Bob LaPenta Purchases 300,000 Shares of Identix Common Stock

Mr. Robert V. LaPenta, the founder and CEO of L-1Investment Partners, LLC and the Chairman of Board of Viisage (Nasdaq:VISG), today purchased 300,000 shares of Identix (Nasdaq: IDNX) commonstock in open market transactions. Combined with an earlier purchaseof 300,000 shares on February 15, 2006, Mr. LaPenta currently has atotal of 600,000 Identix shares. Mr. LaPenta, who will become chairmanand CEO of the combined company following the merger between Viisageand Identix, reaffirmed his commitment to the ongoing transactionwhich is scheduled to close in late June or early third quarter 2006.

L-1 is a private investment management firm founded by Bob LaPentain June 2005. The company acquires, or makes significant investmentsin, well-positioned public and private companies to build them intoindustry leaders through collaborative development and aggressivegrowth strategies. Mr. LaPenta has more than 30 years of executivemanagement experience, completing more than 60 acquisitions andcreating billions of dollars of shareholder wealth.