Award of Share Options

29 May 2015

Optimal Payments Plc

("Optimal Payments" or the "Company")

Award of Share Options

Optimal Payments announces that Brian McArthur-Muscroft, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of the Company, was yesterday awarded options over 516,844 ordinary shares of £0.0001 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), with an exercise price of £0.0001 per Ordinary Share. The options were granted under the Optimal Payments Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP").

Options over 344,563 Ordinary Shares vest immediately and options over the remaining 172,281 Ordinary Shares will vest on 1 January 2016. Following this award, Mr. McArthur-Muscroft holds a total of 516,844 options over Ordinary Shares, representing 0.12% of the Company's issued share capital.

The Options granted to Mr. McArthur-Muscroft are in relation to his appointment on 1 January 2015, since which date the Company's year-end reporting and corporate activity has delayed the making of these awards.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc 

Tony Hunter, Company Secretary + 44 (0)20 7603 1515

Canaccord Genuity + 44 (0)20 7523 8000

Simon Bridges

Cameron Duncan