Pantry merger wait period expires

Cary, N.C. - The Pantry Inc. has announced the expiration of the waiting period under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rondino Act for to the proposed merger between The Pantry and a U.S. subsidiary of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. Pantry stockholders approved the merger agreement at a special meeting on March 10.



With the expiration of the waiting period being the last major step before executing the merger, the closing is expected to occur on March 16, 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter. On Dec. 18, 2014, The Pantry entered into merger agreement with Couche-Tard U.S. Inc. and CT-US Acquisition Corp., with The Pantry surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Couche-Tard.