Annual Information Update

Associated British Foods PLC
22 November 2005


22 November 2005

Associated British Foods plc


                           ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE

Annual information update for the period from 19 September 2004 up to and
including 22 November 2005.

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information was published but some information may now be out-of-date.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

10 November 2005     Annual report and accounts 2005 and notice of annual
                     general meeting
08 November 2005     Preliminary results for year ended 17 September 2005
02 November 2005     Primark warehouse announcement
15 September 2005    Director share dealing - John Bason, Finance Director,
                     exercised 100,000 share options of the Company granted
                     under the Associated British Foods Share Option Scheme
                     1994 on 11th May 1999 at an exercise price of 467
                     pence per option. Of these 100,000 shares he retained
                     1,000 shares and sold 99,000 shares at a sale price of
                     838 pence per share.
12 September 2005    Pre close period trading update
29 July 2005         Completion of the acquisition of Littlewoods stores
11 July 2005         ABF accelerates expansion of Primark with the
                     acquisition of Littlewoods stores
05 July 2005         Director share dealing - John Bason, Finance Director,
                     purchased 29 shares of the Company at a price of 835
                     pence per share as a result of his participation in
                     the ABF Dividend Re-investment Plan
22 June 2005         Announcement regarding the publication of the European
                     Commission's proposals for the reform of the EU sugar
                     regime
26 April 2005        Director share dealing - Tim Clarke, non-executive
                     director, purchased 1,500 shares of the Company at a
                     price of 767.45 pence per share on 25 April 2005
19 April 2005        Interim results for the 24 weeks ended 5 March 2005
04 April 2005        The Company and Cargill complete joint venture.
30 March 2005        Announcement that George G. Weston will take up the
                     position of Chief Executive on 1 April 2005 and stand
                     down from his position of Deputy Chairman
04 March 2005        Director share dealing - Martin Adamson, Chairman,
                     purchased 20,000 shares of the Company at a price of
                     768 pence per share on 2 March 2005
28 February 2005     Pre close period trading update
14 February 2005     Announcement of acquisition six stores by Primark
26 January 2005      Director share dealing - Michael R Alexander,
                     non-executive director, purchased 1,205 shares of the
                     Company at a price of 731.28 pence per share on 13
                     December 2004
17 January 2005      Director share dealing - John Bason, Finance Director,
                     purchased 59 shares of the Company at a price of 757
                     pence per share as a result of his participation in
                     the ABF Dividend Re-investment Plan
10 December 2004     AGM statement
09 December 2004     ABF and Cargill announce intention to form a joint
                     venture. The joint venture, which is 50% owned by each
                     partner, will trade as Frontier
26 November 2004     Director share dealing - Jeffery Harris, non-executive
                     director, purchased 2,000 shares of the Company at a
                     price of 739 pence per share on 26 November 2004
16 November 2004     Annual Report and Accounts submitted to the UK Listing
                     Authority
10 November 2004     Announcement of preliminary results for year ended 18
                     September 2004
03 November 2004     Appointment of Tim Clarke as non-executive director
01 October 2004      Completion of the acquisition of the international
                     yeast, yeast extract and bakery ingredients business
                     of Burns Philp, as announced on 22 July 2004
23 September 2004    Announcement that George Weston is to succeed Peter
                     Jackson as Chief Executive of the Company in April
                     2005

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

21 October 2005             Form 288c to confirm a change to a Director's
                            particulars
11 August 2005              Annual Return on Form 363 made up to 27 July
                            2005
07 April 2005               Form 288b recording resignation of Peter
                            Jackson as a Director
18 January 2005             Resolutions (1) disapplying pre-emption rights,
                            (2) authorising an allotment of security and
                            (3) altering Articles of Association
30 December 2004            Form 287 to confirm a change in the registered
                            office
23 December 2004            Annual Accounts filed for the Group made up to
                            15 September 2004
25 November 2004            Form 288a recording the appointment of Tim
                            Clarke as a Director
15 November 2004            Form 288c to confirm a change to a Director's
                            particulars
14 October 2004             Form 288c to confirm a change to a Director's
                            particulars

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 ending 17 September 2005
incorporating the Notice of the 2005 Annual General Meeting (which was filed
with the UKLA Document Viewing Facility on 10 November 2005) can be found on the
Company's website, as can the Interim Report 2005 published on 19 April 2005.
     
4.   Contacts

Paul Lister, Company Secretary               Tel. [phone]


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