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IDEX Biometrics ASA AGM Information 2014

May 7, 2014

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AGM Information

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Annual general meeting of IDEX held on 7 May 2014 - Andy MacLeod elected to board

Annual general meeting of IDEX held on 7 May 2014 - Andy MacLeod elected to board

Annual general meeting of IDEX held on 7 May 2014 - Andy MacLeod elected to

board

IDEX ASA held its annual general meeting on 7 May 2014. 44 per cent of the

shares were represented.

All resolutions were made in accordance with the proposals by the board and the

nomination committee in the notice of the meeting.

Andrew James (Andy) MacLeod was elected new board member. Following the annual

general meeting, the board consists of chairman Morten Opstad, and board members

Hanne Høvding, Frode Haugli and Toril Nag as well as Andy MacLeod.

Larry Ciaccia was elected new member of the nomination committee. The nomination

committee consists of chairman Harald Voigt, and members member Christian Rust

Tveten as well as Larry Ciaccia.

"I am delighted to welcome Andy to the board of IDEX ASA. He brings a tremendous

international experience and has an extensive network in the mobile

communications industry, where biometric identification will be rolling out in

mass scale. I look very much forward to his contribution to IDEX in the

forthcoming global expansion and growth stage of our business. Likewise, I am

very happy that Larry joins the nomination committee, in addition to his

existing position as member of the strategy advisory council. He will enable us

to attract senior international members to our board," said Chairman of the

Board Morten Opstad.

Andy MacLeod is currently CTO for Vodafone plc.'s Africa, Middle East and Asia-

Pacific region, responsible for all technology activities in the operating

companies in the region. He was formerly Group Chief Networks Officer at

Vodafone responsible for its network policy and operational activities world-

wide. He has since the early 1990's held CEO, COO and CTO positions at major

telecommunication companies. Mr. MacLeod holds an MBA from Warwick Business

School, is a chartered engineer (metals, materials and mining) and has also an

MA (metallurgy and material science) from Keble College, Oxford University.

Larry Ciacca was formerly CEO of AuthenTec Inc. He played a pivotal role in

transforming AuthenTec from a start-up into the world's fingerprint sensor

leader and also its subsequent transition to Apple, where the technology has

been successfully implemented in the Apple iPhone 5S. Mr. Ciaccia has broad

expertise from the semiconductor industry, combined with a very successful track

record of growing private and publicly traded businesses. In January 2014 he

joined IDEX's strategy advisory council.

7 May 2014

IDEX ASA

Web: www.idex.no

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/idexasa

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/idex-asa

Contacts:

Hemant Mardia, CEO, +44 7788 922 171, hm(at)idex.no

Kristian Wiermyhr, VP strategy and sales, +47 41273360, kw(at)idex.no

Erling Svela, VP of Finance and acting CFO, +47 4062 1040,

erling.svela(at)idex.no

About IDEX

IDEX ASA specialises in fingerprint imaging and recognition technology. IDEX's

vision is to ensure individuals a safe, secure, and user-friendly use of

personal ID. IDEX has developed the award-winning SmartFinger technology

platform based on the company's core intellectual property, including the

patented fingerprint imaging principle, sensing scheme and chip design. Combined

with core software solutions for imaging and authentication, the SmartFinger

technology enables on-device enrollment, template storage and verification

within the very same module. SmartFinger solutions can be seamlessly integrated

into a variety of embedded applications such as mobile phones, one-time password

devices, Smartcards, payment and ID cards, payment terminals, access control

devices and biometric security and login tokens.

IDEX ASA (ticker IDEX) is a Norwegian public company listed at the Oslo Axess

marketplace on the Oslo Børs (Oslo stock exchange). For more information, please

visit www.idex.no or contact IDEX at [email protected]

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This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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