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CODEIFAI LIMITED Regulatory Filings 2014

Nov 23, 2014

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ASX: YPB

ASX/MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT 24[th] November 2014

YPB expands Distribution into Thailand

Anti-counterfeiting technology Company YPB Group Limited (ASX: YPB) (YPB, the Company) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr Dane Chuntraruk to the position of General Manager – Thailand and has established an office to represent YPB in the Kingdom.

Dane graduated with a BA from Bangkok University after attending Military College in the USA following which he has pursued a career as a Professional Tennis player gaining 34 titles and representing Thailand on the Tour. Dane’s dual nationality and dual English/Thai language skills have led him into business and in particular Dane has spent several years recently as an agent in transnational crime working closely with the Economic Crime Suppression Division of the Royal Thai Government. In this recent role he has worked with the Royal Thai Police in the Division responsible for counterfeit and he has also operated a coaching Academy in Thailand which has brought him into contact with business leaders and Government agencies that we believe will be very receptive to YPB’s anti-counterfeit solutions both commercially and at Government level.

YPB’s CEO John Houston commented “it is a pleasure to welcome Dane into the YPB team and also to open an office in Thailand, where I have spent several years myself building business and strong corporate relationships. Dane’s experience with the Royal Thai Police will be invaluable to YPB in the future as will his established contacts in the Commercial arena in Thailand”.

“This is the final step for 2014 to establish a very strong distribution platform for YPB in 2015 and ongoing, we now are building on our established platform in China, have opened in USA thanks to Brand Reporter, have entered into an agreement with Impact Media Solutions (IMS) for distribution in Indonesia and India and now have Thailand covered”.

YPB now enters into 2015 with distribution in China, Thailand, Indonesia, India and USA through a sensible combination of direct and distributor models to maximise opportunities and manage costs.

Commenting about YPB’s success in establishing this solid distribution platform for 2015 and beyond, John Houston commented “YPB has been listed on ASX for only 3 months and we have now succeeded to execute a wider and stronger distribution platform than was proposed when we listed. My team and I are confident that this platform and the move into the USA will yield strong operating results for YPB moving forward. The move into USA through Brand Reporter has found ready acceptance for the YPB solution amongst large and successful brands in USA. Our learning is that the brands are in USA, and their counterfeiting problems emanate from Asia and China, making YPB the perfect partner.”

For further information please contact;

Mr John Houston CEO YPB Group Limited T: +61 458 401 088 E: [email protected] W: www.ypbsystems.com

Mr Greg Wood Managing Director K S Capital T: +61 416 076 377 E: [email protected]

Media and Investor Inquiries

James Moses Media and Investor Relations Mandate Corporate T: +61 420 991 574 E: [email protected]

About YPB Group

YPB Group (ASX:YPB) in Chinese means “you pin bao” or in English “excellent brand protection” and is an anti-counterfeiting technology developer and provider. YPB has a unique, cost effective, invisible and indestructible anti-counterfeit solution that allows companies and governments to protect the value of their brands and minimise loss of earnings from counterfeiting. YPB and is certified and licensed in The People’s Republic of China.

YPB Group’s core products include;

Covert Forensic Tracers – Patented, these are hidden, invisible particles fused into a product or packaging during or after the manufacture process. The Tracers are inexpensive can be used in all key product manufacturing and packaging industries including plastics, paper, inks, textiles and coatings. They cannot be seen or removed, are non-toxic and meet Food Contact specifications. They consist of infrared, UV light energy and X-ray sensitive particles detectable by YPB’s scanner technology.

YPB owns two patents over its Tracer products and is the only Company currently licensed in China that supplies invisible tracers.

Scanner – YPB’s proprietary scanner detects YPB’s forensic Tracers, they are low cost and can be used at any point in the supply chain – from manufacture through to point-of-sale.

Brand Reporter – A Patent Pending technology platform designed for Governments, Brands and consumers to identify, manage, track and report counterfeit of divergent products within supply chains or at point of sale in a simple and easily deployed application suite available on smartphones and iPhones.