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 issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: 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 thenotification 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 onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

14 July 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 July 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Above 10% - aggregate of voting rights from shares

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% 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 financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

Not applicable

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

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 thefinancial 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 ceaseto hold:

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

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

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7299 3641