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 seventeenth Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Shareholders held on Thursday, 4 August 2016, all the ordinary and special resolutions, as set out in the notice of AGM and tabled for voting, save for special resolution number 2, were approved by the requisite majority of Shareholders present or represented by proxy. 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 Company’s financial statements for the year ended 29 February 2016 Shares Voted Abstained For Against 69 386 021 0.001% 99.88% 0.12% (91.03%) Ordinary resolution number 2: Re-election of Mr JA Bester, who retires by rotation, as a non-executive director of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 51 134 849 23.95% 99.36% 0.64% (67.09%) Ordinary resolution number 3: Re-election of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditors of the Company Shares Voted Abstained For Against 69 386 021 0.001% 99.88% 0.12% (91.03%) 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 JA Bester (Chairman) Shares Voted Abstained For Against 51 134 220 23.95% 99.36% 0.64% (67.09%) Ordinary resolution number 4.2: Appointment of T Pritchard Shares Voted Abstained For Against 51 134 220 23.95% 96.58% 3.42% (67.09%) Ordinary resolution number 4.3: Appointment of CP Davies Shares Voted Abstained For Against 51 134 220 23.95% 93.38% 6.62% (67.09%) Ordinary resolution number 5: To pass a non-binding advisory vote on the Company’s Executive Remuneration Policy Shares Voted Abstained For Against 69 386 650 0.00% 66.77% 33.23% (91.03%) Special resolution number 1: Financial assistance to related or inter-related companies Shares Voted Abstained For Against 69 386 650 0.00% 99.88% 0.12% (91.03%) Special resolution number 2: General authority to repurchase shares Shares Voted Abstained For Against 68 461 650 0.00% 73.03% 26.97% (89.82%) Notes - Percentages of shares voted are calculated in relation to the total issued share capital of Sovereign. - Percentage of shares voted for and against are calculated in relation to the total number of shares voted for each resolution. - Abstentions are calculated as a percentage in relation to the total issued share capital of Sovereign. Port Elizabeth 4 August 2016 Sponsor One Capital Date: 04/08/2016 05:30:00 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.