Trading statement Astral Foods Limited ("Astral Foods") Registration number: 1978/003194/06 JSE Code: ARL ISIN: ZAE000029757 Trading statement Further to the general trading update issued on 1 October 2015, shareholders are now advised that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that Astral Foods' headline earnings per share for the year ended 30 September 2015 will reflect an increase of between 125% (1 080 cents per share) and 135% (1 166 cents per share) compared to the previous comparable period. This implies that headline earnings per share is expected to be between 1 944 and 2 030 cents per share. The headline earnings per share for September 2014 was 864 cents per share. Earnings per share for the year ended 30 September 2015 will reflect an increase of between 120% (1 061 cents per share) and 130% (1 149 cents per share) compared to the previous comparable period. This implies that earnings per share is expected to be between 1 945 and 2 033 cents per share. The earnings per share for September 2014 was 884 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 2015 will be published on SENS on 16 November 2015. Pretoria 2 November 2015 Sponsor JPMorgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 02/11/2015 01:53:00 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.