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PURECIRCLE LIMITED

("PureCircle" or "the Company")

Options Granted To and Exercised by Directors

PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's largest producer and marketer of high purity stevia ingredients provides an update of new options granted to and exercised by certain directors, as well as the transfer of 12,700 ordinary shares out from treasury on 10 January 2014 to satisfy the exercise of these options.

Options granted and exercised by certain Non-Executive Directors ("NEDs")

(a)      6,100 options have been granted in lieu of fees for the period from 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2014. These options have an exercise price of GBP4.78 per share, calculated based on 20-days volume weighted average price ("VWAP") to 31 December 2013 and shall vest on 1 July 2014; and

(b)      12,700 options previously issued in lieu of fees for the period from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013 were exercised on 7 January 2014 at the price of GBP3.44 per share (based on 20-days VWAP to 30 June 2013).

The interests held by the relevant NEDs following the above movements in options are tabled below:-


Last notified

Current movements

Current interest

Director

Shares held  previously

Options held previously

Options exercised

New options granted

Shares currently held

Options currently held

Mr P Lai

(Non-Executive)

186,700

4,700

(4,700)

3,200

191,400

3,200

Mr O Maes

(Non-Executive)

404,210

4,200

(4,200)

2,900

408,410

2,900

Mr J Slosar

(Non-Executive)

1,567,402

3,800

(3,800)

Nil  

1,571,202

Nil

Total

2,158,312

12,700

(12,700)

6,100

2,171,012

6,100

Shares issued upon option conversion were taken from treasury shares. Following the said transfer, the total number of issued ordinary shares in the Company is 164,866,294 of which 237,887 are held as treasury shares. The number of voting rights in the Company is 164,628,407. This figure should be used by shareholders as the denominator in the calculation of their interest in the Company.

The shares to be released from treasury have already been admitted to trading on AIM and no further application is necessary.

10 January 2014

For more information:




PureCircle Limited (www.purecircle.com)

Magomet Malsagov, CEO

+603 2166 2206

William Mitchell, CFO

+44 7974 005 163



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+61 8 9480 2500

Stephen Allen



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