NEXT Biometrics Group ASA - Director's Dealing 2016

Mandatory notification of trade

Eurostores AS, a company wholly owned by NEXT Biometrics Group ASA's ("NEXT")

CEO Tore Etholm-Idsøe, has exercised a total of 118,000 share options granted in

2004/2005 at a strike price of NOK 5.08 per share option.

Furthermore, Eurostores AS has extended its previously announced forward contract

with DNB Bank ASA published 27 January 2016 with 6 months. Pursuant to the

announced forward contract, Eurostores AS has extended the January 2016 contract at

a share price of NOK 107.08 and will buy the same 60,000 shares at NOK 108.85 on 28

February 2017.

Following issuance of the new shares acquired in connection with the exercise of share

options, Tore Etholm-Idsøe together with Eurostores AS will own a total of 528,458

shares in NEXT. In addition, Tore Etholm-Idsøe and Eurostores AS holds in total 278,000

share options each giving the right to receive one share. In total, Tore Etholm-Idsøe and

Eurostores AS control 806,458 shares and share options.

About NEXT Biometrics

Enabled by the Active Thermal Principle, NEXT offers rigid and flexible, high

performance, low cost fingerprint sensors. The Company is uniquely positioned in

markets demanding high performance for close to 100% its targeted populations. The

company competitive advantages are maximized in a range of product formats including

SmartCards, Key-fobs, Remote Controls, Door systems and high end Notebook and

Tablets.

NEXT Biometrics Group ASA is a publicly listed company headquartered in Oslo, Norway

and with sales, support and development subsidiaries in Seattle, Silicon Valley, Taipei,

Prague and Shanghai.

Media and Investor contacts for NEXT Biometrics:

Tore Etholm-Idsøe, CEO, [email protected] and

Knut Stalen, CFO, [email protected].

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of

the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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