Holding(s) in Company

Associated British Foods PLC
24 January 2006


Associated British Foods plc
24 January 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 and/ or its subsidiaries

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

Not stated

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

Nominee/ Registered name                             Shares held

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 914945      139,704
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 923363      188,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775237      206,300
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942199      944,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942229      937,200
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942217      936,700
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942205      943,600
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942175      939,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 942187      936,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 775245      1,210,653
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 770286      446,400
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 357206      9,227,468
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 866203      732,657
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 904332      81,070
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 969995      918,608
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 985551      37,206
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 754612      982,278
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 361602      61,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 282605      2,555,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 360509      583,953
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 766793      423,200
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 824434      47,800
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/C 924422      395,000

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

23 January 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

23,873,597 ordinary shares of 10p each

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.01%

14. Any additional information

Shares in issue as at 17 January 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

24 January 2006

www.abf.co.uk




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