| Astral Foods |
| The information in this announcement has been extracted from the Audited Summarised Consolidated Results but is not itself audited. |
| The contents of this short form announcement are the responsibility of the Board of Directors of Astral. The information in the short-form announcement is a summary of the full announcement available on the Company’s website at the following link: https://bit.ly/ARLSens, and accordingly does not contain complete details. The full announcement can also be accessed online at the following link: https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2024/jse/isse/ARL/YE24.pdf. |
| Any investment decisions by shareholders/investors should be based on the full announcement as released on the JSE’s website and published on the Company’s website, www.astralfoods.com. Copies of the full announcement may be requested from the registered office of the Company by e-mailing such a request to contactus@astralfoods.com. |
| The auditors, Deloitte & Touché, have issued an unqualified audit opinion in terms of the International Standards on Auditing in respect of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024 and are available via e-mail. To request please contact us at contactus@astralfoods.com. |
| DECLARATION OF ORDINARY DIVIDEND NO 43 |
| The Board has approved a final dividend of 520 cents per ordinary share (gross) in respect of the year ended 30 September 2024. |
| The dividend will be subject to Dividends Tax that was introduced with effect from 1 April 2012. By paragraphs 11.17 |
| (a) (i) to (ix) and 11.17 (c) of the JSE Listing Requirements the following information is disclosed: |
| 🞂 The dividend has been declared out of income reserves; |
| 🞂 The local Dividend Tax is 20% (twenty per centum); |
| 🞂 The gross local dividend is 520 cents per ordinary share for shareholders exempt from Dividend Tax; |
| 🞂 The net local dividend is 416 cents per ordinary share for shareholders liable to pay Dividend Tax; |
| 🞂 Astral Foods Limited has currently 42 922 235 ordinary shares in issue (which includes 4 088 577 treasury shares held by a subsidiary and 396 373 held in terms of a forfeitable share scheme); and |
| 🞂 Astral Foods Limited’s income tax reference number is 9125190711 |
| Shareholders are advised of the following dates in respect of the interim dividend: |
| 🞂 Last date to trade cum-dividend: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 |
| 🞂 Shares commence trading ex-dividend: Wednesday, 15 January 2025 |
| 🞂 Record date: Friday, 17 January 2025 |
| 🞂 Payment of dividend: Monday, 20 January 2025 |
| Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 15 January 2025 and Friday, 17 January 2025, both days inclusive. |
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| Astral Foods Limited |
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