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AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), the world’s leading provider of smart fingerprint solutions, today announced that CEO Scott Moody and CFO Gary Larsen will present at the Barclays Capital Global Technology Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. AuthenTec is scheduled to present at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) on Tuesday, December 8, 2009.

Portfolio managers and analysts who wish to request a meeting with management should contact Justine Caguiat of Barclays Capital at 212-526-7147 or justine.caguiat@barclayscapital.com : mailto:justine.caguiat@barclayscapital.com .

A live Web cast of AuthenTec’s presentation may be accessed at the Company’s Web site at investors.authentec.com. Access to the replay will be available one hour after the live Web cast.



About AuthenTec

AuthenTec brings multiple touch-powered features including navigation, personalization,

convenience and security to 50 million PCs and peripherals, cell phones and other products. The Company’s newest generation of smart sensors, software and TrueSuite™ client applications give users secure one-touch access to their favorite websites, online social networks and digital identity. AuthenTec has the broadest product and patent portfolio in the industry today, and helps enable the Power of Touch ® for millions of people at home, at work or on the move. For more information, visit  www.authentec.com : or follow us at twitter.com/authentecnews : .



Investor Contact:Shelton Group Investor RelationsLeanne

K. Sievers, 949-224-3874Executive Vice President, Investor
Relations lsievers@sheltongroup.com : mailto:lsievers@sheltongroup.com orMedia

Contact:AuthenTecBrent Dietz, 321-308-1320Director
of Communications brent.dietz@authentec.com : mailto:brent.dietz@authentec.com