Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

OPTIMAL PAYMENTS PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Bank of America Corporation

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):

Merrill Lynch International

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or reached:

27 January 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 January 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0034264548

Below Notifiable threshold

Below Notifiable threshold

8,160,002

8,160,002

0

5.40%

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/

Conversion Period

Number of voting

rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting

rights

N/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Exercise

price

Expiration date

Exercise/

Conversion period

Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights

N/a

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

8,160,002

5.40%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Merrill Lynch International - 8,160,002 shares 5.40%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Stacy Otieno

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 9951335