RNS Announcement

Dealing by Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

11 September 2015

On 10 September 2015 McBride plc (the Company) was notified that Rik De Vos, Chief Executive Officer, and Chris Smith, Chief Finance Officer, were granted awards under the McBride Deferred Annual Bonus Plan (the DBP) as follows:

Name              Number of shares                   Percentage of

subject to allocation               issued shares

Rik De Vos      39,062                                     0.02%

Chris Smith     28,170                                     0.01%

The awards are subject to a restricted period of three years from the date of grant, at which point they will vest. There is no exercise price applicable to the award.

Following this transaction:

Rik De Vos holds 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company (0.011% of current issued share capital (excluding treasury shares)) and has an interest in 231,185 ordinary shares in the Company.

Chris Smith holds 25,657 ordinary shares in the Company (0.014% of current issued share capital (excluding treasury shares)) and has an interest in 169,749 ordinary shares in the Company.