ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Appointment of Directors

ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Appointment of Directors                           
ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED                                                            
"Astral Foods"                                                                  
(Reg. No. 1986/002864/06)                                                       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
Share Code: ARL                                                                 
ISIN Code: ZAE000029757                                                         
APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR and AN ADDITIONAL    
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                                                              
The Board of Directors of Astral Foods has pleasure in announcing the           
appointment of Christiaan Ernst Schutte (Chris Schutte) as Chief Executive      
Officer, effective 1 May 2009, following the recent resignation of Nick Wentzel.
Chris Schutte joined Astral Foods in 2002 and has been Managing Director of the 
Animal Nutrition Division since July 2004. Chris is well entrenched at Astral   
Foods and has served as an Executive Director on the Board of Astral Foods for  
the past 5 years.                                                               
The Board also wishes to announce the appointment of Daniel Dirk Ferreira (Daan)
as Financial Director of Astral Foods effective 1 May 2009. Daan, a qualified   
Chartered Accountant, has many years of experience in Financial Accounting,     
first at ICS Group (13 years) and later at Genfood (2 years). At ICS Group he   
was the Group Financial Manager before the acquisition of ICS by Tiger Brands.  
Apart from being responsible for that Group`s statutory and management          
reporting, he was involved in various mergers and acquisitions. He joined Astral
Foods in February 2001 as Group Financial Manager.                              
Dr Obed Mooki Lukhele (Dr Lukhele) is being appointed as Group Director:        
Veterinary Services with effect from 1 May 2009. Dr Lukhele has a BVMCh degree  
and BSc(Hons)(Entomology) degree. Dr Lukhele started his working career at      
Virbac Animal Health in 2000 as a Poultry Technical Manager until mid 2002.     
Thereafter, he held an Export Managerial position at Pfizer Animal Health for 4 
years responsible for various sub-Saharan African countries. He joined Astral   
Operations Limited beginning of May 2007. Dr Lukhele has co-authored three      
scientific papers published in international journals in the fields of          
entomology, veterinary anatomy and bovine infectious diseases. The Board is     
delighted to welcome Dr Lukhele as an Executive Director.                       
Pretoria                                                                        
16 April 2009                                                                   
Sponsor                                                                         
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited                                                    
Date: 16/04/2009 12:23:00 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.