Transaction in Own Shares

McBride PLC

29 December 2025

 

29 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:	24th December 2025
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	13,689
Lowest price per share (pence):	141.60
Highest price per share (pence):	143.00
Weighted average price per day (pence):	142.1858

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 177,532,031 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 177,532,031. 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: 24^th 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	142.1858	13,689	141.60	143.00

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
24 December 2025 10:33:34	558	141.80	XLON	00367330090TRLO1
24 December 2025 10:49:35	148	141.60	XLON	00367330254TRLO1
24 December 2025 10:49:35	371	141.60	XLON	00367330255TRLO1
24 December 2025 10:55:06	370	142.00	XLON	00367330308TRLO1
24 December 2025 10:55:06	175	142.00	XLON	00367330309TRLO1
24 December 2025 10:55:53	517	141.60	XLON	00367330333TRLO1
24 December 2025 10:58:03	557	141.60	XLON	00367330350TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:10:48	932	141.60	XLON	00367330655TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:24:30	95	141.80	XLON	00367330986TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:32:32	1,115	142.20	XLON	00367331118TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:32:32	510	142.20	XLON	00367331119TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:41:53	198	142.60	XLON	00367331231TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:41:53	350	142.60	XLON	00367331232TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:41:53	1,541	142.60	XLON	00367331233TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:55:01	222	143.00	XLON	00367331433TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:55:01	1,625	142.60	XLON	00367331434TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:55:02	377	143.00	XLON	00367331435TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:55:02	630	143.00	XLON	00367331436TRLO1
24 December 2025 11:55:03	47	143.00	XLON	00367331437TRLO1
24 December 2025 12:00:17	875	142.20	XLON	00367331481TRLO1
24 December 2025 12:00:17	696	142.20	XLON	00367331482TRLO1
24 December 2025 12:02:30	212	141.80	XLON	00367331502TRLO1
24 December 2025 12:03:52	384	141.80	XLON	00367331524TRLO1
24 December 2025 12:03:52	663	141.80	XLON	00367331525TRLO1
24 December 2025 12:04:48	521	141.60	XLON	00367331549TRLO1

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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