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Availability of Audited AFS, IR, Notice of AGM, B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report and Proposed REMCOM Meeting
ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1978/003194/06)
ISIN Code: ZAE000029757
JSE Share Code: ARL
A2X Share Code: ARL
("Astral Foods" or the "Company")
AVAILABILITY OF AUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, INTEGRATED REPORT,
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, AVAILABILITY OF B-BBEE ANNUAL COMPLIANCE
REPORT AND PROPOSED MEETING WITH THE REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Integrated Report
Shareholders are advised that the Integrated Report ("IR2023") and the Notice of Annual General
Meeting ("AGM"), are available on the Company's website at:
https://www.astralfoods.com/assets/AstralSens2023.pdf
The IR2023 incorporates the Audited Annual Financial Statements ("AFS"), also available at:
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2023/jse/isse/ARL/IAR2023.pdf
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., the Company's independent auditor, has audited the AFS and has
expressed an unmodified audit opinion thereon.
The Notice of AGM was distributed to shareholders today and is available on the Astral Food's website
at: https://www.astralfoods.com/assets/AGMAnnouncement.pdf
In the event that shareholders wish to receive the full IR2023 printed in hard copy, this can be requested
from the Company Secretary at leonie.marupen@astralfoods.com
Notice of AGM
Notice is hereby given that the AGM of shareholders of Astral Foods will be held at 08:00 on Thursday,
1 February 2024 virtually and in the Company's Boardroom at Lanseria Corporate Estate, 13
Thunderbolt Lane, Lanseria Ext 26, Gauteng to consider and, if deemed fit, pass with or without
modification, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM.
The salient dates of the AGM are as follows:
Record date to receive the Notice of AGM Friday, 1 December 2023
Distribution date of the Notice of AGM Friday, 8 December 2023
Last day to trade to be eligible to vote at the AGM Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Record date for voting purposes at the AGM Friday, 26 January 2024
Forms of proxy to be lodged by no later than 08:00 on* Wednesday, 31 January 2024
AGM to be held at 08:00 on Thursday, 1 February 2024
Results of the AGM announced on SENS on or about Thursday, 1 February 2024
*For administrative purposes. Any Form of Proxy not delivered to the transfer secretaries by this time
and date may be provided to the transfer secretaries/chairman of the AGM by no later than immediately
prior to the commencement of voting on the resolutions tabled at the AGM.
Availability of B-BBEE Annual Compliance Report
Shareholders are advised that Astral Foods' annual compliance report in terms of section 13G(2) of
the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ("B-BBEE") Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No 46 of
2013) is available on the Company's website at:
https://www.astralfoods.com/assets/Astral%20BBBEE%20certificate%2004122023.pdf
Virtual meeting with the Remuneration Committee ("REMCOM")
Astral's REMCOM would like to invite shareholders to a virtual meeting to be held at 14:00 (South
African time) on Monday, 22 January 2024, via MS Teams, prior to the Company's AGM on Thursday,
1 February 2024, for shareholders to raise any concerns or questions pertaining to any of the
resolutions, specifically the non-binding advisory resolutions on the Remuneration Policy.
The MS Teams link may be requested by contacting Inge Bird at inge@kris.co.za prior to Wednesday,
17 January 2024.
Lanseria
8 December 2023
Sponsor
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited
Date: 08-12-2023 07:05:00
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