Astral Foods Limited - Approval By The Competition Authorities Of The
Acquisition Of Earlybird Farm
Astral Foods Limited
Registration number: 1978/003194/06
Share Code: ARL
ISIN: ZAE000029757
(`Astral Foods`)
APPROVAL BY THE COMPETITION AUTHORITIES OF THE ACQUISITION OF EARLYBIRD FARM
Further to the announcement released on SENS on 16 March 2004 and published in
the press on 17 March 2004, the directors of Astral Foods would like to inform
the company`s shareholders that the acquisition by Astral Operations Limited (a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Astral Foods) of all the shares held by Afgri
Operations Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Afgri Limited) in the issued
share capital of Earlybird Farm (Pty) Limited (`Earlybird`), comprising 50% of
the entire issued share capital of Earlybird (`the acquisition`) has been
unconditionally approved by the Competition Authorities. Accordingly, the
transaction has become unconditional in accordance with its terms.
Pretoria
10 September 2004
Financial adviser and sponsor: HSBC Investment Services (Africa) (Pty) Limited
Corporate law advisers and consultants: Edward Nathan & Friedland (Pty) Limited
Date: 10/09/2004 02:30:16 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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