Intercede's edefice™ card management system to be used by Gemplus at Cartes 2003

Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom—November 17, 2003— Intercede Group plc, today announced that Gemplus, one of the world's leading smart card providers, will use their smart card management system, edefice™, when demonstrating its corporate security solution, SafesITe, at Cartes 2003, the world's largest card technology conference.

SafesITe will be demonstrated on the Gemplus Booth in Hall 3 Stand 3G (025-033) at Cartes 2003 in Paris from 18th - 20th November 2003.

About Intercede
Intercede Group plc is a leading developer and supplier of smart card and identity management software and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (IGP LN) (IGP.L). Intercede's edefice™ provides OEM partners, service providers and end-user organizations with the tools required to quickly deploy, maintain and manage smart cards, hardware and software tokens, biometrics, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology, applets and other digital credentials. Intercede's customers cover a range of industries and include ActivCard, AIB, Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank, Colt Telecommunications, Datakey, Fujitsu Services, Lloyds TSB, the NHS, Royal Bank of Scotland and a number of US Federal Government agencies.

For more information, visit Intercede's home page at http://www.intercedegroup.com/ , call +44 (0) 1455 558 111 or Email info@intercede.com