Court Finds in DCC's Favour

DCC PLC
21 December 2005




                     IRISH HIGH COURT FINDS IN DCC's FAVOUR


DCC plc ('DCC') welcomes the judgment by the Irish High Court today in favour of
DCC, two of its subsidiaries, S&L Investments Limited and Lotus Green Limited
('Lotus Green'), and its Chief Executive, Jim Flavin, in the case taken against
them by Fyffes plc ('Fyffes') under Part V of the Irish Companies Act, 1990
('the Act'), seeking an account of profits arising on the sale of 31,169,493
shares in Fyffes in February 2000 by Lotus Green, DCC's Dutch managed and
controlled subsidiary.

In dismissing Fyffes' claim against all of the defendants the Court held that
the share sales were entirely lawful and that none of the defendants has any
liability arising from the sales of the shares in Fyffes in February 2000.

When legal proceedings were first initiated by Fyffes on 24 January 2002 the
Board of DCC made a Stock Exchange announcement expressing its clear view that
Fyffes' claim was wholly unjustified, totally inconsistent with Fyffes' own
actions at the time and utterly without merit and that the sale of shares in
Fyffes plc in February 2000 by Lotus Green was undertaken with absolute
propriety. The Board of DCC believes that today's judgment vindicates that view.


For Reference:

Jim Milton
Murray Consultants
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