Result of AGM and Board Changes

CIRCLE HOLDINGS PLC

(the "Company")

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & BOARD CHANGES

21 May 2014

RESULT OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Company announces that all of the resolutions put to the shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting held today at the offices of Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, 4 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AU were duly passed.

BOARD CHANGES

The Board of Circle Holdings plc is pleased to announce that Lord Hutton of Furness and Justin Jewitt will be appointed as non executive directors of the Company with immediate effect.

Lord Hutton served as a member of the British House of Commons from 1992 to 2010. During his time in government, he held several prominent Cabinet positions, including secretary of state for defence; business, enterprise and regulatory reform; and work and pensions. Lord Hutton was also a minister in the UK Department of Health from 1998 to 2005, where he helped lead the modernisation of the National Health Service. Prior to public service, Lord Hutton worked as a senior law lecturer at Northumbria University and served as a legal adviser to the Confederation of British Industry. He is currently the chairman of the independent Public Service Pensions Commission and the Nuclear Industry Association, a non-executive director of Sirius Minerals plc and Arthurian Life Sciences Ltd. Lord Hutton is also the European Advisory Director of Dimensional Fund Advisers and holds advisory positions at Bechtel Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Lord Hutton graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford University in 1978 with an MA and a Bachelor in Civil Law.

Justin Jewitt has extensive commercial knowledge and practical experience in the delivery and creation of public and private health services. He graduated from Leicester University in 1975 joining Mobil Oil Company Limited as a graduate trainee where he occupied various roles for 12 years. In 1986 he joined Thorn Emi plc in their retail/rental division moving through various senior management roles. In 1992 Justin became Managing Director of two B.E.T plc companies, Laundrycraft and Initial Healthcare (Textile) Ltd. Justin joined Nestor Healthcare Group plc in 1994, where he worked for 10 years, as Chief Executive Officer of the Group building it into a FTSE 250 listed company. Justin also held several non executive director positions in both private and public health care companies. Justin is currently a visiting professor for the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, University of Glamorgan,

a member on the Quality committee of an NHS Clinical Commissioning Group and a Senior Independent Director of NHS SBS Ltd.

Michael Kirkwood, Chairman of Circle Holdings plc said:

"On behalf of the Board I am delighted to welcome John Hutton and Justin Jewitt to the Circle Holdings Board. They both bring significant public and private healthcare experience to the Board as well as political, commercial and governance backgrounds. With these appointments I believe that the balance of skills and experience on the Board is measurably enhanced and entirely appropriate to the mission of the Circle Group. We look forward to working with John and Justin as we continue to evolve the Company's unique business model in healthcare and to develop the many opportunities to enhance patient experience in the sector."

Information required to be disclosed under AIM Rules:

Details of John Hutton's (aged 59) current and previous directorships in the past five years are set out below.

Current directorships:

Sirius Minerals plc

Arthurian Life Sciences Limited

Nuclear Industry Association

MYCSP Limited

Pension Quality Mark Limited

The HMS Victory Preservation Company

Previous directorships:

Aldbourne Consulting Limited

The Social Market Foundation

Details of Justin Jewitt's (aged 60) current and previous directorships in the past five years are set out below.

Current directorships:

NHS Shared Business Services Limited

Healthsecure Limited

NLD (Rentals) Limited

Previous directorships:

EWD Limited

JATHFR Limited

C.I.T.C. Care Limited

Doctors NET.UK.Limited

Home Choice Care Limited

Angels Care Provider Limited

NMC Healthcare plc

UK Nursing NET Limited

European Vaccination Group (UK) Limited

EVG Nursing Services Limited

Vaccination UK Limited

Kent Community Care Association

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

Notes to editors:

For further information, please contact:

Circle Holdings plc

Michael Kirkwood, Chairman +44(0) 20 7034 5258

Steve Melton, Chief Executive Officer

Tom Muir, Head of Communications

Numis Securities Limited

Michael Meade, Nominated Adviser +44(0) 20 7260 1000

Alex Ham, Corporate Broking