RNS Number:1088R
Cardpoint PLC
21 October 2003

Press Release                                                    21 October 2003

Cardpoint to provide Thresher wine merchants with 1,000 mobile top up terminals

Cardpoint plc, the AIM listed ATM and mobile top up operator, has been awarded a
two year contract to provide Thresher Group with 1,000 electronic mobile top-up
terminals across the country in the first major deal this year in the retail
mobile top-up sector.  The contract win follows Cardpoint's acquisition of PT
Distribution Limited from Project Telecom in July for #1.7 million.  PT
Distribution has subsequently been renamed Cardpoint Merchant Retail.  The
top-up terminals will be rolled out before the end of 2003 with full supporting
point of sale and marketing material.

Thresher Group is the UK's leading specialist retail drinks retailer with over
2000 shops operating under brand names such as Thresher, Wine Rack, Victoria
Wine and Bottoms Up.  The group is the fifth largest private retailer and
attracts over 150 million customers each year.

Mark Mills, Chief Executive of Cardpoint plc said: "Since acquiring the top-up
business, Cardpoint has restructured the sales and marketing functions which
have directly led to this significant contract win.  As I stated in our positive
trading update of 30 September 2003, the Group has continued to benefit from
improved margins and a number of cross selling opportunities following recent
acquisitions and we are confident that our figures for the year ended 30
September 2003 will be in line with market expectations."


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Enquiries:
Cardpoint Plc

Mark Mills, Chief Executive Officer                    Tel: +44 (0) 1253 785 808
mark.mills@cardpointplc.com                                 www.cardpointplc.com


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Mike Brennan / Henry Turcan                            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7488 4040


Media enquiries:

Bankside Consultants Limited
Henry Harrison-Topham / Ariane Vacher                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7444 4140
ariane.vacher@bankside.com                                      www.bankside.com


Notes to editors


About Cardpoint

Cardpoint plc is an independent owner and operator of 1,800 ATMs and 2,900
mobile top up terminals across the UK.

The ATMs are typically placed in convenience stores, shopping centres, motorway
service stations, hospitals and train stations, and in areas that are not
traditionally serviced by other ATM providers, thereby offering their customers
greater convenience and access to cash.  The Company typically charges #1.50 per
cash withdrawal, with its customers' go-ahead, and also receives transaction
revenues for balance enquiries and rejections.  The Company recently acquired
Securicor Cash Machine Limited for up to #9.2m over two years.

The mobile top division, acquired in July 2003, trades under the name of PT
Distribution Limited and is being rebranded to Cardpoint Merchant Retail from
September 2003 onwards and operates in retail outlets such as MOTO, Londis,
Costcutter and Spar.

Cardpoint is a full member of the LINK Network, the only branded shared network
of ATMs and self-service terminals in the UK, which allows more than 80 million
cardholders of every member financial institution to use the ATM of another LINK
member.

Cardpoint listed on the Alternative Investment Market in June 2002.  The
Company's Stock Exchange EPIC is CASH.L


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