24 September 2021

McBride plc

Annual Report 2021 and Annual General Meeting 2021

McBride plc (the "Company" or the "Group") announces that it has today published its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (Annual Report 2021).

The Company also announces that today, 24 September 2021, it posted to shareholders the Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held at 2.00pm BST on Tuesday, 19 October 2021 at Building C, Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester M40 5BP.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies of the following documents have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection from the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism:

-       Annual Report 2021;

-       Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021; and

-       Proxy Form for the Annual General Meeting 2021.

The above documents are also available at www.mcbride.co.uk

This information should be read in conjunction with the Company's preliminary results announcement. A condensed set of the Company's financial statements, information on important events that have occurred during the financial year and their impact on the financial statements, the Company's principal risks and information on related party transactions were included in the preliminary results announcement released on 7 September 2021. That information, together with the information set out below in the appendix, is provided in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rule (DTR) 6.3.5R, which requires it to be communicated to the media in full unedited text through a Regulatory Information Service. This announcement is not a substitute for reading the full Annual Report 2021.  Page and note references in the text below refer to page numbers and note references in the Annual Report 2021.

Appendix

Directors' Responsibility Statement

The Annual Report 2021 contains the following statements regarding responsibility for the financial statements in compliance with DTR 4.1.12. Responsibility is for the full Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021 and not the condensed statements required to be set out in the Annual Financial Report announcement.

Each of the directors, whose names and functions are listed on pages 66 and 67 of the Annual Report, confirm that, to the best of their knowledge:

- The Group financial statements, prepared in accordance with the applicable set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole.

- The Management Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

- The Annual Report, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable, and provides the necessary information for shareholders to assess the Group's performance, business model and strategy.

The Directors of McBride plc are listed in the Annual Report 2021, and on the Group's website: https://www.mcbride.co.uk/about-us/our-board/