled by Jacques D’Amours, Vice-President, Administration of the Company⁽⁵⁾.
(3)	Of this number, 3,544,140 shares are held through 9201-9702 Québec Inc., a company controlled by Richard Fortin, Chairman of the Board of the Company⁽⁵⁾.
(4)	Of this number, 1,534,746 shares are held through 9203-1848 Québec Inc., a company controlled by Réal Plourde, Executive Vice- President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company⁽⁵⁾.
(5)	These companies and their respective controlling shareholders are part to a voting agreement conferring them voting control over more than 10% of the outstanding votes of the Company. Therefore, together they own a total of 37,700,168 Multiple Voting Shares and 1,794,968 Subordinate Voting Shares conferring them 56.64% of the voting rights of the shares outstanding.

MANAGEMENT’S REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended April 26, 2009 and the report of the auditors thereon will be submitted at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, but no vote thereon is required or expected. These consolidated financial statements are reproduced in the Company’s 2009 Annual Report which was sent to shareholders who requested it with this Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular. The Company’s 2009 Annual Report is available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) as well as on the Company’s website (www.couche-tard.com).

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors must be composed of a minimum of three and of a maximum of 20 directors. Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, 10 persons are to be elected as directors for the current fiscal year, each to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until such person’s successor is elected or appointed. Management proposes the election, at the Meeting, of the following 10 nominees, who are all currently members of the Board of Directors.

Management does not contemplate that any of the nominees will be unable to serve as a director but, if that should occur for any reason prior to the Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy reserve the right to vote for another nominee in their discretion unless the shareholder has specified in the proxy that his shares are to be withheld from voting in the election of directors.

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Unless otherwise specified by the shareholders, the shares represented by any proxy enclosed herewith will be voted FOR the election of the 10 persons hereinafter named, each of whom will be nominated for election as a director.

			Number of	Number of
			Multiple Voting	Subordinate
			Shares	Voting Shares
			beneficially	beneficially
			owned or over	owned or over
			which control	which control	Number of
Name and Municipality of		Director	or direction is	or direction is	deferred share
Residence	Principal Occupation	Since	exercised⁽¹⁾	exercised⁽¹⁾	units⁽²⁾

Alain Bouchard⁽³⁾ Lorraine, Québec	President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company	1988	19,225,474⁽⁴⁾	413,968⁽¹⁰⁾	-

Jacques D’Amours⁽³⁾ Lorraine, Québec	Vice-President, Administration of the Company⁽⁵⁾	1988	10,786,436⁽⁶⁾	275,200⁽¹⁰⁾	-

Roger Desrosiers, FCA⁽¹²⁾	Corporate Director	2003	–	10,000	6,120
Montréal, Québec
Chairman of the Audit
Committee

Jean Élie⁽¹²⁾	Corporate Director	1999	–	23,400	5,574
Montréal, Québec

Richard Fortin⁽³⁾	Chairman of the Board of	1988	5,464,710⁽⁷⁾	132,200⁽¹⁰⁾	-
Longueuil, Québec	the Company⁽¹⁴⁾

Mélanie Kau⁽¹¹⁾	President, Mobilia	2006	-	-	7,839
Montréal, Québec	Interiors Inc.

Roger Longpré ^{(11, 12)}	President, Mergerac Inc.	2001	–	16,000	8,624
Brossard, Québec	(consulting firm in mergers
Chairman of the Human	and acquisitions)
Resources and Corporate
Governance Committee

Réal Plourde⁽³⁾	Executive Vice-President	1988	2,223,548⁽⁸⁾	973,600⁽¹⁰⁾	-
Montréal, Québec	and Chief Operating
	Officer of the Company

Jean-Pierre Sauriol⁽¹¹⁾	President and Chief	2003	–	4,000	13,446
Laval, Québec	Executive Officer, Dessau
	inc. (engineering-
	construction company)

Jean Turmel⁽¹³⁾	President, Perseus	2002	–	38,000	15,313
Montréal, Québec	Capital Inc. (Fund
	management corporation)


(1)	The information as to the shares beneficially owned, controlled or directed, not being within the knowledge of the Company, has been furnished by the respective candidates individually.
(2)	For more details see section “Deferred Share Unit Plan”.
(3)	Member of the Executive Committee.
(4)	Of this number, 16,912,752 shares are held through Développements Orano Inc.⁽⁹⁾
(5)	Mr. D’Amours is on a sabbatical leave since March 2005.
(6)	Of this number, 7,954,626 shares are held through 9201-9686 Québec Inc.⁽⁹⁾
(7)	Of this number, 3,544,140 shares are held through 9201-9702 Québec Inc.⁽⁹⁾
(8)	Of this number, 1,534,746 shares are held through 9203-1848 Québec Inc.⁽⁹⁾
(9)	These companies and their respective controlling shareholder are part to a voting agreement conferring them voting control over 56.64% of the outstanding votes of the Company.
(10)	Messrs. Alain Bouchard, Richard Fortin, Réal Plourde and Jacques D’Amours also hold options granting them the right to purchase 3,500,000, 1,570,000, 1,420,000 and 58,000 Subordinate Voting Shares, respectively.
(11)	Member of the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee.
(12)	Member of the Audit Committee.
(13)	Lead director.
(14)	Mr. Fortin held the office of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company until September 2, 2008 and continued thereafter to hold the office of Executive Vice-President until October 12, 2008, date on which he retired from the Company as an employee. At such date, he was nominated as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

To the knowledge of the Company and based on information provided to it by the nominees, none of these nominees is, as of July 14, 2009, or was, within 10 years before that date, a director or executive officer of a company (including the Company) which, while the nominee held that position or in the year following the date on which the nominee ceased to hold that position, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, was subject to proceedings instituted by its creditors or instituted proceedings against its creditors, made an arrangement or compromise with its creditors or took steps to make an arrangement or compromise with its creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets, with the exception of Roger Desrosiers who was, until June 10, 2009, director and President of the Board of Directors of Aqua-Biokem BSL Inc. and ABK-Gaspésie Inc., following his appointment by Desjardins Capital de risque, their respective majority controlling shareholder, which has requested and obtained on June 16, 2009 the appointment of a receiver to hold their respective assets pursuant to section 47.1 of theBankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Deferred Share Unit Plan

In order to further align the interest of its directors with those of its shareholders, the Board of Directors of the Company has implemented on July 13, 2004, a Director Compensation Policy, which provides namely:

any director that is an employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries does not receive any director compensation;
the Company will no longer grant any stock options to independent directors, but instead will grant deferred share units (“DSU”) in accordance with the Company’s Deferred Share Unit Plan (the “DSU Plan”);
at least 50% of the annual retainer fee will be paid in DSU and the director may elect to be paid in either cash or DSU for the remaining 50%;
independent directors may elect to have up to 100% of their other compensation, including attendance fees, paid in DSU; and
independent directors must hold at least 5,000 shares or DSU within three years after the latest of July 13, 2004 or their election to the Board.

Under the DSU Plan, directors are credited on the basis of the amounts payable to such director divided by the value of a unit. The value of a unit corresponds to the weighted average trading price of the Subordinated Voting Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the five trading days immediately preceding the credited date. The units take the form of a credit to the account of the director. Upon a director ceasing to act as member of the Board of Directors of the Company, the director has the right to receive payment of the DSU credited to his account in either (i) in cash, base on the market value of a Subordinated Voting Shares on the date of payment, or (ii) in Subordinated Voting Shares to be acquired on the open market by the Company, equal to the number of DSU acquired by the director. The payment date of the DSU is determined by the director, subject to the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee approval but no later the first calendar year following the calendar year during which the director has cease to act as member of the Board. Units are not transferable other than through a will or other testamentary instrument or in accordance with succession laws.

Units entitle holders thereof to dividends which are paid in the form of additional units at the same rate applicable to dividends paid from time to time on Subordinated Voting Shares.

The following table set forth the details of the total annual compensation and attendance fees paid in kind or not, to the directors for the fiscal year ended April 26, 2009.

Director	Annual	Compensation	Compensation	Attendance	Dividends	Total	% paid
	Compensation	Chairman of	Committee	Fees⁽¹⁾	paid in the	Compensation	in DSU
		Committee	Member		form of DSU	Paid
	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)
Richard Fortin	121,154⁽²⁾	-	-	-	-	121,154	n.a.
RogerDesrosiers⁽³⁾	40,000	9,000	-	17,000	802	66,802	31.1
Jean Élie	40,000	-	3,000	15,500	723	59,223	37.5
Mélanie Kau	40,000	-	3,000	13,500	930	57,430	100.0

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Director	Annual	Compensation	Compensation	Attendance	Dividends	Total	% paid
	Compensation	Chairman of	Committee	Fees⁽¹⁾	paid in the	Compensation	in DSU
		Committee	Member		form of DSU	Paid
	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)	($)
Roger Longpré⁽⁴⁾	40,000	5,000	3,000	21,500	1,101	70,601	58.2
Jean-PierreSauriol	40,000	-	3,000	10,500	1,727	55,227	100.0
Jean Turmel	65,000⁽⁵⁾	-	-	9,000	1,937	75,937	100.0
Total	386,154	14,000	12,000	87,000	7,220	506,374


(1)	An attendance fee of $1,500 per meeting of the Board of Directors or the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee and $2,000 for the Audit Committee.
(2)	Base on an annual compensation of $250,000, his mandate has Chairman of the Board of the Company began on October 12, 2008 and he does not qualify under the DSU Plan.
(3)	President of the Audit Committee.
(4)	President of the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee.
(5)	This amount includes $25,000 as lead director.

In support to the Company’s Management decision with regards to reducing their respective base salary by 10% for fiscal year 2010, the directors have accepted as well to reduce their total annual compensation by 10% for fiscal year 2010.

Outstanding share-based awards and option-based awards

The following table set forth for each independent director details pertaining to all outstanding stock options at the end of the fiscal year ended April 26, 2009.

	Option-based Awards				Share-based Awards

Name	Number of	Option exercice	Option expiration	Value of	Number of shares	Market or payout
	securities	price ($)⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	date⁽³⁾	unexercised in-	or units of shares	value of share-
	underlying			the-money	that have not	based awards
	unexercised			options ($)⁽⁴⁾	vested	that have not
	options⁽¹⁾					vested ($)

Roger Longpré	40,000	7.3575	March 19, 2012	224,900	-	-

Jean Turmel	20,000	6.24	March 18, 2013	134,800	-	-


(1)	Stock options were granted prior to the change of the Company’s policy with respect to grants to independent directors as indicated above. Take note that on March 18, 2005, there was a share split on all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares on a two for one basis and therefore, the outstanding stock options were adjusted accordingly as to the number and the exercise price.
(2)	The exercise price of a stock option corresponds to the weighted average trading price of the Subordinated Voting Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the five trading days immediately preceding the grant date.
(3)	The stock options expire at the tenth anniversary from grant date.
(4)	Value of unexercised in-the-money options at financial year-end is the difference between the closing price of the Subordinate Voting Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange at fiscal year-end ($12.98) and the exercise price.This gain has not been, and may never be, realized. The options have not been, and may never be, exercised and actual gains, if any, on exercise will depend on the value of the aforesaid shares on the date of exercise.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation discussion and analysis

The Company is committed to a competitive compensation policy that drives short- and long-term business performance. To that effect, the Board of Directors has created a Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to matters of human resources and corporate governance, namely compensation, establishing succession plan and development of senior management including Named Executive Officers (as defined under section “Summary Compensation Table”). This Committee has the responsibility for evaluating and making recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation of the Named Executive Officers and the equity-based and incentive compensation plans, policies and programs of the Company.

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The Company’s compensation policy focuses on financial performance, both at the corporate and divisional levels, while providing its executive officers the necessary incentives to further the development of the Company, in line with its strategy and values. In determining compensation for Named Executive Officers, the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee reviews a survey of compensation practices of a peer group of listed Canadian and U.S. companies of similar size in the retail and manufacturing (food) industries, to benchmark compensation against the median (50^th percentile) of the peer group. The peer group is comprised of the following companies:

Canada		United States
• Canadian Tire Corporation Limited	• Rona Inc.	• Caseys General Stores Inc.
• The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.	• Saputo Inc.	• The Pantry Inc.
• Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.	• Sears Canada Inc.	• Smithfield Foods
• Loblaw Companies Limited	• Shoppers Drug Mart	• Susser Holdings
• Metro Inc.	• Tim Hortons	• Delek Holdings

The compensation of the Named Executive Officers is comprised of the following components:

Compensation Components	Description	Objectives
Base salary	Annual base cash compensation.	Attract, retain and motivate. Recognize level of responsibility and individual performance over time.
Annual incentive plan (“AIP”)	Bonus plan ranging from 50% to 100% of base salary which payment is determined by Company financial objectives (75%) and personal objectives (25%). If the Company’s financial objectives are met at less than 90%, no bonus is paid on the Company financial objectives component. If the financial objectives of the Company are attained at 90%, bonus shall be 10% on the Company financial objectives component and scaled-up by 10% for each additional percentage up to a maximum of 100%. Should the Company financial objectives be surpassed by 130%, the maximum bonus paid on the Company financial objectives component may reach 250% of the base salary.	Motivate to achieve strategic objectives and business priorities of the Company. Make Named Executive Officers accountable for the achievement of financial objectives.
Long-term incentive plan (“PILT”)	Stock option plan. Grants vary according to position held and individual contribution (for more details with respect to this plan, refer to section “Long- term incentive plan – stock option plan” of this Circular.)	Motivate to achieve objectives that are aligned with the Company’s strategic objectives and align interests of Named Executive Officers with those of the shareholders.
Retirement plan	Defined benefit plan to provide retirement income in the form of a lifetime annuity. Retirement supplemental plan based on the base salary and part of the AIP paid in some cases.	Attract, maintain and offer competitive benefits.
Other benefits	Company vehicle, health program and financial planning.	Attract, maintain and offer competitive benefits.

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In order to achieve the objectives described in the above table, the various compensation components are established as follows:

Base salary -is targeted at the market median, with adjustments above and below median to reflect specific circumstances such as experience and individual performance;
Annual incentive plan (“AIP”) -targets are set at the median of the market for performance that meets objectives, with the possibility of exceeding target incentive payments (up to 250 % of the base salary) when results exceed objectives and (down to zero (0)) incentive payments when results are below target;
Long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) – stock options form part of the compensation established at the median of the market. Options may be granted for a term of up to ten years and the terms during which such options may be exercised are determined at the time of each grant. The conditions of vesting and exercise of the options are established when such options are granted and the option price, as established, shall not be less than the weighted average closing price for a board lot of the Subordinate Voting Shares traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the five days preceding the date of grant; and
Pension and benefits -are set at market competitive levels.

PERFORMANCE GRAPH

In June 1995, the outstanding common shares of the Company were converted into Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares. The Multiple Voting Shares and the Subordinate Voting Shares were traded on the Montreal Exchange until December 3, 1999 and commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on December 6, 1999.

The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on $100 invested at the end of April 2004 in Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares of the Company with the cumulative total shareholder return on the Toronto S&P/TSX Composite Index.

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	APRIL 2004	APRIL 2005	APRIL 2006	APRIL 2007	APRIL 2008	APRIL 2009
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. Multiple Voting Shares	$100.00	$157.40	$222.00	$197.06	$112.26	$107.52
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. Subordinate Voting Shares	$100.00	$141.59	$214.31	$200.84	$115.48	$108.62
S&P/TSX Composite Index	$100.00	$108.07	$140.80	$157.27	$162.71	$110.17

The Company determines the Named Executive Officers’ compensation according to the policy and procedures described above and not based on the total stock performance on any given stock market namely due to the fact that its stock trading price is affected by external factors beyond the Company’s control which do not necessarily reflect the Company’s performance. The following graph illustrates the Company’s performance during said period by using a performance measure used by especially in financial circles i.e. EBITDA⁽¹⁾, which is a key component of sustained growth.

(1)	Meaning Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization. It does not have a standardized meaning prescribed by Canadian GAAP and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other publicly traded companies.

In order to motivate the Named Executive Officers to reach targets that are aligned with the Company’s strategic objectives and the interests of those of the shareholders, the Company grants them stock options under its LTIP. Stock options granted over these fiscal years have an exercise price ranging from $16.99 to 25.69$ and therefore cannot be considered as compensation since the gain has not been, and may never be, realized. The options have not been, and may never be, exercised; and actual gains, if any, on exercise will depend on the value of the aforesaid shares on the date of exercise.

The following graphs illustrate the total compensation^(*) earned by the Named Executive Officers in each year of the five-year period ending on April 26, 2009. Although the comparison with the Company’s stock performance may show that there is a trend between the two components, the Named Executive Officers’ direct compensation is determined in accordance with the policies and methods indicated above.

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The total compensation includes the base salary, bonus (i.e. the AIP) and value of the stock options (i.e. the LTIP) vested during the fiscal year calculated by using the Black & Scholes model which is based on various assumptions. However, the value of the stock options have has not been, and may never be, realized. The options have not been, and may never be, exercised and actual gains, if any, on exercise will depend on the value of the aforesaid shares on the date of exercise.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table details compensation information for the fiscal year ended April 26, 2009, for the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the three other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”).

Name and	Fiscal	Salary	Share-based	Option-	Non-equity incentive		Pension	All other	Total
principal	year	($)	awards ($)	based	plan compensation ($)		value ($)	compensation	compensation
position				awards	Annual	Long-term		($)⁽³⁾	($)
				($)⁽²⁾	incentive	incentive
					plans	plans
Alain Bouchard	2009	870,996⁽¹⁾	-	-	1,295,607⁽¹⁾	-	1 104 239⁽¹⁾		3,270,842⁽¹⁾
President and
Chief Executive
Officer⁽⁴⁾
Raymond Paré	2009	194,647⁽¹⁾	-	142,911⁽¹⁾	162,882⁽¹⁾	-	21 999⁽¹⁾	-	522,439⁽¹⁾
Vice-President
and Chief
Financial
Officer ^(4,5)
Réal Plourde	2009	500,270⁽¹⁾	-	-	558,114⁽¹⁾	-	959 494⁽¹⁾	-	2,017,878⁽¹⁾
Executive Vice-
President and
Chief Operating
Officer⁽⁴⁾
Brian	2009	341,682	-	110,989⁽¹⁾	429,494⁽¹⁾	-	19 656⁽¹⁾	-	901,821
Hannasch
Senior Vice-
President, U.S.
Operations⁽⁴⁾
Kim	2009	213,093⁽¹⁾	-	22,198⁽¹⁾	123,061⁽¹⁾	-	26 173⁽¹⁾	-	384,525⁽¹⁾
Trowbridge
Vice-President
Operations,
Western
Canada
Richard Fortin	2009	181,293⁽¹⁾	-	-	-	-	80,548⁽¹⁾	-	261,841⁽¹⁾
Executive Vice-
President and
Chief Financial
Officer⁽⁶⁾


(1)	In compliance with regulatory requirements, eventhough the amounts were paid or credited in Canadian dollars, the amount is in U.S. dollars due to the fact that the Company uses such currency in its financial statements. The conversion rate used was 0.8760, which is the average exchange rate for fiscal year 2009.
(2)	The compensation value included herein represents the estimated value of the stock options granted as determined by using the Black & Scholes model which is based on various assumptions. It does not represent cash received by the Named Executive Officer. The amount is at risk and may even be equal to zero.
(3)	Perquisite benefits are not in excess of $50,000 or 10% of the total base salary paid to each Named Executive Officers for the fiscal year indicated and thus are not reported.
(4)	In line with proactive measures taken by the Company considering the economy, namely by freezing the wages for all the employees of the Company, the Named Executive Officers that form part of the Executives have accepted a decrease on their annual base salary of 10% for the 2010 fiscal year.
(5)	Mr. Paré was appointed to such position on September 2, 2008. Prior to his nomination, he held the position of Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer of the Company.
(6)	Mr. Fortin held the office of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company until September 2, 2008 and continued thereafter to hold the office of Executive Vice-President until October 12, 2008, date on which he retired from the Company as an employee. At such date, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

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INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS

Long-term incentive plan - stock option plan

The Plan provides that the number of Subordinate Voting Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan is 16,892,000. Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the Company may grant options to purchase Subordinate Voting Shares to full-time employees, officers or directors of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries. The aggregate number of Subordinate Voting Shares reserved for issuance at any time to any one optionee shall not exceed 5% of the aggregate number of Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares outstanding on a non-diluted basis at such time, less the total of all shares reserved for issuance to such optionee pursuant to any other share compensation arrangement of the Company. Options may be granted for a term of up to 10 years and the terms during which such options may be exercised are determined by the Board of Directors at the time of each grant of options. The conditions of vesting and exercise of the options are established by the Board of Directors when such options are granted and the option price, as established by the Board of Directors, shall not be less than the weighted average closing price for a board lot of the Subordinate Voting Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the five days preceding the date of grant.

Options granted under the Plan are personal to the optionees and cannot be assigned or transferred, except by will or by the applicable laws of succession. Upon an optionee's employment with the Company being terminated for cause or upon an optionee being removed from office as a director or becoming disqualified from being a director by law, any option or the unexercised portion thereof shall terminate forthwith. If an optionee's employment with the Company is terminated otherwise than by reason of death or termination for cause, or if any optionee ceases to be a director other than by reason of death, removal or disqualification by law, any option or the unexercised portion thereof may be exercised by the optionee for that number of shares only which he was entitled to acquire under the option at the time of such termination or cessation, provided that such option shall only be exercisable within 90 days after such termination or cessation or prior to the expiration of the term of the option, whichever occurs earlier. If an optionee dies while employed by the Company or while serving as a director, any option or the unexercised portion thereof may be exercised by the person to whom the option is transferred by will or the applicable laws of succession for that number of shares only which the optionee was entitled to acquire under the option at the time of death, provided that such option shall only be exercisable within 180 days following the date of death or prior to the expiration of the term of the option, whichever occurs earlier.

Outstanding share-based awards and option-based awards

The following table provides details, for each Named Executive Officer, of stock option grants outstanding at the end of fiscal year ended April 26, 2009.

		Option-based Awards			Share-based Awards
Name and	Number of	Option exercise	Option expiration	Value of	Number of shares	Market or payout
principal position	securities	price($)⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	date⁽³⁾	unexercised in-	or units of shares	value of share-
	underlying			the-money	that have not	based awards
	unexercised			options($)⁽⁴⁾	vested	that have not
	options⁽¹⁾					vested($)
Alain Bouchard	100,000	25.69	Feb. 7, 2017	-	-	-
President and	200,000	17.38	May 27, 2015	-	-	-
Chief Executive	400,000	10.10	Oct. 15, 2013	1,152,000	-	-
Officer	1,600,000	7.3575	March 19, 2012	8,996,000	-	-
	200,000	3.4025	May 8, 2011	1,915,500	-	-
	1,000,000	2.3825	July 5, 2010	10,597,500	-	-
Raymond Paré	30,000	14.21	Sept. 12, 2018	-	-	-
Vice-Presidentand Chief	25,000	17.91	Nov. 30, 2017	-	-	-
Financial Officer⁽⁵⁾	5,000	23.54	May 7, 2017	-	-	-
	10,000	25.71	May 5, 2016	-	-	-
	6,000	17.38	May 27, 2015	-	-	-
	800	11.58	June 9, 2014	1,120	-	-

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		Option-based Awards			Share-based Awards
Name and	Number of	Option exercise	Option expiration	Value of	Number of shares	Market or payout
principal position	securities	price($)⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	date⁽³⁾	unexercised in-	or units of shares	value of share-
	underlying			the-money	that have not	based awards
	unexercised			options($)⁽⁴⁾	vested	that have not
	options⁽¹⁾					vested($)
Réal Plourde	50,000	25.69	Feb. 7, 2017	-	-	-
Executive Vice-	100,000	17.38	May 27, 2015	-	-	-
President and	200,000	10.10	Oct. 15, 2013	576,000	-	-
Chief Operating	700,000	7.3575	March 19, 2012	3,935,750	-	-
Officer	120,000	3.4025	May 8, 2011	1,149,300	-	-
	250,000	2.3825	July 5, 2010	2,649,375	-	-
Brian Hannasch	25,000	13.45	Sept. 29, 2018	-	-	-
Senior Vice-	25,000	17.30	Jan. 14, 2018	-	-	-
President, U.S.	25,000	25.69	Feb. 7, 2017	-	-	-
Operations	25,000	24.27	March 10, 2016	-	-	-
	25,000	23.19	Dec. 15, 2015	-	-	-
	100,000	16.995	Dec. 15, 2014	-	-	-
	80,000	11.13	Nov. 18, 2013	148,000	-	-
	30,000	6.995	June 20, 2013	179,550	-	-
	100,000	7.7125	July 3, 2012	526,750	-	-
	110,000	4.0325	July 4, 2011	984,225	-	-
Kim Trowbridge	5,000	13.45	Sept. 29, 2018	-	-	-
Vice-President	5,000	25.69	Feb. 7, 2017	-	-	-
operations,	40,000	11.465	June 14, 2014	60,600	-	-
Western Canada	60,000	12.06	April 23, 2014	55,200	-	-
	10,000	6.995	June 20, 2013	59,850	-	-
	40,000	7.7125	July 3, 2012	210,700	-	-
	40,000	3.4025	May 8, 2011	383,100	-	-
	158,028	2.3825	July 5, 2010	1,674,702
Richard Fortin	50,000	25.69	Feb. 7, 2017	-	-	-
Executive Vice-	100,000	17.38	May 27, 2015	-	-	-
President and	200,000	10.10	Oct. 15, 2013	576,000	-	-
Chief Financial	700,000	7.3575	March 19, 2012	3,935,750	-	-
Officer⁽⁵⁾	120,000	3.4025	May 8, 2011	1,149,300	-	-
	400,000	2.3825	July 5, 2010	4,239,000	-	-


(1)	Take note that on July 20, 2001, July 19, 2002 and March 18, 2005, there was a share split on all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares on a two for one basis and therefore, the outstanding stock options were adjusted accordingly as to the number and the exercise price.
(2)	The option price is equal to the weighted average closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange for a board lot of the Subordinate Voting Shares for the five days preceding the grant date.
(3)	Options expire on the tenth anniversary from grant date. The options vest by trenches of 20% starting on grant date.
(4)	Value of unexercised in-the-money options at financial year-end is the difference between the closing price of the Subordinate Voting Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange at fiscal year-end ($12.98) and the exercise price. This gain has not been, and may never be, realized. The options have not been, and may never be, exercised and actual gains, if any, on exercise will depend on the value of the aforesaid shares on the date of exercise.
(5)	Mr. Paré was appointed to such position on September 2, 2008. Prior to his nomination, he held the position of Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer of the Company.
(6)	Mr. Fortin held the office of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company until September 2, 2008 and continued thereafter to hold the office of Executive Vice-President until October 12, 2008, date on which he retired from the Company as an employee. At such date, he was nominated as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

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Incentive plan awards – value vested or earned during the fiscal year

The following table sets forth, for each Named Executive Officer, the aggregate dollar value that would have been realized if the options under the option-based award had been exercised on the vesting date that occurred in fiscal 2009 and the bonus earned during the 2009 fiscal year.

Name and principal position	Option-based awards – Value	Share-based awards – Value	Non-equity incentive plan
	vested during the fiscal	vested during the fiscal	compensation – Value
	year($)⁽³⁾	year($)	earned during the year($)
Alain Bouchard	-	-	1,479,003
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Raymond Paré	1,160	-	185,938
Vice-President and Chief
Financial Officer⁽¹⁾
Réal Plourde	-	-	637,117
Executive Vice-President and
Chief Operating Officer
Brian Hannasch	750	-	429,494⁽⁴⁾
Senior Vice-President, U.S.
Operations
Kim Trowbridge	17,230	-	140,481
Vice-President Operations,
Western Canada
Richard Fortin	-	-	-
Executive Vice-President and
Chief Financial Officer⁽²⁾


(1)	Mr. Paré was appointed to such position on September 2, 2008. Prior to his nomination, he held the position of Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer of the Company.
(2)	Mr. Fortin held the office of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company until September 2, 2008 and continued thereafter to hold the office of Executive Vice-President until October 12, 2008, date on which he retired from the Company as an employee. At such date, he was nominated as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(3)	The option price is equal to the weighted average closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange for a board lot of the Subordinate Voting Shares for the five days preceding the grant date.
(4)	This amount is in U.S dollars.

PENSION PLAN BENEFITS

The Canadian Named Executive Officers participate in two non-contributory Canadian defined benefit pension plans. Messrs. Bouchard and Plourde participate in the Company’s Canadian basic pension plan (“RPP”) and Canadian enhanced supplemental retirement program (“SERP”). The purpose of these plans is to offer the Named Executive Officers, upon retirement, income equal to 2% per year of credited service, multiplied by the final average compensation of the Named Executive Officer’s three best years (base salary plus 50% of bonus – bonus not to exceed 100% of salary), with no offset for any payment from the Canada and Quebec pension plans. The normal retirement age is 65, with provisions for early retirement after 25 years of services with reduced compensation. Mr. Fortin, who retired on October 12, 2008, was a Canadian Named Executive Officer who also participated in the above mentioned plans and is currently receiving retirement benefits under such plans.

Messrs. Trowbridge and Paré participate in the RPP and the Company’s Canadian basic supplemental retirement program. The benefit in the Canadian basic supplemental retirement program is similar to the enhanced supplemental retirement program; however it does not include any portion of the bonus as part of the final average compensation of the Named Executive Officer’s three best years. Prior to Mr. Paré’s nomination to Chief Financial Officer, he held the position of Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer therefore was already a member of this plan.

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Mr. Hannasch participates in the Company’s U.S. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and the U.S. basic supplemental retirement program. In the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, participants can contribute up to 25% of base salary and up to 100% of their pre-tax annual bonus. The Company will match 100% of the first 7% of base salary. As with the Canadian plan, the U.S. basic supplemental retirement program has no offset for any payments from Social Security benefits. However, the benefit payable is offset by the estimated annual benefit from two times the employee contribution into the Non Qualified Plan, up to a maximum of 14%.

The following table sets forth the pension benefits payable under the defined benefit plans of the Company for each Named Executive Officer calculated at the end of fiscal year 2009 by using the same assumptions and methods used in the Company’s audited financial statements.

Name and	Number of		Annual benefits payable ($)				Accrued	Compensatory	Non-	Accrued
principal	years						obligation at	change ($)⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾	compensatory	obligation at
position	credited						start of fiscal		change ($)⁽⁷⁾⁽⁹⁾	fiscal year-
	services		At year end		At age 65		year($)⁽⁷⁾			end($)⁽⁷⁾
	RPP	SERP	RPP⁽¹⁾	SERP	RPP	SERP
Alain	9.33	30.25	22,814.77	831,699.18	34,629.57	1,041,978.81	7,888,772.53	1,260,546.57	(1,401,490.92)	7,747,828.18
Bouchard⁽²⁾
President and
Chief Executive
Officer
Raymond Paré⁽³⁾	4.50	1.42	3,462.96	2,241.40	59,073.97	54,058.03	9,180.59	25,113.22	(17,048.11)	17,245.69
Vice-President
and Chief
Financial Officer
Réal Plourde⁽²⁾	9.33	25.33	22,814.77	398,130.10	38,499.93	538,295.50	3,139,290.13	1,095,312.52	(723,981.19)	3,510,621.45
Executive Vice-
President and
Chief Operating
Officer
Brian	7.96	7.96	n/a	123,581.57⁽⁶⁾	n/a	471,805.71⁽⁶⁾	139,141.10⁽⁶⁾	(944.41)⁽⁶⁾	(81,734.46)⁽⁶⁾	56,462.23⁽⁶⁾
Hannasch⁽⁴⁾
Senior Vice-
President, U.S.
Operations
Kim	23.58	23.58	53,913.48	93,585.29	71,431.97	150,409.59	861,919.33	29,877.92	(219,071.72)	672,725.54
Trowbridge⁽³⁾
Vice-President
operations,
Western Canada
Richard Fortin⁽⁵⁾	8.75	25.00	23,139.60	239,492.76	20,416.68	239,492.76	3,214,960.53	91,949.50	(377,276.91)	2,929,633.12
Executive Vice-
President and
Chief Financial
Officer


(1)	The normal form of pension is a 66% joint and survivor annuity with a 5-year guarantee.
(2)	The form of pension of the enhanced supplemental retirement program is an annuity guaranteed during first 5 years, a 50% joint and survivor annuity for the following 5 years and there is no death protection after the first 10 years.
(3)	The normal form of pension of the basic supplemental retirement program is an annuity guaranteed for 5 years.
(4)	The normal form of pension is an annuity guaranteed for 5 years.

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(5)	Mr. Fortin held the office of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company until September 2, 2008 and continued thereafter to hold the office of Executive Vice-President until October 12, 2008, date on which he retired from the Company as an employee. At such date, he was nominated as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(6)	This amount is in U.S. dollars.
(7)	The amounts indicated include pension benefits payable under the RPP and the SERP.
(8)	The compensatory change is the value of the projected pension earned for the period from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009 including any differences between actual and estimated earnings.
(9)	The non-compensatory change is the value of items other than compensatory, such as: interest on the accrued obligation at the start of the fiscal year, changes in assumptions, and other experience gains and losses for the period from May 1^st, 2008 to April 30, 2009.

The following table sets forth the pension benefits payable under the defined contribution plans of the Company for each Named Executive Officer calculated at the end of fiscal year 2009 by using the same assumptions and methods used in the Company’s’ audited financial statements.

Name	Accumulated value at	Compensatory ($)	Non-compensatory ($)	Accumulated value at
	start of fiscal year ($)			year end ($)
Alain Bouchard	-	-	-	-
Raymond Paré⁽¹⁾	37,471.71	-	(817.61)	36,654.10
Réal Plourde	-	-	-	-
Brian Hannasch	649,137.74	23,381.88	(135,998.78)	536,520.84
Kim Trowbridge	-	-	-	-
Richard Fortin	-	-	-	-


(1)	The amounts indicated for Mr. Paré were accumulated while participating to the employees defined contribution plans of the Company prior to his nomination as Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer on November 20, 2007.

SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

The following table sets forth information as at April 26, 2009 with respect to the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the annual and special meeting held on September 21, 1999 and amendments to the Plan were approved by the Company’s shareholders at the annual and special meeting held on September 25, 2002.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

	Number of Subordinate	Weighted-average exercise	Number of Subordinate
	Voting Shares to be issued	price of outstanding options	Voting Shares remaining
	upon exercise of outstanding		available for future issuance
	options		under the Plan
Equity compensation plan approved by the security holders - 1999 Stock Incentive Plan	8,800,383	$ 8.83	8,091,617

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

The Company’s Board of Directors has approved at its meeting held on July 15, 2008, a share repurchase program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to 2,693,860 of the 53,877,212 Multiple Voting Shares and up to 14,031,210 of the 140,312,108 Subordinate Voting Shares issued and outstanding as at July 29, 2008 (representing 5 % of the Multiple Voting Shares issued and outstanding and 10 % of the Subordinate Voting Shares of the public float as determined by the applicable rules as at that date, respectively). The share repurchase program was approved by the Toronto Stock Exchange on August 6, 2008 and is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws. The repurchases effected under the share repurchase program reduces the number of Multiple Voting Shares and of the Subordinate Voting Shares issued and outstanding and resulted in an increase on a pro rata basis of the proportionate interest of the shareholders in the share capital of the Company. The Company may repurchase Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares under the program on the open market through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, from time to time, over the course of twelve months commencing on August 8, 2008 and ending August 7, 2009, the whole in compliance with the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange. As of June 30^th, 2009, the Company has repurchased an aggregate amount of 17,600 Multiple Voting Shares and 9,743,800 Subordinate Voting Shares. All shares repurchased under the share repurchase program are cancelled upon repurchase.

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Security holders may obtain a copy of the notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid as filed with the Toronto Stock Exchange, without charge, by contacting the Corporate Secretary of the Company at 1600 St-Martin Blvd. East, Tower B, Suite 200, Laval, Québec, H7G 4S7.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company complies with the guidelines adopted by the Canadian Securities Administrators and with the standards of other regulatory bodies. A description of the Company’s governance practices is attached to this proxy circular as Appendix A.

APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS

At the meeting, or any adjournment thereof, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will be proposed for appointment as auditors of the Company for the financial year ending April 25, 2010 and for authorizing the Board of Directors to fix their compensation.Unless otherwise specified by the shareholders, the shares represented by any proxy enclosed herewith will be voted FOR the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, chartered accountants, as auditors of the Company for the 2010 fiscal year, until the next annual general meeting of the shareholders and FOR authorizing the Board of Directors to set their compensation.

AUDIT AND OTHER RELATED FEES

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, chartered accountants, have served as the Company’s auditors since fiscal year 2009. For the fiscal years ended on April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, billed fees for audit, audit-related, tax and all other services provided to the Company respectively by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Raymond Chabot Grant Thorton LLP were as follows:

		2009		2008

*Audit Fees*⁽¹⁾	$	600,000	$	888,721
*Audit-Related Fees*⁽²⁾	$	18,500	$	11,100
*Tax Fees*⁽³⁾	$	270,120		n/a
*All Other Fees*		n/a	$	127,755
*TOTAL*	$	888,620	$	1,027,576


(1)	Audit services are professional services rendered for the audit of an issuer's annual financial statements and, if applicable, for the reviews of an issuer's financial statements included in the issuer's quarterly reports and services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with an engagement to audit the financial statements of an issuer - for example:
		attendance at audit committee meetings at which matters related to the audits or reviews are discussed;
		consultations on specific audit or accounting matters that arise during or as a result of an audit or review;
		preparation of a management letter;
		time incurred in connection with the audit of the income tax accrual; and
		services in connection with the issuer's annual and quarterly reports, prospectuses and other filings with Canadian, US or other securities commissions.

(2)	Audit-related services (the Canadian term) are assurance and related services traditionally performed by an independent auditor - for example:
		employee benefit plan audits;
		accounting work related to mergers and acquisitions, including special audits, due diligence and accounting consultations;
		internal control reviews;
		assurance engagements that are not required by statute or regulation; and
		general advice on accounting standards.

(3)	This category includes tax services other than time incurred in connection with the audit of the income tax accrual.

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At its meeting held on March 16, 2004, the Board of Directors adopted a policy and procedures on the pre-approval of non-audit services by the Company’s auditors. This policy prohibits the Company from engaging the auditors to provide certain non-audit services to the Company and its subsidiaries, including bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements, financial information systems design and implementation, appraisal or valuation services, actuarial services, internal audit services, investment banking services, management functions or human resources functions, legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit. The policy allows the Company to engage the auditors to provide non-audit services, other than the prohibited services, only if the services have specifically been pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

OTHER BUSINESS

Management of the Company knows of no amendment or variation to the matters identified in the Notice, nor of any other matter to be discussed other than those identified in the Notice. However, the enclosed form of proxy confers discretionary authority upon the persons named therein to vote on any such amendments or variations or other matters.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information relating to the Company is available as well as copies of the Company’s latest annual information form, financial statements and the management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A) filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators may be obtained on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s Web site www.couche-tard.com.

APPROVAL BY DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the contents of this Management Proxy Circular and its sending to the shareholders of the Company.

(s)Sylvain Aubry

Sylvain Aubry
Senior Director, Legal Affairs and
Corporate Secretary

Laval, Québec, July 14, 2009

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APPENDIX A
GOVERNANCE PRACTICE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors up for election is comprised of 10 directors. The Board of Directors considers six of them to be “independent” to the Company. Messrs. Alain Bouchard, Richard Fortin, Réal Plourde and Jacques D’Amours are not independent directors. Mr. Jean Élie was nominated by Metro Inc., a significant shareholder, but is not otherwise related to the Company or Metro. The Board does consider Mr. Jean Élie to be an independent director given that the Company does not have significant business dealings with Metro and that Metro does not control the Company. The five other directors, Messrs. Desrosiers, Longpré, Sauriol and Turmel and Mrs. Kau, are independent directors given that they do not have any business interests or other relationships with the Company or its principal shareholders.

The following table indicates the other issuers where directors of the Company sit as members of the board of director:

Director	Issuer
Alain Bouchard	Atrium Innovations Inc.

Richard Fortin	Rona Inc. (also a member of the Audit Committee and the Human Resources and Compensation Committee)
	Transcontinental Inc. (also a member of the Audit Committee)

Jean Turmel	Canam Group Inc.
	TMX Inc.

The Board of Directors holds regularly scheduled meetings of the Board at which non-independent directors and members of management are not in attendance. During the last fiscal year of the Company, the independent directors held six meetings.

The Chairman of the Board is not an independent director. Therefore, the Board of Directors has established procedures enabling it to function independently of management, including the appointment of an unrelated director to act as Lead Director. The Lead Director’s responsibilities include the following:

To ensure that the responsibilities of the Board of Directors are well understood by both the Board of Directors itself and management, and that the boundaries between the responsibilities of each are clearly understood and observed.
Ensure that the resources available to the Board of Directors (especially up-to-date and relevant information) are adequate and enable it to perform its work.
Adopt, together with the Chairman of the Board of Directors, procedures and meeting schedules so that the Board of Directors and its committees can effectively and efficiently accomplish their work.
Ensure that duties assigned to the competent committees are effectively carried out and that the results are communicated to the Board of Directors.

The following tables set forth the attendance of nominees at meetings of the Board of Directors and of the committees thereof, as well as the number of meetings of the Board and of the committees held during the fiscal year ended April 26, 2009.

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	Number of Meetings Attended by the Director /
Directors	Board	Number of Meetings Held*	Human Resources and
	6 meetings	Audit Committee	Corporate Governance
		4 meetings	3 meetings
Alain Bouchard	6/6	-	-
Jacques D’Amours	6/6	-	-
Roger Desrosiers	6/6	4/4	-
Jean Élie	5/6	4/4
Richard Fortin	6/6	-	-
Mélanie Kau	6/6	-	3/3
Roger Longpré	6/6	4/4	3/3
Réal Plourde	6/6	-	-
Jean-Pierre Sauriol	5/6	-	2/3
Jean Turmel	6/6	-	3/3*

* Attends voluntarily and does not get any attendance fees.

MANDATE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors adopted a Board of Directors’ Charter in order to identify the specific responsibilities of the Board of Directors which are as follows.

Mandate

The Board of Directors oversees the Company's management of its commercial activities and internal affairs with a view to increasing the long-term return on shareholder equity. The Board makes major policy decisions and reviews the performance and efficiency of the management team entrusted with the responsibility for administering the Company's day-to-day business.

In accordance with theCompanies Act (Québec) and its By-Laws, the Board of Directors may delegate certain tasks and responsibilities to board committees. However, such delegation does not remove the board’s general management responsibilities of the Company.

II.

Responsibilities

In addition to making decisions that fall within its jurisdiction, in accordance with the law, the main responsibilities of the Board of Directors are as follows:

A.	Strategic planning:
1.	Revising and approving the Company’s strategic plan and priorities while taking into account opportunities and risks, the Company’s financial and tax strategy and its business plan.
2.	Revising and discussing the Company’s strategic plan and priorities during an annual meeting with senior management.
3.	Evaluating the Company’s performance with respect to the strategic plan and business plan and, in particular, assessing the Company’s operating results based on the established objectives.

B.	Human resources:
4.	Ensuring that the Chief Executive Officer and other members of senior management create a culture of integrity throughout the Company.
5.	Determining the size and structure of the Board of Directors and its committees based on the expertise, skills and personal qualities required of the members of the Board in order to ensure adequate decision making.
6.	Approving and submitting the list of candidates for the position of director, to be voted on by shareholders, as proposed by the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee.

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7.	Ensuring effective planning regarding the succession of the Company’s senior managers, including their appointment and compensation.
8.	Ensuring that an annual performance evaluation is carried out for the Chief Executive Officer and other members of senior management, while taking into account the Board’s expectations and the objectives set by the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee.

C.	Finance and internal control procedures:
9.	Revising the main risks associated with the Company’s activities, as identified by management, and ensuring that they are managed effectively. The main risks are revised during the quarterly meetings of the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors.
10.	Ensuring the integrity of the quality of the Company’s internal control and management systems.
11.	Adopting a communications policy that involves the full disclosure of all important matters related to the Company’s activities, in particular those dealing with how the Company interacts with analysts and the public. The communications policy must also outline measures to take to avoid the selective disclosure of information.

D.	Governance:
12.	Developing the Company’s governance policies and practices and revising governance structures and procedures with respect to the governance standards in effect and in accordance with the best practices considered applicable in this instance.
13.	Approving the appointment of the Lead Director based on the recommendation of the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee.
14.	Developing and approving the job descriptions for the Chairman of the Board and committee presidents as well as for the Lead Director.
15.	Adopting a written code of conduct and ethics that applies to the Company’s officers and employees and revising and modifying it where necessary. The Board of Directors is responsible for ensuring that the code is respected. The Board, or a Board committee, may grant dispensations to directors or senior management with regard to the code.
16.	Implementing, in co-operation with the Lead Director, a procedure to follow for evaluating the effectiveness and contribution of the Board and its members as well as the Board committees and their members.
17.	Assessing and approving the contents of important disclosure documents, namely the Annual Information Form, the Management Proxy Circular, as well as any document that the Company must disclose or file with the appropriate regulatory authorities.
18.	Ensuring that the appropriate measures are implemented to promote communication with clients, employees, shareholders, investors and the public.

POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

The Board of Directors has developed Charters for the Audit and Human Resources and Corporate Governance committees of the Board, as well as respective position descriptions for the Chair of the Board, for the Lead Director, for the Committee chairs and for the President and Chief Executive Officer to compliment the Board of Directors’ Charter.

ORIENTATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

The Company has developed and updates a director’s guide for new members of the Board of Directors as well as for existing members. New members of the Board of Directors receive training in the form of presentations and up-to-date documentation containing basic information on the Company and its industry. Management make presentations on various aspects of the Company’s business to the Board of Directors on a regular basis. The Board also has put in place a pre-determined budget for continuing education which process is overseen by the Lead Director.

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ETHICAL BUSINESS CONDUCT

The Company has in place a written code of ethics and conduct for its officers and employees (the “Code”). The Code may be consulted the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com or the website www.couche-tard.com. The Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for the Code implementation within the Company. The Code is distributed and signed by each employee of the Company upon hire. The Code pertains namely to conflict of interest, the use of the Company’s assets, fair treatment of the clients, providers, competitors and other Company employees. In addition, the Code includes a communication policy whose objective is to ensure that disclosure to the investing public regarding the Company is made in a timely manner by the Company authorized representatives, in keeping with the facts, accurately and widely, in accordance with the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Pursuant to the Code, all employees of the Company shall report any activity which seems not to be in line with the Code or laws and regulations.

The Company has adopted a code of ethics and conduct for its board members which indicates namely that if a director who finds themself in a conflict of interest during any Board of Directors or Committee meeting must immediately declare their interest and refrain from participating in any discussion about the conflicting issue or from voting thereon.

NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors has delegated to the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee, the task of evaluating and recommending to the Board of Directors, together with the Chairman of the Board of Directors, new nominees for the position of Director. The Committee determines the skills, abilities and personal attributes required of new directors with a view to creating value for shareholders.

The Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee is exclusively comprised of independent directors. The members are Messrs. Roger Longpré and Jean-Pierre Sauriol and Mrs. Mélanie Kau.

This Committee, together with the Lead Director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, is responsible for the review and proposing policies and practices for the compensation of directors to ensure that compensation realistically reflects the responsibilities and risks involved in carrying out their mandate as directors, as well as means for encouraging directors to hold shares in the Company. The Committee takes into account, in particular, the work load and comparative figures on the compensation of board members of a group of comparable Canadian companies with North American operations. During the fiscal year 2008, in determining compensation for executive officers, the Committee reviewed a survey of compensation practices of a peer group of Canadian and U.S. companies in the retail and manufacturing (food) industries, to benchmark compensation against the median (50^th percentile) of the peer group. Following such review, the Committee recommended a Board compensation policy, which was approved by the Board.

COMPENSATION

The Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee is established by the Board of Directors to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to matters of human resources and corporate governance, namely compensation, establishing succession plan and development of senior management. The Committee has the responsibility for evaluating and making recommendations to the Board regarding the compensation of the Company’s executives and the equity-based and incentive compensation plans, policies and programs of the Company. For more details refer to section “Executive Compensation” of this proxy circular.

OTHER BOARD COMMITTEES

Audit Committee

Information relating to the Audit Committee of the Company may be found under section “Audit Committee Disclosure” of the 2009 Annual Information Form, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

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Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is comprised of Messrs. Alain Bouchard, Richard Fortin, Réal Plourde and Jacques D’Amours.

The Executive Committee has the authority to exercise, from time to time, all the powers of the Board of Directors, except the powers that may not be delegated to a committee pursuant to the laws governing the Company and subject to any restrictions imposed by the Board of Directors, within the limits of the mandates and responsibilities of other committees of the Board of Directors in accordance with current corporate governance guidelines. The Executive Committee must also advise the Board of all decisions of a strategic nature.

ASSESSMENTS

The Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee examines on an annual basis, together with the Chairman of the Board and the Lead Director, the performance and contribution of directors nominated for re-election and ensures that they are still eligible pursuant to applicable laws. The Committee reviews the size of the Board on a annual basis and reports to the Board. In addition, the Lead Director meets with each director on an personal basis to assess the operation of the Board and committees, the participation of individual directors, the adequacy of information given to directors and communication between the Board and Management. Thereafter, the Lead Director reports to the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee.

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Form of Proxy - Annual General Meeting to be held on September 2, 2009

This Form of Proxy is solicited by and on behalf of Management.

Notes to proxy

Every holder has the right to appoint some other person or company of their choice, who need not be a holder, to attend and act on their behalf at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. If you wish to appoint a person or company other than the persons whose names are printed herein, please insert the name of your chosen proxyholder in the space provided (see reverse).

If the securities are registered in the name of more than one owner (for example, joint ownership, trustees, executors, etc.), then all those registered should sign this proxy. If you are voting on behalf of a corporation or another individual you must sign this proxy with signing capacity stated, and you may be required to provide documentation evidencing your power to sign this proxy.

This proxy should be signed in the exact manner as the name(s) appear(s) on the proxy.

If this proxy is not dated, it will be deemed to bear the date on which it is mailed by Management to the holder.

The securities represented by this proxy will be voted as directed by the holder, however, if such a direction is not made in respect of any matter, this proxy will be voted as recommended by Management.

The securities represented by this proxy will be voted in favour or withheld from voting or voted against each of the matters described herein, as applicable, in accordance with the instructions of the holder, on any ballot that may be called for and, if the holder has specified a choice with respect to any matter to be acted on, the securities will be voted accordingly.

This proxy confers discretionary authority in respect of amendments or variations to matters identified in the Notice of Meeting or other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

This proxy should be read in conjunction with the accompanying documentation provided by Management.

Proxies submitted must be received by 5:00 pm, Eastern Time, on August 28, 2009.

Appointment of Proxyholder
I/We, being Class B Subordinate shareholder(s) of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. hereby appoint: Alain Bouchard, or failing him Richard Fortin, or failing him Réal Plourde,	OR	Print the name of the person you are appointing if this person is someone other than the Management Nominees listed herein.

as my/our proxyholder with full power of substitution and to attend, act and to vote for and on behalf of the shareholder in accordance with the following direction (or if no directions have been given, as the proxyholder sees fit) and all other matters that may properly come before the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. to be held at Hotel Sheraton, Salle des congrès, Laval Room 1, 2440 Autoroute des Laurentides, Ville de Laval, province of Québec, on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., (local time) at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

VOTING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INDICATED BY HIGHLIGHTED TEXT OVER THE BOXES.

	For	Withhold


1. Election of Directors
Vote FOR or WITHHOLD for all nominees proposed by Management	□	□


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2. Appointment of Auditors
Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing year and authorizing the Directors to fix their remuneration.	□	□

Authorized Signature(s) - This section must be completed for your instructions to be executed.		Signature(s)	Date
I/We authorize you to act in accordance with my/our instructions set out above. I/We hereby revoke any proxy previously given with respect to the Meeting. If no voting instructions are indicated above, this Proxy will be voted as recommended by Management.	OR


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