Grants under the LTIP

For immediate release

Optimal Payments Plc

Grants under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan

Monday 30 January 2012 - Optimal Payments Plc (the "Company") announces that it has made certain grants under the Optimal Payments Plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). This notification is made in accordance with Rule 17 of the AIM Rules.

On 27 January 2012, the Remuneration Committee determined to make a grant under the LTIP (the "Grant") and an award over 3,016,383 ordinary shares in the Company was made to eligible executives on 27 January 2012, under the rules of the LTIP (the "2012 Awards"). The Grant was made on 27 January 2012 once the Remuneration Committee determined the appropriate performance conditions in relation to the 2012 Awards.

The 2012 Awards are structured as options with an option price per share equal to the nominal value of a share (currently 0.01 pence). No consideration was paid for the Grant of the 2012 Awards. The 2012 Awards will become exercisable after the publication of the Company's audited results for the year ended 31 December 2013, subject to the continued employment of the participant and the satisfaction of performance conditions set by the Remuneration Committee of the Company. To the extent that all or any part of the 2012 Awards becomes exercisable, it remains exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the date of Grant.

The 2012 Awards included Grants to certain of the Company's Directors. Following the Grant of the 2012 Awards, such Directors have the following interests in the Company's share capital:

As at 27 January 2012, the Company has 126,312,376 ordinary shares in issue.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

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

Email: [email protected]

Canaccord Genuity + 44 (0) 207 050 6500

Simon Bridges

Kit Stephenson