Result of AGM

McBride PLC 01 November 2006 1 November 2006 McBride plc Result of AGM All of the Resolutions proposed at McBride's Annual General Meeting held yesterday at 3.30 pm were duly approved by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 117,181,229 McBride shares, representing 66.0% of McBride's shares in issue. For information, the proxy votes received prior to the meeting on each resolution, were as follows: Votes Chairman's Votes No. Resolution Votes for against discretion withheld* 1 Receive and approve accounts 116,727,635 384,816 63,513 5,265 2 Approve directors' remuneration report 111,280,465 3,399,202 70,963 2,430,598 3 Declare final dividend 117,112,654 1,859 62,716 4,000 4 Re-elect Lord Sheppard 116,282,329 807,746 74,089 17,065 5 Re-elect Miles Roberts 117,066,785 26,547 77,089 10,808 6 Elect Robert Beveridge 117,058,945 30,046 77,354 14,884 7 Re-elect Christine Bogdanowicz-Bindert 117,058,236 33,203 77,088 12,702 8 Re-elect Robert Lee 117,068,564 20,160 78,151 14,354 9 Re-elect Colin Smith 117,067,874 20,957 76,416 15,982 10 Re-elect Henri Talerman 116,669,269 414,141 79,744 18,075 11 Re-appoint auditors 116,710,422 277,561 67,899 124,816 12 Authorise directors to determine auditors' remuneration 117,060,969 43,253 67,493 9,514 13 Allotment of securities 117,016,828 81,209 67,492 15,700 14 Allotment of securities for cash 116,984,788 88,070 86,853 21,518 15 Purchase own shares 117,036,692 53,146 77,223 14,168 * A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in calculating votes for or against a resolution. Number of shareholders - 4,082 Issued share capital - 177,634,910 ordinary shares of 10p each Number of votes per share - one Number of proxies lodged - 823 In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2 R and 9.6.3 R, two copies of the resolutions passed as special business (comprising both ordinary and special resolutions) have been forwarded to the Financial Services Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS Tel: 020 7066 1000 The documents forwarded to the Financial Services Authority are also available from the company's registered office at McBride House, Penn Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire HP9 2FY. For further information please contact: McBride plc Bob Beveridge, Group Finance Director Office: 01494 607051 Mobile: 07876 593182 Financial Dynamics Andrew Dowler Office: 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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