Appointment of Non-Executive Directors ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED “Astral Foods” (Reg. No. 1978/003194/06)) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share Code: ARL ISIN Code: ZAE000029757 Appointment of Non-Executive Directors The Board of Directors of Astral Foods has pleasure in announcing the appointment of Ms. Takalani Patricia Maumela ( Taki Maumela) and Ms. Tshepo Monica Shabangu (Tshepo Shabangu) as non-executive directors, effective 1 July 2013. Ms. Maumela is currently general manager of GEMS where she assumes overall responsibility for 860 employees within this business unit within the Metropolitan Health Group. Apart from holding a nursing degree, she also holds a Masters of Business Leadership qualification from the University of South Africa. Ms. Shabangu is a legal professional with extensive experience in negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements and advising local and international companies regarding the identification, protection, exploitation and management of their intellectual property. She is a partner of the firm Spoor & Fisher and holds a LLM (Masters in Comparative Law Studies – Company Law) from the University of Bonn. Pretoria 1 July 2013 Sponsor J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Limited Date: 01/07/2013 01:26:00 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.