RNS Number : 3789I
McBride PLC
15 June 2026
 

15 June 2026

McBride plc

Notification and public disclosure of the grant and vesting of RSU Awards to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")

Vesting

McBride plc (the "Company") confirms that on 12 June 2026 awards over certain ordinary shares of £0.10 each in McBride plc (each a "Share") granted to Chris Smith vested under the terms of the McBride plc 2020 Restricted Share Unit Plan (as amended) (the "2023 RSU Awards") as detailed below and on 15 June 2026 he sold the Shares detailed below to pay the tax.

During the period from the grant date to the vesting date each of the 2023 RSU Awards carried a right to receive an amount in additional Shares equal in value to any dividends that would have been paid on the Shares subject to the relevant 2023 RSU Award.  The dividend equivalent Shares are detailed below. 

Name of PDMR

Type of award

Shares vested

Dividend equivalent Shares received

Total Shares received

Sales of Shares to cover tax liability

Total Shares acquired

Chris Smith

2023 RSU normal award

254,317

6,812

261,129

123,225

137,904

Chris Smith

2023 RSU one-off award

254,317

6,812

261,129

123,225

137,904

 

As a result of the result of the above transactions, Chris Smith now holds an aggregate of 2,021,640 Shares, of which 1,810,141 of such shares are held in his own name and 211,499 of such shares are held by his wife, Harriet Smith, a person closely associated with Chris Smith.

This announcement and the following disclosures are made in accordance with Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation 596/2014).

 

 1.

Details of the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")/Relevant Employees/Person Closely Associated ("PCA")

a)

Name

Chris Smith

2.

Reason for the notification

b)

Position/Status

Chief Executive Officer

c)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

McBride plc

b)

LEI

213800HX7FMPA2CIEF02

4.

Details of the transaction(s)

Section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 Identification Code

Ordinary shares of 10p each

 

GB0005746358

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

Vesting of: (i) a conditional normal award of shares under the Company's 2020 Restricted Share Unit Plan (as amended); and (ii) dividend equivalent shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

(i)         Nil

(i)            254,317

(ii)        Nil

(ii)        6,812

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

 

261,129

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

12 June 2026

f)

Place of transaction

Outside of a trading venue

 

1.

Details of the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")/Relevant Employees/Person Closely Associated ("PCA")

a)

Name

 

Chris Smith

2.

Reason for the notification

b)

Position/Status

Chief Executive Officer

c)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

McBride plc

b)

LEI

213800HX7FMPA2CIEF02

4.

Details of the transaction(s)

Section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 Identification Code

Ordinary shares of 10p each

 

GB0005746358

b)

Nature of the transaction

 

Vesting of: (i) a conditional one-off award of shares under the Company's 2020 Restricted Share Unit Plan (as amended); and (ii) dividend equivalent shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

(iii)       Nil

(iii)            254,317

(iv)       Nil

(iv)       6,812

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

 

261,129

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

12 June 2026

f)

Place of transaction

Outside of a trading venue

 

1.

Details of the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")/Relevant Employees/Person Closely Associated ("PCA")

a)

Name

Chris Smith

2.

Reason for the notification

b)

Position/Status

Chief Executive Officer

c)

Initial notification/amendment

Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

McBride plc

b)

LEI

213800HX7FMPA2CIEF02

4.

Details of the transaction(s)

Section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 Identification Code

Ordinary shares of 10p each

 

GB0005746358

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of Shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£1.451

246,450

d)

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price

N/A - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

15 June 2026

f)

Place of transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

For further information, please contact:

 

McBride plc

Via TEAM LEWIS

Chris Smith, Chief Executive Officer


Mark Strickland, Chief Financial Officer


 

 

TEAM LEWIS

McBride@teamlewis.com

Hannah Scott

Galyna Kulachek

+44 (0)20 7802 2634

+44 (0)20 7802 2617

                                             

 

 

 

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