GEN - General - Country Bird Holdings Pty Ltd - Acquisition of Sovereign Foods Invest Ltd Ord shares
Country Bird Holdings Proprietary Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration number 2005/008505/07)
(“CBH”)
ACQUISITION OF SOVEREIGN FOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED (“SOVEREIGN”) ORDINARY
SHARES
Sovereign shareholders (“Sovereign Shareholders”) are referred to the announcement released by
CBH on SENS on Wednesday, 6 July 2016 in relation to the conditional cash offer by CBH to acquire
the entire ordinary share capital of Sovereign other than those ordinary shares already held by CBH
and its concert parties and other than the ordinary shares held by Sovereign’s subsidiaries.
In compliance with Regulation 98 of the Companies Regulations, 2011, Sovereign Shareholders are
advised that CBH has acquired Sovereign ordinary shares representing 3.0% of Sovereign’s total
ordinary issued share capital at an average price of R8.56 per share. CBH, together with the concert
parties, hold 13 466 583 shares in Sovereign, constituting approximately 17.7% of Sovereign’s total
ordinary issued share capital.
Johannesburg
13 July 2016
Investment Bank: Investec Bank Limited
Legal advisors: Kern & Partners
Competition law advisors: Bowman Gilfillan
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