Holding(s) in Company

McBride PLC
15 March 2002


To Company Announcements Office

Dated 14 March, 2002

On the 13th March 2002, McBride plc received the following notification dated
13th March 2002 from Amvescap plc:

S.198 Companies Act - Disclosure of Share Interest

We write to give you notice that, following the purchase of 350,000 Ordinary
Shares on 12th March 2002, INVESCAP PLC (AMVESCAP) and subsidiary companies on
behalf of discretionary clients have an interest within the meaning of Part VI
of the Act in 24,995,228. Ordinary 10p Shares of your Company (representing
14.07%), details of that interest, together with a breakdown between registered
holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are set out below:
 
Registered Holder                No of Shares               % of Class

Vidacos Nominees Limited           24,267,196                    13.66
Chase Nominees Limited                244,458                     0.14
Northern Trust Nominees Limited       483,574                     0.27
                                   24,995,228                    14.07
 
We wish to advise you that none of these shares are beneficially owned by
AMVESCAP. Subsidiary companies of AMVESCAP have a large number of portfolio
management clients for whom they act as investment manager and investment
advisor and by virtue of Section 203 of the Companies Act 1985 AMVESCAP is
deemed to have the same interest in the shares.

We would further advise that the above holding includes the following notifiable
holdings:- INVESCO Perpetual High Income Fund now holds 10,269,880 shares
(5.78%) and INVESCO Perpetual International Core Fund now holds 8,221,460 shares
(4.62%), both registered in the name of Vidacos Nominees Limited.


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