02 March 2009 – Holding in Company



2 March 2009

For immediate release

Optimisa plc

(“Optimisa” or the “Company”)

Holding in Company

Optimisa announces that pursuant to Chapter 5 of the Financial Services Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules, it received formal notification on 2 March 2009 that as at 26 February 2009 Octopus Investments Limited no longer had a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of the Company.

The Company also received formal notification on 2 March 2009 that following the purchase of ordinary shares in Optimisa on 26 February 2009, Gimle Finans AS has an interest in 1,524,000 ordinary shares representing 17.11 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital.

The ordinary shares referred to above are the ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company.

Enquiries:

Optimisa plc +44 (0) 20 7960 3320

Ron Littleboy, Non-Executive Chairman

Noble & Company Limited +44 (0) 20 7763 2200

Brian Stockbridge

Alastair Maclachlan

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