Silver Fern Farms & Shanghai Maling Finalising Extension

SILVER FERN FARMS AND SHANGHAI MALING FINALISING EXTENSION FOR OIO APPROVAL

• Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling remain committed to the partnership

• An extension to the June 30 date for receiving OIO approval is in the process of being finalised

• Special Meeting date deferred to accommodate the new information.

Dunedin 25 June 2016: Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling continue to work towards completion of the $261m investment and partnership.

With more time required to meet information requests from the OIO, the parties are in the process of agreeing an extension to the 30 June 2016 date to meet the OIO approval condition.

Chief Executive Dean Hamilton stated “We continue to believe that we will achieve OIO approval, however we need to allow more time to provide the required information and then for the OIO and Ministers to have sufficient time to review”.

As a consequence of the anticipated extension, the July 11 special meeting has been deferred and a new date for the shareholder requisitioned meeting will be set to allow the Notice of Meeting to be updated and distributed to shareholders with adequate time to review.

We will continue to keep shareholders informed.

ENDS

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