Exercise of Options

For immediate release

Optimal Payments Plc

Exercise of Options

22 March 2013 - Optimal Payments Plc (the "Company" or the "Group") announces that it has today allotted and issued 31,282 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") of the Company's issued share capital to certain employees of the Group under the terms of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan following the achievement of certain prescribed targets for awards made in 2011.

These shares are subject to the Company's block admission of 25 January 2013.

Following this issue the Company will have 143,797,656 Ordinary Shares in issue with voting rights.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Andrew Gilchrist EVP Corporate Affairs + 44 (0) 1624 698 713

Email: [email protected]

Canaccord Genuity Limited

Simon Bridges / Cameron Duncan +44 (0) 207 523 8000