ABN 32 112 073 480
50 Waterloo Road Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia
20 January 2014
ASX Limited
Company Announcements Office
Level 4, Exchange Centre
20 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Dear Sir/ Madam
PO Box 6226
Silverwater Business Centre NSW 1811 Australia Ph: 61 2 9751 8200
Fax: 61 2 9741 3027
Metcash Limited is pleased to advise that ordinary shares to be allocated under the company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRP") will be priced at $3.06 per share for the FY14 Interim Dividend ("Allocation Price").
As per the DRP Rules, the Allocation Price was based on an Average Market Price (as defined in the DRP Rules) for the ten trading days from Monday, 6 January 2014 to Friday, 17 January 2014 inclusive, less a 1% discount.
Under the DRP, 7,633,262 shares (in aggregate) will be allocated to participating shareholders on Friday, 24 January 2014.
Participating shareholders will be mailed a statement containing, among other information, details of their new shareholding in due course.
Yours faithfully
GREG WATSON Company Secretary
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