Paypoint Regulatory News (PAY)

10 May 2005 15:36

PayPoint PLC10 May 2005 10th May 2005 PayPoint plc - Notice of Results PayPoint plc advises that it will make its Preliminary Results announcement for the year ended 31 March 2005 on Monday, 13 June 2005. Enquiries Finsbury Group 020 7251 3801 Rollo Head Don Hunter Information about PayPoint PayPoint operates a leading branded payment collection network used, primarily, for the cash payment of bills and services and prepayments for mobile telephones and energy meters. PayPoint commenced trading in 1996 and initially collected payments through its network of Retail Agents for its founder Client investors, which included British Gas, BT, BBC TV Licensing, London Electricity (now part of EDF) and four water companies. Since then, PayPoint has successfully added to its founder Client base, grown its Retail Agency network, developed new services and now has over 400 Clients. There are approximately 16,238 outlets using PayPoint's payment collection systems. These include approximately 13,108 Retail Agents with dedicated PayPoint Terminals and approximately 3,130 outlets with EPoS connections to PayPoint systems.There are also approximately 957 sites with PayPoint ATMs. For the half year ended 30 September 2004, the Company processed 112 million payments, with a value of £1.3 billion. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange