Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 5th, 2010: American Banknote S.A. (Bovespa: ABNB3) (“ABnote” or “Company”), the leader in solutions involving plastic cards, identification systems and printing services in South America, hereby announces that its Board of Directors approved the acquisition from SanDisk Corporation of its Spanish subsidiary Microeletrónica Española S.A.U. (“MEE”).

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