PureCircle : PDMR Notification

PureCircle Limited (the 'Company')

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

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Rakesh Sinha
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	PureCircle Limited
b)	LEI	213800K2PU757HGDAW11
4	Details of the 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 Identification code	Restricted Stock Units ('RSUs') over Ordinary Shares of US$0.10 each in the capital of PureCircle Limited BMG7300G1096
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of provisional RSUs, under the Long-Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') Subject to the terms of the Company's LTIP and achievement of certain group sales targets, the final RSUs (between 0% and 100% of the provisional RSUs), will vest equally on 1 November over the next four years beginning 2019.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 87,340
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	87,340 RSUs Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-01-10
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside trading venue

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR') and the Company confirms that the PDMR's notification obligations under MAR have also been satisfied.

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Kan Siew Mei

Date of Notification: 11 January 2019