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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

No. of voting rights instrument refers to

Percentage of voting rights

RNS Number : 1419W

Optimal Payments PLC

14 August 2015

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Optimal Payments PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			No
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			Yes
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	11 August 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 August 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0034264548	21,982,746	21,982,746	113,516	113,516	22,073,201	0.024%	4.650%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

22,186,717

4.674%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

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