Annual Ordinary Shareholders Meeting

Luxembourg - April 26, 2005 - Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world's leading provider of smart card enabled solutions, held its annual ordinary general shareholders meeting today.

All of the resolutions submitted to the ordinary general meeting, including the 2004 financial statements of the Group, were approved by a large majority.

Mr. Dominique Vignon, Chairman of the Board, stated: " In 2004, Gemplus was back on a growth trend, and the outlook of the Company is promising. Driven by best practices in Corporate Governance, the Board of Directors fully supports the management team, and will contribute to the development of Gemplus. "

About Gemplus
Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP) is the world's leading player in the smart card industry in both revenue and total shipments (source: Gartner-Dataquest (2004), Frost & Sullivan, Datamonitor). It has sold over 5 billion smart cards.

With security at its core, and 2400 patents and patent applications produced by its innovative R&D team, Gemplus delivers a wide range of portable, personalized solutions in areas including Identity, Mobile Telecommunications, Public Telephony, Banking, Retail, Transport, Healthcare, WLAN, Pay-TV, e-government, and access control.

Gemplus' revenue in 2004 was 865 million Euros.

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For more information

Jane Strachey
Gemplus Press Relations
Tel: +33 (0) 4 42 36 46 61
Mob : +33 (0) 6 76 49 35 93
Email: jane.strachey@gemplus.com

Celine Berthier
Gemplus Investor Relations
Tel: +41 22 544 5065
Email: celine.berthier@gemplus.com

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