EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Identive Introduces Family of LEGIC® Readers to Address Growing Trend of Multi-function ID Cards

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SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, September 20, 2012 (euro
adhoc) - Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a
provider of products and services for the identification, security
and RFID industries, today announced the introduction of a new family
of multi-protocol LEGIC® card readers that address the growing trend
in corporate, campus and other environments towards the use of a
single smart ID card to perform many functions.

Based on the latest advant 4000 reader IC technology from LEGIC
Identsystems AG, Identive's new readers work with a variety of smart
card formats to support multiple applications, including secure
access to networks and shared office equipment, ID credential
authentication, cashless payment, loyalty and others. Identive's
LEGIC product family includes a desktop reader, reader modules for
easy integration with vending machines, kiosks and production lines,
as well as a small-profile reader module for integration into
handheld terminals.

"With more than 25 million readers and chipsets deployed, Identive is
one of the world's leading suppliers of smart card readers for access
applications such as cyber security and secure PC/network logon. As
our customers have begun to incorporate multi-function smart cards
into their identity and access programs, they have naturally turned
to us to provide contactless readers for new applications such as
payment and ID checks. LEGIC's chip, card and reader technology has a
strong foundation in Europe and a growing presence in Asia and the
Americas, so providing contactless readers with LEGIC support was a
logical move. We are excited to extend our reader portfolio with
LEGIC functionality and to broaden our capabilities in the
multi-function ID card market with these new product offerings," said
Dr. Manfred Mueller, executive vice president and COO Identification
Products for Identive.

Identive's new family of contactless readers benefits from LEGIC's
latest advant 4000 chip technology, with backwards compatibility to
smart cards using LEGIC prime technology, full compliance to smart ID
and access card standards including ISO14443 and ISO15693, and
interoperability with other chip and card technology such as NXP
Semiconductors' MIFARE™ family and Sony's FeliCa™. This makes the new
reader-writer very flexible in supporting today's dynamic card
environments, where a single ID card based on diverse technologies
may be used for a variety of purposes such as building access,
network logon and payment in the canteen or café.

"LEGIC and Identive have enjoyed a successful collaboration on
several joint customer projects in Europe, and we are pleased that
Identive has now added LEGIC technology-based products to their
market-leading contactless reader portfolio," said Klaus Klosa,
managing director of LEGIC Identsystems AG. "This expansion of our
partnership further strengthens both companies' ability to address
new opportunities as the use of multi-function ID cards grows in
corporate settings, on campuses and throughout organizations of all
sorts."

Identive's new LEGIC readers offer a variety of host interface
options including UART/TTL, RS232 and USB to support a broad array of
applications and use cases. Fixed and mobile device reader modules
are available now and a desktop version allowing chip initialization,
card issuance and application management will be introduced later
this month. To further simplify the contactless chip access process
and support application development on the readers, Identive is also
developing an easy to use command set that will be made available
later this year.

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,
cashless payment, NFC solutions and a host of RFID-enabled
applications for customers in the government, enterprise, consumer,
education and healthcare 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. The company delivers up-to-date information on its
activity as well as industry trends through its industry-leading
social media initiatives and educational resource, AskIdentive.com.
For additional information, please visit www.identive-group.com or
follow on Twitter at @IdentiveGroup.

About LEGIC® Identsystems Ltd LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, based in
Switzerland, is a leading provider of contactless people
identification technology at 13.56 MHz. Its products include highly
integrated read/write chip sets, reader modules and transponder chips
which support the LEGIC RF Standard and comply with ISO 15693, ISO
14443 and NFC/ISO18092. It currently has over 250 official LEGIC
licence partners in its global network of partners. LEGIC partners
offer a variety of LEGIC all-in-one card applications for entrance
control, biometrics, e-payment, parking, ticketing and other multiple
applications. Over three million reader modules and more than 150
million LEGIC identity cards are used in over 100,000 business and
leisure applications worldwide.

Note: LEGIC is a registered trademark of LEGIC Identsystems AG,
MIFARE is a trademark of NXP Semiconductors and FeliCa is a trademark
of Sony Corporation.

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

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