Disposal of St Hubert - All conditions satisfied

16 August 2012

Dairy Crest Group plc ("Dairy Crest")Disposal of St Hubert SAS ("St Hubert") - All conditions satisfied and completion expected on 28 August 2012

Further to the announcements made on 29 June 2012 and 26 July 2012, the Board of Dairy Crest is pleased to confirm that at the General Meeting of Dairy Crest held today the resolution to approve the proposed disposal of St Hubert (as detailed in the shareholder circular dated 26 July 2012) was duly passed.

A copy of the resolution will be forwarded electronically to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

In addition, clearance of the proposed disposal was received from the French Anti-Trust Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) on 2 August 2012. Therefore, all of the conditions to which the disposal of St Hubert was subject have now been satisfied and the disposal is expected to complete on 28 August 2012.