SCM Microsystems and Reiner SCT Agree to Technology Exchange to Enhance Product Portfolios

2008-11-25

ISMANING, Germany, November 25, 2008 – SCM Microsystems Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, and Reiner SCT, a leader in smart card readers, today announced their agreement to share smart card reader technology in order for each company to enhance its product portfolio.

Under the agreement, both companies will have the opportunity to rebrand and sell certain products from the other. There will also be an exchange of product support information, so that each company can directly provide support for the products it sells from the other.

SCM Microsystems will be able to sell Reiner SCT’s Class 3 smart card readers, which are compliant to the digital signature law of the German government and used in enterprise and financial applications where a high degree of security is required. Additionally, SCM will be able to sell transaction number (TAN) generators for financial and enterprise network access from the German-based Reiner SCT.

Reiner SCT will extend its product portfolio with proven Class 1 smart card readers and multi-functional tokens from SCM Microsystems. Additionally, the company gains the advantage of SCM’s broad experience with smart card reader implementations around the world.

“We are really pleased to be able to work with SCM Microsystems for this exchange,” said Carsten Sommer, chief executive officer of Reiner SCT. “Their high quality product offerings and strong international presence balance our depth in the German market. We have an ideal opportunity to create synergy with this cooperation, and to offer solutions for virtually any application to our customers.”

“With Reiner SCT we found a partner whose solutions perfectly complement our product portfolio and whose market knowledge provides valuable insight. Both our customers and theirs will benefit from the expanded set of solutions we are now able to offer,” said Manfred Müller, executive vice president, strategic sales and business development of SCM Microsystems.

About SCM Microsystems
SCM Microsystems is a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World by enabling people to conveniently access digital content and services. The company develops, markets and sells the industry’s broadest range of contact and contactless smart card reader technology for secure PC, payment systems, network and physical access, and digital media readers for transfer of digital content to OEM customers in the government, financial, enterprise, consumer electronics and photographic equipment markets worldwide. Global headquarters are in Ismaning, Germany. For additional information, visit the SCM Microsystems web site at www.scmmicro.com.

About Reiner SCT Kartengeräte GmbH & Co. KG
The Black Forest-based technology company Reiner SCT has been developing, manufacturing and selling chip card readers and software solutions for the construction of IT security infrastructures since 1997. Reiner SCT, based in Furtwangen in Germany’s Black Forest, is part of the globally operating Reiner Group, family-owned since 1913.The company’s product range focuses on various fields of the economy: banking (online banking, electronic signature), the health sector (health insurance cards) and trade and industry (time registration). Reiner SCT is engaged in making added-value solutions within the banking sector more popular, e.g. the money card, as well as pressing ahead with innovate solutions, e.g. the health insurance card.

Reiner SCT’s cyberJack family provides a targeted selection of certified chip card readers. The chip card reader manufacturer also combines electronics, software and solid mechanics into reliable and innovative individual technology solutions. Furthermore Reiner SCT offers the wide time registration portfolio, timeCard, for small and medium-sized businesses.

Press contacts:

Reiner SCT
Kartengeräte GmbH und Co. KG
Carsten Sommer
Geschäftsführer
Goethestr. 14
D-78120 Furtwangen
Phone: +49-7723-5056-0
Fax: +49-7723-5056-78
Mail: csommer(at)reiner-sct.com
www.reiner-sct.com

Fink & Fuchs
Public Relations AG
Brian Patrick Rothwell
Berliner Straße 164
D-65205 Wiesbaden
Phone: +49-611-74131-16
Fax: +49-611-74131-22
Mail:patrick.rothwell(at)ffpr.de
www.ffpr.de

SCM Microsystems GmbH
Annika Oelsner
Oskar-Messter-Straße 13
D-85737 Ismaning bei München
Phone: +49 89 9595-5220
Fax: +49 89 9595-595220
Mail: aoelsner(at)scmmicro.de
Internet: www.scmmicro.com

SCM Microsystems US
Darby Dye
41740 Christy Street
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Phone: +1 510-249-4883
Mail: ddye(at)scmmicro.com