Heartland Payment Systems® Plans to Hire 1,198 Sales Professionals in the Next 18 Months

Starting with a goal of 1,299 new hires, the nation’s fifth-largest payments processor has already named 101 to its staff of sales professionals focusing on the restaurant, lodging and healthcare industries

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heartland Payment Systems® (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payments processors, plans to increase its sales force by hiring 1,198 sales professionals nationwide in the next 18 months. Heartland is seeking to increase its sales engine as it strives to effectively penetrate key vertical markets, drive organic growth and maximize productivity among its sales force.

“At a time when the national unemployment rate stands at 9.9 percent, we are happy to give qualified candidates the opportunity to remain in — or rejoin — the workforce.”

For two consecutive years — 2008 and 2009 — Heartland was named the top service company to sell for in the United States by Selling Power® magazine, affirming that Heartland offers one of the best direct sales opportunities in America.

“We are aggressively looking for good people who are dedicated to working hard and maximizing the many opportunities Heartland offers. We set out with an initial goal of hiring 1,299 sales professionals, and since March 26, we have already added 101 to our team,” said Sanford Brown, Heartland’s chief sales officer. “At a time when the national unemployment rate stands at 9.9 percent, we are happy to give qualified candidates the opportunity to remain in — or rejoin — the workforce.”

To foster ongoing growth, Heartland has developed an Industry Specialization Model that is unique to the payments industry and focuses the company’s sales organization on specific industries — restaurant, lodging and healthcare — and geographic areas. Heartland plans to hire 409 sales professionals focused on the restaurant industry, 669 focused on healthcare and 120 on lodging.

According to Brown, “Just as we enable businesses to succeed, we enable sales professionals to do the same by providing them with the necessary tools and training they need to become payments and industry subject matter experts and respected thought leaders. We have seen the value this expertise brings to business owners who are busy managing their operations. Our services empower them to focus on revenue generation, expense reduction and operational enhancements in addition to the management of their payments processing.”

Heartland delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, gift marketing and loyalty programs, payroll, check management and related business solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide. Since its founding in 1997, Heartland has grown from the 62^nd largest payments processor in the nation to the fifth largest, and its staff has grown from 25 to 3,400. The number of client locations the company serves has increased from 2,500 to 250,000, and its portfolio has increased from $0.4 billion to $80 billion.

For more information about Heartland and available career opportunities, please visit HeartlandPaymentSystems.com/Careers. Heartland can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

About Heartland Payment Systems

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE: HPY), the fifth largest payments processor in the United States, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, gift marketing, payroll, check managementand related business solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide. Heartland is the founding supporter of The Merchant Bill of Rights, a public advocacy initiative that educates merchants about fair credit and debit card processing practices. For more information, please visit HeartlandPaymentSystems.com, MerchantBillOfRights.org, CostOfABurger.com andE3secure.com.

Contacts

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

Nancy Gross, 888-798-3131 x2202

Nancy.Gross@e-hps.com

or

Vault Communications

Leanne Scott Brown, 610-455-2742

LBrown@VaultCommunications.com

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