EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Identive and NXP sign Multi-Year Value Added Reseller Agreement

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Santa Ana, Calif. and Ismaning, Germany, May 23, 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 the signing of a Value Added
Reseller (VAR) agreement with NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI),
under which the companies will work together to identify and address
emerging opportunities in the secure identification market by
promoting and selling Identive´s identification products, based on
NXP´s RFID semiconductor technology. The agreement is for an initial
three-year term and is then renewable on an annual basis.

Under the VAR agreement, NXP and Identive will work closely to
identify, jointly assess and mutually address new market
opportunities for secure identification applications and
technologies. The agreement builds on the existing business
relationship between the two companies, which currently includes
cooperation on secure identification applications such as contactless
readers for government and employee ID programs, near field
communications (NFC) stickers for mobile phones and smart posters,
and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for tracking assets
such as pharmaceutical products or library books. The expanded
cooperation will increase the span and reach of both companies,
commercially and technologically, and allow the two companies to
address new markets with complete solution offerings such as NFC in
mobile consumer products, with dedicated resources at both companies.

Steve Owen, Vice President Global Business Development & Sales,
Identification, NXP Semiconductors explained: "Our agreement with
Identive strengthens NXP´s Identification Partner network to offer
complete and ready-to-use solutions for key target markets.
Identive´s strong technology base of software, reader, tag and
antenna designs and its knowhow across a wide range of applications,
complements NXP´s offerings and strategy. Our goal is not just to
secure more sales, but to promote and expand the market for secure
identification technologies by providing innovative solutions to our
customers. Partnering with Identive helps us to deepen and broaden
our ability to address and grow the identification market."

"NXP is an acknowledged technology leader in identification
solutions, and we are very pleased to have established this
partnership and executed this VAR agreement," stated Joseph Tassone,
Executive Vice President of Technology & Product Management for
Identive Group. "Our expanded relationship with NXP allows us to gain
additional insight into emerging application trends in the
identification market. It also provides us access to advanced NXP
technology that will enable us to deliver advanced products to our
customers. For example, in recent weeks NXP and Identive have
recently marketed and sold the new NXP FastPay IC for a European
payment solution. Identive has also implemented a testing and
diagnostic solution for a pharmaceutical customer based on NXP´s new
ICODE SLiXs. Having a central point of contact with NXP for all of
our transponder, reader infrastructure and other businesses will also
help us to identify and leverage synergies within our own
organization."

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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company: Identive Group Inc.
Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900
US-CA 92705 Santa Ana
phone: +1 949 553 4280
FAX: +49 89 9595-5555
mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com
WWW: http://www.identive-group.com
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: US45170X1063
indexes: NASDAQ
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Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English

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Further inquiry note:

Frau Annika Oelsner
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5220
E-Mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com

Branche: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: US45170X1063
WKN: A1C0ZG
Index: NASDAQ
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