NEXT Biometrics Group ASA — Director's Dealing 2021

May 25, 2021

NEXT BIOMETRICS GROUP ASA (NEXT)– MANDATORY NOTIFICATION OF TRADE

NEXT BIOMETRICS GROUP ASA (NEXT)– MANDATORY NOTIFICATION OF TRADE

Oslo, 25 May 2021: Reporting of primary insiders’ exercise of options and sale of shares.

On 20 May NEXT announced that option holders under NEXT Biometrics Group ASA's share option program exercised options. Moreover, on 21 May the company announced that the company’s share capital increase pertaining to the option program was registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises (Nw. Foretaksregisteret).

A primary insider in NEXT Biometrics Group ASA (OSE: NEXT), Eirik Underthun (CFO), has exercised options in the above mentioned capital increase and has sold 193,721 NEXT Biometrics Group ASA shares. Average sales price per share was NOK 5.62. Following completion of the share transactions, he holds 0 shares and 500,000 options in NEXT Biometrics Group ASA.

Further details of the primary insider transactions pursuant to Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation are attached.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation and section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

NEXT Investor contact:

Peter Heuman (CEO), peter.heuman@nextbiometrics.com

Eirik Underthun (CFO), eirik.underthun@nextbiometrics.com

About NEXT Biometrics

NEXT provides advanced fingerprint sensor technology that delivers uncompromised security and accuracy for the best possible user experience in the smart card, government ID, access control and notebook markets. The company’s patented NEXT Active Thermal™ principle allows the development of large, high quality fingerprint sensors in both rigid and flexible formats. NEXT Biometrics Group ASA (www.nextbiometrics.com) is headquartered in Oslo, with sales, support and development operations in Seattle, Taipei, Bengaluru and Shanghai.