CERTICOM TO HOLD THIRD QUARTER FISCAL 2005 CONFERENCE CALL

Mississauga, Ontario (February 21, 2005) --- Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC), the authority for strong, efficient cryptography, today announced it will hold a conference call and webcast on March 3, 2005 at 10 a.m. (ET) to discuss the company’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2005 ended January 31, 2005.

A press release announcing the company’s results for the third quarter of fiscal 2005 will be issued on March 3, 2005 at approximately 7 a.m. (ET).

The call will be hosted by Ian McKinnon, President and Chief Executive Officer and Hervé Séguin, Chief Financial Officer. Following the call, there will be a question and answer session with analysts and investors.

The numbers to call to listen to the teleconference are 416-640-4127 or 1-800-814-4859. To access the simultaneous live audio webcast and supporting slides, please visit www.certicom.com. Participants will require Windows Media Player™, which can be downloaded prior to accessing the call.

A taped rebroadcast will be available to listeners following the call until March 10, 2005 at midnight. To access the rebroadcast, please dial 1-877-289-8525 or 416-640-1917 and quote the passcode 21114349#.

About Certicom
Certicom Corp. (TSX:CIC) is the authority for strong, efficient cryptography required by software vendors and device manufacturers to embed security in their products. Adopted by the U.S. government’s National Security Agency (NSA), Certicom technologies for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provide the most security per bit of any known public key scheme, making it ideal for constrained environments. Certicom products and services are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion, Terayon, Texas Instruments and Unisys. Founded in 1985, Certicom is headquartered in Mississauga, ON, Canada, with offices in Ottawa, ON; Reston, VA; San Mateo, CA; and London, England. Visit www.certicom.com.

For further information, please contact:

For Certicom
John Vincic	Brendan Ziolo
BarnesMcInerney Inc.	Certicom Corp.
(416) 367-5000	(613) 254-9267
jvincic@barnesmcinerney.com	bziolo@certicom.com

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Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a difference include, but are not limited to, those relating to the acceptance of mobile and wireless devices and the continued growth of e-commerce and m-commerce, the increase of the demand for mutual authentication in m-commerce transactions, the acceptance of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology as an industry standard, the market acceptance of our principal products and sales of our customer's products, the impact of competitive products and technologies, the possibility of our products infringing patents and other intellectual property of fourth parties, and costs of product development. Certicom will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect Certicom's financial results is included in the documents Certicom files from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

The shares of the company described above have been offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act. The shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. Person absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

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