Edita Food Regs Regulatory News (EFID)

EDITA FOOD INDUSTRIES S.A.E.

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These materials shall not constitute or form part of any offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the Prospectus Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and not a prospectus. Investors should not purchase or subscribe for any transferable securities referred to in this announcement other than solely on the basis of information contained in the prospectus (the "Prospectus") in its final form.

In connection with the listing and admission to the official list of up to 121,000,000 additional global depositary receipts ("the Additional GDRs") by Edita Food Industries S.A.E. ("Edita" or the "Company"), the Company confirms that its prospectus dated 14 June 2016 (the "Prospectus") has been approved by the UK Listing Authority.

The Prospectus relates to the admission of additional global depositary receipts representing ordinary shares of Edita to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange.

Further details are set out in the Prospectus, which will be made available on Edita's website (ir.edita.com.eg). Copies of the Prospectus will also shortly be made available free of charge during normal business hours from the registered office of Edita. The prospectus is also available at:

http://inktankir2.s3.amazonaws.com/edita/Edita-Prospectus-for-approval-140616.pdf

The Prospectus will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

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About Edita Food Industries S.A.E. 

Edita, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Egypt, is a leader in the growing Egyptian packaged snack food market. The Company manufactures, markets and distributes a range of branded baked snack products including packaged cakes, croissants, rusks (baked wheat), and wafers as well as selected confectionary/candy products. The Company's local brand portfolio includes household names such as Todo, Molto, Bake Rolz, Bake Stix, Freska and MiMix. The Company also has the exclusive ownership of the international HTT brands Twinkies, Hoho's and Tiger Tail in Egypt, Libya, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia; and is party to a technical assistance and know-how agreement to manufacture 11 additional HTT brands across its territories. The Company holds strong number-one market positions in its core cake and croissant segments, a number-two market position in rusks, and growing market positions in the wafers and candy segments. In 1Q2016, the Company derived c.93% of its revenue from Egypt and c.7% from over 14 regional export markets. Learn more at ir.edita.com.eg.

Contact

Ms. Menna Shams El DinInvestor Relations & Business Development ManagerT: +20 2 38516 464| M: +2010 0 154 2428 | menna.shamseldin@edita.com.eg

Important Notice

The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may or should be placed by any person for any purpose whatsoever on the information contained in this announcement or on its completeness, accuracy or fairness. The information in this announcement is subject to change. However, the Company does not undertake to provide the recipient of this announcement with any additional information, or to update this announcement or to correct any inaccuracies. This announcement has not been approved by any competent regulatory authority.

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any shares or any other securities nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract therefor. The distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the listing of the Additional GDRs may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions, and persons into whose possession this announcement or any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement has not been independently verified and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made or given by or on behalf of the Company or any of its respective parent or subsidiary undertakings, or the subsidiary undertakings of any such parent undertakings, or any of such person's respective directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates or advisers, as to, and no reliance should be placed on, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the information or opinions contained in this announcement and no responsibility or liability is assumed by any such persons for any such information or opinions or for any errors or omissions. All information presented or contained in this announcement is subject to verification, correction, completion and change without notice.

This announcement is not an offer of securities in the United States, or a solicitation to purchase securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under the securities law of any state or jurisdiction in the United States and may not be offered, sold, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly within the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States. The issuer of the securities has not registered, and does not intend to register, any portion of the Additional GDRs in the United States, and does not intend to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.

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This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the Additional GDRs. The price and value of securities and any income from them can go down as well as up. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Information in this announcement or any of the documents relating to the Additional GDRs cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. Before purchasing any Shares and/or GDRs, persons viewing this announcement should ensure that they fully understand and accept the risks which will be set out in the Prospectus, when published.

Forward-Looking Statements

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The Company's business is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could also cause a forward-looking statement, estimate or prediction to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this communication speak only as at its date and are subject to change without notice. The Company does not undertake any obligation to review, update, confirm or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this communication.