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PURECIRCLE LIMITED

("PureCircle" or "the Company")

Notification of a Major Interest

PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and marketer of high purity stevia ingredients has today been notified by one of its substantial shareholders, Wang Tak Company Limited ("Wang Tak") that following recent purchases of PureCircle shares from the open market, the interest held in the Company has increased to 21,504,150 shares representing 13.07% of the issued share capital.

The average share price of the purchases made by Wang Tak since the last AIM notification was GBP2.3327.

The details of the recent purchases made are shown below:-

Date Number of shares purchased Purchase price

15 October 2012 500,000 GBP2.3735

15 October 2012 675,000 GBP2.37423

Mr. Tan Boon Seng, is a Non-Executive Director of the Company and also a director of Wang Tak (a company wholly owned by Lee Hing Development Limited where Mr. Tan Boon Seng is a substantial shareholder). As such, he has an indirect interest in PureCircle of 21,504,150 shares as held by Wang Tak.

 16 October 2012