Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 9, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Identive Group Inc. (the "Company") approved option grants to and changes to the compensation of certain executive officers of the Company.

The Committee approved a discretionary grant of an option to purchase 50,000 shares to each of the following executive officers: Jason Hart, Executive Vice President Identity Management and Cloud Solutions; Manfred Mueller, Executive Vice President and COO, Identification Products; Joseph Tassone, Executive Vice President Technology and Product Management; and David Wear, Chief Financial Officer. Each option vests over a four year period, with 25% of the shares subject to the option vesting after one year and the remaining shares vesting 1/36th per month for the following three years.

In addition, the Committee approved an increase in the annual base salary of Mr. Tassone from $200,000 to $225,000, with effect from January 1, 2013.

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