Holding in Company

McBride PLC
13 November 2001



LETTER TO COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE 

On 13 November 2001, McBride plc received the following notification dated 
13 November 2001 from Franklin Resources Inc.:

S.198 Companies Act - Disclosure of Share Interests
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We are acting on behalf of Franklin Resources, Inc and its affiliates, which 
includes Franklin Mutual Advisors, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its 
affiliates. Franklin Resources, Inc and its affiliates perform investment 
management and advisory services for clients on a global basis.

We wish to advise you of interests in the share capital of your Company under 
management of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates on behalf of clients, 
as detailed in the schedule below.

Registered Holder                    No. of shares             % of Class
-----------------                    -------------             ----------
Chase Nominees Ltd, London             6,222,170                 3.5027 
State Street Bank, London                327,000                 0.1841 
TOTAL                                  6,549,170                 3.6868


LETTER FROM McBRIDE PLC

 
LETTER TO McBRIDE PLC 

S.198 Companies Act- Disclosure of Share Interests
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We are acting on behalf of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates, which 
includes Franklin Mutual Advisors, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its 
affiliates, Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates perform investment 
management and advisory services for clients on a global basis.

We wish to advise you of interests in the share capital of your Company under 
management of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates on behalf of clients, 
as detailed in the schedule below.

LETTER FROM FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS


                                SCHEDULE 
                              
                               McBRIDE PLC 

                            Outstanding Shares   177,639,000


Registered Holder            No. of Shares           % Of Class

Chase Nominees Ltd             6,222,170              3.5027%
                            
State Street Bank                327,000              0.1841%

TOTAL                          6,549,170              3.6868%




LETTER TO COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE 

On 13 November 2001, McBride plc received the following notification dated 13 
November 2001 from Amvescap plc:

S.198 Companies Act - Disclosure of Share Interests

We write to give you notice that, following the purchase of 5,000,000 shares on 
12 November 2001, AMVESCAP PLC (AMVESCAP) and subsidiary companies on behalf of 
discretionary clients have an interest within the meaning of Part VI of the Act 
in 18,820,228 Ordinary 10p Shares of your Company (representing 10.59%), details
of that interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as 
required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are set out below:

Registered Holder                     No. of shares     % of Class
-----------------                     -------------     ---------- 
Vidacos Nominees Limited               18,370,228          10.3413 
Chase Nominees Limited                    150,000           0.0844 
Northern Trust Nominees Limited           300,000           0.1689
TOTAL                                  18,820,228          10,5946

We wish to advise you that none of these shares are beneficially owned by 
AMVESCAP.  Subsidiary companies of AMVESCAP have a large number of portfolio 
management clients for whom they act as investment manager and investment 
advisor and by virtue of Section 203 of the Companies Act 1985 AMVESCAP is 
deemed to have the same interest in the shares.

We would further advise that the above holding includes the following notifiable
holding:- INVESCO Perpetual High Income Fund holds 9,030,001 shares (5.08%), 
registered in the name of Vidacos Nominees Limited.

LETTER FROM McBRIDE PLC


LETTER TO McBRIDE PLC 

SECTION 198 COMPANIES ACT 1985 ('THE ACT')

We write to give you notice that, following the purchase of 5,000,000 shares on 
12th November 2001. AMVESCAP PLC (AMVESCAP) and subsidiary companies on behalf 
of discretionary clients have an interest within the meaning of Part VI of the 
Act in 15,820,228 Ordinary 10p Shares of your Company (representing 10.59%*), 
details of that interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders 
(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are set out below.-

Vidacos Nominees Limited                18,370,228
Chase Nominees Limited                     150,000
Northern Trust Nominees Limited            300,000

We wish to advise you that none of these shares are beneficially owned by 
AMVESCAP. Subsidiary companies of AMVESCAP have a large number of portfolio 
management clients for whom they act as investment manager and investment 
advisor and by virtue of Section 203 of the Companies Act 1985 AMVESCAP is 
deemed to have the same interest in the shares.

We would further advise that the above holding includes the following notifiable
holding:- INVESCO Perpetual High Income Fund holds 9,030,001 shares (5.08%), 
registered in the name of Vidacos Nominees Limited.

LETTER FROM AMVESCAP PLC