2003 AGM Results

Proxy appointment disclosure

At the AGM of Associated British Foods plc held on 5 December 2003, the following levels of proxy appointments and associated voting instructions were received prior to the meeting. Any resolutions that were to be decided by a poll are excluded from the schedule.

Proxy appointments and associated voting instructions

Resolution Number

Proxy votes
for the resolution

Proxy votes
against the resolution

1

594,429,329

3,457,886

2

551,790,883

28,208,330

3

612,469,807

558,061

4

608,701,444

3,948,864

5

611,622,559

1,405,309

6

597,874,118

15,188,300

7

612,985,668

42,200

8

612,914,865

111,803

9

585,551,252

12,359,297


Notes to the disclosure

1.

Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.

2.

It should be noted that the appointment of a proxy is not an unequivocally precise indicator of the way that the shareholder would have voted on a poll, it merely reflects their intention at the time the instruction was given. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy is still entitled to attend the meeting and having heard/participated in the debate vote their shares themselves as they see fit.

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