Management Appointments

PayPoint PLC
05 September 2005


                PayPoint appoints Chief Information Officer and
                         Corporate Development Director
                                        

PayPoint, a leading branded payment collection network, has strengthened its
management team with the appointments of John Lee as Chief Information Officer
and Thomas Vogt-Skard as Corporate Development Director.

John, 41, has joined PayPoint from Euronext.LIFFE Market Solutions, the
technology division of Euronext.LIFFE, which is the international derivatives
business of Euronext. As Director of Systems Development he moved the existing
Paris, Brussels, Lisbon and Amsterdam derivatives markets on to the LIFFECONNECT
trading platform with London to create a single European market.

He also implemented the same technology into the Chicago Board of Trade and the
Tokyo Financial Futures Exchange. John took up the new position of Chief
Information Officer on 1 September 2005 reporting to the CEO and is responsible
for all matters relating to technology at PayPoint.

Thomas, 35, joins PayPoint on 22 September 2005 from the Investment Banking
Advisory unit of HBSC, where he was an Associate Director in the European
Advisory Group focusing on mergers and acquisitions.

He was previously a business planner at Redland PLC, the construction materials
business acquired by Lafarge in 1997. Thomas will take up the new position of
Corporate Development Director and will be responsible for merger and
acquisition opportunities for the business.

These appointments follow that of Mike Igoe as Retail Director from Jacksons
Stores, part of J Sainsbury plc.

Dominic Taylor, Chief Executive of PayPoint, said: 'We are delighted to have
attracted such high calibre individuals to PayPoint. These appointments will add
significant value and complete the expansion of our senior management team we
outlined when we announced our annual results in June. They bring invaluable
strategic and IT skills to the company that will enable us to make the most of
the growth opportunities available to us and ensure that we continue to optimise
technology, which is at the heart of our business as a provider of payment
solutions.'



Enquiries

Finsbury
Rollo Head
Don Hunter
020 7251 3801


About PayPoint

PayPoint is a leading branded payment collection network used, primarily, for
the cash payment of bills and services and prepayments for mobile telephones and
energy meters. There are over 13,000 retail outlets using PayPoint's payment
terminals.

PayPoint began trading in 1996 and initially collected payments through its
network of retail agents for its founder client investors, who included British
Gas, BT, BBC TV Licensing, London Electricity (now part of EDF Energy) and four
water companies.

It now has more than 500 clients including many of the UK and Ireland's major
energy, cable, mobile and fixed line telephony companies. Its blue chip client
list also extends to numerous water companies, local authorities and housing
associations and a growing transport and travel base.





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