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ARL - Astral Foods Limited - Voluntary Trading Statement
Astral Foods Limited
("Astral Foods")
Registration number: 1978/003194/06
JSE Code: ARL ISIN: ZAE000029757
Voluntary trading statement
Shareholders are advised that a reasonable degree of certainty exists that
Astral Foods` earnings and headline earnings per share for the six months ended
31 March 2012 will both reflect a decrease of between 16% and 19% compared to
the previous comparable period.
The decrease in earnings is mainly due to increases in feed and other input
costs not all recovered in selling prices. The decrease now includes a
provision for a proposed settlement, still to be reached with the Competition
Commission and subsequent ratification by the Competition Tribunal, on various
matters currently under investigation. Further details pertaining to this
provision should be available when Astral Foods reports on its results on Monday
14 May 2012.
The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been
reviewed and reported on by Astral Foods` auditors.
It is expected that the results for the six months to 31 March 2012 will be
published on SENS on 14 May 2012.
Pretoria
4 May 2012
Sponsor
JPMorgan Equities Limited
Date: 04/05/2012 07:05:04 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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