L-1 Identity Solutions Receives $6.3M in Purchase Orders from the Department of State for U.S. Passport Printers

Business Wire, Jan 22, 2008

Printers to be Used in Arizona and Arkansas Mega-Processing Centers Capable of Producing Millions of Passports Annually

STAMFORD, Conn. -- L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:ID) a leading provider of identity solutions and services, announced that it has received $6.3 million in new purchase orders from the Department of State (DoS) for passport printers. The orders were received by L-1's wholly owned subsidiary Trans Digital Technologies Corporation. The printers will enable DoS to produce the estimated 22 million passports to be supplied to American citizens in 2008.

The new printers are expected to be in operation by June 2008 in both the recently opened Arkansas location and the newly announced location in Arizona. These mega-processing centers represent a dynamic, new approach to the production of passports for Americans. Other domestic passport agencies will electronically transmit approved applications to Arizona and Arkansas Passport Centers, which are dedicated solely to printing and mailing out large quantities of passports. For example, the Arkansas Passport Center, according to the DoS, can produce more than 10 million passports per year*. By centralizing passport printing, the DoS will focus resources at other agencies on processing and adjudicating more passport applications.

"These orders demonstrate the continued confidence that the DoS maintains in L-1 as DoS looks to improve the efficiency of passport issuance operations as demand for passport production rises to record levels," said Leo Sullivan, President of the Secure Credentialing Division of L-1 Identity Solutions. "L-1 has more than 20 years of experience in developing the most secure credentialing solutions possible and will deliver a highly readable and tamper-resistant passport that the DoS can be assured is protected against sophisticated threats of counterfeiting and forgery."

L-1 is the exclusive provider of passport personalization for the U.S. Department of State and the sole provider of the State Department visa issuance system. L-1 also serves as the production platform for the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC).

About L-1 Identity Solutions

L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ID), together with its portfolio of companies, offers a comprehensive set of products and solutions for protecting and securing personal identities and assets. Leveraging the industry's most advanced multi-modal biometric platform for finger, face and iris recognition, our solutions provide a circle of trust around all aspects of an identity and the credentials assigned to it -- including proofing, enrollment, issuance and usage. With the trust and confidence in individual identities provided by L-1 Identity Solutions, government entities, law enforcement and border management agencies, and commercial enterprises can better guard the public against global terrorism, crime and identity theft fostered by fraudulent identity. L-1 Identity Solutions is headquartered in Stamford, CT. For more information, visit www.L1ID.com.

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* Department of State Media Note, Office of the Spokesman, Washington, DC, May 23, 2007, "Passport Production at Record Levels to Meet Demand"