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Provision of secure transaction systems and services to the international banking, telphony, retail, and security markets, using a range of smart and magnetic card solutions

In the recent Agm the chairman said "the company has made a positive start to the financial year and the board remains optimistic about prospects for the business."

Pre-tax losses have also nearly halved from 6.4 mln to a loss of 3.4 mln on cost cutting. They have also had a successful fund raising.

Also chart indicators show that it may be time for the next leg upwards past recent resistance at 7.5p. and please remember you are responsible for the timing of your own buying and selling actions.




gf.

Stick with this one on the up. Looks undervaluedhttp://news.independent.co.uk/business/citywire/story.jsp?story=530510

Yet more evidence to remain very bullish about IDD
Iam definately holding on to my shares in this one

Cant make up my mind weather to add to IDD, this share moves very slow

Institutions appear to think ID Data is smart
Published: 14:38 Fri 11 June 2004
By Joanne Wallen, Associate Editor


Institutional investors seem happy to value ID Data at 7p per share even if the rest of the market is lacking in such confidence, but today's placing and acquisition add power to the smart card maker's story.
ID Data (IDD) is funding the acquisition of CardBase Technologies through a placing of 32.6 million shares at 7p, a considerable premium to where the shares were trading yesterday at just 4.88p.
This is the second time in the past three months that ID has raised cash at 7p, the first being in March when it bought card maker Mids & Horsey.
The company is paying 2.28 million for CardBase. CardBase's existing institutional shareholders are also subscribing for 10.9 million ID data shares at 7p, giving the company an additional 770,000 of working capital.
CardBase has developed card management software for smart cards, the chip-based cards that should by next year be used by all major banks. Any issuer of smart cards will need a card management system, and this includes the government if it goes ahead with the national identity card scheme.
Cox presented the ID Data solution for the identity card scheme a couple of weeks ago at a conference run by IT trade association Intellect and attended by Home Office and industry personnel to debate the next steps for ID cards in the UK.
Winning a contract to supply cards for the national ID project would clearly be a major coup for ID Data, and Cox believes the company has exactly the right technology for the job.
Cox reckons CardBase, a Dublin-based business, has had investment of some 30 million to date and has some 'very good products' that are a 'very good fit' with what ID Data does. He says the companies products are just what are needed by ID Data's customers.
Cox pointed out that AIM-listed Intercede, a CardBase competitor, has similar turnover and losses (CardBase turned over 1.38 million with losses of 1.1 million in the year to December) and is currently valued at about 8.5 million
CardBase has some high profile customers, including one of Europe's leading central banks, which uses its digital certificates software as part of its public key infrastructure (PKI) security system. British Airways also uses CardBase to provide smart card-based ex-gratia payments to passengers and crew that have been unable to get on over-booked flights.
'This acquisition takes us up the value chain and gives us more intellectual property,' said Cox.
As to actually selling the cards, things are apparently starting to pick up. The company announced at the end of April that it was negotiating the final stages of a deal with GE Capital to supply, personalise and distribute all GE Capital store cards in the UK. The agreement is expected to last two years and to generate additional annual revenues for ID Data of between 1.5 million and 2 million.
There should also be some further news of progress next week.
Shares are currently up 0.25p at 5.125p, valuing ID Data at 14 million.

Citywire Verdict:
It has been a hard slog for ID Data, but also for all of its larger smart card competitors.
Smart cards are gradually now starting to replace magnetic cards for banking purposes, and chip and PIN, where customers enter their PIN code at the point of sale, is starting to be adopted by UK banks and retailers
his should gather momentum as the 2005 deadline imposed by MasterCard and Visa on UK banks approaches.
We tipped ID Data at 4p in August last year for the high-risk punter only, and so far shareholders have had a bit of a roller coaster ride.
The shares may well have been held back by the number of institutions that have been made 'insiders' over the past few months with the recent deals pending, and who therefore have been unable to trade in the shares. It is possible that this situation will rectify itself after next week, but in reality the main thing that will put some momentum into the share price will be strong contract news.
Certainly worth holding on, and for those prepared to take a punt, it should be worth picking up some shares now at a 21% discount to what the institutions have paid. But we have said all along that the jury is still out on this one and it may remain out for a little longer yet.


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goldfinger - 14 Oct'03 - 09:21 - 2 of 265

Its started very well again this morning and is well up. Next resistance point on the carts is 25p, yes 25p. Should be shed loads to come.



Did you hold for 25p or sell g/f?

Well known fact that I have sold all my tech shares and did warn months ago, on the worsening geopolital outlook and world interest rate rises and inflation.

I made a fantastic return mind.

I also informed all posters on the GF thread that I was actually doing that, and repositioning the portfolio, and I happen to think thats a very responsible action rather hanging onto momentum led tech shares in the dodgy markets we have had over the last few months. Mind I expect the majority of people have taken my lead, my appoligies thirdeye if you did not have the foresight to do that in this stock. Remember I always give a warning that a poster is responsible for their own timing of there buying and selling actions.

GF.

Is this company making any money or are they running at a loss. Do they have large borrowings, in other words are they worth buying. Your views would be appreciated.

GF-no need for appologies or explanations you just have to look back,as you said to your other comments.Value your input on these pages(freedom of speach and all that),but...........can you change the heading 'upside from ..'has been annoying over last few months-lol
cheers
mick

IDD wins Citibank contract and extends PO bank contract
More good news !
Good luck to all holders of IDD

ID Data PLC
14 June 2004

Press Release 14 June 2004


ID Data wins Citibank and extends EDS Post Office bank contract



ID Data plc, the smart-card systems company, has won an exclusive contract to
design, develop and personalise Citibank chip-and-pin cards for the UK market,
enabling Citibank, the world's largest card issuer, radically to reduce the risk
of fraud. The exclusive contract, which will generate additional revenues for
ID Data of between 2 million to 3 million over the initial two years of the
contract, covers 'Citibank' debit and credit cards.



Further to its announcement of 29 April 2004, ID Data has also now begun
production for GE Capital, the UK's biggest store-card supplier.



ID Data also announces the extension of the contract with Electronic Data
Systems ('EDS') to supply chip cards for the Post Office Card Account ('POCA').
The contract will now run until April 2010 and the extension will generate an
additional 8 million of revenue.



POCA has gained approximately 4 million users since its launch in April 2003 and
has grown in acceptance as recipients of Government benefits adopt 'smart cards'
offering banking type services to a wider audience. It is estimated that over
the life of the contract, there could be up to 19 million POCA cards in use to
manage benefits and pension payments.



Peter Cox, Chief Executive, ID Data, said: 'Citibank is a world leader in
credit, store and debit cards and this win strengthens our objective of becoming
a leader in card supply to European financial services. With Citibank and GE
Capital as clients, we will now be servicing the two world leaders in retail
credit.



'The extension of the POCA contract so early in the relationship rewards our
performance on this important project, the UK Government's largest smart-card
initiative, and could assist us in becoming a potential supplier of the proposed
UK National ID Card.



'These contracts, together with ID Data software solutions currently being
implemented by Capital One and Abbey for their chip-card deliveries, shows we
are gaining recognition as a supplier to the global banking sector, to which we
have delivered more than 17 million chip cards to date.



'ID Data is developing its technology base and with the recently announced
acquisition of CardBASE, we are very well positioned to now not only tackle the
card issue but also the back office management of the mass roll out of Chip and
PIN cards.



'A major strength of our marketing proposition in card supply within the
financial sector is our Joint Venture with Toshiba, a large producer of silicon
chips. This relationship will protect us from any potential scarcity of silicon
as demand increases with the global deployment of bank and GSM smart cards.



'The Citibank, GE Capital and POCA contracts build ID Data's recurring revenue
and confirm the Company's ability to win and retain significant business in the
financial retail sector.'



The Citibank contract will be processed through ID Data's new Financial Services
Centre of Excellence based in Petersfield, Hampshire.





For further information, please contact:
ID Data plc
Peter Cox, Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 1536 207 000
Email: peter.cox@id-data.co.uk www.id-data.co.uk
Media enquiries:
Bankside
Peter Curtain / Heather Salmond Tel: +44 (0) 20 7444 4140
Email: heather.salmond@bankside.com www.bankside.com

Notes to Editors:

ID Data plc (the 'Company') is a significant supplier of secure-transaction
systems and smart-card services to the international telephony, banking, retail,
and secure-access sectors. The Company's strategy, to move from commodity
products to value-added services and solutions, has created a solid platform on
which to build further growth. The Company's clients have included EDS (Post
Office Counters), Barclaycard, Lloyds TSB, Vodafone, Nectar, Tesco, the
Automobile Association, Esso / ExxonMobil and, in Poland, the Premium Club
loyalty card scheme. The Company has formed agreements with major global
corporations to facilitate rapid market development including partnerships with
the Japanese companies Toshiba and Toppan. The Company has delivered in excess
of 17 million chip cards to the banking market in the UK. The Company was
founded in 1988 and was listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in
October 2000.


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are we to see 7p to match new float price? heading rapidly that direction ;o}}

Up 17% to 6p

looking at no. of sells lots investors think NOT !!!!!!!

I picked them as my second Stockpick at4.5.My previous posts referred
to 20p overpriced.However,they came down so low I felt they were underpriced.
rgds aj

Nice to see blue again

Next stop at least 7p?

5.88.I think profit taking has kept it so low as excellent press release.
rgds aj

Fickle round here init lost most Mon. gain allready,

Why worry what negative holders think of an excellent press release?
rgds aj