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Cancellation of Treasury Shares


Luxembourg – March 17, 2003– Gemplus International SA (Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768,
Nasdaq: GEMP) announced the cancellation on March 10, 2003 of 30,743,679 shares, as authorized by the general meeting of shareholders held on April 17, 2002. These shares were previously held by its subsidiary Gemplus Finance SA and were returned by former CEO Mr. Antonio Perez in connection with the reimbursement of a portion of certain loans made to him in 2000 and 2001. The 30,743,679 shares represented 4.85% of the number of shares outstanding.

As a result, including the issuance of 710,150 new shares representing 0.12 % of capital resulting from the contribution in kind of shares of Gemplus S.A., the number of common shares outstanding is
now 603,537,409.
These changes have no impact on earnings per share since the weighted average number of shares
reported by the Company includes Gemplus SA shares to be contributed and is computed under the
Treasury Stock Method. The basic number of shares outstanding is stable at 606,131,987.

 
Au 31/12/2001
Au 31/12/2002
A ce jour

Number of shares outstanding
635 282 297
633 570 938
603 537 409
Gemplus SA shares to be contributed
6 114 200
4 288 150
3 578 000

Treasury shares
(35 705 936)
(31 727 101)
(983 422)

Basic number of shares outstanding
605 690 561
606 131 987
606 131 987

Contacts

Gemplus
Marielle Bricman
Tél : +33 (0) 4 42 36 55 96
Mob : +33 (0) 6 74 68 72 82
Email : marielle.bricman@gemplus.com

Euro Rscg Corporate
Estelle Griffe
Tél : +33 (0) 1 41 34 41 28
Mob : +33 (0) 6 23 75 09 23
Email : estelle.griffe@eurorscg.fr

Carine Senft
Tél : +33 (0) 1 41 34 42 23
Mob : +33 (0) 6 20 98 34 09
Email : carine.senft@eurorscg.fr

Communication financière Gemplus:
Yves Guillaumot
Tél : +41 22 544 50 65
Email : yves.guillaumot@gemplus.com

Fineo
Anne Guimard
Tél : +33 (0) 1 56 33 32 31
Email : guimard@fineo.com

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