Notification of major interest in shares

Associated British Foods plc

18 July 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ⁱⁱ

Associated British Foods plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):^iv

See Section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: ^v

14 July 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 July 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: ^{vi, vii}

Above 10% - aggregate of voting rights from shares

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

(ISIN: GB0006731235)

78,563,170

78,563,170

79,274,402

10.0135%

ADRs

(ISIN: US0455194029)

118,468

118,468

118,376

0.0150%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

Not applicable

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Not applicable

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

79,392,778

10.0285%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi

¹Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company.

²Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

³Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Rosalyn Schofield, Director of Group Secretarial, Associated British Foods plc

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7299 3641