Dairy Crest Shareholders Approve Disposal of St Hubert

All of the conditions to which the disposal of St Hubert was subject have now been satisfied and the disposal is expected to complete on 28 August 2012.

20 Aug 2012 --- Further to the announcements made on 29 June 2012 and 26 July 2012, the Board of Dairy Crest is pleased to confirm that at the General Meeting of Dairy Crest held the resolution to approve the proposed disposal of St Hubert (as detailed in the shareholder circular dated 26 July 2012) was duly passed.

In addition, clearance of the proposed disposal was received from the French Anti-Trust Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) on 2 August 2012. Therefore, all of the conditions to which the disposal of St Hubert was subject have now been satisfied and the disposal is expected to complete on 28 August 2012.