Holding(s) in Company

McBride PLC
19 May 2004





                                  McBride PLC

  Disclosure of Substantial Shareholdings Under the Companies Act of 1985



McBride PLC ('the Company') today received notification that as of 17 May 2004
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisors, LLC holds, in the aggregate, a total of
10,509,634 McBride PLC Shares representing 5.92% of the Issued Share Capital.



The registered holders of the Shares managed by ASBA are as detailed below :

     

City of Hartford Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund          28,122

First Eagle Global Fund                                     3,000,000

First Eagle Overseas Fund                                   5,000,000

Genesee County Employees' Retirement System                    75,000

MacArthur Foundation Trust                                    300,000

SoGen International SICAV                                   1,000,000

United Food and Commercial Workers' Union                     200,000

Utah Retirement Systems                                       325,000

Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisors Diversified              581,512

International Equity Fund, LLC




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