Associated British Foods PLC

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Nov 8, 2012

Registration card Annual general meeting, Friday 7 December 2012

If you attend the annual general meeting at 11.00 am on Friday 7 December 2012 at Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS please bring this card with you to hand in on arrival at the shareholder registration desk, where it will be exchanged for an admission card.

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Shareholder communications election form

Shareholder reference number

0851-036-S

Please refer to the Chairman's letter enclosed with this mailing and tell us how you would like to receive shareholder communications in the future.

The following choices are available to you:

Option 1: Paper communication

To continue receiving documents in traditional paper form, please tick the box and return this form to Equiniti by 6 December 2012, using the envelope enclosed with this mailing.

Option 2: Website communication with email notification

To receive notification by email whenever shareholder documents are made available on the Company's website, visit www.shareview.co.uk and register an electronic communications preference.

Option 3: Website communication with paper notification

To receive a letter by post whenever shareholder documents are made available on the Company's website, you need take no further action.

If you do not return this election form or register online by 6 December 2012, you will be taken to have consented to receive shareholder documents via the website with a paper notification sent to you by post (option 3 above).

You can change your instruction at any time by writing to Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing BN99 6DA.

Associated British Foods plc

Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4QY

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Form of Proxy Associated British Foods plc annual general meeting Friday 7 December 2012

Please see notes overleaf for completion of this Form of Proxy.

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Voting ID Task ID		Shareholder reference number
I/We, being a member/members of Associated British Foods plc (the 'Company') entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of the		Company, hereby appoint the Chairman of the Meeting (see note 1 overleaf)
as my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the annual general meeting of the Company to be held on Friday 7 December 2012 and at any adjournment thereof.
Please tick here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made (see note 2 overleaf).

Signed Date 2012

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Resolutions		For	Vote Against withheld
	1. Report and accounts 2012 2. Directors' Remuneration report 2012 3. Declaration of final dividend 4. Election of Emma Adamo as a director 5. Re-election of John Bason as a director 6. Re-election of Timothy Clarke as a director1 7. Re-election of Lord Jay of Ewelme as a director1 8. Re-election of Javier Ferrán as a director2 9. Re-election of Charles Sinclair as a director2 10. Re-election of Peter Smith as a director1 11. Re-election of George Weston as a director 12. Reappointment and remuneration of auditors 13. Authority to allot shares
	14. Disapplication of pre-emption rights 15. Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an annual general meeting
	1 Member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration committees 2 Member of the Nomination and Remuneration committees

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0851-035-S

Notes for completion of Form of Proxy

• 1. Every holder has the right to appoint some other person(s) of their choice, who need not be a shareholder, as his proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend, speak and vote on their behalf at the meeting. If you wish to appoint a person other than the Chairman, please delete the words 'the Chairman of the Meeting' and insert the name of your chosen proxy holder in the space provided. Please initial the amendment (unless you are completing an email or online version). If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting entitlement, please enter in the box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement (or, if this proxy form has been issued in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting entitlement for that designated account).
• 1. A shareholder can appoint more than one proxy in relation to the meeting, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attaching to different shares held by him/her. To appoint more than one proxy, (an) additional proxy form(s) may be obtained by contacting the Registrars' helpline on 0871 384 2282 (UK only – calls to this number cost 8p per minute from a BT landline; other providers' costs may vary) or +44 (0) 121 415 7047 (from outside the UK); lines open 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday or you may photocopy this form. Please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's name (see reverse) the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate by ticking the box provided if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All forms must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope.
• 1. The proxy must attend the meeting in person to represent you. The completion of a form of proxy does not preclude the shareholder from attending or voting in person.
• 1. Please indicate with an X in the appropriate space on the Form of Proxy how you wish your votes to be cast in respect of the resolution to be proposed. If the Form of Proxy is returned duly signed but without specific direction as to how the proxy is to vote or abstain from voting on any particular matter, the proxy will vote or abstain at his/her discretion. Your proxy will also have discretion to vote as he/she sees fit on any business which may properly come before the meeting.
• 1. To be valid, the Form of Proxy should be lodged with Equiniti at the address on the enclosed envelope, or at the registered office of the Company, not less than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time fixed for the meeting or any adjournment thereof (as the case may be) together (unless you are completing an electronic appointment) with any authority (or a notarially certified copy of such authority) under which it is signed.
• 1. Unless you are completing an electronic appointment, in the case of an appointment by a corporation, the Form of Proxy must be under its common seal (if any) or the hand of its duly authorised agent or officer and, in the case of an appointment by an individual, the Form of Proxy must be signed by the appointor or his duly authorised agent.
• 1. In the case of joint holders, only one of the named holders on the share register need sign but, if more than one votes, the vote of the first named on the register of members will be accepted to the exclusion of other joint holders.
• 1. Please note that 'Vote withheld' has no legal effect and will count neither in the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
• 1. You can register the appointment of your proxy electronically via the internet at www.sharevote.co.uk. The voting ID, task ID and shareholder reference number printed on the Form of Proxy will be required. Alternatively, if you have registered with Equiniti's online portfolio service, Shareview, you can appoint your proxy at www.shareview.co.uk. Full details and instructions are given on the relevant website. The deadline for submission of a proxy appointment in this way is the same as in note 5 above. An electronic proxy appointment will be invalid unless it is lodged at either of the electronic addresses specified in this note 9. Please note that any electronic communication received by or on behalf of the Company, including the lodgement of an electronic proxy form, that is found to contain any virus will not be accepted. You may not use any electronic address provided in the Notice of annual general meeting or in this notice to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
• 1. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service should first read note 6 of the Notice of annual general meeting.