EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / IDENTIVE GROUP NAMES JASON HART EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT IDENTITY MANAGEMENT AND CLOUD SOLUTIONS

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Management Changes

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, April 4, 2012 (euro adhoc) -
Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of
products, services and solutions for the identification, security and
RFID industries, today announced that effective April 1, 2012, Jason
Hart has been appointed executive vice president for Identity
Management and Cloud Solutions.

"By unifying our activities and expertise in IT and physical access
control along with our new NFC solutions and cloud technologies, we
take advantage of our established structures and market position.
This is particularly important as we expand into emerging
opportunities with SaaS-based access solutions as well as NFC
applications," said Ayman S. Ashour, chairman and CEO of Identive.
"Jason´s experience and track record as a true pioneer in secure ID
has enabled us to launch the world´s first secure cloud-based
Identity as a Service solution combining cyber and physical access
control requirements."

Hart is a recognized entrepreneur with strong credentials as a
successful innovator and sales leader with 22 years experience in the
security and IT industry. He co-founded idOnDemand, which was
acquired by Identive in 2011. Previously, he was CEO and a director
of ActivIdentity, a provider of identity assurance and strong
authentication solutions, where earlier he served as senior vice
president Sales, Marketing, Professional Services and Product
Management. Prior to this, Hart was the founder and CEO of Protocom
Development Systems Inc., an identity management software security
business acquired in 2005 by ActivCard, later ActivIdentity. In 2003
Hart was recognized by Deloitte & Touche for his software export
achievements.In 2002, Hart was recognized by Ernst & Young as the
Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year and was a member of the
judging panel in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

"Modern enterprises globally are looking to enhance the security of
their physical and cyber access systems while simplifying the
management of user identities and privileges. Aligning our strong IP
base and go-to-market strategies for identity management will help us
address these trends in complementary ways, at different touch points
in the market. It will also enable us to streamline costs and
optimize our development and sales resources," said Hart. "I am
excited to take on this expanded role within the company and look
forward to extending Identive´s footprint in access, mobile and cloud
solutions."

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:
Mr. Lennart Streibel
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5195
E-Mail: lstreibel@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
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