Effective 1 January 2006, the company will organize around 3 geographical regions. • The Americas under Ernie Berger, Executive Vice President • Asia, under Martin McCourt, Executive Vice President • EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) under Jacques Seneca, Executive Vice President. In addition, Gemplus has introduced a new function of Chief Technology Officer, which will be taken on by Philippe Vallée, supervising Product and Marketing Management. All remaining members of the Gemplus Management Committee stay the same. Alex Mandl, Chief Executive Officer, Gemplus comments „“We have been working towards a more regional orientation of our management for some time, with the appointments of Martin McCourt in Asia and Ernie Berger in the US. This is the final leg in putting in place our organization and I firmly believe that this will stand us in good shape moving forward and will allow us to further improve how we serve our clients the world over.““ remi.calvet@gemplus.com www.gemplus.com