Certicom protects the value of your content, applications and devices with government-approved security. Adopted by the National Security Agency (NSA) for classified and sensitive but unclassified government communications, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provides the most security per bit of any known public-key scheme. As the undisputed leader in ECC, Certicom security offerings are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion and Unisys, IBM, Continental Airlines, Aristocrat Technologies, Cavium, XM, Bally Technology, General Electric, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Mitre, L-3, Phillips, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Nortel. Founded in 1985, Certicom's corporate offices are in Mississauga, ON, Canada, with worldwide sales headquarters in Reston, VA and offices in the US, Canada and Europe.

Certicom has a strong competitive edge in its target markets, for a number of reasons:

• We have one of the best R&D teams in the industry;
• We are recognized as a market leader in ECC, which is increasingly accepted across a number of industries as the standard for securing information;
• We hold over 450 patents and patents pending worldwide;
• Our security solutions are designed for constrained devices, such as wireless handhelds, without compromising speed or functionality;
• Highly skilled professional services- offering audit, design, development and implementation consulting and services;
• Our award-winning technology and products are standards-based, extensible for the future and meet stringent government requirements.
• We've partnered with some of the leading companies in the embedded space to provide customers with the most comprehensive solutions; and
• With the selection of ECC by the NSA to secure sensitive but unclassified data within the U.S. government in February 2005 and the NSA decision in October 2003 to license Certicom patents and make ECC a crucial technology for mission critical national security information, ECC technology is now the standard to secure all classified and unclassified U.S. government communications.

Other business and financial reasons include:

• Certicom has a strong debt free balance sheet with in excess of US$30 million in cash and investments;
• Certicom has identified a 5 year addressable market totaling US$6 billion.