Annual Report and Notice of AGM

Press release For immediate release

Optimal Payments Plc (the "Company")

Publication of Annual Report and Notice of AGM

LONDON, England - 30 April 2013 - Optimal Payments Plc (AIM: OPAY), a leading provider of online payments, announces that the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012, Notice of the Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy are now available on the Company's website: http://www.optimalpayments.com/investors/2012-full-year-results/. These documents were posted to shareholders on Monday 29 April 2013.

In addition, the Company has also published an interactive version of highlights from its Annual Report on its website today. Visit http://www.optimalpayments.com/investors/annual-report-2012/ 

The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 22 May 2013 at 11.30 a.m. at the Claremont Hotel, Douglas, Isle of Man.

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For further information contact:

Optimal Payments

Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer + 44 (0) 7584 344 784

Andrew Gilchrist, EVP Corporate Affairs + 44 (0) 1624 698 715

[email protected]

Canaccord Genuity Limited + 44 (0) 207 523 8000

Simon Bridges

Cameron Duncan

Citigate Dewe Rogerson + 44 (0) 207 638 9571

Angharad Couch / Priscilla Garcia

About Optimal Payments

Optimal Payments is a global provider of online payment solutions. Trusted by businesses and consumers in over 200 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, merchants use the NETBANX® processing service to simplify how they accept and settle credit card, direct-from-bank, and cash payments; and the NETELLER® payment account to increase margins, capture new customers and increase their lifetime value. Being an independent provider has allowed the company to support tens-of-thousands of merchants around the globe across a wide range of industries. Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market, with a ticker symbol of OPAY. Subsidiary company Optimal Payments Ltd is authorised and regulated as an e-money issuer by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 900015). For more information on Optimal Payments visit www.optimalpayments.com or subscribe at www.optimalpayments.com/feed or follow us on Twitter @optimalpayments.