ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Request for information

ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Request for information                            
ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED                                                            
"Astral Foods"                                                                  
(Reg. No. 1978/003194/06)                                                       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
Share Code: ARL                                                                 
ISIN Code: ZAE000029757                                                         
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION                                                         
Astral Foods wishes to advise receipt from the Competition Commission           
("Commission") of three summonses, in terms of Section 49A of the Competition   
Act, No. 89 of 1998.                                                            
The summonses arise in the context of investigations commenced by the           
Commission pertaining to poultry feed, poultry breeding stock and broiler       
production and poultry products and are respectively addressed to:              
The Animal Feed Manufacturers Association ("AFMA"), all past and present        
members of AFMA and other players in the production of poultry feed and other   
players involved in the poultry feed industry;                                  
The South African Poultry Association ("SAPA"), all past and present members    
of SAPA and other players in the poultry industry involved in breeding stock    
and broiler production; and                                                     
SAPA, all past and present members of SAPA and other players in the poultry     
products industry and other players involved in the poultry products industry.  
Astral Foods is not aware of any transgressions of the Competition Act within   
its group.   It, nonetheless, intends to offer all reasonable co-operation to   
the Commission in regard to the investigations and the summonses.               
Pretoria                                                                        
23 September 2009                                                               
Sponsor                                                                         
JP Morgan Equities Limited                                                      
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