Exercise of Options

For immediate release

Optimal Payments Plc

Exercise of Options

Monday 11 July 2011 - Optimal Payments Plc (the "Company" or the "Group") announces that application has been made for the admission of 6,666 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence in the Company ("Shares") to trading on AIM . These Shares have been allotted and issued to certain former employees of the Group under the terms of the Company's Share Option Plan.

The 6,666 Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on Friday 15 July 2011 ("Admission"). Following Admission, the Company will have 125,725,476 Shares in issue with voting rights. The Company does not hold any Shares in treasury. Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 125,725,476.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Andrew Gilchrist VP Communications + 44 (0) 1624 698 713

Email: investorrelations@optimalpayments.com

Canaccord Genuity + 44 (0) 207 050 6500

Simon Bridges

Kit Stephenson