Transaction in Own Shares

Stock Exchange Announcement

 Transaction in own shares

Fyffes plc announces, under the authority granted by shareholders at its previous Annual General Meeting, it purchased 17,000,000 Ordinary Shares of €0.06 each in the issued share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on the market at a price of €0.31 per share on 17 November 2010. 

The 17,000,000 Ordinary Shares purchased under this transaction will be held as treasury shares. In addition, Fyffes has authorised the cancellation of 3,946,610 Ordinary Shares previously held as treasury shares by the Company. Following this transaction, Fyffes plc has 328,566,633 Ordinary Shares in issue, excluding the 32,075,000 now held as treasury shares.

Seamus Keenan

Company Secretary

18 November 2010

For further information, please contact:

Brian Bell, Wilson Hartnell PR - Tel: +353-1-669-0030