ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED - Trading Statement

Trading Statement

Astral Foods Limited
("Astral Foods")
Registration number: 1978/003194/06
JSE Code: ARL ISIN: ZAE000029757

Trading statement

Shareholders are advised that a reasonable degree of certainty
exists that Astral Foods' headline earnings per share for the
year ended 30 September 2014 will reflect an increase of between
90% (825 cents per share) and 100% (868 cents per share)
compared to the previous comparable period.   The headline
earnings per share for September 2013 was 434 cents per share.

Earnings per share for the year ended 30 September 2014 will
reflect an increase of between 55% (845 cents per share) and 65%
(899 cents per share) compared to the previous comparable
period. The earnings per share for September 2013 was 545 cents
per share.

The financial information on which this trading statement is
based has not been reviewed and reported on by Astral Foods’
auditors.

It is expected that the results for the year ended 30 September
2014 will be published on SENS on 17 November 2014.


Pretoria

27 October 2014
Sponsor
JPMorgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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