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ILLOVO SUGAR
                                                   SOUTH AFRICA





       Full Name of Company: Illovo Sugar South Africa   Name of Account / Auditor: Ernst & Young
       (Pty) Ltd                            Bank: Standard Bank
       Industry Sector: Agriculture
       Nature of Business: Four agricultural estates;    KEY PERSONNEL
       three sugar factories; one refinery; three wholly   Managing Director: Ricky Govender
       owned downstream plants, 50% share in a   Marketing Director: Mduduzi Nkala
       distillery; 30% investment in a further sugar    Financial Manager: Melissa Naidoo
       factory and refinery
       Date Established: 1891               CONTACT DETAILS
       Products:                            Physical Address: 1 Nokwe Avenue, Ridgeside,
          ƒ Raw, brown and refined sugar, syrup, and    Umhlanga Ridge – Umhlanga 4001
         downstream products                Postal Address: P.O. Box 194 Durban 4000
         ƒ Internal electricity generation from renewable    Tel: +27 (0)31 508 4300
         resources
       No. of Employees:  2 900 permanent and    E-mail: ltmarumule@illovo.co.za
       non-permanent people                 Website: www.illovo.co.za


                                            MAKING A DIFFERENCE DURING
                                            COVID-19
                                            Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd is a Pan-African
                                            consumer centric agri-business with roots in
                                            growing and making sugar and related products.
                                            It is Africa’s largest sugar producer and has
                                            extensive agricultural operations in six southern
                                            African countries – eSwatini, Malawi, Mozambique,
                                            South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. Sugar and
                                            downstream products are manufactured from cane
                                            supplied by its own agricultural operations and
                                            independent growers. The group is a wholly owned
                                            subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc (ABF), a
                                            diversified international food, ingredients and retail
                                            group operating in more than 50 countries.
                                             ILLOVO SUGAR (SOUTH AFRICA)
                                            Illovo Sugar (South Africa) (Illovo SA)  is a wholly
                                            owned subsidiary of the Illovo Group, with its
                                            operations including the cultivation of sugar cane
                                            and production of raw, brown, and refined sugar,
                                            syrup, together with the downstream products
                                            of  furfural and its  derivatives,  ethyl  alcohol  and
                                            lactulose.
                                            The company annually produces more than 550 000
                                            tons of raw and refined sugar from 4.8 million tons

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