Circle Holdings plc

('Circle' or the 'Company')

Issue of share options and PDMR dealing

16 September 2016

The Company today confirms that it has granted options ('Options') over 125,000 ordinary shares of £0.02 each in its share capital to Jacqueline Droogan, Head of Mobilisation, under the Company's Partnership Incentive Plan.

These Options vest, subject to the satisfaction of certain performance conditions, on 24 June 2018 and are exercisable for a period of five years from vesting. 62,500 Options are exercisable at £0.02 per share and 62,500 Options are exercisable at £0.50 per share.

Details of the PDMR Option awards are included in the disclosure notice below.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name: Jacqueline Droogan

Reason for notification

a)

Position / status: Head of Mobilisation

b)

Initial Notification / Amendment: Initial Notification

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name: Circle Holdings plc

b)

LEI: n/a

Details of transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument (ii)each type of transaction (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Ordinary shares of £0.02 each.

Identification Code: JE00B4V99J57

b)

Nature of the transaction: Grant of share options

c)

Currency: GBP - British Pound

d)

Price(s) and volume(s):

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.02

62,500

£0.50

62,500

e)

Aggregated information:

· Aggregated volume: 125,000

· Aggregated exercise price: £32,500

f)

Date of the transaction: 2016-09-14

g)

Place of the transaction: XLON

For further information, please contact:

Circle Holdings plc Tel: +44 20 7034 5270

Steve Melton, Chief Executive Officer

Paolo Pieri, Chief Financial Officer

Elizabeth Matthews, Investor Relations Lead

Numis Securities Tel: +44 20 7260 1000

Michael Meade, Nominated Adviser

Alex Ham, Ben Stoop, Corporate Broking

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