Director/PDMR Shareholding

PayPoint PLC
16 February 2006

16 February 2006



Immediate Release



                          PayPoint plc ('the Company')



As a result of transactions on 16 February 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 Shares    Matching Shares awarded      Total number of
                        purchased on 16 February   on 16 February  at    Partnership, Matching and
                            at £5.78 per share       £5.78 per share      Dividend Shares held on
                                                                             16 February  2006
Dominic Taylor                     22                      22                      1444
Tim Watkin-Rees                    22                      22                      1444
George Earle                       22                      22                      1403
Susan Court                        22                      22                      1436
David Steed                        22                      22                      1428
Jonathan Moon                      21                      21                      1301
Lorraine Buhagiar                  17                      17                      1163
Barry Skillett                     22                      22                      1428
Mark Astbury                       22                      22                      1436
John Lee                           21                      21                       379
Mike Igoe                          21                      21                       379
Thomas Vogt-Skard                  22                      22                       294



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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