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IDEX Biometrics ASA — AGM Information 2014
May 7, 2014
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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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