AGRI-VIE ACQUIRES STAKE IN LEADING SA VEGETABLE SEED COMPANY

February 2011: Agri-Vie, the private equity investment fund focused on food and agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired a 37% stake in Hygrotech, South Africa’s market leading vegetable seed marketing group.

LOCAL AGRI FUND ATTRACTS R770 MILLION, PLANS ANOTHER

November 2010: Agri-Vie, the private equity fund focused on food and agribusiness investments in sub Saharan Africa, has announced the final close of its first fund, after attracting investments of $110m (approximately R770 million), 10% higher than originally anticipated.

AGRI FUND LINKS ECO-TOURISM TO AGRIBUSINESS

June 2010: Agri Vie, the sub-Saharan private equity fund investing in food and agribusiness, has acquired a strategic minority stake in Asilia, the leading East African ecotourism group with upmarket lodges and camps in Tanzania and Zanzibar.

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PRIVATE EQUITY FUND INVESTS IN HEALTHY EATING HABITS

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EAST AFRICA IDENTIFIED BY AGRI FUND AS INVESTMENT HOTSPOT

January 2010: Agri-Vie, a major Sub-Saharan private equity fund investing in food and agribusiness, has announced it has invested more than $10-million (R73-million) into two businesses in the East African agribusiness sector. The investments are indicative of the growing interest in the East African agricultural sector from a number of international and South African entities.

AGRI-VIE INVESTS IN AWARD-WINNING LOCAL DAIRY PRODUCER

November 2009: Agri-Vie, the private equity investment fund focused on agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa, has made its first foray into the dairy sector, by investing in the award-winning KwaZulu-Natal-based dairy producer Fairfield Dairy.