many important changes are made to the corporate structure:

• SIAS MPA Holding is acquired through a L.B.O. (Leverage Buy out) by the French Capital Venture Fund: BUTLER CAPITAL PARTNERS (BCP).
• SIAS MPA changes its name to ATYS and SIAS FLAVO FOODS becomes ATYS South Africa.

takeover agreements signed by BCP, in which management will be progressively turned over to AGRANA, a leading Austrian food company.

• AGRANA is 100% shareholder of the former ATYS Group.
• AGRANA merges all its Fruit prep activities in to AGRANA Fruit preparation Division.
• ATYS South Africa becomes AGRANA Fruit South Africa.

• AGRANA Fruit South Africa opens second plant in Johannesburg