Posting of Offer Circular and Salient Dates and Times of Offer Eastern Trading Company (Pty) AH-VEST LIMITED Ltd t/a Darsot Food Corporation (“Darsot Food Corporation”) ("AH-Vest" or "the Company") (Incorporated in the Republic of (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) South Africa) (Registration no:1963/000720/07) (Registration number: 1989/000100/06) Share code: AHL ISIN code: ZAE000129177 POSTING OF OFFER CIRCULAR AND SALIENT DATES AND TIMES OF OFFER Shareholders are referred to the joint announcement released on SENS on 5 September 2012, regarding the acquisition by the Darsot Food Corporation of a 56.92% interest in the issued share capital of AH-Vest and the material terms of a mandatory offer to be made by the Darsot Food Corporation for the remaining shares in the issued share capital of AH-Vest for a cash consideration of 17.86 cents per share in accordance with the provisions of section 123 of the Companies Act, 2008. The combined circular incorporating the terms of the offer and the views of the Independent Board of AH-Vest on the offer was posted to shareholders on Tuesday, 23 October 2012. The important dates and times relating to the offer are set out below: 2012 Posting of combined offer circular to AH- Vest shareholders 23 October Opening date of the offer at 09:00 24 October Last day to trade in order for AH-Vest shareholders to participate in the offer 30 November Shares trade “ex” the offer on the JSE at 09:00 on 3 December Offer consideration record date on which AH-Vest shareholders must be recorded in the share register in order to participate in the offer 7 December Closing date of the offer at 12:00 on 7 December Results of the offer released on SENS on: 10 December Offer consideration posted to offer Offer consideration settlement participants who have not dematerialised dates, being within six their AH-Vest shares (offer participants business days after acceptance will receive either a direct deposit or of the offer until the sixth posted cheque) business day after the closing date Offer consideration credited to the CSDP Offer consideration settlement or broker, as the case may be, of offer dates, being within six participants who have dematerialised business days after acceptance their AH-Vest shares and whose acceptance of the offer until the sixth of the offer has been received by the business day after the closing transfer secretaries date Notes: 1. The abovementioned dates and times are South African dates and times. All references to days are to business days. 2. An AH-Vest shareholder who has accepted the offer may not withdraw that acceptance. 3. AH-Vest shares may not be dematerialised or rematerialised from Monday, 3 December 2012 until the closing date of the offer on Friday, 7 December 2012, both days inclusive. 4. The above dates and times are subject to amendment at the discretion of the offeror, subject to the prior written approval of the Takeover Regulation Panel being obtained. Any such amendment will be released on SENS and published in the South African press. Johannesburg 24 October 2012 Designated Advisor Arcay Moela Sponsors (Pty) Ltd Date: 24/10/2012 05:47:00 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.