EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / DAI NIPPON PRINTING AND IDENTIVE TEAM TO DELIVER NFC READER FOR ID AUTHENTICATION

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Subtitle: Leading Japanese Mobile Phone Retailer First Customer

TOKYO, Japan and SANTA ANA, Calif., March 5, 2012 (euro adhoc) - Dai
Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) and Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:
INVE; Frankfurt: INV) today announced they have jointly developed a
new ID card reader that allows Japanese merchants, banks and others
to read any of the diverse types of electronic identity credentials
in use in Japan. The NDI711 reader supports the rapidly growing
market for near field communications (NFC) phones and cards, and also
includes a traditional contact smart card interface. The ability to
read both contact and contactless ID credentials, together with a
compact form factor, make the NDI711 reader ideal for use in the
space conscious retail environment in Japan. The first customer for
the new reader is a leading mobile phone retailer that has purchased
more than 20,000 of the devices for installation in its stores across
Japan. In addition to verifying customers´ IDs when they sign up for
their mobile phones, the readers are also being used at the customer
service counter to validate customers for after-sales services such
as phone repairs. The reader makes it easier for the retailers´
employees to collect required customer data and is faster and more
convenient for their customers. "Japan has taken a leading role
globally in the implementation of electronic identification
credentials, but the use of disparate electronic technologies has
made it difficult for many sectors to move away from paper-based
systems. Our cooperation with DNP targets a significant opportunity
to provide electronic identity authentication to the retail, banking
and public sectors in Japan," said Dr. Manfred Mueller, Executive
Vice President and Managing Director of Identive´s ID Infrastructure
division. "The ability of the NDI711 to read both the contactless NFC
chip and the contact IC chip is particularly exciting, as this
broadens the device´s usefulness and security capabilities. The
NDI711 has the opportunity to form the centerpiece of authentication
for many types of applications in the Japanese market," stated Sakae
Hikita, Managing Director of Dai Nippon Printing.

In Japan it is a common requirement that mobile phone stores confirm
the identity of their customers when they sign up for new phone plans
or transfer their mobile phones services. Currently most stores
manually copy personal identity credentials such as a driver´s
license and store these as hardcopy files, which creates a workload
issue. Within stores that have implemented electronic card readers,
two separate devices are required to handle the various types of
contact and contactless card technologies used in identification
credentials. The NDI711 enables retail stores to utilize one small
device to read a wide variety of ID credential types, including
Japan´s millions of FeliCa and Osaifu-Keitai Mobile Wallet phones,
contactless Type A/Type B smart cards (used for drivers´ licenses and
the Juki resident registry card).

About Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) DNP is one of the world's
largest comprehensive printing companies, with annual sales of 1,589
trillion yen and approximately 40,000 employees as of March 2011.
DNP's wide range of businesses include publication printing,
commercial printing, smart cards, business forms, network business
and electronic components. More information about DNP can be found at
www.dnp.co.jp/eng/.

About Identive Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV) is
focused on building the world´s signature company in Secure ID. The
company´s products, software, systems and services address the
markets for identity management, physical and logical access control,
NFC and a host of RFID-enabled applications for customers in the
government, enterprise, consumer, education, healthcare and
transportation sectors. Identive´s mission is to build a lasting
business of scale and technology based on a combination of strong
technology-driven organic growth and disciplined acquisitive
expansion. For additional info visit: www.identive-group.com.

Further inquiry note:
Herr Lennart Streibel
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5195
E-Mail: lstreibel@identive-group.com

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