Director Shareholding

PayPoint PLC
20 December 2004

17 December 2004


Immediate Release


                          PayPoint plc ('the Company')


As a result of transactions on 17 December 2004 by the PayPoint plc Share
Incentive Plan (an Inland Revenue approved all employee share purchase plan),
the executive directors 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                awarded              Partnership and 
                    on 17 December 2004    on 17 December 2004     Matching Shares held
                    at £2.45 per share     at £2.45 per share       on 17 December 2004


Dominic Taylor               51                     51                       206

Tim Watkin-Rees              51                     51                       206

George Earle                 51                     51                       206


In accordance with the rules of the Plan these directors 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 directors in
three years time subject to continued employment and the retention of the
underlying Partnership Shares.


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