Oslo, 22 December 2021: Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements by
NEXT Biometrics Group ASA ("NEXT" or the "Company") on 12 May regarding the
Annual General meeting authorizing the company's board of directors authority to
issue options to management and key employees.

The following primary insiders in the Company have been granted additional share
options:
-Ulf Ritsvall (SVP Sales and Marketing) has been granted 100,000 share options
in the Company, following which he holds in total 400,000 share options.

50% of the awarded options vest in the third calendar quarter of 2022 and the
remaining 50% vest in the third calendar quarter of 2023. The date of expiry for
all vested options is the date falling 36 months after the date of initial grant
for the 2021 option program (25 May 2021). Any options that are not exercised
at, or prior to, this date will elapse.

The exercise price of the share options shall be equal to the average volume
weighted market price of the Company's shares over the last five trading days
prior to the date of grant, being NOK 6.65.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Article
19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation and section 5-12 of the Norwegian
Securities Trading Act.

NEXT Investor contact:
Peter Heuman (CEO), peter.heuman@nextbiometrics.com
Eirik Underthun (CFO), eirik.underthun@nextbiometrics.com

About NEXT Biometrics
NEXT provides advanced fingerprint sensor technology that delivers uncompromised
security and accuracy for the best possible user experience in the smart card,
government ID, access control and notebook markets. The company's patented NEXT
Active ThermalTM principle allows the development of large, high quality
fingerprint sensors in both rigid and flexible formats. NEXT Biometrics Group
ASA (www.nextbiometrics.com) is headquartered in Oslo, with sales, support and
development operations in Seattle, Taipei, Bengaluru and Shanghai.

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