Intercede Regulatory News (IGP)

1 DECEMBER 2011

INTERCEDE GROUP plc

('Intercede', 'the Company' or 'the Group')

Interim Results for the Six Months Ended 30 September 2011

Intercede (AIM: IGP.L) is a leading producer of Identity and Credential Management software, called MyID, which manages the secure registration, issuance and life cycle of digital identities for a wide range of uses.

SUMMARY

- Sales of £3,528,000 (2010: £3,506,000);

- Underlying revenues have increased by 25%, excluding the Boeing contract which was worth more than £1m in H1 2010;

- Operating profit of £617,000 (2010: £1,204,000);

- 23% increase in cost base reflects planned investment in business expansion, principally sales and product development;

- Basic and fully diluted earnings per share of 1.4p (2010: 2.5p);

- Cash balances of £6,563,000 at 30 September 2011 (30 September 2010: £4,470,000);

- Significant endorsement of Intercede's proprietary MyID Identity and Credential Management System as an industry standard;

- Increasing collaboration with Microsoft in the US;

- New partnership agreement with Hewlett Packard in support of the HP Assured Identity Product Suite;

- Winning new contracts to supply MyID to government ministries, banks and business corporations around the world.

Richard Parris, Chairman & Chief Executive of Intercede, said today:

"There have been a number of notable commercial successes during the period demonstrating the fundamental strength and growth trajectory of the business. Our financial position remains strong, with no debt and cash balances up almost 50% year on year.

"We have also invested heavily in sales and product development in order to pursue a greater number of opportunities. Our own sales efforts are complemented by partnerships with some of the largest IT industry players in the world, enabling us to punch above our weight.

"We believe that this period's results provide further evidence of our ability to execute to plan. The Board remains confident in its long term growth strategy to create significant shareholder value through continuing global market penetration and technology excellence in the burgeoning cyber security industry."

ENQUIRIES

About Intercede

Intercede is the producer of the MyID Identity and Credential Management System (IDCMS).

Intercede MyID technology is being used around the world by large corporations, governments and banks to manage millions of identities for employees, citizens and customers. Notable deployments in the US include 14 federal agencies, two million smart cards in support of the US Transportation Worker Identity Credential program (TWIC), four US financial institutions and 320,000 smart corporate identity badges for Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin. In Europe, Australasia and the Middle East, Intercede MyID is being deployed in support of government identity, financial services, health and corporate employee ID security projects.

Intercede MyID is the only IDCMS software product that enables organizations to easily and securely manage the identities of people and their associated identity credentials within a single, integrated, workflow driven platform. This includes enabling and managing secure registration, biometric capture, application vetting and approval through to smart card personalization, issuance and management.

Intercede MyID was the first electronic personalization product to achieve compliance with the US FIPS-201 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) standard and is widely deployed by federal agencies, government contractors and other commercial entities. In particular, it supports the latest standards applicable for all PIV, PIV-Interoperable and PIV-Compatible deployments.

It can issue and manage a wide variety of IDs and credentials, providing customers with a platform that can meet their needs now and in the future. It is a fully supported commercial off-the-shelf product that can be quickly deployed for thousands or millions of users.

For more information visit www.intercede.com

INTERCEDE GROUP plc

('Intercede', 'the Company' or 'the Group')

Interim Results for the Six Months Ended 30 September 2011

Chairman's Statement

In the period ended 30 September 2011, revenues totalled £3.53m compared to £3.51m in the previous year. However, it should be noted that the previous period included a single contract of more than £1m from Boeing, whereas there was no equivalent contract in the first half of the current financial year. If revenues from the Boeing contract are excluded from both periods, there has been a 25% underlying increase in revenues year on year, demonstrating the fundamental strength of the business and its ongoing growth trajectory.

Profit for the period is £0.7m compared to £1.2m in the prior year. This reduction reflects planned investment to accelerate the growth of the business. As previously reported, the goals for the current financial period are to increase sales and marketing efforts in promoting MyID and to extend product development in areas such as mobile devices and further collaboration with Microsoft. The average number of employees and contractors increased from 56 to 67 year on year in support of these goals. Staff costs continue to represent the main area of expense totalling 79% of the total operating costs during the period (2010: 81%).

The Company continues to be cash generative. Through careful cash management, the cash balance at the end of September was £6.56m compared to £6.05m at the end of March 2011 and £4.47m at the end of September 2010; a year on year increase of over £2m.

There have been a number of commercial successes and industry milestones achieved in the period, including the following:

We were also delighted to announce on 14 November 2011 that an agreement has been entered into with Hewlett Packard ("HP"), whereby the HP Global Identity Practice can now deliver MyID as a component of their Assured Identity Plus solutions. Under the agreement, Intercede and HP will target large scale Federal, state and local government agencies and major enterprise customers.

The progress outlined above demonstrates the effectiveness of Intercede's sales strategy. By focusing on major industry players as channel partners, Intercede has continued to punch above its weight in a way that would not be possible with a more conventional direct sales structure. Intercede has significantly multiplied its future revenue potential by accessing the sales teams and sales infrastructure of partners such as Microsoft, HP, multiple US systems integrators, Atos, Gemalto, Oberthur, Swisscom, Symantec and Thales. Each channel will need continuing sales and technical account management to maximise the return on investment.

This channel strategy has enabled Intercede to compete in new territories during the period in a way we could not have reached with a direct team.

Our commercial model continues to be market tested through competition with industry rivals. To date, the evidence is that we win most opportunities on technical merit, even though we are not usually the lowest cost bidder. Customer feedback is that we consistently represent the 'best value' supplier.

I am pleased that we continue to grow underlying new software license revenues at a healthy rate. Annuity revenue from existing customers as a percentage of total sales is also increasing towards the long term goal of being able to support the cost of our operations from recurring income. It is a characteristic of the business that every £1 of new customer license revenue in a period typically generates a further £2 from associated maintenance plus additional fees from professional services and development activities over future periods. This means that Intercede has already locked in significant future value beyond that disclosed in the current period's accounts.

Our research activities in the mobile communications sector have spawned product line extensions that open new markets in the telecommunications market with potential uses for identity verification in the citizen and consumer spaces. This also serves to protect our existing market position should mobile devices overtake smart cards as the principal means of asserting strong identity.

We believe that this period's results are evidence of our ability to execute to plan. The Board remains confident in its long term growth strategy to create significant shareholder value through continuing global market penetration and technology excellence in the burgeoning cyber security industry.

Richard Parris

Chairman & Chief Executive

1 December 2011

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the period ended 30 September 2011

Consolidated Balance Sheet

As at 30 September 2011

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

As at 30 September 2011

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

For the period ended 30 September 2011

Notes to the Accounts

For the period ended 30 September 2011

1 Preparation of the interim financial statements

These interim financial statements have been prepared under IFRS as adopted by the European Union and on the basis of the accounting policies set out in the Group's Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2011.

The Group is not required to apply IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting at this time.

These interim financial statements have not been audited and do not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2011 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The Auditors' Report on those accounts was unqualified and did not contain any statement under Section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The Interim Report will be mailed to shareholders prior to the end of December 2011 and copies will be available on the website (www.intercede.com) and at the registered office: Intercede Group plc, Lutterworth Hall, St Mary's Road, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4PS.

2 Revenue

All of the Group's revenue, operating profits and net assets originate from operations in the UK. The Directors consider that the activities of the Group constitute a single business segment.

The split of revenue by geographical destination of the end customer can be analysed as follows:

3 Taxation

Taxation represents the net effect of amounts received from HMRC in respect of research and development claims and US corporation tax payable. There is no charge for UK corporation tax due to the availability of losses brought forward from prior years.

4 Earnings per share

The calculations of earnings per ordinary share are based on the profit for the period and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during each period.

The increase in the weighted average number of shares used for the calculation of diluted earnings per share reflects the grant of share options to directors and senior managers during July and August 2011. The total charge for the period relating to employee share-based payments was £20,000 (2010: £nil).

5 Dividend

The Directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend.

6 Changes in equity

On 24 September 2010, shareholder approval was obtained at a General Meeting of the company to cancel the share premium account and to cancel and extinguish the deferred shares. This Capital Reduction was registered by the Registrar of Companies on 30 October 2010.