23 December 2025

McBride plc

Transaction in Own Shares

McBride plc (the "Company") announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through Investec Bank plc (the "Broker").

Ordinary Shares

The Company will purchase the above Ordinary Shares through the Broker on the London Stock Exchange (the "Purchases") and will subsequently cancel them.

Such Purchases form part of the Company's existing buyback programme and were effected pursuant to the non-discretionary agreement entered into with the Broker, as announced on 1^st December 2025.

Following the Purchases and cancellation of these Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 177,587,032 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares), hold 42,041 Ordinary Shares in treasury, and have 594,610,458 non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("B Shares") in issue. B Shares carry no rights to attend, speak or vote at Company meetings, except on a resolution relating to the winding up of the Company.

Once the Ordinary Shares are cancelled, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 177,587,032. This figure may be used by shareholders of the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company pursuant to the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (the "DTRs").

The Company confirms that, in accordance with DTR 5.5.1R, following the Purchases the percentage of voting rights attributable to the Ordinary Shares held in treasury is 0.02 per cent.

   The tables below contain detailed information about the Purchases.

Schedule of Purchases:

Issuer name: McBride plc

ISIN: GB0005746358

Date of purchases: 22^nd December 2025

   Investment firm: Investec Bank plc

  Aggregate Information

Individual Transactions

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by the Broker on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme is detailed below:

For further information please contact:

McBride plc

Chris Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Mark Strickland, Chief Financial Officer

Instinctif Partners                                             020 7457 2020

Hannah Scott

Galyna Kulachek