ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED - Trading statement

Trading statement

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

Trading statement

Further to the general trading statement released on SENS on 17
March 2015, shareholders are advised that a reasonable degree of
certainty exists that Astral Foods' headline earnings per share
for the six months ended 31 March 2015 will reflect an increase
of between 155% (598 cents per share) and 160% (618 cents per
share) compared to the 386 cents per share of the previous
comparable period. This implies that the headline earnings per
share for the six months to 31 March 2015 is expected to be
between 984 and 1 004 cents per share.


The earnings per share for the six months ended 31 March 2015
will reflect an increase of between 163% (613 cents per
share)and 168% (632 cents per share) compared to the 376 cents
per share of the previous comparable period.   This implies that
the earnings per share for the 6 months to 31 March 2015 is
expected to be between 989 and 1 008 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 six months to 31 March
2015 will be published on SENS on 18 May 2015.


Pretoria

4 May 2015
Sponsor
JPMorgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd

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