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ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Voluntary announcement pertaining to the press

Release Date: 03/07/2008 16:45
Code(s): ARL
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ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Voluntary announcement pertaining to the press release issued by The Competition Commission Astral Foods Limited ("Astral Foods") Registration number: 1978/003194/06 JSE Code: ARL ISIN: ZAE000029757 Voluntary announcement pertaining to the press release issued by the Competition Commission Astral Operations Limited (Astral), a subsidiary of Astral Foods, has noted the press release issued by the Competition Commission (Commission) today. Astral is in receipt of the Commission`s referral of complaint. Astral disagrees with the views of the Commission and, in particular, the Commission`s view that Astral has, in any way, contravened the provisions of the Competition Act. It will raise, at the appropriate time, substantial factual and legal issues material to the matter which has not been dealt with by the Commission in its referral. Astral is in the process of preparing its answering papers, which will be filed with the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) in due course. The matter will, after all procedural processes are completed, be adjudicated by the Competition Tribunal. Pretoria 3 July 2008 Sponsor JPMorgan Equities Limited Date: 03/07/2008 16:45:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

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