Issue of Equity

Optimal Payments Plc

Issue of Equity

LONDON, England - 3 January 2013 - Optimal Payments Plc (the "Company" or the "Group") announces that application has been made to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange plc ("AIM") for the admission of 9,000 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"). These Ordinary Shares are to satisfy the exercise of options under the terms of the Company's Share Option Plan to an existing employee of the Group.

All Ordinary Shares issued under the listing application described above will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares of the Company. It is expected that admission will become effective on 9 January 2013. Following Admission, the Company will have 136,278,701 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Andrew Gilchrist EVP Corporate Affairs + 44 (0) 203 544 7250

Email: [email protected]

Canaccord Genuity Limited + 44 (0) 207 523 8000

Simon Bridges

Cameron Duncan