EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Identive Group Set to Join Russell Global Index

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Santa Ana, Calif. and Ismaning, Germany, June 20, 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 it has qualified for and been
selected to join the Russell Global Index when Russell Investments
reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes
on June 24, 2011, according to a preliminary list of additions posted
June 10, 2011, available at www.russell.com/indexes.

Annual reconstitution of Russell´s U.S. indexes captures and ranks
the 4,000 largest U.S. publicly traded stocks as of the end of May by
total market capitalization. Membership in the Russell Global Index,
which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the
appropriate large-cap, small-cap, all-cap indexes as well as the
applicable style, sector and country indexes. Russell determines
membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective,
market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.

Ayman S. Ashour, Chairman and CEO of Identive Group, said, "There is
no index family in the world that rivals the size, credibility and
buying power of the Russell group. Inclusion in its indices will not
only likely broaden our shareholder base and market exposure, but we
believe it will drive demand for our stock, as index buyers rebalance
their portfolios in the weeks ahead. We are pleased to be included
in this year´s Russell Global."

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and
institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both
passive and active investment strategies. An industry-leading $3.9
trillion in institutional assets currently are benchmarked to them.
These investment tools originated from Russell´s multi-manager
investment business in the early 1980s when the company saw the need
for a more objective, market-driven set of benchmarks in order to
evaluate outside investment managers. More information about Russell
Indexes, including total returns, is available at
http://www.russell.com/Indexes/data/default.asp.

About Russell: Russell Investments provides strategic advice,
world-class implementation, state-of-the-art performance benchmarks
and a range of institutional-quality investment products. Russell has
about $161 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2011,
and serves individual, institutional and advisor clients in more than
35 countries. Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of The
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

About Identive Group Identive Group, Inc. 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.

Further inquiry note:
Frau Annika Oelsner
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5220
E-Mail: aoelsner@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
stockmarkets: Nasdaq: New York, free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart,
Düsseldorf, München, Open Market / Entry Standard: Frankfurt
language: English