Regulatory News:

XIRING (Paris:ALXIR), a security solutions provider for remote transactions, today announced that three of its innovations have been selected for the final stage of the Cartes trade show SESAMES Awards.

Every year, as part of the ?Cartes' trade show, the SESAMES Awards are given to the best new technological innovations and the best applications in the fields of smart cards, identification, digital security, secure transactions and contactless. This year, the panel of industry experts received 309 entries and XIRING has already made an impression on the judges, making it through to the finals with three entries:

  • e-Transactions category: e-WYSIWYS for Connectable Xi-Sign solutions (?enhanced What-You-See-Is-What-You-Sign?)
  • Transport category: Smart Cardholder
  • Healthcare category: Prium-3S Barcode

The SESAMES Awards will be presented at 8.00 PM on 16 November 2009, during a gala evening taking place at the Théâtre de Paris to mark the opening of the Cartes 2009 trade show the next day.

« As in previous years, we have submitted our latest innovations to the panel of industry experts and are delighted to see that three of them have progressed to the final round, as this in itself marks a significant achievement. » commented Laurent Maitre, Marketing Director at XIRING.

All these innovations will be exclusively demonstrated by XIRING at the Cartes trade show on 17,18,19 November 2009 on their stand in Hall 4, Aisle L23 of the Paris-Nord Exhibition Centre in Villepinte (France).

About XIRING

Created in 1998, XIRING is a security solutions provider and develops security software embedded in smart card readers for strong authentication and digital signature. XIRING has distributed over 10 million strong authentication solutions based on banking cards and compliant with MasterCard and Visa programs, and is the leader of the professional solutions market for the SESAM-Vitale French healthcare scheme. In 2008, XIRING posted a turnover of €28.5 million up 20% and an operating margin of €3.5 million up 62%. XIRING is listed on the Alternext compartment of the NYSE-Euronext Paris exchange since September 18, 2006. ISIN code: FR0004155612, Mnemonic: ALXIR.

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