EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Identive Group appoints Bernard C. Bailey to its Board of Directors

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Santa Ana and Ismaning, March 10, 2011 (euro adhoc) - Identive Group,
Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products, services
and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries,
today announced that Bernard C. Bailey has been appointed to its
Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Bailey is President
and Chief Executive Officer, as well as the founder of Paraquis
Solutions, LLC, which provides governance, strategy and
organizational consulting to companies in the technology, federal
government and security industries.

"I am very pleased to welcome Bernard to Identive´s board," said
Ayman S. Ashour, Chairman and CEO of Identive Group. "His experience
and interests are very relevant to the Company; in particular his
extensive background in the security and ID markets, his solid
understanding of technology program management in the U.S. government
sector, his public company board experience and his commitment to
excellence in corporate governance. Bernard brings valuable insight
to Identive as we continue to pursue our aim of becoming a signature
company in secure identification technologies."

Commented Mr. Bailey, "I have followed Identive for some time now and
am impressed with the market vision of the company and its methodical
approach to building revenue, scale and a framework for sustained
profit. I look forward to working with the other members of
Identive´s board and with management to help leverage the company´s
strengths and effectively execute its growth strategy."

Prior to founding Paraquis in 2006, Mr. Bailey was President and
Chief Executive Officer of L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ID),
formerly Viisage Technology, Inc., a developer of advanced technology
identity solutions for governments, law enforcement agencies and
corporations. Previously he also served as Chief Operating Officer of
Art Technology Group, a publicly-traded developer and marketer of
e-commerce software solutions that is now part of Oracle Corporation.
Prior to that, Mr. Bailey had a 17-year career at IBM, where he
served in a variety of finance, sales, marketing and operations
positions and held executive roles in the development of IBM Global
Services´ systems integration and consulting business lines.

Mr. Bailey has served on the boards of seven publicly-traded U.S.
companies and currently is a director of Analogic Corporation
(NASDAQ: ALOG), a leading provider of medical imaging and aviation
security technology; Telos Corporation (OTC: TLSRP.PK), a defense
security solutions firm; and Spectrum Control, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPEC), a
designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic interference (EMI)
suppression products. Until its acquisition in January 2011 by ASSA
ABLOY (Stockholm: ASSA-B.ST), Mr. Bailey also served as Chairman of
the Board of Lasercard Corporation, a provider of secure ID
solutions.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Mr. Bailey also holds
graduate degrees in engineering and business from the University of
California, Berkeley, the University of Southern California and the
George Washington University.

About Identive Group Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt:
INV) is an international technology company focused on building the
world´s signature group in secure identification-based technologies.
The businesses within Identive Group have deep industry expertise and
are well-known global brands in their individual markets, providing
leading-edge products and solutions in the areas of physical and
logical access control, identity management and RFID systems to
governments, commercial and industrial enterprises and consumers.
Identive´s growth model is based on a combination of strong
technology-driven organic growth from the businesses within the group
and disciplined acquisitive development. For additional info visit:
www.identive-group.com.

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