OFFER by KRAFT FOODS INC. for CADBURY PLC - Offer Update

NORTHFIELD, Ill., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Introduction

On 9 November 2009, Kraft Foods announced its firm intention to make an offer to acquire the whole of the issued and to be issued share capital of Cadbury (the "Offer").  On 19 January 2010, Kraft Foods announced the detailed terms of a recommended Final* Offer for Cadbury.  Under the terms of the Final Offer, Cadbury Securityholders will be entitled to receive:

representing, in aggregate, 840 pence per Cadbury Share and GBP 33.60 per Cadbury ADS (based on the closing share price of USD 29.58 per Kraft Foods Share on 15 January 2010, the last trading day prior to the date of this announcement and an exchange rate of USD 1.63 to GBP 1.00 on 18 January 2010).

In addition, Cadbury Shareholders will be entitled to receive 10 pence per Cadbury Share by way of a Special Dividend following the date on which the Final Offer becomes or is declared unconditional.

Level of acceptances

As at 5.00 p.m. (London time) on 15 January 2010, being the last practicable date prior to the publication of this announcement, Kraft Foods had received valid acceptances of the Offer in respect of a total of 20,768,378 Cadbury Shares (including those represented by Cadbury ADSs), representing approximately 1.51 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of Cadbury, which Kraft Foods may count towards the satisfaction of the acceptance condition to the Offer.  None of these acceptances had been received from persons acting in concert with Kraft Foods.

Cadbury Securityholders who have already accepted the Original Offer (and have not withdrawn those acceptances) will automatically be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Final Offer by virtue of their prior acceptances and therefore need take no further action.

Other Cadbury Securityholders who wish to accept the recommended Final Offer must take action to accept the Final Offer by 1.00 p.m. (London time) / 8.00 a.m. (New York City time) on 2 February 2010. Details of the procedure for doing so will be set out in the Final Offer Documents (including, in the case of certificated Cadbury Shares and Cadbury ADSs, the Final Acceptance Forms) to be sent to Cadbury Securityholders as soon as practicable. The Final Offer Documents will also be available on Kraft Foods' website (www.transactioninfo.com/kraftfoods/).

Interests in Cadbury Shares

On 15 January 2010 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this announcement), Kraft Foods or any person acting in concert with Kraft Foods had the following interests in or rights to subscribe for relevant securities of Cadbury:

Save as disclosed in this announcement, neither Kraft Foods, nor any person acting in concert with Kraft Foods, is interested in or has any rights to subscribe for any Cadbury Shares nor does any such person have any short position (whether conditional or absolute and whether in the money or otherwise), including any short position under a derivative or any arrangement in relation to the Cadbury Shares.  For these purposes, "arrangement" includes any agreement to sell or any delivery obligation or right to require another person to purchase or take delivery of Cadbury Shares and any borrowing or lending of Cadbury Shares which have not been on-lent or sold and any outstanding irrevocable commitment or letter of intent with respect to Cadbury Shares.

Other than as expressly set out in this announcement, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the announcement regarding the Final Offer published by Kraft Foods on 19 January 2010.

* The Offer is final and will not be increased, except that Kraft Foods reserves the right to increase the Offer if there is an announcement on or after the date hereof of an offer or a possible offer for Cadbury by a third party offeror or potential offeror.

Further information

This announcement will be available on Kraft Foods' website (www.transactioninfo.com/kraftfoods/) by no later than 12 noon (London time) / 7.00 a.m. (New York City time) on 20 January 2010.

This announcement does not constitute, and must not be construed as, an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise.  The Offer is being made by the Original Offer Documents, the Final Offer Documents and the accompanying documentation (the "Offer Documentation"). The Final Offer Documents will be sent to Cadbury Securityholders as soon as practicable. Cadbury Securityholders who accept the Offer may rely only on the Offer Documentation for all the terms and conditions of the Offer.

This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of the EU Prospectus Directive.  Cadbury Securityholders in the EU should not tender their shares except on the basis of information in the prospectus published pursuant to the EU Prospectus Directive on Kraft Foods' website (as supplemented from time to time).  In making their decision whether or not to accept the Offer, Cadbury Securityholders who are South African residents will need to take into account the Excon Regulations, and consider whether or not their acceptance of the Offer and their subsequent receipt of consideration for their Cadbury Shares from Kraft Foods, whether in the form of cash and/or New Kraft Foods Shares, will be in compliance with the Excon Regulations.

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement and any other Offer-related documentation in jurisdictions other than the UK, the US, Canada, France, Ireland or Spain, and the availability of the Offer to Cadbury Securityholders who are not resident in such jurisdictions may be affected by the laws or regulations of relevant jurisdictions.  Therefore any persons who are subject to the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction other than the UK, the US, Canada, France, Ireland or Spain, and Cadbury Securityholders who are not resident in such jurisdictions should inform themselves of and observe any applicable requirements.

The Offer is not being extended and will not be extended, directly or indirectly, in or into or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone, internet or other forms of electronic communication) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, any jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws of that jurisdiction or would require registration of the New Kraft Foods Shares, other than the US (a "Restricted Jurisdiction").  Accordingly, copies of this announcement and the Offer-related documentation are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed, transmitted or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from any Restricted Jurisdiction. Persons receiving such documents (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees, and trustees) should observe these restrictions. Failure to observe such restrictions may render any purported acceptance of the Offer invalid.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements regarding the Offer. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the benefits of the proposed combination and other such statements that are not historical facts, which are or may be based on Kraft Foods' plans, estimates and projections. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Kraft Foods' control, that could cause Kraft Foods' actual results to differ materially from those indicated in any such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals or required financing or to satisfy any of the other conditions to the Offer, and the risk factors, as they may be amended from time to time, set forth in Kraft Foods' filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the registration statement on Form S-4, as amended from time to time, filed by Kraft Foods in connection with the Offer, Kraft Foods' most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.  Kraft Foods disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this announcement, except as required by applicable law or regulation.

Additional US-related information

This announcement is provided for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of Cadbury or Kraft Foods.  Kraft Foods has filed a registration statement and tender offer documents with the SEC, which will be amended to reflect the terms of the recommended Final Offer, and Cadbury will file an amendment to its solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 in connection with the recommended Final Offer. Cadbury Shareholders who are US or Canadian residents and holders of Cadbury ADSs, wherever located, should read those filings, and any other filings to be made by Kraft Foods and Cadbury with the SEC in connection with the recommended Final Offer, as they will contain important information.  Those documents, when available, as well as Kraft Foods' other public filings with the SEC, may be obtained without charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and at Kraft Foods' website at www.kraftfoodscompany.com.

SOURCE Kraft Foods

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