Optimal Payments PLC

Directors' Dealings

5 May 2015

Further to the announcement released earlier today regarding the results of the rights issue, the Company received notification from Joel Leonoff, President and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Shaper and Brahm Gelfand, both Non-Executive Directors, that they had taken up rights to subscribe for ordinary shares in the company of 0.01p each ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the rights issue on 1 May 2015 at a price of 166 pence each.

Following this transaction, these Directors will have the following interests in the Ordinary Shares.

(1) This number includes the 1,500,000 shares pledged by Mr Leonoff in favour of Equities First Holdings, LLC.

(2) This number includes 10,000 shares, the disclosure of which was omitted from the prospectus dated 23 March 2015. The Company was notified on 1 May 2015 by Mr Shaper that he purchased these 10,000 Ordinary Shares on 5 June 2013 at a price of 166 pence per Ordinary Share.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc:  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7182 1707

Jessica Stalley, Head of Investor Relations

Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Adviser and Broker):                

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Simon Bridges

Piers Coombs (ECM)

Cameron Duncan

Tavistock (Financial PR):

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7920 3150

Simon Hudson

Simon Fluendy

Andrew Dunn