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RNS Number : 2982B

Planet Payment Inc.

02 April 2013

   Date:                            2 April 2013 
   On behalf of:                 Planet Payment, Inc. ("the Company" or "Planet Payment")

For immediate release

Planet Payment, Inc.

Director's Share Dealings

Planet Payment, Inc. (UK: LSE:AIM: PPT and PPTR; USA: NASDAQ: PLPM), a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services, received notification on 28 March 2013 of the following share dealings by a Director.

As previously notified, prior to the end of December 2012, Mr. Beck exercised expiring options and acquired a total of 311,342 common shares in the Company in part for a cash purchase price totalling $675,000. On 28 March 2013 the Company was notified of the following share sales:

 
   Director     No. of      Date of      Transaction    Average      Total No Shares    Percentage 
                 Shares    Transaction                  Price per    post-Transaction    of Voting 
                                                          Share                          Interests 
-------------  --------  -------------  ------------  -----------  ------------------  ----------- 
                            28 March 
 Philip Beck      4,850       2013       Market Sale     $2.90              2,690,546      4.4% 
-------------  --------  -------------  ------------  -----------  ------------------  -----------

All of the Common Shares were sold pursuant to a Pre-set Diversification Program Agreement ("PDP") entered into by Mr. Beck on December 14, 2012. The PDP was entered into in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The PDP, was entered into during an open period, at a time when Mr. Beck was not in possession of material non-public or material price sensitive information regarding the Company. Under the PDP, shares are to be sold by Mr. Beck's broker through the market in accordance with the pre-set instructions set forth in the PDP and without any further input, information or instructions from Mr. Beck prior to any sale.

Investors may note that this press release is required in accordance with London Stock Exchange plc AIM rules governing share transactions by directors and is in addition to the usual SEC filings that will be made by Mr. Beck in the ordinary course. London Stock Exchange plc AIM rules require a press release to be issued whenever there is a share transaction by a director.

Enquiries:

 
 Planet Payment, Inc.                           Tel: +1 516 670 3200 
  Graham N. Arad                                 www.planetpayment.com 
 Redleaf Polhill (UK PR for Planet Payment)     Tel: +44 20 7382 4730 
  Emma Kane / Rebecca Sanders-Hewett / David     planet@redleafpr.com 
  Ison 
 ICR (US IR for Planet Payment)                 Tel: +1 646 277 1212 
  Contacts: Don Duffy / Dara Dierks 
 Canaccord Genuity Ltd (UK) (Nomad for Planet   Tel: +44 20 7523 8000 
  Payment) 
  Simon Bridges / Andrew Chubb

About Planet Payment

Planet Payment is a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services. We provide our services in more than 20 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, primarily through our more than 50 acquiring bank and processor customers. Our point-of-sale and e-commerce services help merchants sell more goods and services to consumers, and together with our ATM services are integrated within the payment card transaction flow enabling our acquiring customers, their merchants and consumers to shop, pay, transact and reconcile payment transactions in multiple currencies, geographies and channels.

Planet Payment is headquartered in New York and has offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Bermuda, Delaware, Dubai, Dublin, London, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Shanghai and Singapore. Visit www.planetpayment.com for more information about the Company and its services. For up-to-date information follow Planet Payment on Twitter at @PlanetPayment or join Planet Payment's Facebook page.

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