Holding(s) in Company




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		McBride PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	See section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	28th May 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29th May 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Indirect

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0005746358

8,938,747

9,141,006

5.01

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

9,141,006

5.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi


Sum of Factored Shares Held
Custodian	Day to Day IM	Total
BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX (C)	FIDELITY INT LT-FIL LIMITED	15,000
	FII-FIL INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL	1,691,456
JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)	FILUK-FIL INVESTMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED	7,434,550
Grand Total		9,141,006

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FIL Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

202,259

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

28th May 2014

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Shelley Muller

15. Contact telephone number:

fil-regreporting@fil.com, 01737 837092