Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Circle Holdings Plc

Sedol B4V99J5

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Change in share capital of Circle Holdings Plc

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3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

1Lansdowne Partners International Limited

2Lansdowne Partners Limited

3Lansdowne Partners (UK) LLP

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd

(Registered Shareholders)

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

03/04/2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

04/04/2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

23%,22%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

54,167,008

54,167,008

54,167,008

21.84%

JE00B4V99J57

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Warrants

£1.52

open

Any time

271,985

Nominal

Delta

0.11%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

54,438,993

21.95%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent undertaking of Lansdowne Partners Limited which is the First Corporate Member of Lansdowne Partners (UK) LLP

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

This Disclosure results from the conversion of convertible shares to ordinary shares on 03.04.17 and is not a result of trading activity. Based on total voting rights of 247,797,188 and 271,985 warrants.

14. Contact name:

Ruari Paton

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 020 7290 5500