Disclosure of Beneficial Interests in Securities ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED "Astral" or "the Company" (Reg. No. 1978/003194/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share Code: ARL A2X Code: ARL ISIN Code: ZAE000029757 DISCLOSURE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN SECURITIES In compliance with paragraph 3.83(b) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and section 122 (3)(b) of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 ("Companies Act"), shareholders are advised that Astral has received formal notification from Sanlam Investment Management (Pty) Limited ("Sanlam") that Sanlam, acting on behalf of its clients, has in aggregate disposed an interest in the ordinary shares of the Company, such that the total interest in the ordinary shares of the Company held by Sanlam, on behalf of its clients, now amounts to 4.95% of the total issued ordinary shares. The board of Astral accepts responsibility for the information contained in this announcement and confirms that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, such information is true and this announcement does not omit anything likely to affect the importance of such information included. Astral will, as required by section 122 (3)(a) of the Companies Act, file the required notice with the Takeover Regulations Panel. Lanseria 9 September 2025 Sponsor Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited Date: 09-09-2025 10:30:00 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.