Exercise of incentive subscription rights in IDEX

The board of directors of IDEX ASA resolved on 22 October 2013 to issue 39,798
shares to a former board member who has exercised incentive subscription rights
which were granted in 2010 by the annual general meeting. The price per share is
NOK 1.20.

Following the share issue, the company's share capital will be NOK
51,621,254.25 divided into 344,141,695 registered shares each with a nominal
value of NOK 0.15. Following the exercise there will be 27,542,355 incentive
subscription rights outstanding.

23 October 2013
IDEX ASA


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

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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