Heartland Payment Systems Announces Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2008 Results

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE: HPY), a leading provider of credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments services, today announced that its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year end 2008 will be released before the market opens on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. A copy of the earnings release will be available on the investor relations portion of the Company?s website at: www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com.

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Robert Carr and President & Chief Financial Officer Robert Baldwin will host a conference call beginning at 8:30 AM Eastern Time, Tuesday, February 24, 2009, to discuss fourth quarter and fiscal year end 2008 results and conduct a question and answer session.

Heartland Payment Systems invites all interested parties to listen to its conference call broadcast through a webcast on the Company?s website. To access the call, please visit the Investor Relations portion of the Company?s website at: www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com. The webcast will be archived on the Company?s website within two hours of the live call and will remain available through Friday, May 22, 2009.

You may also participate by calling (800) 559-6679 and providing the operator with Pin Number 81829786.

About Heartland Payment Systems

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., a NYSE company trading under the symbol HPY, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments 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, visit www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com and www.MerchantBillOfRights.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature which represent our management's beliefs and assumptions concerning future events. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are based on information currently available to us. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to many factors. Information concerning these factors is contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to, the Company's registration statement on Form 10-K, or Form 10-Q as applicable. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.