On January 3, 2013, The Cash Store Financial Services, Inc. solicited proxies to vote against the shareholder 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) submitted by Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. at the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held on February 7, 2013.