Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

McBride plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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:

Delta Lloyd N.V. and its Group of Companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Registered Holder:

Delta Lloyd Levensverzekering N.V. 11,200,000*

* denotes direct interest

Delta Lloyd L European Participation Fund Sicav 5,915,000

Delta Lloyd Europees Deelnemingen Fonds N.V. 9,885,000

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

30th November 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

1st December 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5% to 6% Change at Direct Interest Level

9% to 8% Change at Combined Indirect Interest Level

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0005746358

27,000,000

27,000,000

11,200,000

11,200,000

15,800,000

6.25%

8.81%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

27,000,000

15.06%

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

. Delta Lloyd N.V.

. Delta Lloyd Houdstermaatschappij Verzekeringen N.V.

. Delta Lloyd Levensverzekering N.V. (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Lloyd N.V.)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 179,284,589, as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 30 November 2011.

14. Contact name:

Stephanie Pirot, Delta Lloyd Asset Management

15. Contact telephone number:

+31 (0)20 594 3827