Gemalto Selected for Electronic Passport Roll Out in Slovenia

Amsterdam and Ljubljana, Slovenia (ots/PRNewswire) -

- 10-Year Contract for Intelligent Devices to be Embedded in the
Citizens' e-passports

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital
security, today announces it will provide the technology to be used
in electronic passports for Slovenian citizens. Under the contract,
Gemalto will supply the secure polycarbonate devices embedding its
advanced secure electronic passport software technology to Cetis,
Slovenia's leader in security document printing. One million
passports are currently in use in Slovenia and the government intends
to roll out the first electronic passports as from end of August this
year.

The contract involves 600,000 devices to be supplied by 2016.
Gemalto has already delivered a first batch of 50,000 products to
Cetis, who will deploy the corresponding number of e-passports by
year's end.

In Slovenia, which has approximately 2 million inhabitants,
citizens of all ages travelling abroad must carry a personal ID or
passport. By migrating to chip-enabled travel documents, Slovenia is
complying with the European Union's mandate requiring its member
states to adopt the technology by August 2006.

The technology provided by Gemalto includes a highly secure
operating system with advanced cryptographic features running on a
large capacity contactless chip. Gemalto's solution is designed to
support governments and its secure printing agencies and partners in
their migration to chip-enabled passports. This complete program also
includes assistance to booklet machine manufacturers and national
printing offices in mass producing and personalizing electronic
passports using the industry leader's experience in security.

"With Gemalto's technology, Cetis will be able to achieve
distribution of electronic passports that offer the highest levels of
security," commented Jacques Seneca, President Europe at Gemalto.
"This new success reinforces Gemalto's position as a major player in
the field of e-ID programs, and further strengthens Gemalto's
presence in Central Europe."

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is a leader in digital
security with pro forma 2005 annual revenues of EUR1,7 billion ($2.2
billion), operations in 120 countries and 11,000 employees including
1,500 R&D engineers. The company's solutions make personal digital
interactions secure and easy in a world where everything of value
-from money to entertainment to identities- is increasingly
represented as bits and bytes communicated over networks.

Gemalto thrives on creating and deploying secure platforms,
portable and secure forms of software in highly personal objects like
smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, readers and tokens. More than a
billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for
telecommunications, banking, e-government, identity management,
multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security and other
applications. Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of
Axalto and Gemplus International S.A. For more information please
visit www.gemalto.com.

Gemalto
Media
Emmanuelle Saby
T: +33-1-55-01-57-27
M: +33-6-09-10-76-10
emmanuelle.saby@gemalto.com
Investor Relations
Stephane Bisseuil
T: +33-1-55-01-50-97
M: +33-6-86-08-64-13
stephane.bisseuil@gemalto.com
TBWACorporate
Emlyn Korengold
T: +33-1-49-09-66-51
M: +33-6-08-21-93-74
emlyn.korengold@tbwa-corporate.com

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Contact:
Gemalto: Media, Emmanuelle Saby, T: +33-1-55-01-57-27, M:
+33-6-09-10-76-10, emmanuelle.saby@gemalto.com. Investor Relations,
Stephane Bisseuil, T: +33-1-55-01-50-97, M: +33-6-86-08-64-13,
stephane.bisseuil@gemalto.com. TBWACorporate, Emlyn Korengold, T:
+33-1-49-09-66-51, M: +33-6-08-21-93-74,
emlyn.korengold@tbwa-corporate.com