Optimal Robotics Announces Date of 2003 Year-End Results and Conference Call Information

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004

Optimal Robotics Corp. (NASDAQ: OPMR), a leading North American provider of self-checkout systems to retailers and depot and field services to retail, financial services and other third-party accounts, today announced that it will be releasing 2003 year-end results on Thursday, February 26, 2004, after the market close.

Optimal's conference call will be held on Thursday, February 26, 2004 at 5:00 EST. It is the intent of Optimal's conference call to have the question and answer session limited to institutional analysts and investors. The call can be heard beginning at 5:00pm EST as an audio webcast via Optimal's website at www.opmr.com. As well, Optimal invites retail brokers and individual investors to hear the year-end conference call replay by dialing 1-800-408-3053 or 1-416-695-5800--Pass Code: 3005226#. The replay may be heard beginning at 9 pm (EST) on February 26, 2004 and will be available for 5 business days.

Optimal Robotics Corp. (NASDAQ: OPMR) is a leading North American provider of self-checkout systems to retailers and depot and field services to retail, financial services and other third-party accounts. Optimal has approximately 1,000 employees, which includes approximately 800 software and hardware professionals, and facilities in upstate New York, Santa Ana, Calif., Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, and operations throughout North America.