TORONTO, June 26 (Reuters) - Canadian retailer

Alimentation Couche-Tard ( ANCTF ) will be required to divest 35

gas stations in order to move forward with its proposed $1.57

billion acquisition of 270 retail fuel outlets from grocery

store chain Giant Eagle, the Federal Trade Commission said on

Thursday.

The proposed consent order would settle FTC charges that the

deal was anticompetitive and would have likely led to higher

fuel costs for consumers across Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania,

the commission said in a statement.