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Greencore Group PLC

08 August 2011

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO THE SAME WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OF, OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE RIGHTS ISSUE HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR UNDER ANY OF THE RELEVANT SECURITIES LAWS OF CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN. ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OR IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO EXEMPTIONS FROM APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THE ISSUER DOES NOT INTEND TO REGISTER ANY PART OF THE OFFERING IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8 August 2011

RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER

By

GREENCORE FOODS LIMITED

a wholly owned subsidiary of

GREENCORE GROUP PLC

for

UNIQ PLC

Results of Extraordinary General Meeting

The Board of Greencore Group plc ("Greencore" or the "Company") announces that, at the Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today, the Resolutions to approve the acquisition of Uniq plc and the Rights Issue, details of which were set out in the notice of Extraordinary General Meeting included in the prospectus and circular dated 15 July 2011 (the "Prospectus"), were duly passed without amendment on a show of hands by the requisite majority of shareholders present.

Details of the proxy votes received in relation to each of the Resolutions (which are described in the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting set out in the Prospectus) are as follows:

 
                                                   Total Votes       Number 
                     Votes                         Cast (Excluding    of Votes 
                      FOR          Votes AGAINST   Withheld)          Withheld 
------------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 1: To 
  approve the 
  acquisition of 
  Uniq plc           113,432,913         131,868   113,564,781         197,640 
------------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 2: To 
  approve the 
  renominalisation 
  of the Ordinary 
  Shares             113,424,426         117,194   113,541,620         220,801 
------------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 3: To 
  increase the 
  Company's 
  authorised share 
  capital            113,418,775         121,503   113,540,278         221,656 
------------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 4: To 
  adopt the new 
  Memorandum and 
  Articles of 
  Association of 
  the Company        113,423,027         119,271   113,542,298         220,123 
------------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 5: To 
  authorise the 
  Directors to 
  issue relevant 
  securities         113,408,913         130,973   113,539,886         222,535 
------------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 Resolution 6: To 
  dis-apply 
  pre-emption 
  rights             113,387,038         125,735   113,512,773         249,648 
------------------  ------------  --------------  ----------------  ---------- 
 

As at 5.00 p.m. on 5 August 2011, the total number of Existing Greencore Shares eligible to be voted at the Extraordinary General Meeting was 209,131,215.

The Rights Issue remains conditional, amongst other things, upon Admission of the New Greencore Shares, nil paid and fully paid, having occurred not later than 8:00 a.m. on the earlier of (a) 29 November 2011; and (b) the date on which the Offer lapses or is withdrawn.

The passing of the Resolutions will enable the Company to proceed with the fully underwritten Rights Issue to raise net proceeds of approximately EUR80.2 million. Provisional Allotment Letters are being sent to Qualifying Shareholders today and it is expected that Admission will take place, and that dealings in the New Greencore Shares (nil paid) will commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 9 August 2011. The latest date for acceptance and payment in full for the Rights Issue is 11.00 a.m. on 23 August 2011.

For full details, please refer to the Prospectus, which is available on the Company's website www.greencore.com, provided that the Prospectus is not available, whether through the website or otherwise, subject to certain exceptions, to persons located in the Restricted Jurisdictions. Copies of the Resolutions passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting will be available for inspection shortly at www.greencore.com.

Terms defined in the Prospectus have the same meaning as when used in this announcement.

ENQUIRIES

 
 Greencore 
 Eoin Tonge                            +353 (1) 605 1017 
 
 Barclays Capital (financial adviser, sole sponsor and joint 
  broker to Greencore) 
 Mark Todd                             +44 (0) 20 7623 2323 
 Jon Bathard-Smith (Corporate 
  Broking) 
 
 Uniq 
 Geoff Eaton                           +44 (0) 1753 276011 
 Martin Beer 
 
 Investec (financial adviser, NOMAD and broker to Uniq) 
 Clifford Halvorsen                    +44 (0) 20 7597 4000 
 David Anderson 
 
 Spayne Lindsay (financial adviser to Angel Street) 
 Tom Lindsay                           +44 (0) 20 7808 3240 
 Paul Satchell 
 

Apart from the responsibilities, if any, which may be imposed on Barclays Capital by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007 (as amended) or the regulatory regimes established thereunder or the UK Code, Barclays Capital does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of this announcement or for any statements made or purported to be made by them or on its behalf in connection with the Offer, Acquisition and/or Rights Issue. Barclays Capital accordingly disclaims all and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) which it might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or any such statement.

Barclays Capital, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Greencore and no-one else in connection with the Offer, Acquisition and Rights Issue and will not be responsible to any person other than Greencore for providing the protections afforded to customers of Barclays Capital or for providing advice in relation to the Offer, Acquisition and/or Rights Issue or any other matter referred to in this announcement.

Investec is acting exclusively for Uniq in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any person other than Uniq for providing the protections afforded to clients of Investec or for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to in this announcement.

Spayne Lindsay is acting exclusively for Angel Street in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any person other than Angel Street for providing the protections afforded to clients of Spayne Lindsay or for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matter referred to in this document.

OVERSEAS SHAREHOLDERS

The availability of the Rights Issue to persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of their relevant jurisdiction. Such persons should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable legal or regulatory requirements of their jurisdiction. Further details in relation to overseas shareholders are contained in the Prospectus.

The Rights Issue referred to in this announcement will not be made, directly or indirectly, in, into or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute an offer in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any such other jurisdiction and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facilities or otherwise from or within the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any such other jurisdiction. Accordingly this announcement is not being, and should not be, mailed, transmitted or otherwise distributed, in whole or in part, in or into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any such other jurisdiction.

Publication on website

A copy of this announcement will be available free of charge on Greencore's website at www.greencore.com by no later than 12.00 p.m. (London time) on 9 August 2011.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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