Transaction in Own Shares

McBride PLC

24 December 2025

 

24 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

Date of purchase:	23rd December 2025
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	41,312
Lowest price per share (pence):	141.20
Highest price per share (pence):	144.00
Weighted average price per day (pence):	142.6606

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 177,545,720 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 177,545,720. 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: 23^rd December 2025

   Investment firm: Investec Bank plc

  Aggregate Information

Venue	Volume-weighted average price (p)	Aggregated volume	Lowest price per share (p)	Highest price per share (p)
XLON	142.6606	41,312	141.20	144.00

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:

Date and time of each trade	Number of shares purchased	Price (pence per share)	Trading Venue	Transaction Reference Number
23 December 2025 12:32:19	514	142.80	XLON	00367187969TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:32:19	1,576	142.80	XLON	00367187968TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:32:20	1,788	142.80	XLON	00367187970TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:32:20	415	142.80	XLON	00367187971TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:35:30	1,028	142.80	XLON	00367188006TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:35:30	395	142.80	XLON	00367188002TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:35:30	1,826	142.80	XLON	00367188003TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:35:30	1,911	142.80	XLON	00367188004TRLO1
23 December 2025 12:35:30	560	142.80	XLON	00367188005TRLO1
23 December 2025 13:08:15	533	144.00	XLON	00367188456TRLO1
23 December 2025 13:39:40	16	143.60	XLON	00367188934TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:10:16	532	143.40	XLON	00367189328TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:10:16	16	143.40	XLON	00367189329TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:10:16	548	143.40	XLON	00367189330TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:10:16	547	143.40	XLON	00367189331TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:10:28	1,634	143.40	XLON	00367189337TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:36:28	300	143.20	XLON	00367189888TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:47:28	253	143.20	XLON	00367190249TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:47:28	300	143.20	XLON	00367190250TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:50:28	196	142.80	XLON	00367190387TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:50:54	71	142.80	XLON	00367190404TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:54:06	516	142.80	XLON	00367190567TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:54:06	515	142.80	XLON	00367190568TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:54:06	2,200	142.80	XLON	00367190564TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:54:06	1,062	142.80	XLON	00367190565TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:54:06	1,962	142.80	XLON	00367190566TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:59:55	887	142.80	XLON	00367190771TRLO1
23 December 2025 14:59:55	373	142.80	XLON	00367190772TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:01:19	1,922	142.80	XLON	00367190817TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	525	142.80	XLON	00367191129TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	856	142.80	XLON	00367191124TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	2,484	142.80	XLON	00367191125TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	1,691	142.80	XLON	00367191126TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	1,825	142.80	XLON	00367191127TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	1,000	142.80	XLON	00367191128TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	542	142.60	XLON	00367191130TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	541	142.40	XLON	00367191131TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:19	1	142.40	XLON	00367191132TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:37	546	142.40	XLON	00367191180TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:11:40	532	142.20	XLON	00367191187TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:13:27	436	142.00	XLON	00367191255TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:13:27	1,123	142.00	XLON	00367191256TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:13:36	77	142.00	XLON	00367191263TRLO1
23 December 2025 15:13:36	519	141.80	XLON	00367191264TRLO1
23 December 2025 16:05:01	351	141.80	XLON	00367192853TRLO1
23 December 2025 16:05:01	155	141.80	XLON	00367192854TRLO1
23 December 2025 16:05:02	2,087	141.40	XLON	00367192856TRLO1
23 December 2025 16:06:34	1,625	141.20	XLON	00367192902TRLO1

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

 

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