Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Announcement

LTIP Awards to Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

17 September 2013

McBride plc has been notified that a notional allocation was granted under the terms of the McBride plc 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan (the Plan) to directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility as set out below. The awards were granted on 17 September 2013 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, but will not require any payment from the individuals.

No. of shares Percentage of

Name Status subject to allocation issued shares

Chris Bull Director 323,887 0.18

Chief Executive Officer

Richard Armitage Director 222,672 0.12

Chief Finance Officer

Following this notification, the total number of LTIP awards in the share capital of the Company held by each of the directors is as follows:

Chris Bull 984,917 shares, representing 0.54% of the total issued

share capital

Richard Armitage 652,342 shares, representing 0.36% of the total issued

share capital