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Annual Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2007

Annual Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2005

Abridged Unaudited Financial Results for the Six Months Ending 31 December 2004

Board of Directors

Stephan Roux Chief Executive Officer	Tomas Dajcar Operations Director	Paul van Heerden Financial Director


Adri Stander Non Executive Director	Dr Heidi Grimmer Chairperson

Stephan Roux - Chief Executive Office

Stephan has always operated as an entrepreneur and started his business career in the 1970s with a contract to run the SST Cable Cars at the Pretoria Zoo. Thereafter, he entered into the catering business, running the main restaurant at the same venue for an eventual contracted period of ten years.

The catering business expanded into an opportunity to run one of the cafeterias at the University of Pretoria, where after he was approached by Dairy Maid to become their agent for the Pretoria area. Having co-established the Dairy Maid agency, he identified a potential opportunity for manufacturing ice cream and in 1986, co-founded Cream Star Ice Cream, a manufacturing entity producing ice cream for the emerging market.

In 1990, Stephan established Avondale (Pty) Ltd, a company that produces ice-cream and ice-cream related products for the luxury products market. Stephan is also involved in the plastics and packaging operations of two Cape Town-based companies as well as in property development in the Plettenberg Bay area.

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Tomas Dajcar - Operations Director

On completion of his MBChB in General Medicine and Hygiene at the Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), Tomas was offered a position as a medical research assistant within the Department of Immunology at the University of Cape Town. On completion of his research assignment, Tomas decided to utilize his experience and knowledge in the health and hygiene fields within a manufacturing environment and in 1993, he joined Avondale.

His early contribution included the upgrading of the company’s hygiene systems and the implementation of new systems and controls as well as improving the working environment and personal hygiene of the staff. Tomas was appointed Operations Manager in 1995. He is currently responsible for the overall operations of Avondale

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Paul van Heerden - Financial Director

Paul graduated from UPE in 2002 with a B.Com degree in Accounting.
During his studies, he worked for Compsol, a large debt collection company with a contract from the compensation commissioner. He then moved to Pretoria in 2003 to commence his articles at TAG Inc. The experience gained as a trainee accountant ranges from evaluating and developing internal control systems to accounting & taxation issues from an internal & external audit function perspective.

On completion of his 3 years articles, Paul decided not to pursue the public auditing sector, but instead to apply his knowledge and experience in the commercial industry and joined Milkworx Ltd in 2006 when he was appointed Financial Director. His contributions to date include the minimizing of cost, eliminating unprofitable ventures and structuring internal controls. He is responsible for the entire finance function of Milkworx Limited.

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Adriana(Adri) Stander - Non Executive Director

Adri completed her BA(HeD) in 1980 at Bloemfontein . For a period of ten years she taught Mathematics at various high schools in the Free State , Gauteng , Mpumalanga and Northern Provinces .She started a small food manufacturing business in 1989 and the second business in 1998. During her business career she attended numerous business seminars and workshops. She completed her MBA(Bloemfontein) in 2004. Adri consulted Milkworx as a non-executive director since November 2006 and joined the management team since September 2007.

Adri is a firm believer of having a good governance framework in place to encourage efficient use of resources that requires accountability for the stewardship of those resources. She will lead the Marketing and Sales team and believes that with her experience in the food industry, she could stimulate innovative ideas at both managerial and product development levels.

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Dr Heidi Grimmwe - Chairperson

Dr Grimmer has been involved in the biochemistry and food science fields since graduating with her PHD from the University of Witswatersrand in 1993, initially as a flavour chemist and in technical sales support and currently as the New Product Development Technical Brewer at the South African Breweries Limited. In addition to having co-authored numerous published papers, Dr Grimmer obtained her MBA from the University of Edinburgh in 2007.

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Good Corporate Governance

Milkworx is committed to Good Corporate Governance and the principles set down in the King II Report. Our management is committed to corporate discipline, and being transparent reflects that investors can obtain a true picture of what is happening inside the company. The board is accountable to the company and act responsibly towards all stakeholders of the company.

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