NEXT Biometrics Group ASA - Director's Dealing 2017

Mandatory Notification of Trade

Eurostores AS, a company wholly owned by NEXT Biometrics Group ASA's ("NEXT") CEO Tore Etholm-Idsøe has extended its previously

announced forward contract with DNB Bank ASA published 27 January 2016, and renewed in August 2016 with 6 months. Pursuant to the

announced forward contract, Eurostores AS has extended the August 2016 contract at a share price of NOK 108.85 and will buy the same

60,000 shares at NOK 110,63 on 30 August 2017.

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 unconditional share options and 20,000 conditional share options each giving the right to receive one share. In total, Tore

Etholm-Idsøe and Eurostores AS control 826,458 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].

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