Holding(s) in Company

McBride PLC
26 September 2006




                                  McBride PLC


McBride PLC ('the Company') has today been advised pursuant to the Companies Act
1985, that as at close of business on 22 September 2006, Arnold and S.
Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC ('ASBA') held a total of 6,838,530 ordinary shares in
the Company representing 3.86% of it's issued ordinary share capital.


The registered holders are as follows:

City of Hartford Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund                   20,248
First Eagle Global Fund                                                630,280
First Eagle Overseas Fund                                            5,000,000
Genesee County Employees' Retirement System                             75,000
MacArthur Foundation Trust                                              76,960
SoGen International SICAV                                               58,700
United Food and Commercial Workers' Union                              200,000
Utah Retirement Systems                                                195,830
Arnold and S. Bleichroder Advisers Diversified International Equity    581,512
Fund, LLC




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