Notice in terms of Section 45(5) of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED “Astral Foods” (Reg. No. 1978/003194/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share Code: ARL ISIN Code: ZAE000029757 NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 45(5) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, NO. 71 OF 2008 (“THE ACT”) This notice will be sent to all shareholders of Astral Foods as required by section 45 of the Act. 1. Shareholders should note that: 1.1 the board of directors of Astral Foods (“the board”) has adopted a resolution in terms of section 45 of the Act authorising Astral Foods to provide financial assistance to any one or more wholly owned subsidiaries of Astral Foods. 1.2 the provision of financial assistance contemplated in paragraph 2.1 was approved by a special resolution of the shareholders of Astral Foods adopted on 14 February 2013. 2. In accordance with section 45 of the Act, the board is satisfied and acknowledges that (i) immediately after providing such financial assistance, Astral Foods will satisfy the solvency and liquidity test as referred to in section 45(3)(b)(i) of the Act, and that (ii) the terms under which such financial assistance is to be given are fair and reasonably to Astral Foods as referred to in section 45(3)(b)(ii) of the Act. Pretoria 5 March 2013 Sponsor JP Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Limited Date: 05/03/2013 09:18:00 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.