Director/PDMR Shareholding

ADVANCED SMARTCARD TECHNOLOGIES PLC
                                 (the "Company")
                                     (SMRT)

                        TRANSACTIONS IN DIRECTORS' SHARES

9 January 2007

Advanced  Smartcard  Technologies plc was informed on 8 January  2007  that  the
following directors had gifted ordinary shares of 0.03p each to immediate family
members  -  who are not considered connected persons under section  346  of  the
Companies Act 1985 - again, on the 8 January 2007;


Name of director              No of shares       % of issued share
                                 gifted              capital


B Hochfield                     1,000,000              0.42%


S Naylor                          660,000              0.28%


As  a  result  of the above gift, Mr Hochfield is now interested  in  31,276,706
Ordinary  Shares  in the Company - representing 13.04% of the  Company's  issued
share capital. Mr Naylor is now interested in 33,829,834 ordinary shares in  the
Company - equivalent to 14.10% of the issued share capital of the Company.


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Enquiries:

Advanced Smartcard Technologies plc         01355 268521
David Braddock, Chief Executive
Stephen Naylor, Finance Director
Website www.astplc.com