Share Interest

Associated British Foods PLC
07 June 2006


Associated British Foods plc
7 June 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                                                             1,412,000
                    942229                                                             1,400,000
                    942217                                                             1,406,000
                    942205                                                             1,409,000
                    942175                                                             1,404,000
                    942187                                                             1,404,000
                    775245                                                             1,156,359
                    770286                                                               460,000
                    357206                                                             9,356,925
                    866203                                                               747,257
                    904332                                                                81,070
                    969995                                                               932,504
                    985551                                                                51,306
                    754612                                                             3,562,656
                    361602                                                                67,500
                    282605                                                             3,650,000
                    360509                                                               614,353
                    766793                                                               700,000
                    824434                                                               183,632
                    924422                                                               710,000

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

6 June 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

31,730,766 ordinary shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.00%

14. Any additional information

Shares in issue as at 6 June 2006 - 791,674,183

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Simon Smith - 020 7399 6500

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

Simon Smith
Assistant Company Secretary
Associated British Foods plc

7 June 2006

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




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