Annual Information Update

Associated British Foods PLC
24 November 2006


24 November 2006

Associated British Foods plc


                           ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE


Annual information update for the period from 23 November 2005 up to and
including 24 November 2006.


Associated British Foods plc ('the Company') is pleased to provide an annual
information update, in accordance with the requirements of Prospectus Rule 5.2.
The information referred to in this update was up to date at the time the
information was published but some information may now be out-of-date. To avoid
an unnecessarily lengthy document, information is referred to in this update
rather than included in full.

1.                  Announcements made via RNS, a regulatory information service

All of the documents listed below were published via RNS, a Regulatory
Information Service:


Date                      Brief description of announcement

21 November 2006          Announcement that the Trustee of the ABF Executive Share Incentive Plan 2003 had
                          acquired 400,000 of Associated British Foods plc ordinary shares, 200,000 at an
                          average price of 890.09p per share and 200,000 at an average price of 888.20p per
                          share; and that conditional allocations of 94,793 and 68,812 shares, respectively,
                          had been made to George Weston and John Bason.
20 November 2006          Announcement that the Trustee of the ABF Executive Share Incentive Plan 2003 had
                          acquired 600,000 of Associated British Foods plc ordinary shares, 300,000 at an
                          average price of 891.94p per share and 300,000 at an average price of 895.45p per
                          share.
10 November 2006          Annual report and accounts 2006 and notice of annual general meeting
7 November 2006           Preliminary results for year ended 16 September 2006
1 November 2006           Appointment of Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG and Javier Ferran as non-executive
                          directors
11 September 2006         Pre close period trading update
4 September 2006          Completion of the acquisition of 51% of the shares in Illovo Sugar
4 July 2006               Director share dealing - John Bason, Finance Director, purchased 41 shares in
                          Associated British Foods plc at a price of £7.6725 per share as a result of his
                          participation in the Associated British Foods plc Dividend Re-investment Plan.
4 July 2006               Announcement of further plans for the development of British Sugar
3 July 2006               Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
20 June 2006              Announcement of a collaboration with BP and DuPont on UK biofuel production
8 June 2006               Notification of the retirement of The Rt. Hon. Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market PC,
                          OBE, non-executive director, from the board of Slough Estates plc on 16 May 2006.
7 June 2006               Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
2 June 2006               Director share dealing - Tim Clarke, non-executive director, purchased 1,500
                          shares of the Company at a price of 739 pence per share.
24 May 2006               Notification of major interests in shares from FMR Corp.
19 May 2006               Announcement of a recommended offer to acquire 51% of Illovo, Africa's largest
                          sugar producer
2 May 2006                Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
25 April 2006             Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
21 April 2006             Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
19 April 2006             Interim results for the 24 weeks ended 4 March 2006
27 March 2006             Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
16 March 2006             Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
15 March 2006             Statement on discussions with Illovo Sugar Limited
13 March 2006             Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc
13 March 2006             Notification of major interests in shares from FMR Corp.
9 March 2006              Notification of major interests in shares from FMR Corp.
27 February 2006          Pre close period trading update
15 February 2006          Notification of major interests in shares from FMR Corp.
24 January 2006           Notification of major interests in shares from FMR Corp.
24 January 2006           Notification of major interests in shares from Legal & General Group plc and/or
                          its subsidiaries
18 January 2006           Notification of major interests in shares from FMR Corp.
16 January 2006           Director share dealing - John Bason, Finance Director, purchased 73 shares of the
                          Company at a price of £8.3579 per share as a result of his participation in the
                          ABF Dividend Re-investment Plan
22 December 2005          Announcement that the Trustee of the Associated British Foods Executive Share
                          Incentive Plan 2003 had acquired 230,000 of Associated British Foods plc ordinary
                          shares at an average price of 833.81p per share.
22 December 2005          Notification of major interests in shares from FMR Corp.
15 December 2005          Presentation of information under IFRS
12 December 2005          Publication of resolutions dealing with special business passed at the annual
                          general meeting
9 December 2005           AGM statement
25 November 2005          Council of European Ministers of Agriculture reach agreement on the Commission's
                          proposals for the reform of the EU sugar regime.

Copies of the above announcements can be obtained from the Company's website
www.abf.co.uk.

2.                  Documents filed at Companies House

All of the documents listed below were filed with the Registrar of Companies in
England and Wales on or around the dates indicated.


Date                                  Document filed

24 November 2006                      Form 288a recording the appointment of Lord Jay as a Director
24 November 2006                      Form 288c recording a change in a Director's particulars
17 November 2006                      Form 288a recording the appointment of Javier Ferran as a Director
14 September 2006                     Annual Return on Form 363 made up to 27 July 2006
14 January 2006                       Annual Accounts filed for the Group made up to 17 September 2005
20 December 2005                      Resolutions (1) disapplying pre-emption rights 9/12/05 and (2)
                                      authorising allotment of securities 9/12/05



Copies of documents filed with the Registrar of Companies can be obtained from
Companies House. (www.companieshouse.gov.uk)

3.                  Annual and Interim Report

The Company's Annual Report for the period ended 16 September 2006 incorporating
the Notice of the 2006 Annual General Meeting (which was filed with the UKLA
Document Viewing Facility on 10 November 2006) can be found on the Company's
website, as can the Interim Report 2006 published on 20 April 2006.

4.                  Contact

Paul Lister, Company Secretary               Tel. [phone]


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