Block Listing Application

For immediate release

Optimal Payments Plc

Block Listing Application

Monday 21 January 2013 - Optimal Payments Plc (the "Company" or the "Group") announces that it has made a block listing application to the London Stock Exchange for up to 3,590,910 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"). These Ordinary Shares will be available to be issued to satisfy the exercise of options under the terms of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan to certain existing employees of the Group.

All Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of options under the Long Term Incentive Plan described above will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares. It is expected that the blocklisting will become effective on 25 January 2013.

Following Admission, the Company will have 139,869,611 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Andrew Gilchrist EVP Corporate Affairs + 44 (0) 203 544 7250

Email: [email protected]

Canaccord Genuity + 44 (0) 207 523 8000

Simon Bridges

Cameron Duncan