Further adjournment of the general meeting SOVEREIGN FOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration Number: 1995/003990/06 JSE Code: SOV ISIN Number: ZAE000009221 (“Sovereign” or the “Company”) FURTHER ADJOURNMENT OF THE GENERAL MEETING Unless otherwise indicated, capitalised words and terms contained in this announcement shall bear the same meanings ascribed thereto in the circular to Sovereign shareholders dated Friday, 24 June 2016 and in the announcement published by Sovereign on SENS on Thursday, 6 October 2016. Shareholders are advised that a motion to further adjourn the General Meeting to 10h00 on Friday, 6 January 2017, to be held at the Sun International Boardwalk Hotel, Beach Road, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth (“Motion”), was passed with the requisite majority of votes of Shareholders at the Adjourned Meeting. The total number of Shares represented, in person or by proxy, at the Adjourned Meeting (including the Shares held by Country Bird but excluding the Shares held by the Exco Members, the ESOP and Crown Chickens) amounted to 60 111 166 Shares, representing 78.9% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The total number of Shares voted, in person or by proxy, at the Adjourned Meeting (excluding the Shares held by the Exco Members, the ESOP and Crown Chickens) amounted to 40 297 854 Shares (“Relevant Shares”), representing 52.9% of the total issued share capital of the Company. The results of the vote are as follows: - 100% of the Relevant Shares voted in favour of the Motion; - 0% of the Relevant Shares voted against the Motion; and - 26% of the total issued share capital abstained from voting on the Motion. Port Elizabeth 19 October 2016 Corporate Advisor and Sponsor One Capital Attorneys to Sovereign Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. Date: 19/10/2016 01:15:00 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.