Annual Financial Report

Dairy Crest Group plc (the 'Company')

15 June 2012

2012 Annual Report And Accounts And Notice Of Annual General Meeting

Circular Seeking Shareholder Agreement To Receive Documents Electronically Via A Website

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.3, the Company confirms that copies of its Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 and its Notice of Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The shareholder documents listed above are also available via the Company's website via http://www.dairycrest.co.uk/investors/agm/ and from the Company's registered office at Claygate House, Littleworth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9PN.

Hard copy versions of the shareholder documents listed above have been posted to those shareholders who have not opted to receive them electronically via our website, together with a circular asking if they wish to receive documents electronically via our website in future. A copy of this circular has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held at 12pm on Tuesday 17 July 2012 at Eversheds, One Wood Street, London EC2V 7WS.

For further information please contact:

Andrew Money

Deputy Company Secretary