PNC Enters Into License Agreement With LML

LML and PNC Settle Litigation

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LML Patent Corp. ("LML"), a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of LML Payment Systems Inc. (the "Corporation") (Nasdaq:LMLP), announced today that PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and PNC Bank N.A. (collectively "PNC") have entered into a Settlement and License Agreement (the "Agreement") with respect to litigation filed by LML in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging that PNC infringed U.S. Patent No. RE40220. The Agreement provides PNC with a license to LML's patents for electronic check conversion transactions including "ARC", "WEB", "POP", "TEL" and "BOC". In connection with the Agreement, PNC has agreed to pay LML compensation in the amount of $1,375,000 for releases, licenses, covenants and all other rights granted under the Agreement.  "We are extremely pleased to have settled our litigation with PNC and we welcome them as valued licensees," said Patrick H. Gaines, chief executive officer.  LML was represented in the license negotiations by the law firm McKool Smith P.C. About LML Payment Systems Inc. (www.lmlpayment.com) LML Payment Systems Inc., through its subsidiaries Beanstream Internet Commerce Inc. in Canada and LML Payment Systems Corp. in the U.S., is a leading provider of financial payment processing solutions for e-commerce and traditional businesses. We provide credit card processing, online debit, electronic funds transfer, automated clearinghouse payment processing and authentication services, along with routing of selected transactions to third party processors and banks for authorization and settlement. Our intellectual property estate, owned by subsidiary LML Patent Corp., includes U.S. Patent No. RE40220, No. 6,354,491, No. 6,283,366, No. 6,164,528, and No. 5,484,988 all of which relate to electronic check processing methods and systems.