Associated British Foods PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • May 31, 2017

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RNS Number : 7572G

Associated British Foods PLC

31 May 2017

Associated British Foods plc 31 May 2017
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Associated British Foods plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		15 May 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		16 May 2017  (received 31 May 2017)
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 10% - Aggregate of voting rights from shares

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB0006731235)	78,915,038			78,915,038							78,019,594				9.855%
ADRs (ISIN: US0455194029)	264,376			264,376							264,604				0.033%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
78,284,198								9.8884%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

		Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings		78,284,198	9.8884%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
• Capital Guardian Trust Company1
• Capital International, Inc. 1
• Capital International Limited1
• Capital International Sàrl1
• Capital Research and Management Company2		76,258,440	9.633%
-     EuroPacific Growth Fund3		40,488,553	5.114%

1Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company.

2Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

3Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease

to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold

voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Director of Group Secretarial, Associated British Foods plc

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7299 3641

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