Gemalto : Gemalto 2008 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders report

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 - GTO), the world leader in digital security today announces that its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders took place today in Schiphol-Rijk, the Netherlands.

The Company's shareholders adopted the 2007 financial statements and approved all resolutions.

Among the resolutions that were approved:

• the reappointment of Board members: Mr. Geoffrey Fink, Mr. Arthur van der Poel and Mr. Olivier Piou until the close of the AGM of 2012;
• the cancellation of three million shares currently held by the Company in its own share capital (the cancellation process will, in accordance with Dutch law, be consummated in approximately two months);
• the right to cancel up to 9,101,584 additional shares that the Company currently holds or will acquire.

The complete list of resolutions that were approved at the AGM can be consulted at www.gemalto.com

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the leader in digital security with 2007 annual revenues of €1.6 billion, offices in more than 85 countries and about 10,000 employees including 1,300 R&D engineers.

In a world where the digital revolution is increasingly transforming our lives, Gemalto's solutions are designed to make personal digital interactions more convenient, secure and enjoyable.

Gemalto provides end-to-end digital security solutions, from the development of software applications through design and production of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, and tokens to the deployment of managed services for its customers.

More than one billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications.

As the use of Gemalto's software and secure devices increases with the number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the company is poised to thrive over the coming years.

Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of Axalto and Gemplus.

For more information please visit www.gemalto.com

This communication does not constitute an offer to purchase or exchange or the solicitation of an offer to sell or exchange any securities of Gemalto.

This communication contains certain statements that are neither reported financial results nor other historical information and other statements concerning Gemalto. These statements include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, events, products and services and future performance. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates" and similar expressions. These and other information and statements contained in this communication constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of applicable securities laws. Although management of the company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, investors and security holders are cautioned that forward-looking information and statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of the companies, that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements, and the companies cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the forward-looking statements contained in this communication include, but are not limited to: the ability of the company's to integrate according to expectations; the ability of the company to achieve the expected synergies from the combination; trends in wireless communication and mobile commerce markets; the company's ability to develop new technology and the effects of competing technologies developed and expected intense competition generally in the companies' main markets; profitability of expansion strategy; challenges to or loss of intellectual property rights; ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships in their major businesses; ability to develop and take advantage of new software and services; the effect of the combination and any future acquisitions and investments on the companies' share prices; and changes in global, political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory forces. Moreover, neither the companies nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this communication speak only as of the date of this communication and the companies are under no duty, and do not undertake, to update any of the forward-looking statements after this date to conform such statements to actual results, to reflect the occurrence of anticipated results or otherwise except as otherwise required by applicable law or regulations.

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