Capital increase in IDEX registered

Reference is made to the notice from IDEX on 19 April 2013 about issuance of
425,000 shares at a price of NOK 0.98 per share to an employee who exercised
incentive subscription rights.

The share capital increase has been registered in the Norwegian Register of
Business Enterprises, and the shares have been issued.

Following this registration, the share capital of IDEX ASA amounts to NOK
46,526,914.50, representing 310,179,430 shares at NOK 0.15 par value per share,
and there will be 28,132,759 incentive subscription rights outstanding.

13 May 2013
IDEX ASA

www.idex.no

About IDEX
IDEX ASA specialises in fingerprint imaging and recognition technology. IDEX's
vision is to ensure individuals a safe, secure, and user-friendly use of
personal ID. IDEX has developed the award-winning SmartFinger(®) technology
platform based on the Company's core intellectual property, including the
patented fingerprint imaging principle, sensing scheme and chip design. Combined
with core software solutions for imaging and authentication, the SmartFinger
technology enables on-device enrollment, template storage and verification
within the very same module. SmartFinger solutions can be seamlessly integrated
into a variety of embedded applications such as mobile phones, one-time password
devices, Smartcards, payment and ID cards, payment terminals, access control
devices and biometric security and login tokens.

IDEX ASA (ticker IDEX) is a Norwegian public company listed at the Oslo Axess
marketplace on the Oslo Børs (Oslo stock exchange). For more information, please
visit www.idex.no or contact IDEX at mailbox@idex.no

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This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.


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