ASTRAL FOODS LIMITED - Unaudited Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2026 and Cash Dividend Declaration

Unaudited Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2026 and Cash Dividend Declaration

Astral Foods Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration no 1978/003194/06
Share code ARL
ISIN ZAE000029757
("Astral" or "the Company")

Unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2026 and cash dividend declaration

- Revenue increase 11%
- Profit before interest and tax increase 348%
- Earnings per share increase 392%
- Headline earnings per share increase 467%
- Interim dividend 1 160 cps

FINANCIAL RESULTS
                                          Unaudited          Unaudited       Audited
                                         six months         six months     12 months
                                              ended              ended         ended
                                           31 March           31 March  30 September
                                               2026       %       2025          2025
                                              R'000  change      R'000         R'000
Revenue                                  11 943 615     11% 10 721 348    22 619 153
Profit before interest and tax            1 213 608    348%    270 997     1 247 369
Profit for the year                         895 535    393%    181 799       876 389
Total assets                              9 893 619     15%  8 584 088     9 325 822
Total equity                              5 977 398     26%  4 737 517     5 374 623
Total liabilities                         3 916 221      2%  3 846 571     3 951 199
Earnings per share                            2 321    392%        472         2 276
Headline earnings per share                   2 318    467%        409         2 193
Dividends per share - declared out of                                    
earnings for the year (cents per share)                                  
- Interim dividend                            1 160                220           220
- Final dividend                                  -                  -           880
- Total dividend                                  -                  -         1 100

REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
The information in this announcement has been extracted from the full Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Interim Results.

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://www.astralfoods.com/file/interim-results-31-march-2026-full-announcement/, and accordingly
does not contain full or complete details. The full announcement can also be accessed online at the
following link:
https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2026/jse/isse/ARL/ie2026.pdf.

Any investment decisions by shareholders/investors should be based on the full announcement as
released on the JSE's cloud link 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.

DECLARATION OF ORDINARY DIVIDEND No 46
The Board has approved an interim dividend of 1 160 cents per ordinary share (gross) in respect of the six
months ended 31 March 2026.

In accordance with paragraphs 7.23 (a) - (k) of the JSE Listings Requirements the following additional
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 1 160 cents per ordinary share for shareholders exempt from Dividend Tax;
- The net local dividend is 928 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 150 710 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, 9 June 2026
- Shares commence trading ex-dividend               Wednesday, 10 June 2026
- Record date                                          Friday, 12 June 2026
- Payment of dividend                                  Monday, 15 June 2026

Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 10 June 2026 and
Friday, 12 June 2026, both days inclusive.

On behalf of the Board

T Eloff
Chairman

GD Arnold
Chief Executive Officer

Lanseria
18 May 2026

Sponsor
Nedbank Corporate and Investing Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited






Date: 18-05-2026 07:33:00
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.