Total Produce receives clearance for acquisition

Total Produce plc

Stock Exchange Announcement

Total Produce receives regulatory clearance for Dutch acquisition

Total Produce plc, Europe's leading fresh produce company, announced on 20 December 2011 that it had entered an agreement to acquire 50% of Frankort & Koning Beheer Venlo B.V. ("Frankort & Koning") and subsidiaries for up to €15 million subject to, inter alia, regulatory approval. Headquartered in Venlo, the Netherlands, Frankort & Koning is a highly respected fresh produce company with operations principally in the Netherlands, Germany and Poland.

Total Produce is now pleased to announce that it has received regulatory clearance for its investment in Frankort & Koning and the transaction is expected to complete in due course.

05 March 2012

For further information, please contact:

Brian Bell, Wilson Hartnell PR

Tel: +353-1-669 0030

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