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 Date: 04/05/2015 01:17:00 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.