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Danone AGM Information 2010

Apr 22, 2010

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AGM Information

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———————————— PRESS RELEASE ———————————

Paris, April 22nd 2010

Danone's shareholders vote in favor of all resolutions at the AGM 2010

Danone reports that Danone's shareholders voted in favour of all resolutions during the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) that was held today.

56.58% of Danone's total share capital outstanding was present or represented at the AGM 2010.

The AGM notably approved the statutory and consolidated financial statements 2009 as well as the proposed dividend, related to fiscal year 2009, of € 1.20 per share payable in cash. The ex-date and the ex-dividend date are set on Tuesday 4 May 2010 and the dividend 2009 will be payable from Friday 7 May 2010 onwards.

In addition, all proposed renewals of the mandates of the Board of Directors were approved by the AGM.

The presentations, an overview of the voting results per resolution and an integral video webcast of the AGM will be available on Danone's corporate website (www.finance.danone.com) from Friday 23 April 2010 onwards.

About Danone

Danone is a Fortune 500 company and one of the most successful healthy food companies in the world. Its mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Fulfilling this mission is a major contributor to Danone's continuous rapid growth. Danone, with 160 plants and around 80,000 employees, has a presence in all five continents and over 120 countries. In 2009, Danone recorded € 15 billion in sales. Danone enjoys leading positions on healthy food in four businesses: fresh dairy products (n°1 worldwide), water (n° 2 on the packaged water marke t), baby nutrition (n°2 worldwide) and medical nutrition. Listed on Eu ronext Paris, Danone is also ranked among the main indexes of social responsibility: Dow Jones Sustainability Index Stoxx and World, ASPI Eurozone and Ethibel Sustainability index.