Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Announcement

LTIP Awards to Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

14 September 2015

McBride plc notifies that a notional allocation was granted under the terms of the McBride plc 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (the Plan) to directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) as set out below. The awards were granted on 9 September 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 329,896 0.18

Chief Executive Officer

Chris Smith Director 206,185 0.11

Chief Finance Officer

Greg Methven PDMR 81,649 0.04

Chief Operating Officer

Matthias Kreysel PDMR 90,853 0.05

Chief R&D Officer

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

Total no. of Percentage of

Name LTIPs allocated issued shares

Rik De Vos 522,019 0.29

Chris Smith 350,277 0.19

Greg Methven 81,649 0.04

Matthias Kreysel 216,391 0.12