The board of IDEX ASA has resolved to issue 4.68 million shares at a price of
NOK 5.04 per share in a private placement to World Wide Touch Technology
(Holdings) Limited ("WWTT"). WWTT has subscribed for the shares, investing about
NOK 23.6 million, equivalent to USD 4 million, in IDEX.

"We are very pleased to secure a further significant investment by World Wide
Touch Technology in IDEX. This investment will enable IDEX to immediately
accelerate its strategic plans following the recent acquisition of PicoField
technology and staff. This investment by WWTT further underlines our strategic
relationship with a leading industry player," said Dr. Hemant Mardia, CEO of
IDEX.

WWTT is a Hong Kong listed company, operating chiefly in Hong Kong and the
People's Republic of China and has approximately 2,400 employees. The company
develops and manufactures a broad range of automation and high-tech products,
modules and components, and operates a Biometric Security Platform (division).

Kelvin Wong, CEO of WWTT, said: "We are very pleased to enhance our investment
in IDEX. We are very excited by today's announcement of the intellectual
property acquisition and employment of key staff from PicoField by IDEX. This
supports our vision of explosive growth in biometrics and in particular our
roadmap for fingerprint sensor solutions for the mass consumer market."

The placement was made pursuant to an authorization to the board by the annual
general meeting on 16 May 2013, to carry out private placements and share issues
to suitable investors in order to raise additional capital for the company. The
existing shareholders waived their preemptive right to subscribe for shares
according to the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act in the event of a share
capital increase under the authorization.

Following this transaction, the share capital of IDEX ASA will amount to NOK
51,287,158.80, divided into 341,914,392 shares at NOK 0.15 par value per share,
and there will be 28,469,653 incentive subscription rights outstanding.

23 September 2013
IDEX ASA

Web: www.idex.no
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/idexasa
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/idex-asa

Contacts
Hemant Mardia, CEO, +44 7788 922 171, hm(at)idex.no
Kristian Wiermyhr, VP strategy and sales, +47 41273360, kw(at)idex.no

About IDEX ASA
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

About World Wide Touch Technology (Holdings) Limited
World Wide Touch Technology (Holdings) Limited ( the "Company") was incorporated
in in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability on 17
July 2009.

The Company and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Group") are principally
engaged in the trading of and provision of services to automation related
equipment, and manufacturing of a range of high-technology products, including
wireless charging devices, plasma light source products, cutting-edge
fingerprint biometric devices, capacitive touch screen controllers and modules,
high-speed communication products and automative related products.

Since July 2013, the Group has expanded its biometric service offerings and
launched the world's first biometric fingerprint privacy protection platform and
devices - FingerQ and PrivacQ to strengthen the Group's position as the leading
provider in patented biometric security solutions.

With a vision to become a provider of "life technologies" to facilitate and
improve the daily lives of the users, the Group strives to employ cutting-edge
technologies in its products and implement strategic development plans in an
effort to enlarge its market share and promoted the diversification of its
product mix.

The Company has been listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 15
December 2010.

Web site: http://www.wwtt.hk
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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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IDEX secures additional strategic investment from world-class electronics manufacturer World Wide Touch Technology