Major interests in shares

Associated British Foods PLC
03 July 2006


Associated British Foods plc
3 July 2006



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of Company

Associated British Foods plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

                    Legal & General Group plc
                    Temple Court
                    11 Queen Victoria St
                    London
                    EC4N 4SB

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or 
in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's 
spouse or children under the age of 18

Shareholder named in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them

Nominee: HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd

                    Account Number                                                   Shares held
                    914945                                                                     140,604
                    923363                                                                     640,600
                    775237                                                                     241,000
                    942199                                                                     1,337,400
                    942229                                                                     1,325,400
                    942217                                                                     1,333,400
                    942205                                                                     1,335,900
                    942175                                                                     1,330,400
                    942187                                                                     1,331,900
                    775245                                                                     1,146,359
                    770286                                                                     428,000
                    357206                                                                      9,468,512
                    866203                                                                     753,430
                    904332                                                                     81,070
                    969995                                                                     941,469
                    985551                                                                     51,306
                    754612                                                                     3,562,656
                    361602                                                                     67,500
                    282605                                                                     3,496,800
                    360509                                                                     625,353
                    766793                                                                     656,900
                    824434                                                                     183,632
                    924422                                                                     665,900

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A

 6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 5 15/22 pence each

10. Date of transaction

N/A

11. Date company informed

30 June 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

31,145,491 ordinary shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.93%

14. Any additional information

Shares in issue as at 30 June 2006 - 791,674,183

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Rosalyn Mendelsohn - 020 7399 6500

16. Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

Rosalyn Mendelsohn
Deputy Company Secretary
Associated British Foods plc

3 July 2006

www.abf.co.uk
FSA allocated short name - Assoc British Foods




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