PRECISE BIOMETRICS DELIVERS BIOMETRIC SOLUTION FOR NATIONAL ID CARDS IN PORTUGAL

Precise Biometrics AB (publ), which develops and sells world-leading
and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints
and smart cards, has won an important procurement contract for
national ID cards in Portugal. The consortium is led by the digital
security partner Gemalto.

The new so called "Citizen Card" will replace several ID documents
and will become the official ID document for all Portuguese citizens.
The card will include functions for simple, fast and secure
interaction with government administrations, civil identification,
tax payment, social security, health, and in the future, elections.

A first pilot phase has started in the Azores region. After the
initial roll-out more than 2 million cards will be rolled out yearly.
Precise Biometrics will supply 14 million licenses over a seven-year
contract period. The project also includes delivery of the Precise
250 MC fingerprint readers.

Precise Biometrics has won the procurement contract in a consortium
led by the digital security leader Gemalto, with whom Precise
Biometrics also won the procurement contract for national ID cards in
Qatar in 2006."This is our first national ID card project in Europe, and after our
successes in Asia and the Middle East we are very pleased about this
breakthrough on the European market. Additional applications are
planned for the Portuguese national ID cards in the future, so this
project has the potential to become even bigger", says Thomas
Marschall, President and CEO of Precise Biometrics AB.

Precise Biometrics' algorithm Precise BioMatch(TM) is made available
on all Java(TM) cards and is the Match-on-Card technology with the
best performance world-wide and the smart card security is enhanced.

For further information, please contact
Thomas Marschall, President & CEO, Precise Biometrics AB
Telephone +46 46 31 11 10, or +46 734 35 11 10
E-mail thomas.marschall@precisebiometrics.com

Ann-Sofi Höijenstam, Director, IR & Communications, Precise
Biometrics AB
Telephone +46 46 31 11 47 or +46 734 35 11 47
E-mail ann-sofi.hoijenstam@precisebiometrics.com

Precise Biometrics AB (publ.) is an innovative security company that
supplies world-leading systems for fingerprint and smart card-based
authentication. The company's solutions replace keys, PIN codes and
passwords and enhance the integrity of ID cards and passports. With
its Precise Match-on-Card(TM) technology, the company is a market
leader within smart ID cards. The product line includes systems for
access control to buildings, computers and networks and for
integration into ID cards and passports. The Precise Biometrics group
has subsidiaries in Sweden, Great Britain, USA and a joint venture
agreement in China. The group headquarters are in Lund, Sweden.
Precise Biometrics is listed on the small cap list at the Nordic
Exchange in Sweden (symbol: PREC). For more information, please visit
http://www.precisebiometrics.com/

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