Director/ PDMR Shareholding

PayPoint PLC
17 May 2006


17 May 2006

                          PayPoint plc ('the Company')

As a result of transactions on 16 May 2006 by the PayPoint plc Share Incentive
Plan (an Inland Revenue 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    Matching Shares Total number of
                Shares purchased  awarded on 16    Partnership,
                  on 16 May at    May at £6.70     Matching and
                £6.70 per share     per share    Dividend Shares
                                                  held on 16 May
                                                       2006

Tim Watkin-Rees        18              18             1,556
George Earle           18              18             1,515
David Steed            18              18             1,540
Jonathan Moon          19              19             1,415
Lorraine Buhagiar      19              19             1,269
Barry Skillett         18              18             1,540
Mike Igoe              19              19              493

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.
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