Statement re Share Price Movement

Optimal Payments PLC

Statement re Share Price Movement

Optimal Payments PLC (LSE AIM: OPAY) ("Optimal Payments" or the "Company"), a leading online payments provider, notes the recent speculation and weakness in its share price, and wishes to provide the following statement.

Director's Dealings

In relation to the Director's Dealings announcement on 1st April 2014 concerning Joel Leonoff, the Company's CEO, the announcement made at that time was correct. However given the current speculation the Company is providing more information around the arrangement. The Company can confirm that Mr Leonoff entered into a master loan and pledge agreement with Equity First Holdings, LLC ("EFH") on 31 March 2014.

As announced on 1 April 2014, Mr Leonoff pledged 1,500,000 shares (the "Pledged Shares") as collateral for a loan of approximately £4 million (together the "Loan"). Mr Leonoff pays interest of 3% on a quarterly basis to EFH on the Loan, together with a financing arrangement fee of 1.5% and is obligated to repay the Loan three years from the closing date of the agreement. Mr Leonoff will receive from EFH a credit of all dividends paid on the Pledged Shares during the term of the Loan once the Loan is repaid. For the purposes of securing the Loan, during the period of the Loan Mr Leonoff has transferred title and voting rights in the Pledged Shares. In the event of a default by Mr Leonoff EFH would be entitled to set off Pledged Shares to the value of outstanding monies owed.

EFH will not exercise any voting rights attached to the Pledged Shares. For the period of the Loan EFH has committed not to engage in any short selling in, or lending of, the Company's shares.

Mr Leonoff has a material interest in the equity of the Company. Mr Leonoff's interests in the equity of the Company are stated below:

* Includes the 1,500,000 shares pledged to EFH as collateral on the Loan

The total number of shares in issue and voting rights in the Company is 162,629, 664.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Jessica Stalley, Head of Investor Relations

Tel: +44 (0) 207 182 1707

Canaccord Genuity Limited

(Nominated Adviser & Broker)

Simon Bridges / Cameron Duncan

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000