Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Announcement

McBride plc

LTIP Awards to Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

20 February 2015

McBride plc (the Company) has been notified that a notional allocation was granted under the terms of the McBride plc 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (the Plan) to the directors as set out below. The awards were granted on 19 February 2015 and the ordinary shares will vest at the end of a three-year period depending on the achievement of performance targets set out in the Plan, and will not require any payment from the individuals.

No. of shares Percentage of

Name Status subject to allocation issued shares

Rik de Vos Director 192,123 0.10

Chief Executive Officer

Chris Smith Director 144,092 0.07

Chief Finance Officer

This is the total number of LTIP awards in the share capital of the Company held by Rik de Vos and Chris Smith. Neither Rik de Vos nor Chris Smith hold any other interest in the shares of the Company.