Expiration-Worldpay Finance plc-Bond Solicitation

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Expiration of Worldpay Finance plc Bond Consent Solicitation

11 October 2017

Worldpay Group plc ("Worldpay") announces that, in connection with the previously announced consent solicitation (the "Solicitation") by its wholly owned subsidiary Worldpay Finance plc (the "Company") in respect of its €500 million 3.75% senior notes due 2022 (the "Notes"), which are guaranteed by Worldpay, as of 5:00 p.m., London time, on 10 October 2017 (the "Expiration Time"), the Company had not received consents from holders of the requisite outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes necessary to approve the proposed waiver and amendments to certain provisions included in the indenture governing the Notes (the "Indenture") sought in the Solicitation, as described in the consent solicitation statement dated 26 September 2017 (the "Consent Solicitation Statement"). The Company sought consents in the Solicitation to, amongst other things, approve the proposed waiver and amendments to the Indenture's change of control provisions, however, implementation of the proposed waiver and amendments is not a condition to the completion of the proposed merger of Worldpay with Vantiv, Inc. and Vantiv UK Limited.

Under no circumstances shall the Solicitation constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any Notes in any jurisdiction.

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About Worldpay Group plc

Worldpay (LSE: WPG; LEI 213800CJ5Z6YSGIIZA22) is a leader in global payments. We provide an extensive range of technology-led payment products and services to over 400,000 customers, enabling their businesses to grow and prosper. We manage the increasing complexity of the payments landscape for our customers, allowing them to accept the widest range of payment types around the world. Using our network and technology, we are able to process payments across 146 countries and 126 transaction currencies. We help our customers to accept more than 300 different payment types. http://investors.worldpay.com/. 

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