Proxy Appointment Disclosure

At the AGM of Associated British Foods plc held on 9 December 2005, 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.

Resolution Number	Proxy votes for the resolution	Proxy votes against the resolution	Abstain
1 Report & Accounts	602,964,462	2,371,610	2,154,467
2 Remuneration report	598,176,527	7,016,557	2,297,455
3 Dividend	607,455,583	2,451	32,505
4 Re-elect G G Weston	606,746,636	564,075	179,828
5 Re-elect J G Bason	606,741,825	564,878	183,836
6 Re-elect M G Adamson	606,041,861	1,024,471	424,207
7 Re-elect W G G Weston	598,562,689	5,783,951	3,143,899
8 Re-elect Lord MacGregor	577,176,627	26,617,969	3,695,943
9 Re-appoint auditors	600,838,375	6,348,608	303,556
10 Allot relevant Securities	606,425,732	1,049,028	15,779
11 Allot relevant Securities for cash	604,158,878	77,368	3,254,293

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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