On January 3, 2013, The Cash Store Financial Services, Inc. announced that Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. has submitted the following proposals: (1) the separation of the roles of Chairman and CEO ;( 2) the delisting of the Company's shares from the NYSE and retention of a single listing on the Canadian TSX ; and (3) the pursuit of strategic alternatives for the Company's non-core assets (essentially all the UK operations) for consideration by shareholders at the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held on February 7, 2013.