Board Appointment

Circle Holdings plc Announces Director Appointment

Circle Holdings plc (the "Company"), the vehicle that enables financial institutions to invest in Circle, the healthcare enterprise co-owned by the largest partnership of doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals in the UK (the "Circle Partnership"), announces today that, as described in the admission document published by the Company on 14 June 2011, Odey European Inc. has exercised its right to appoint a director to the board and Jamie Wood has been appointed as a non-executive director, effective immediately.

Jamie Wood (41) graduated from Durham University in 1991 and subsequently attained his MA from London University in 2005. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995 and spent time in the industry with Walt Disney. Since then he has managed global equity portfolios in Bank of Ireland Asset Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Prior to joining Newman Ragazzi in 2005 he was an analyst at JP Morgan and ran both the highly rated Communications Equipment and the Internet research team and was part of the top rated Media team. Jamie is currently a partner of Odey Asset Management LLP.

Julian Wolfson (44) has also been appointed as an alternate director to Jamie Wood.

There are no other matters which are required to be announced pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules.

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About Circle

Circle Holdings plc is the 50.1% owner of Circle [1], the healthcare enterprise co-owned by the largest partnership of doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals in the UK, founded by Ali Parsa, Chief Executive Officer, and Massoud Fouladi, Chief Medical Officer. Circle was established in 2004 with the aim of empowering doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals to redefine the healthcare delivery in the UK for the benefit of their patients. Within the Circle Partnership, which holds 49.9% of Circle, more than 2,500 consultants and Circle employees are empowered to achieve the greatest levels of patient care and efficiency through active participation in managing Circle's operations.

Circle's NHS and independent healthcare operations include a day surgery hospital in Nottingham treating NHS patients, an independent hospital, CircleBath and two independent clinics in Windsor and Stratford. CircleBath opened in March 2010 and was Circle's first new build hospital which has since received external endorsement as one of the finest hospitals in Britain. Circle is developing its second independent hospital, CircleReading, which is expected to open in late 2012. Circle is the preferred bidder to manage Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust which will become the first NHS acute hospital trust to be franchised in England. Circle also has a strong pipeline with plans to grow through a combination of new hospital builds and increasing delivery of NHS services.

For more information please visit www.circleholdingsplc.com and www.circlepartnership.co.uk

[1] References to Circle in this announcement are references to Circle Health Limited.