Gemalto is a worldwide leader in digital security with pro forma 2005 annual revenues of $2.2 billion, operations in 120 countries and 11,000 employees including 1,500 R&D engineers. Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of Axalto and Gemplus International S.A.

Gemalto delivers secure platforms, services and personal devices, such as smart cards and strong authentication tokens, to over a billion people worldwide. The company’s solutions make digital interactions more secure and convenient in telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity management, IT security, internet content providers, and other markets.

In North America, Gemalto deployed:

• 11 million Department of Defense Common Access Card identity credentials
• 5 million contactless smart cards
• The majority of the 80 million SIM cards in the mobile phones of active GSM subscribers in the region
• Technology for the new electronic passport program
• IT security solutions for 4 of the top 5 oil companies; 3 of top 5 pharmaceutical companies and many large IT technology leaders including Microsoft

For more information please visit www.gemalto.com.