Grant of incentive subscription rights in IDEX

The board of directors of IDEX ASA resolved on 13 August 2013 to grant a total
of 400,000 incentive subscription rights ("SRs") to employees in the company,
under the company's 2013 incentive subscription rights plan as resolved at the
annual general meeting on 16 May 2013.

The exercise price of the SRs is NOK 4.07 per share. 25 per cent of the SRs vest
on each of the four anniversaries from the date of the grant. The SRs expire on
16 May 2018.

Following this grant, there will be 27,185,153 incentive subscription rights
outstanding.

14 August 2013
IDEX ASA


www.idex.no

Contact:
Erling Svela, CFO,  +47 4062 1040,  erling.svela(at)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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