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  0001219878
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000726958
  CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC
  001-34700
  PO BOX 3001
  ANKENY
  IA
  50021
  515-965-6100
  RENDA LARREE M
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Investments
  245 Summer st
  Boston
  MA
  02210
  4762
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  Issuer
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  common
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  Dividend Reinvestment
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  Compensation
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  Jason Coleman as a duly authorized representative of National Financial Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Larree Renda