RNS Number:3186G
Cardpoint PLC
24 October 2007

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR
FROM CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN





24 October 2007



MERGER OF CARDPOINT AND ALPHYRA - CHANGE OF EXPECTED DATE OF ISSUE OF
SUPPLEMENTARY ADMISSION DOCUMENT



On 28 September 2007 Cardpoint and alphyra announced that they had agreed the
terms of a Merger of Cardpoint and alphyra.



Each of the AIM Admission Document dated 28 September 2007 and the Scheme
Document dated 19 October 2007 published in connection with the Merger included
an expected timetable of principal events, which anticipated that a
Supplementary Admission Document including financial information on the alphyra
Group would be issued by 31 October 2007 and the Cardpoint Preliminary Results
Announcement would be issued by 2 November 2007.



Payzone and Cardpoint announce that the Supplementary Admission Document is now
expected to be published and sent to Cardpoint Shareholders on 2 November 2007
and to contain both financial information on the alphyra Group for the nine
months ended 30 September 2007 and the Cardpoint Preliminary Results
Announcement for the financial year ended 30 September 2007.



Copies of the AIM Admission Document dated 28 September 2007 and the Scheme
Document dated 19 October 2007 are displayed on the Cardpoint website
(www.cardpointplc.com) and are also available for inspection at Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HS.



Unless the context otherwise requires, terms defined in the announcement dated
28 September 2007 have the same meaning in this announcement.



Enquiries:

Cardpoint
Philip Lanigan
Group Finance Director
Tel:         +44 (0) 1253 361 300

Rothschild
Financial Adviser to Cardpoint
Ed Welsh
Tel:         +44 (0) 20 7280 5000

Panmure Gordon
Nominated Adviser and Broker to Cardpoint and to Payzone
Hugh Morgan / Mark Lander (Corporate Broking)
Tel:         +44 (0) 20 7459 3600

Financial Dynamics
PR adviser to Cardpoint
David Yates / Ben Brewerton
Tel:         +44 (0) 207 831 3113


Rothschild, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, is acting for
Cardpoint and no one else in connection with the arrangements described in this
announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Cardpoint for
providing the protections afforded to clients of Rothschild, nor for providing
advice in relation to the Merger, any acquisition of shares or securities in
Payzone or Cardpoint or any other matter referred to in this announcement.



Panmure Gordon, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the
FSA and is a member of the London Stock Exchange, is acting exclusively for
Payzone and for Cardpoint, in each case as nominated adviser for the purpose of
the AIM Rules and as broker. Panmure Gordon's responsibilities as the nominated
adviser to Payzone and to Cardpoint are owed solely to the London Stock Exchange
and are not owed to Payzone, Cardpoint, alphyra or to any director of Payzone,
Cardpoint or alphyra or to any other person in respect of his, her or its
decision to acquire shares in Payzone or Cardpoint in reliance on any part of
this announcement, the AIM Admission Document, the Supplementary Admission
Document, the Scheme Document or otherwise. Panmure Gordon is acting for Payzone
and for Cardpoint and no one else in connection with the arrangements described
in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Payzone
and Cardpoint for providing the protections afforded to customers of Panmure
Gordon, nor for providing advice in relation to the Merger, any acquisition of
shares or securities in Payzone, Cardpoint or alphyra or any other matter
referred to in this announcement.



The distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions other than the United
Kingdom may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession
this announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe, such
restrictions. Any failure to comply with the restrictions may constitute a
violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This announcement has
been prepared for the purposes of complying with English law and the AIM Rules
and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been
disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and
regulations of any jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom. This announcement
does not constitute an offer to purchase, sell or exchange or the solicitation
of an offer to purchase, sell or exchange any securities or the solicitation of
any vote or approval in any jurisdiction pursuant to the Merger or otherwise,
nor shall there be any purchase, sale or exchange of securities or such
solicitation in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale or
exchange would be unlawful under the laws of such jurisdiction. This
announcement does not constitute a prospectus, a prospectus equivalent document
or an AIM admission document.  Investors and prospective investors in Payzone
and/or Cardpoint are advised to read carefully the formal documentation in
relation to the Merger. The Payzone Shares may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an exemption
therefrom. Payzone has not registered and does not intend to register any
Payzone Shares under the Securities Act, or under the securities law of any
state, district or other jurisdiction of the United States, Australia, Canada or
Japan and no regulatory clearance in respect of the Payzone Shares has been, or
will be, applied for in any jurisdiction other than the UK. Any Payzone Shares
will be issued to Cardpoint Shareholders in reliance upon the exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 3(a)(10)
thereof.  Under applicable US securities laws, Cardpoint Shareholders (whether
or not US persons) who are or will be "affiliates" of Cardpoint or Payzone will
be subject to certain transfer restrictions relating to the Payzone Shares
received in connection with the Scheme.



Only the Scheme Document contains the full terms and conditions of the Merger,
including details of how to vote in favour of the Scheme. Any responses to the
Scheme should be made only on the basis of the information in the Scheme
Document. Scheme Shareholders are urged to read the Scheme Document because it
contains important information relating to the Merger.



Notice to US investors: The Scheme relates to the shares of Cardpoint, a company
incorporated in England and Wales, and is provided for under the laws of England
and Wales.  The Merger is subject to the disclosure requirements and practices
applicable in the United Kingdom, which differ from the disclosure and other
requirements of US securities laws.  Financial information included in the
relevant documentation has been and will have been prepared in accordance with
accounting standards applicable in the United Kingdom that may not be comparable
to the financial statements of US companies.



Neither the content of any website of Payzone, Cardpoint or alphyra (or any
other website) nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on any
such website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
announcement.






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