Director Shareholding

PayPoint PLC
27 September 2004


27th September 2004

Immediate Release

                          PayPoint plc ('the Company')

PayPoint plc announces that following the admission of its shares to
unconditional trading and as set out in the Listing Particulars, the Company has
granted the following awards to its executive directors under the PayPoint plc
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 'LTIP') on 24th September 2004. Awards have been
granted in the form of Inland Revenue Enterprise Management Incentive nil cost
options and conditional awards of shares as set out below. The share awards were
calculated at a price per share of £1.92 (the admission price). As a result the
executive directors of the Company have the following interests as a result of
their participation in the LTIP:-

Executive Director      Face Value of the Share Award (£)    Number of Shares
Dominic Taylor 1                     £100,000                   52,083
Dominic Taylor 2                     £100,000                   52,083
George Earle 1                       £100,000                   52,083
George Earle 2                        £31,250                   16,276
George Earle 2                       £131,250                   68,359
Tim Watkin-Rees1                     £100,000                   52,083
Tim Watkin-Rees 2                      £5,000                    2,605

1 EMI nil cost option
2 Conditional award of shares

Awards granted under the LTIP will be released based upon the Total Shareholder
Return of the company measured against a comparator group of 17 companies within
the FTSE Support Services and Software and Computer Services Indices over a
three year period.


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