NEXT Biometrics Group ASA - Remuneration Information 2015

NEXT Biometrics Group ASA - Grant of share options to primary insiders

The board of directors resolved to grant a total of 136,500 new share options, in

accordance with the Company's share option programme. Each share option gives

the right to subscribe for and be allotted one (1) share in the Company at a strike

price of NOK 47 per share. The share options vest over a period of two years. The

options are exercisable at any point in time after vesting up until 31 December 2018.

The following primary insiders have been granted share options:

Tore Etholm-Idsøe (CEO) was granted 20,000 options. After grant, Tore Etholm Idsøe

holds in total 396,000 options and 505,458 shares held through Eurostores AS

(365,664) and Tore Etholm-Idsøe (139,794)

Matias Troccoli (CTO) was granted 17,500 options. After grant, Matias Troccoli holds

186,377 options and 38,258 shares

Robert Muller (Chief Technologist Systems) was granted 10,000 options. After grant,

Robert Muller holds 60,470 options and 0 shares.

Campbell Kan (VP of Operations and Asia Sales) was granted 27,000 options. After

the grant, Campbell Kan holds 27,000 options.

Charles Ng (VP of sales EMEA) was granted 10,000 options. After the grant,

Charles Ng holds 30,000 options and 2,700 shares.

After this option exercise and grant of new options, the total number of options

outstanding are 1,383,376 and the remaining amount under the board authorization

is NOK 1,283,000.

The share capital of the Company is NOK 11,317,665 divided by 11,317,665 shares

each with a nominal value of NOK 1.

ABOUT NEXT BIOMETRICS

Enabled by its patented Active Thermal Principle, NEXT offers high quality area

fingerprint sensor at a fraction of the prices of comparable competitors. A wide

range of product formats including Smartphones, Tablets, PC's, Doors, Time

registration systems, Wearables, Payment terminals, Flashdrives, Usb-tokens, Key

fobs and many more are targeted.

NEXT BIOMETRICS GROUP ASA is a publicly listed company headquartered in

Oslo, Norway, with sales, support and development subsidiaries in Seattle, Taipei

and Shanghai.

Investor & Press contacts :

Tore Etholm-Idsoe / CEO, mob + 47 922 32 439, e-mail

Knut Stålen / CFO, mob + 47 920 43 458, e-mail [email protected]

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

of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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