S&P's and Moody's assign credit ratings

For immediate release

16 June 2015

Optimal Payments Plc

("Optimal Payments" or the "Company")

Standard & Poor's and Moody's assign Optimal Payments a "BB+" and "(P)Ba2" rating respectively with a Stable outlook

Optimal Payments announces that Standard & Poor's and Moody's have announced credit ratings for the Company and its proposed debt facilities.

Standard & Poor's have assigned a "BB" long-term credit rating to Optimal Payments and a "BB+" issue rating to the Company's senior secured term loan B, which forms part of the proposed new €500 million senior secured facility and the $85 million senior secured revolving credit facility, both to be issued by Optimal Payments on completion of the acquisition of Skrill (the "New Debt Facilities").

Separately, Moody's Investors Service have assigned a provisional "(P)Ba2" corporate family rating (CFR) to Optimal Payments and a "(P)Ba2" rating to the Company's New Debt Facilities.

Both ratings agencies separately assigned a "Stable" outlook to their respective ratings.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Jessica Stalley, Head of Investor Relations

+ 44 (0) 20 7182 1707 / [email protected]

Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)

Simon Bridges / Cameron Duncan

+44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Media Contacts - United Kingdom:

Tavistock Communications

Simon Hudson/Andrew Dunn/Simon Fluendy

+44 (0) 20 7920 3150 / [email protected]