22 March 2007

INGENIA WINS “RED HERRING 100 EUROPE” AWARD

Ingenia Technology, the UK company developing the next generation of security technology, is pleased to announce that it is a recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.

Red Herring, which conferred the award, is a global company providing media forums for innovation in technology. Companies spotted early on by Red Herring editors include eBay and Google.

Ingenia’s flagship technology is Laser Surface Authentication (LSA™). The invention of Professor Russell Cowburn, LSA™ is a groundbreaking technology which recognises and verifies the inherent “fingerprint” on all papers, plastics and metals. It can therefore be used to detect fraudulent or counterfeit reproductions of items such as passports, pharmaceutical products and consumer products including tobacco, alcohol and mobile phones. Unlike traditional “hologram” forms of security verification, LSA™ is highly accurate – often more so than DNA.

As a Red Herring winner, Ingenia will be present at the Venture Market Europe (VME) 2007 event on March 25 – 27.

Mounir Barakat, Chief Executive of Ingenia, commented:

“We are delighted to have been chosen by Red Herring for this prestigious award, in a year in which the company received over 700 submissions. This award demonstrates the recognition Ingenia is gaining in the security technology sector internationally and is a ringing endorsement of our pioneering LSA™ technology.”

For further information, please contact:

Mounir Barakat/Mark McGlade
Ingenia Technology Tel: +44 (0) 0870 351 2584

Dan de Belder/Helen Tarbet
Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial Tel: +44 (0) 207 861 3232

www.ingeniatechnology.com

Editors’ notes

Ingenia Technology
Ingenia Technology has its headquarters in London.
Ingenia Technology is an emerging UK company in the authentication and verification of papers, plastics and metals, as used in documents, ID cards and product packaging.
Its mission is to create the next generation of security technology, solving critical inadequacies in existing solutions.
To do this, Ingenia has worked closely with Durham University and Imperial College London through Prof Russell Cowburn, and continues to do so.

Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe.

Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com .