ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Request for information
ARL
ARL
ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Request for information
ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED
"Astral Foods"
(Reg. No. 1978/003194/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Share Code: ARL
ISIN Code: ZAE000029757
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Astral Foods wishes to advise receipt from the Competition Commission
("Commission") of three summonses, in terms of Section 49A of the Competition
Act, No. 89 of 1998.
The summonses arise in the context of investigations commenced by the
Commission pertaining to poultry feed, poultry breeding stock and broiler
production and poultry products and are respectively addressed to:
The Animal Feed Manufacturers Association ("AFMA"), all past and present
members of AFMA and other players in the production of poultry feed and other
players involved in the poultry feed industry;
The South African Poultry Association ("SAPA"), all past and present members
of SAPA and other players in the poultry industry involved in breeding stock
and broiler production; and
SAPA, all past and present members of SAPA and other players in the poultry
products industry and other players involved in the poultry products industry.
Astral Foods is not aware of any transgressions of the Competition Act within
its group. It, nonetheless, intends to offer all reasonable co-operation to
the Commission in regard to the investigations and the summonses.
Pretoria
23 September 2009
Sponsor
JP Morgan Equities Limited
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