Result of AGM

Associated British Foods PLC
10 December 2007

                          Associated British Foods plc

                   2007 Annual General Meeting voting results

                                10 December 2007


Associated British Foods plc announces the results of the voting by poll on the
resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 7 December
2007.  All resolutions were passed by the required majority.

Resolution                       Votes for   % (ii)      Votes  % (ii)   Abstain
                                       (i)             against             (iii)

1    To receive the accounts   620,092,709    99.94    380,307    0.06    14,418
     and reports                                                                
2    To approve the directors' 607,610,396    98.97  6,344,906    1.03 6,529,578
     remuneration report                                                        
3    To approve the dividend   620,393,969   100.00        440    0.00    91,480
     payment                                                                    
4    To re-elect Timothy       619,107,893    99.78  1,339,095    0.22    40,535
     Clarke as a director                                                       
5    To re-elect Willard       581,681,946    94.10 36,483,842    5.90 2,325,291
     Gordon Galen Weston as a                                                   
     director                                                                   
6    To elect Peter Alan Smith 619,079,327    99.78  1,353,751    0.22    50,587
     as a director                                                              
7    To re-appoint KPMG Audit  614,494,472    99.72  1,716,953    0.28 4,272,621
     Plc as auditors and                                                        
     authorise the directors                                                    
     to determine their                                                         
     remuneration                                                               
8    To authorise the          618,405,041    99.85    898,888    0.15 1,178,483
     directors to allot                                                         
     relevant securities                                                        
9    To authorise the          618,890,649    99.93    425,849    0.07 1,167,228
     directors to allot equity                                                  
     securities for cash                                                        
     (special resolution)                                                       
10   To approve and adopt      616,148,906    99.50  3,080,888    0.50 1,253,357
     amendments to the                                                          
     Articles of Association                                                    
     (special resolution)                                                       



Notes:
     
(i)   Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been 
      included in the 'for' total.

(ii)  As a percentage of the aggregate of votes 'for' plus votes 'against'.

(iii) An abstention is not counted towards the votes cast 'for' or 'against' a 
      resolution.



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