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            <rptOwnerName>Horak H Lynn</rptOwnerName>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Consisting of shares awarded under the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan as part of director compensation for FY2018.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Scott Faber, under Power of Attorney dated March 3, 2017</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-10-02</signatureDate>
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X0306
4
2017-09-28
0
0000726958
CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC
CASY
0001397796
Horak H Lynn
504 GRAND OAKS DRIVE
WEST DES MOINES
IA
50265
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2017-09-28
4
A
0
1043
0
A
15483
D
Common Stock
200
I
Consisting of shares held in a separately managed IRA account
Consisting of shares awarded under the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan as part of director compensation for FY2018.
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
Scott Faber, under Power of Attorney dated March 3, 2017
2017-10-02