RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING AND PROXY VOTES

Dairy Crest Group plc

16 August 2012

RESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING AND PROXY VOTES

As the Board of the Dairy Crest Group plc (the 'Company') announced earlier today, the resolution at the General Meeting of the Company held today, 16 August 2012, to approve the disposal of the Company's subsidiary, St Hubert SAS, was passed by shareholders. This was done on a show of hands.

The following levels of proxy appointments and associated voting instructions were received prior to the meeting:

Notes:

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the chairman of the meeting have been included in the "For" total. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to another party have been included only in the "Total" figure above.

2. The proxy votes shown, reflect the position as at 10.00 am on Tuesday 14 August 2012, being 48 hours before the time of the meeting and conforming to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001. Voting instructions could have been changed at any time prior to a poll being demanded and a shareholder, having lodged a proxy, was entitled to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they saw fit.

For further information contact:

Andrew Money

Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: 01372 472316