Director/PDMR Shareholding

13 May 2013

Circle Holdings plc (the "Company")

Director Shareholding

The Company was notified on 10 May 2013 that Health Partners Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Health Trust (Jersey), of which Ali Parsa, a non-executive director of the Company, is a beneficiary) sold:

·; 13,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a price of 46 pence per share on 10 May 2013.

Following this transaction Mr Parsa is interested in 2,842,800 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 2.2 % of the total issued share capital of the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Circle Holdings plc Tel: +44 20 7034 5258Michael Kirkwood, ChairmanSteve Melton, Chief Executive OfficerTom Muir, Head of Communications

Numis Securities Limited Tel: +44 20 7260 1000Michael Meade, Nominated AdviserAlex Ham, Corporate Broking

About Circle

Circle's principal asset is its holding in Circle Health Limited, an employee co-owned healthcare provider. Circle Health Limited is 50.1% owned by Circle and 49.9% owned by the Circle Partnership Limited which is 100% beneficially owned by the group's clinicians and employees.

Circle's objective is to redefine secondary healthcare delivery in the UK. It benefits from a unique operating model which has been successfully applied and proven, whereby clinicians are empowered to achieve high levels of patient care and efficiency though co-ownership and active participation in managing operations. For more information please visit www.circlepartnership.co.uk.

The Company is a Jersey incorporated company and the rights of shareholders may be different from the rights of shareholders in a UK incorporated company. For more information please visit www.circleholdingsplc.com.