Over 500 interventional cardiologists, cardiac and vascular surgeons, general practitioners, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, critical care physicians, nurses, cardiovascular laboratory technologists, paramedics, hospital administrators, healthcare professionals are all set to come together to improve the healthcare system and the fight to save vulnerable heart attack patients.

Along with an ambitious agenda, LUMEN is set to actively engage participants, with a pace that will even leave room for attendee-faculty comments and interaction. The meeting’s starting on the 9th of February, at the Ritz Carlton DIFC, will allow the audience give-and-take with LUMEN course directors, exploring common STEMI management situations. Faculty and attendees will create a rich environment in which to hone STEMI and door-to-balloon management skills, speaking from experiences that ranged widelyacross the country and globally.

This forum is surely to bring together a massive think tank cluster of learning’s and sharing. With representation from over 27 different countries, over 52 professional faculty from over 19 countries including 75 Chinese Cardiologists and 200 Indian Cardiologists.

This three day agenda will be driven and moderated by LUMEN and its co –directors. With gripping topics ranging from Global & Critical Issues in AMI in 2012, Thrombolysis, Pharmaco- Invasive Management and D2B Interventions, Mastering the Essentials in STEMI Care, STEMI INTERVENTIONS – PROCEDURAL TECHNIQUES, D2B MANAGEMENT, ADJUNCTIVE THERAPIES, best global strategy for STEMI Interventions….the learning promises to be an enriching experience.

They have also scheduled 9 workshops for focused learning,

Dr Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC adds, “LUMEN will make a very sincere and determined effort to narrow the gap that exists in AMI management between U.S. and Europe and the Asia Pacific region. “

“It should bother the conscience of all cardiologists that young men are dying in the world from an eminently treatable entity. With Primary Angioplasty, and a good ambulance system, efficient programs can be developed that can dramatically reduce the incidence of morbidity and mortality from heart attacks”

www.lumenglobal.org

Contacts

Kavitha Prabhu

Manager – External Communications

MCI Middle East & India

www.mci-group.com/uae

Tel: +971 (4) 311 6300 | Mobile: +971 56 1763255

(BUSINESS WIRE)– SES S.A. (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) announces that ILS has re-scheduled the SES-4 satellite launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket for 1:36 am local time on February 15th, 2012 (February 14th, 2012 at 20:36 p.m. CET, 14:36 p.m. EST).

SES-4 is a 20-kilowatt satellite with 52 C-band and 72 Ku-band transponders. It has C-band beams serving the eastern hemisphere of Europe and Africa, full coverage of the Americas, and a global beam to support mobile and maritime customers. Four high-power, regional Ku-band beams will provide service to Europe, the Middle East, West Africa as well as North and South America with extensive channel switching capability between C- and Ku-band transponders for enhanced connectivity. The new satellite is based on the flight-proven Space Systems/Loral 1300 platform and designed to deliver services for 15 years or more. SES-4 will be the 50th satellite in the global SES fleet and will also be the largest, most powerful SES satellite. It will replace the NSS-7 satellite at 338 degrees East longitude and provide increased capacity at this well established SES orbital slot.

In North America, the live broadcast of the launch will be available on the SES-2 satellite at 87 degrees West, C21, downlink frequency 4120.00 MHz, horizontal polarization, service ID 155086.

In Europe, the broadcast of the launch via ASTRA satellite is available at the orbital position 23.5° East, channel 3.224, downlink frequency 12168.00 MHz, vertical polarization, Symbol rate 27.50 MSym/s, FEC 3/4, service ID 5250, service name SES-4 Launch.

A webcast is available via www.ilslaunch.com. The video transmission of the launch of SES-4 will begin approximately 30 minutes before liftoff.

About SES

SES is a world-leading satellite operator with a fleet of 49 geostationary satellites. The company provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations worldwide.

SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service and excellence in the broadcasting industry. The culturally diverse regional teams of SES are located around the globe and work closely with customers to meet their specific satellite bandwidth and service requirements.

SES (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) holds participations in Ciel in Canada and QuetzSat in Mexico, as well as a strategic participation in satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks. Further information under: www.ses.com.

Contacts

SES

Yves Feltes

Media Relations

Tel. +352 710 725 311

Yves.Feltes@ses.com

(BUSINESS WIRE)– Charles River Development (Charles River), a front- and middle-office investment solutions provider, today announced that in 2011 the company increased its customer base with the addition of 39 clients encompassing all vertical markets within Investment Management. As part of providing a completely managed solution, the company launched the Charles River Data Service, a fully-managed equity and fixed income data offering which is tightly integrated into the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS).

In response to increased demand for Charles River’s Managed Services, which includes application management, hosting, FIX Administrationand data servicesfor Charles River IMS, a hosting center was opened in the UK to complement the existing facilities in the US. The new UK hosting facility is SAS70 Type I and II certified and better serves clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The new Charles River Data Service augments the company’s Managed Services offering to increase data accuracy, improve the end user experience and help clients reduce the cost and complexity of data management. The service provides equity and fixed income reference and real-time market data that is aggregated from multiple data sources, mapped and fed directly into Charles River IMS. Charles River coordinates with data vendors on behalf of clients to monitor and manage interfaces, changes in data feeds, new data requirements and software upgrades.

“Charles River Development has firmly established itself as an enterprise solution provider for the buy-side, demonstrated by the growing adoption of our Managed Services and the launch of the Charles River Data Service,” said Peter Lambertus, president and chief executive officer, Charles River Development. “By leveraging our investment management platform expertise, clients are able to utilize Charles River IMS to its full potential, maximizing the return on their investment while freeing up internal resources. In 2011, 70% of new clients adopted our Managed Services.”

2011 highlights include:

39 new clients and 6 major expansions of existing clients, extending Charles River IMS usage to a total of 42 countries worldwide;
63 clients live globally on the latest Charles River IMS release, Version 9, with over 100 planning to implement Version 9 in 2012;
545 trading destinations and 173 buy-side clients on the Charles River FIX Network;
Over 60 clients leveraging Charles River’s Managed Services offering;
Introduced the Charles River Data Service, a single, fully-managed data source for clients;
Opened a hosting facility in the UK and opened a managed services staff facility in Indianapolis, IN, USA to expand staffing and coverage;
Rolled out Charles River Compliance Health Check, a best practice compliance assessment service for Charles River clients;
Received “European Front Office of the Year” by theFunds Europe Awards 2011; “Best OMS” from AsianInvestor’s 2011 Service Provider Awards; “Best Technology Provider of the Year” fromBuy-Side Technology 2011; “Top OMS in Canada” from Investment Technology Awards 2011; andranked in the “FinTech Top 100” from American Banker/Financial Insights 2011.

About Charles River Development

Charles River Development provides fully managed solutions including software, hostingand data servicesto automate front- and middle-office investment operations for buy-side firms. SaaS solutionsand on-premises softwaresupport portfolio management, complianceand riskmonitoring, orderand execution management, access to global liquidityand post-trade processing. The company has more than 300 clients in over 40 countries in the institutional asset and fund management, alternative,wealth management, insurance, banking, pensionand custodymarkets.

Contacts

Charles River Development

Hannah Beauchamp, + 44 (0)20 7397 6830

hannahbeauchamp@crd.com

(BUSINESS WIRE)– NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) announced today it has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines. By using recycled carbon dioxide, DyeCoo’s technology eliminates the use of water in the textile dyeing process. The name “DyeCoo” was inspired by the process of “dyeing” with “CO2.”The partnership is illustrative of NIKE, Inc.’s long-term commitment to designing and developing the most superior athletic performance products for athletes and its overall sustainable business and innovation strategy.

“Waterless dyeing is a significant step in our journey to serve both the athlete and the planet, and this partnership reinforces Nike’s long-term strategy and deep commitment to innovation and sustainability,” says Eric Sprunk, Nike’s Vice President of Merchandising and Product. “We believe this technology has the potential to revolutionize textile manufacturing, and we want to collaborate with progressive dye houses, textile manufacturers and consumer apparel brands to scale this technology and push it throughout the industry.”

Nike has been exploring this technology for the past eight years and expects to showcase cutting edge apparel using textiles dyed without water at events later this year, with an eye towards scaling the technology for larger production volumes.

“We’re very excited to be partnering with Nike to help drive this together and believe the benefits and impacts of this technology are significant,” says Reinier Mommaal, CEO of DyeCoo.”There is no water consumption, a reduction in energy use, no auxiliary chemicals required, no need for drying, and the process is twice as fast. The technology can also improve the quality of the dyed fabric, allows for greater control over the dyeing process, enables new dye capabilities and transforms fabric dyeing so that it can take place just about anywhere. We hope more industry leaders will join us in leveraging this innovative technology in the near future.”

Conventional textile dyeing requires substantial amounts of water. On average, an estimated 100-150 liters of water is needed to process one kg of textile materials today. Industry analysts estimate that more than 39 million tonnes of polyester will be dyed annually by 2015. Nike says it expects DyeCoo’s supercritical fluid carbon dioxide, or “SCF” CO2 dyeing technology, to have a particularly positive impact in Asia, where much of the world’s textile dyeing occurs. As this technology is brought to scale, large amounts of water used in conventional textile dyeing will no longer be needed, nor will the commensurate use of fossil fuel-generated energy be required to heat such large sums of water. The removal of water from the textile dyeing process also eliminates the risk of effluent discharge, a known environmental hazard. The CO2 used in DyeCoo’s dyeing process is also reclaimed and reused.

DyeCoo is believed to be the first company to successfully apply the SCF CO2 process to the commercial dyeing of polyester fabric, and research is already underway to apply the technology to other natural and synthetic fabrics. SCF CO2 technology is safely utilized at scale in other industries such as the decaffeination of coffee and the extraction of natural flavors and fragrances.

About NIKE, Inc.

NIKE, Inc., based near Beaverton, Oregon, is the world’s leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. Wholly owned Nike subsidiaries include Converse Inc., which designs, markets and distributes athletic footwear, apparel and accessories; Cole Haan, which designs, markets and distributes luxury shoes, handbags, accessories and coats; Umbro Ltd., a leading United Kingdom-based global football (soccer) brand; and Hurley International LLC, which designs, markets and distributes action sports and youth lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories. For more information, visit www.nikeinc.comand follow @Nike. To learn more about Nike’s commitment to sustainability, visit www.nikebetterworld.com.

About DyeCoo

DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V. was founded in March 2008. DyeCoo Textile Systems is the world’s first supplier of industrial CO2 dyeing equipment and is a leading innovator in CO2 dyeing technology and processes. DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V. is a spin-off of the Dutch Feyecon Group, an innovator in the field of CO2 process technology.

Contacts

Nike

Media

Mary Remuzzi,

503-532-8767

Nike

Media

Mary Remuzzi,

503-532-8767

DyeCoo

Reinier Mommaal, + 31 (0)294 41 00 25

Mail: info@dyecoo.com

(BUSINESS WIRE)– Having established a cooperation for common application development in 2009 with Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd. based in Tokyo, Synova SA enters on January 1st, 2012 into an OEM Agreement for the manufacture of Laser MicroJet® (LMJ) machines based on Makino machine technology. Target markets for the new LMJ-machines are high-precision metal and hard-material processing industries. Major manufacturers of hard-material tools as well as electronic consumer goods have already expressed high interest in purchasing the equipment. Commercialization of the new LMJ machines will start in Japan with subsequent worldwide distribution.

The LMJ technology enables substantial reduction of total cost of ownership in material processing. The water-guided laser beam cuts/drills perfectly parallel and clean kerfs or holes with virtually no heat impact. As a consequence, production can be operated at lower waste rates, operational steps can be eliminated and the process allows to produce parts that cannot be produced at the same quality level with any other manufacturing process. LMJ technology has already been widely used in various high-precision application fields including metal, hard-material and semiconductor manufacturing.

The new manufacturing cooperation will bring together Synova’s long-standing process application know-how with Makino’s excellence as one of the world’s leading industrial machine manufacturer. A first prototype of the LMJ machine has already been built, a beta-prototype will be ready for spring 2012. The new machine, built by Makino and sold by Synova under the brand of Synova can be ordered from now.

Both, Dr. Bernold Richerzhagen, CEO & President of Synova, and Masataka Kido, General Manager Makino EDM R&D Division are confident that the new long-term cooperation will result in an important value proposition for material processing.

Makino head-quartered in Tokyo, Japan offers a wide range of precision metal-cutting and EDM production machinery. Today Makino is one of the world-top-ranked machine tool suppliers with manufacturing, sales and service facilities all over the world. www.makino.com

Since 1997 Synova SA has pioneered the Laser MicroJet technology, exploiting the synergy of laser power with water. Synova has a large R&D facility as well as a vast Application Laboratory at its head-quarters in Ecublens-Lausanne, Switzerland. Sales and service of the machines is done from various Micro Machining Centers (MMC) and sales & service points around the word. www.synova.ch

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Contacts

Synova

Catherine Roudabush

roudabush@synova.ch

+41 (0)-21-694-3660

(BUSINESS WIRE)– Netsize, a leading mobile commerce enabler and a Gemalto company (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), announces that CityzenCar, a peer-to-peer car sharing social network in France, has deployed its SMS-based communication solution to secure and simplify car rental for consumers. CityzenCar enables 12,000 members across 2,000 French cities to rent a vehicle in complete trust and with no commission.

The Netsize SMS communication solution supports the entire rental process, from renter validation to rental notifications, as well as confirming booking details. It works on any handset and is compatible with all wireless networks, guaranteeing 100 percent reach so CityzenCar customers can use the service anywhere, anytime.

Car owners will be notified of each rental request by SMS and if they approve it, the driver will receive a text message on their mobile phone containing details of the car and location. The car owner can then choose to either deliver the keys to the driver in person or authorize CityzenCar to unlock the car doors. This innovative and convenient unlocking system is made possible by the “CityzenBox”, an embedded telematic device that sits within the car.

“We wanted to make it as easy as possible for our customers to interact with each other and make the best use of our service, “ commented Nicolas le Douarec, CEO, CityzenCar, “Netsize’s flexible and highly dependable SMS solution is crucial to ensure the quality of our service.”

“CityzenCar is ahead of the curve in its innovative use of technology to engage with customers. SMS is ideal where mobility is key as customers can be reached while on the move. It is also exceptionally interoperable, providing us with a far wider end-user reach,” said Frédéric Deman, General Manager, Netsize.

About Netsize, a Gemalto Company

Netsize is the leading provider of global mobile carrier billing and messaging solutions, enabling its customers to boost mobile services revenues while increasing business efficiency and brand awareness.

Netsize‘s Mobile Payment solution covers 50 countries and 136 wireless networks worldwide and enables mobile commerce, integrating all available carrier billing methods, including direct billing. It supports both pay per use and recurring, subscription-based transactions. Netsize Mobile Messaging provides reliable, secure and certified bi-directional communication using SMS and MMS in over 200 countries, enabling enterprise messaging, mobile marketing and machine-to-machine applications.

Netsize is part of Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security with revenues of €1.9 billion in 2010, and over 10 thousand employees operating out of 87 offices and 13 Research & Development centers in 45 countries.

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital securitywith 2010 annual revenues of €1.9 billion and over 10,000 employees operating out of 87 offices and 13 Research & Development centers in 45 countries.

Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work—anytime, anywhere, in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure. Gemalto delivers on the growing demands for personal mobile services, identity protection, payment security, authenticated online services, cloud computing access, modern transportation, e-healthcare and e-government services. Gemalto does this by providing secure software, a wide range of secure personal devices, and managed services to wireless operators, banks, enterprises and government agencies.

Gemalto is the world leader for electronic passports and identity cards, two-factor authentication devices for online protection, smart credit/debit and contactless payment cards, as well as subscriber identification modules (SIM) and universal integrated circuit cards (UICC) in mobile phones. Also, in the emerging machine-to-machine applications Gemalto is a leading supplier of wireless modules and machine identification modules (MIM). To operate these solutions and remotely manage the software and confidential data contained in the secure devices Gemalto also provides server platforms, consulting, training, and managed services to help its customers achieve their goals.

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.

For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemaltoon Twitter.

Contacts

Netsize

Media

Alexander Vlasblom, +31 20 50 47 176

alexander.vlasblom@gemalto.com

Gemalto

Media

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Peggy Edoire, +33 4 42 36 45 40

peggy.edoire@gemalto.com

Latin America

Ernesto Haikewitsch, +55 11 51 05 92 20

ernesto.haikewitsch@gemalto.com

North America

Jessi Marshall, +1-512-257-3902

jessi.marshall@gemalto.com

(BUSINESS WIRE)–iFOREX, Forex broker and currency exchange provider, has recently released their new PDF guide, Profit from the News, illustrating how to benefit from your daily routine for beginner traders. The simple guide is catered toward the individual, making it available in an array of languages including Arabic which can be found at http://www.iforex.ae

With a mass influx of new traders every year, iFOREX strives to keep them up-to-date with accessible trading guides and tutorials. Profit from the News is comprehensive short tutorial explaining different ways a trader can read the daily newspaper and take advantage ofthe movements in the financial markets. The PDF provides a basic foundation for beginner traders, highlighting various examples of how to leverage news events and rules that top traders follow in order to benefit from current events.

The senior marketing executive of iFOREX was quoted as saying, “We are delighted to addProfit from the News to our database of educational material for new traders. Not only does the easy-to-read guide introduce beginner traders to the Forex market, but it illustrates how to take advantage of your daily routine to maximize your trading potential. Learning how to analyze the daily news is something that can be very helpful for beginner traders.”

It is imperative for a beginner trader to learn about the Forex market before starting to trade. iFOREX recognizes this and continues to provide comprehensive learning guides to their new traders. For more information about the Forex market and for various trading tools, please visit http://traderbase.iforex.com

* Territorial restrictions may apply. iFOREX does not offer its services in the BVI

The English-language text of this announcement is the official, authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation only, and should be cross-referenced with the English-language text, which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.

Contacts

iFOREX Group

Nathan Phillips

Public Relations

pr@iforex.com

NEW YORK – Tuesday, February 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Marussia F1 Team is partnering with Monster.com®, the worldwide leader in connecting people to job opportunities and the flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), to recruit for a variety of permanent roles that will influence the technical and commercial success of the team. Four of these roles will be specialized opportunities, advertised as ‘Cool Jobs,’ and will use Monster’s global job seeker reach to help ensure the Marussia F1 Team receives the most qualified applicants from all over the world. As part of the partnership, the Marussia F1 Team will also leverage Monster’s Talent Management Suiteto optimize efficiency throughout the recruitment lifecycle, and to help the organization quickly hone in on top talent.

The first of the four global ‘Cool Jobs’ is now available as the team is looking for an aerodynamicist to play a vital role in the development of Marussia’s next generation F1 race car. The jobs will be based in the Marussia F1 Team’s new technology centre located in Banbury, England, but the team will consider qualified candidates from all over the world. With an expected job start date of mid-April, interested seekers should apply here. In addition to the globally advertised ‘Cool Jobs,’ up to 40 other permanent opportunities will be available in the coming months to job seekers throughout the EU.

Andy Webb, CEO, Marussia F1 Team, stated: “Monster is an exciting and much-welcome addition to our portfolio of Marussia F1 Team Official Partners. Formula One is a technology-driven sport, but you need the right people with the right talents to drive these processes. At this time, when we are looking to augment our expertise in key areas of the team, this partnership will enable us to reach a much wider scope of qualified candidates, leveraging Monster’s global reach and its precision search matching technology.”

Katie Allen, Head of HR, Marussia F1 Team, added: “The partnership with Monster will enable us to significantly increase our talent reach quickly and cost-effectively – which is vital in the F1 recruitment arena. As a small F1 team, we also look forward to using the Talent Management Suite to help us manage our recruitment and resourcing plans in the most professional and efficient way, whilst ensuring that more of our HR focus can be directed at development activities for the business and our people .”

Ted Gilvar, Executive Vice President, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Monster, noted “We’re thrilled to be working the Marussia F1 Team. We’re confident that our global reach, combined with our unparalleled job matching technology will help the team find the unique talent they need to succeed.”

Marussia F1 Team Social Media Driver Contest

Monster and Marussia F1 Team will also offer fans from select countries the opportunity to win the chance to shadow the Marussia F1 Team blogger for a key race and experience all of the action first-hand. Winning entrants will help report back on all of the excitement – both trackside and behind the scenes. More details will be available soon.

About Monster Worldwide

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW – News), parent company of Monster, the premier global online employment solution for more than a decade, strives to inspire people to improve their lives. With a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. To learn more about Monster’s industry-leading products and services, visit www.monster.com. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at http://about-monster.com.

About Marussia F1 Team

The Marussia F1 Team is a young and ambitious Anglo-Russian challenger competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Headquartered at the new Marussia Technical Centre in Banbury, UK, the team is majority-owned by the Russian supercar marque, Marussia, based in Moscow.

With just two seasons of F1 competition under its belt, the team has enjoyed an extraordinary journey. It was founded in 2009, under the Resource Restriction Agreement that has redefined the sport’s commercial landscape, paving the way for exciting new entrants to challenge tradition and expectation. The Marussia F1 Team has been in the vanguard of a new era of Formula One, harnessing the commercial firepower of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin group of companies, one of its founding partners, to establish an innovative racing team concept for the future.

Technically, the team has experienced the rollercoaster ride that one might expect from the initiation of a young new team into such a tough and highly competitive sport. In only its second season however, with ambitious targets for the future firmly in its sights, the team entered into a long-term technical partnership with McLaren Applied Technologies, which enables the Marussia F1 Team to benefit from access to advanced facilities which are already helping the team produce a competitive racing car for the 2012 season.

As for the team’s longer term ambitions, 2014 will see the introduction of a Russian Grand Prix to the race calendar. It goes without saying that success on home asphalt in the Black Sea resort of Sochi is the end-game for the next exciting phase of the Marussia F1 Team journey.

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Contacts

Monster Worldwide:

Weber Shandwick

+44 (0)2070 670000

Monster@webershandwick.com

Marussia F1 Team PR:

Tracy Novak, +44 (0)7590 964936

PR & Communications Director

tracy.novak@marussiaf1team.com

Tabatha Valls Halling, +44 (0)7739 323391

PR & Communications Executive

tabatha.valls@marussiaf1team.com

(BUSINESS WIRE)– Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Al Rajhi Bank, the largest financial institution in Saudi Arabia, has completed the main phase of the Dexxis Instant Issuancedeployment program for on-the-spot EMV card delivery. With more than 500 branches equipped nationwide and over 15,000 cards issued daily, Al Rajhi Bank embarked on the largest rollout of any smart banking card instant issuance solution. Gemalto’s unique offer encompasses highly secure EMV DDA1 payment cards, a complete, mission-critical issuance solution along with a full set of services: training, end-to-end project management, maintenance and support.

Al Rajhi Bank branches can now securely issue EMV cards to new and existing customers with just one click, from an Arabic-customized interface specially designed for ease-of-use. With card personalization made so swift and simple, Al Rajhi customers walk away with an activated, ready-to-use card in hand in just a few minutes. By deploying Gemalto’s solution, Al Rajhi Bank significantly improved on the logistical challenges associated with traditional courier-based delivery services and reduced its associated costs.

In order to ensure full service continuity, the solution can easily redirect card requests from one branch to another, and it also retains central issuance as a back-up system. The high level of reliability of the complete solution has already enabled Al Rajhi to issue half a million EMV chip cards on-the-spot to customers over the last six months.

“Gemalto was able to meet our needs for both the more sophisticated cards and the complete issuance services,” said Dr. Abdullah Al-Namlah, Retail General Manager, Al Rajhi Bank. “Al Rajhi has been delivering payment cards at the branch for years so when we determined to switch to EMV, we naturally selected the partner with the broadest experience in EMV instant issuance solutions globally.”

“Advanced banking solutions and services are key to our growth strategy”, added Philippe Cambriel, Executive Vice-President at Gemalto. “We are pleased with this successful deployment with Al Rahji Bank, which illustrates nicely the performance of our Instant Issuance solution, and demonstrates once again our expertise in EMV card systems and their successful deployment. It is rewarding for us to see that this nationwide program has visibly benefited the bank and projected a first-class image to its customers.”

1 Dynamic Data Authentication (DDA), offers a dynamic security feature which helps to reduce fraud by detecting counterfeit and duplicate cards

View Dexxis Instant Issuance video: http://www.gemalto.com/financial/solutions/issuance_video.html

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in Digital Security with 2010 annual revenues of €1.9 billion and over 10,000 employees operating out of 87 offices and 13 Research & Development centers in 45 countries.

Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work—anytime, anywhere, in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure. Gemalto delivers on the growing demands for personal mobile services, identity protection, payment security, authenticated online services, cloud computing access, modern transportation, e-healthcare and e-government services. Gemalto does this by providing secure software, a wide range of secure personal devices, and managed services to wireless operators, banks, enterprises and government agencies.

Gemalto is the world leader for electronic passports and identity cards, two-factor authentication devices for online protection, smart credit/debit and contactless payment cards, as well as subscriber identification modules (SIM) and universal integrated circuit cards (UICC) in mobile phones. Also, in the emerging machine-to-machine applications Gemalto is a leading supplier of wireless modules and machine identification modules (MIM). To operate these solutions and remotely manage the software and confidential data contained in the secure devices Gemalto also provides server platforms, consulting, training, and managed services to help its customers achieve their goals.

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. For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemaltoon Twitter.

Contacts

Gemalto

Media

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Peggy Edoire, +33 4 42 36 45 40

peggy.edoire@gemalto.com

Latin America

Ernesto Haikewitsch, +55 11 51 05 92 20

ernesto.haikewitsch@gemalto.com

North America

Jessi Marshall, +1-512-257-3902

jessi.marshall@gemalto.com

Asia Pacific

Yvonne Lim, +65 6317 3730

yvonne.lim@gemalto.com

FOLSOM, Calif. – Tuesday, February 7th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)– Meridian Systems, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ:TRMB) and the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today a new Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with Zone Technology. Concentrating on building and infrastructure program owners and managers in Egypt, Zone will provide comprehensive software sales and professional services for Meridian’s Proliance® solution to enhance the productivity, cost control and scheduling of local projects.

“Zone is well positioned with program management providers and consultants, multinational firms focused on the oil sector, developers in Egypt’s tourism and real estate sector, and with public sector clients,” said Geene Alhady, general manager, Meridian Systems. “This makes them a great addition to our international-based VAR network as they work with clients in Egypt to deliver a suite of engineering and survey solutions along with Meridian’s Proliance solution.”

“Egypt is in need of top notch software solutions to further enable our engineering community to manage their projects using best practices,” said Ahmed Kandil, MS, PE, PMP, Zone Technology. “We are particularly excited to introduce our current client base, which includes construction consultants and oil and gas customers in the area, to solutions that can effectively automate their business practices and save time and effort.”

Meridian’s global reseller network enhances customers’ investments in Meridian software solutions by providing in-depth industry experience and value-added implementation and training services. For more information, visit: http://www.meridiansystems.com/partners/findreseller.asp.

About Zone

ZONE Technologies is a multi-disciplined geospatial engineering company based in Cairo, Egypt. The company carries out operations throughout Africa and the Middle East for clients engaged in a wide diversity of industry sectors such as constructions, oil and gas, engineering, environmental monitoring, pipeline integrity, and property and geophysical studies. In addition to survey and engineering activities Zone is also provider and supplier of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) products, services and training in its role as an Egyptian distributor of Trimble, a leading provider of advanced positioning solutions. Zone has a training facility, Zone Offshore, which provides comprehensive training services to enhance software solutions specifically for the oil and gas sector.

Meridian in the Middle East

Meridian Systems construction project management software solutions for infrastructure building owners, program management firms, and other AEC organizations are available through its parent company, Trimble, which has local dealers in the UAE.

About Meridian Systems

Meridian Systems, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ:TRMB), is the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutionsleader for project-based organizations. Building owners, construction and engineering firms, and public agencies use Meridian software to effectively manage capital building and facility renovation programs. In 2011, Meridian secured the top spot among off-the-shelf project management software used by the construction industry1. Meridian also is a pioneer in combining plan-build-operate features on an open technology platform to provide infrastructure lifecycle management solutions for capital building owners. Download free Meridian research and case studies by going to: http://my.meridiansystems.com/downloads/

12011 IT Playbook, Constructech Magazine

Contacts

Zone Contact

Ahmed H. Kandil, MS, PE, PMP, +2 010 1111323

akandila2010@yahoo.com

Meridian Contact

Tamara Kaestner, +1-916-294-2375

Sr. Marketing Manager

tkaestner@meridiansystems.com