Exercise of Options

PURECIRCLE LIMITED

("PureCircle" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options

PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and marketer of high purity stevia ingredients wishes to announce that it transferred 62,500 ordinary shares out from treasury on 2 May 2014 to satisfy the exercise of options granted under the terms of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.

Following the said transfer, the balance of treasury shares is 150,387. The total ordinary shares (which includes the treasury shares) remains unchanged at 164,866,294, however the number of voting rights in the Company has increased to 164,715,907. This figure of 164,715,907 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.

2 May 2014