PRESS RELEASE

Maastricht, the Netherlands

October 31, 2011



MACINTOSH RETAIL GROUP REPURCHASED 289,578 SHARES





Macintosh Retail Group NV repurchased 289,578 own shares through several "block trades" at an average price of EUR 11.52 per share and for a total amount of EUR 3,335,939.



The transactions were made as part of a program announced on October 27, 2011 to repurchase shares for a maximum amount of EUR 3,475,000 to cover staff options.

This repurchasing program, which was carried out by ABN AMRO Netherlands, is now completed.





Managing Board of Macintosh Retail Group NV



Maastricht, the Netherlands

October 31, 2011



















For further information: P.T.A. Hünen on +31 (0)43 - 3280725, or p.hunen@macintosh.nl



This press release is also available on the website of Macintosh Retail Group NV: www.macintosh.nl



Should different interpretations arise between the Dutch and the English version of this press release, the Dutch language version prevails.

Retail is our business. Macintosh Retail Group is a large-scale non-food retailer that specialises in the distribution of consumer products in the Fashion, Living and Automotive sectors. Macintosh Retail Group operates some 1,150 stores in the Benelux, France and U.K. Fashion comprises almost 850 shoe stores of Brantano, Dolcis, Invito, Jones Bootmaker, Manfield, PRO, Scapino, Shick and Steve Madden in the Benelux and U.K. Intreza.nl and Nea International are also part of the Fashion sector. Living consists of more than 140 home furnishing stores in the Netherlands, Belgium and France under the names Kwantum and GP Décors. In Automotive Halfords is active with 150 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium.