15 January 2010

                          PayPoint plc ("the Company")

As a result of transactions on 15 January 2010 by the PayPoint plc Share
Incentive Plan (an HM Revenue & Customs approved all employee share purchase
plan), the executive directors and persons discharging management responsibility
of the Company have the following interests as a result of their personal
participation in the Plan:-
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|                | Partnership Shares  | Matching Shares |   Total number of   |
|                |  purchased on 15    | awarded on 15   |Partnership, Matching|
|                |January 2010 at £4.35| January 2009 at | and Dividend Shares |
|                |      per share      | £4.35 per share | held on 15 January  |
|                |                     |                 |        2010         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|Graham Bird     |         29          |       29        |         666         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|George Earle    |         29          |       29        |        3807         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|Mike Igoe       |         29          |       29        |        2669         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|Dominic Taylor  |         28          |       28        |        3985         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|Tim Watkin-Rees |         29          |       29        |        4032         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|Michael Norton  |         29          |       29        |        1627         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|Matthew Sinclair|         28          |       28        |         866         |
+----------------+---------------------+-----------------+---------------------+

In  accordance with  the rules  of the  Plan the  persons named  above have been
awarded  the  Matching  Shares  on  the  basis  of  one  Matching Share for each
Partnership Share.

The  beneficial ownership of the Matching Shares will pass to the persons listed
above  in three years time subject to  continued employment and the retention of
the underlying Partnership Shares.
                                     -ends-


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