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Notification Of Major Interests In Shares

07/29/09

Planet Payment [LSE:AIM: PPT and PPTR; OTCQX: PLPM], a leading international multi-currency payment and data processor, announces that it has been notified of the following relevant changes in significant shareholder holdings.

On 28 July 2009, the Company received the following notifications of changes in Major Interests in its Shares.

The Company was notified by Camden Partners Strategic Manager, LLC that its related parties (as defined in the Company’s By-Laws) (collectively “Camden”) had acquired 557,075 Common Shares (trading under PPTR, USU72603100).  Camden now has an interest in a total of 1,507,367 Common Shares, which represent 3.6% of the voting rights of the Company (following admission of the shares on 23 July 2009), an increase from its previous holding of less than 3%.  As previously announced, Camden also holds convertible debt issued by the Company (convertible into Common Stock) totaling approximately $8.2 million.

In addition Inter-Atlantic Fund, LP had acquired 316,428 Common Shares (trading under PPTR, USU72603100).  Inter-Atlantic now owns a total of 1,281,660 Common Shares which represent 3.1% of the voting rights of the Company as of 23 July 2009, an increase from its previous holding of less than 3%.  As previously announced, Inter-Atlantic also holds long term debt issued by the Company totaling $4 million and associated Warrants for Common Shares.

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Enquiries to:

Planet Payment, Inc.
Graham N. Arad, SVP & General Counsel Tel: + 1 516 670 3200
www.planetpayment.com

Redleaf Communications Ltd (UK PR for Planet Payment)
Emma Kane / Rebecca Sanders-Hewett /
Henry Columbine planet@redleafpr.com
Tel: +44 20 7566 6700
ICR, Inc. (US IR for Planet Payment)
Brian Prenoveau, CFA Tel: +1 203 682 8200

Canaccord Adams Limited (UK) (Nomad for Planet Payment)
Mark Williams and Andrew Chubb
Tel +44 20 7050 6500
Canaccord Adams, Inc. (US) (DAD for Planet Payment)
Andy Viles Tel: +1 617 371 3900

About Planet Payment®

Planet Payment’s Common shares trade in the UK on AIM under the symbols PPT for unrestricted Common shares and PPTR for Reg S Common shares and in the United States on the OTCQX under the symbol PLPM.

Planet Payment enables processors, acquiring banks and their merchants to accept, process and reconcile credit card transactions in multiple currencies, allowing cardholders to view prices and settle transactions in their native currency.  The Pay in Your Currency service is a component of Planet Payment’s suite of multi-currency processing solutions, which include a multi-currency pricing e-commerce service and a Dynamic Currency Conversion service. Planet Payment’s BuyVoice™, a mobile payment and commerce solution, allows merchants to accept payments and sell product to customers using any mobile or landline phone. With the iPAY™ gateway, Planet Payment also offers comprehensive Internet processing solutions for credit card and electronic check payments.

Planet Payment is headquartered in New York and has offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Bermuda, Delaware, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.

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