PRESS RELEASE Maastricht, the Netherlands September 6, 2011MACINTOSH RETAIL GROUP REPURCHASED 334,500 SHARES

Macintosh Retail Group NV repurchased 334,500 own shares through several “block trades”

at an average price of EUR 13.90 per share and for a total amount of EUR 4,649,550.

The transactions were made as part of a program to repurchase shares of EUR 4,650,000 (as a maximum) to cover staff options, as announced on September 2, 2011.

The repurchasing program, which was carried out by ABN AMRO Bank N.V., is completed.

Managing Board of Macintosh Retail Group NV Maastricht, the Netherlands

September 6, 2011

For further information, please contact Mr P.T.A. Hünen on +31 (0)43 – 3280725, or e-mail:

p.hunen@macintosh.nl

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

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 Living, Fashion and Automotive sectors. Macintosh Retail Group operates some 1,150 stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and U.K., with a total retail floor space of some 730,000 m². The Living sector consists of more than 140 home furnishing stores in the Netherlands, Belgium and France under the names Kwantum and GP Décors. The Fashion sector comprises almost 850 shoe stores of Brantano, Dolcis, Invito, Jones Bootmaker, Manfield, PRO, Scapino, Shick and Steve Madden in the Netherlands, Belgium and U.K. Nea International, producer of Push-braces, is also part of the Fashion sector. In the Automotive sector Halfords is the specialist in bicycles and car and bicycle accessories, with 150 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Macintosh Retail Group NV – Amerikalaan 100, 6199 AE Maastricht-Airport - +31 (0)43-3280780 www.macintosh.nl