For immediate release

Optimal Payments Plc

Issue of Equity

26 August 2015 - Optimal Payments Plc (AIM: OPAY) (the "Company" or the "Group") announces that, further to the announcement on 24 July 2015, the Company will issue 3,210,400 ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to the Meritus sellers in relation to the acquisition of TK Global Partners LP ("Meritus") on 1 September 2015.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 3,210,400 Ordinary Shares and it is expected that these will be admitted on 1 September 2015. On admission, these shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares.

Following the admission of the Ordinary Shares, the total number of voting rights in the Company is expected to be 477,946,859. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Tony Hunter, Company Secretary                                                                           +44 (0) 20 7603 1515
Email: companysecretary@optimalpayments.com

Canaccord Genuity                                                                                            + 44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Simon Bridges

Cameron Duncan

Mark Whitmore