Appointment of Chairman

Luxembourg - Monday 24 June, 2002 - Gemplus International SA (Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768 and Nasdaq: GEMP) today announces that Dominique Vignon is appointed as Chairman of the Board with immediate effect. Dominique succeeds Hasso von Falkenhausen who, as planned, now retires as Chairman and continues to serve as a non-executive Director.

Also as planned, Dr. Gilles Lisimaque has resigned from the Board upon the appointment of the new Chairman.

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Dominique Vignon

Aged 54, Dominique is a graduate of France's Ecole Polytechnique, and of the leading French Engineering School, the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He joined Electricité de France in 1975 where he was in charge of major new generation projects in France and abroad. He joined the Framatome Group in 1990 and was appointed General Manager of Nuclear Power International (NPI), the joint venture of Framatome and Siemens. In 1993, he became Chairman of the newly acquired Jeumont Industrie, and from 1995 he was appointed President of Framatome's nuclear business. In 1996, he became Chairman and CEO of the Framatome Group where he also developed its connector business (2,5 B $ in 2001), a position he held until the end of 2001.

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GEMPLUS: the world's leading provider of smart card solutions.
Gemplus helps its clients offer an exceptional range of portable, personalized solutions that bring security and convenience to people's lives. These include mobile Internet access, inter-operable banking facilities, e-commerce and a wealth of other applications.
Gemplus is the only completely dedicated, truly global player in the Smart Card industry, with the largest R&D team, unrivalled experience, and an outstanding track record of technological innovation.
In 2001, Gemplus was the world number one in chip card shipments according to Gartner-Dataquest. Based on Eurosmart estimates, Gemplus shipped 34% of the worldwide market.
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