Greencore Group PLC

AGM Information • Dec 22, 2010

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you should immediately consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent professional adviser who, if you are taking advice in Ireland, is authorised or exempted under the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995 or the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) Regulations 2007 (as amended) or, if you are taking advice in the United Kingdom, is authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom. If you have sold some or all of your Ordinary Shares in Greencore Group plc please consult your stockbroker or agent through whom the sale was effected as soon as possible.

Greencore Group plc (Registered in Ireland No. 170116)

Directors: Registered Office: Ned Sullivan (Chairman) No. 2 Northwood Avenue Patrick Coveney (Chief Executive Officer) Northwood Business Park Geoff Doherty (Chief Financial Officer) Santry Diane Walker (Executive Director) Dublin 9 John Herlihy (Non-Executive Director) Ireland Gary Kennedy (Non-Executive Director) Patrick McCann (Non-Executive Director) Eric Nicoli (Non-Executive Director) David Simons (Non-Executive Director) David Sugden (Non-Executive Director)

22 December 2010

To Greencore Shareholders and the Special Shareholder

Dear Shareholder,

Availability on Website of Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting and Notice of 2011 Annual General Meeting

I am writing to you to inform you that the following documents are available on the Company's website www.greencore.com:

• 1. the Circular to shareholders dated 22 December 2010 containing the Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, which will be held at The Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 at 11.00 a.m. on Monday, 31 January 2011; and
• 2 Chairman's letter dated 22 December 2010, Scrip Final Dividend details and the Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which will be held at The Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 on Monday, 31 January 2011 at the later of the conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened on the same day and 12.30 p.m.

Proxy forms for both the Extraordinary General Meeting and the Annual General Meeting are enclosed with this letter.

A member entitled to attend, speak, ask questions and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend, speak, ask questions and vote on his behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. Appointment of a proxy will not preclude a member from attending, speaking, asking questions and voting at the meetings should the member subsequently wish to do so. To be effective, the form of proxy together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is executed, or a notarially certified copy thereof, must be deposited at the registered office of the Company or, at the member's option, with the Registrar of the Company, Computershare Investor Services (Ireland) Limited, P.O. Box 954, Heron House, Corrig Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18 not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the meetings. You may submit your proxy electronically via the internet by accessing Computershare's website at www.computershare.com/ie/voting/greencore. You will be asked for your Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and PIN, both of which appear on the attached proxy forms. The PIN will expire at the end of the voting period.

CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so for the meetings and any adjournment(s) thereof by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual.

Yours faithfully, Ned Sullivan Chairman