Application for Additional Listing of Shares
McBride PLC has applied for the admission of 4,502,575 new ordinary shares, each with a nominal value of 10 pence, to the Financial Conduct Authority's Official List and the London Stock Exchange's main market, with trading expected to commence on October 23, 2025. These shares are being issued to satisfy the vesting of employee share awards granted in 2022. Following admission, the company will have 178,559,903 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue, including 42,041 held in treasury. Therefore, shareholders may use the figure 178,517,862 as the denominator to calculate their interest in the company under the FCA's rules. The company intends to provide a loan to the Employee Benefit Trust to purchase shares sold by employees to cover tax liabilities.
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McBride plc (the 'Company') announces it has submitted an application to the Financial Conduct Authority ('FCA') and the London Stock Exchange ('LSE') for 4,502,575 ordinary shares of 10 pence each ('New Ordinary Shares') to be admitted to the Official List of the FCA and admitted to trading on the premium segment of the LSE's main market for listed securities. The New Ordinary Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on the LSE from 8:00am on 23 October 2025.
The New Ordinary Shares are being issued to satisfy the vesting of certain employee share awards, which were granted in 2022. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares.
The Company confirms that the New Ordinary Shares being issued fall within the scope of its existing share issuance authorities and have been included in the calculation of potential dilution under the Investment Association's guidelines and the relevant plan rules.
The Company intends to make a loan available to Apex Group Fiduciary Services Limited (in its capacity as trustee of The McBride plc Employee Benefit Trust 2012) (the 'Trustee') to purchase the majority, if not all, of the New Ordinary Shares that are sold by employees to cover their tax liabilities which arise as a result of the vesting of the aforementioned share awards. These purchased shares will then be available to the Trustee for the satisfaction of future share awards.
Following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 178,559,903 ordinary shares of £0.10 each in issue (including 42,041 ordinary shares of £0.10 each held in treasury). Consequently, shareholders may use the figure 178,517,862 as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
ENDS For further information, please contact: McBride plc
Chris Smith, Chief Executive Officer Mark Strickland, Chief Financial Officer
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