Results of Annual General Meeting Sovereign Food Investments Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1995/003990/06) Share code: SOV ISIN: ZAE000009221 (“Sovereign” or the “Company”) RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Sovereign shareholders (“Shareholders”) are advised that at the sixteenth Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Shareholders held on Wednesday, 12 August 2015, with the exception of ordinary resolution number 4.4 relating to the appointment of Mr CP Davies as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, which was withdrawn prior to the commencement of the AGM, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM and tabled for voting, were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders present or represented by proxy. The total number of Sovereign shares eligible to be voted on at the AGM was 74 662 466. All resolutions proposed at the AGM, together with the percentage of shares abstained, as well as the percentage of votes carried for and against each resolution, are as follows: Ordinary resolution number 1: Adoption of the annual financial statements Shares Voted Abstained For Against 49 144 867 0.0345% 96.9477% 3.0523% (65.8227%) Ordinary resolution number 2.1 to 2.2: Re-election of the following non-executive directors who are due to retire as directors of the board by rotation: Ordinary resolution number 2.1: Re-election of CP Davies Shares Voted Abstained For Against 47 668 835 2.0114% 94.5333% 5.4667% (63.8458%) Ordinary resolution number 2.2: Re-election of Prof MP Madi Shares Voted Abstained For Against 45 541 594 4.8606% 92.3833% 7.6167% (60.9966%) Ordinary resolution number 3: Re-election of Deloitte & Touche as auditors of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 49 038 867 0.1765% 100.0000% 0.0000% (65.6807%) Ordinary resolution number 4.1 to 4.3: Election of the following independent non-executive directors as members of the Audit and Risk Committee Ordinary resolution number 4.1: Appointment of LM Nyhonyha (Chairman) Shares Voted Abstained For Against 47 041 626 2.8515% 100.0000% 0.0000% (63.0057%) Ordinary resolution number 4.2: Appointment of T Pritchard Shares Voted Abstained For Against 49 168 867 0.0024% 100.0000% 0.0000% (65.8549%) Ordinary resolution number 4.3: Appointment of JA Bester Shares Voted Abstained For Against 47 041 626 2.8515% 99.0544% 0.9456% (63.0057%) Ordinary resolution number 5: To pass a non-binding advisory vote on the Company’s Executive Remuneration Policy Shares Voted Abstained For Against 49 168 867 0.0024% 62.5364% 37.4636% (65.8549%) Special resolution number 1: Approval of the fees payable to non-executive directors of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 49 168 867 0.0024% 83.0590% 16.9410% (65.8549%) Special resolution number 2: General authority to repurchase shares Shares Voted Abstained For Against 49 168 867 0.0024% 94.7689% 5.2311% (65.8549%) Notes - Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued share capital of Sovereign eligible to vote. - Percentage of shares for and against are calculated in relation to the total number of shares voted at the AGM. - Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued share capital of Sovereign eligible to vote. Port Elizabeth 12 August 2015 Sponsor One Capital Date: 12/08/2015 04:10:00 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.