CERTICOM TO HOLD SECOND QUARTER FISCAL 2004 CONFERENCE CALL

Mississauga, Ontario (December 1, 2003) --- Certicom Corporation (TSX: CIC), a leading provider of wireless security solutions, today announced it will hold a conference call and webcast on December 11, 2003 at 5 p.m. (ET) to discuss the company’s financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 ended October 31, 2003.

The call will be hosted by Ian McKinnon, President and Chief Executive Officer; Hervé Séguin, Chief Financial Officer; and Tony Rosati, Vice President, Marketing.

The numbers to call to listen to the teleconference are 416-640-4127 or 1-800-814-4861. Following management’s presentation, there will be a question and answer session for analysts and institutional investors. To access the simultaneous live audio webcast and supporting slides, please visit www.certicom.com. Participants will require Windows Media Player™, which can be downloaded prior to accessing the call.

A taped rebroadcast will be available to listeners following the call until December 18, 2003 at midnight. To access the rebroadcast, please dial 1-877-289-8525 or 416-640-1917 and quote the passcode 21026245.

About Certicom
Certicom is a leading provider of wireless security solutions, enabling developers, governments and enterprises to add strong security to their devices, networks and applications. Designed for constrained devices, Certicom’s patented technologies are unsurpassed in delivering the strongest cryptography with the smallest impact on performance and usability. Certicom products and technologies are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including Cisco Systems, Motorola, the National Security Agency, Palm, Research In Motion, Sony Ericsson and Texas Instruments. Founded in 1985, Certicom is headquartered in Mississauga, ON, Canada, with offices in Ottawa, ON; Reston, VA; San Mateo, CA; and London, England. Visit www.certicom.com.

Certicom, Security Builder, Security Builder Crypto, Security Builder SSL, Security Builder PKI, Security Builder GSE, movianVPN, movianCrypt and movianMail are trademarks or registered trademarks of Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a difference include, but are not limited to, those relating to the acceptance of mobile and wireless devices and the continued growth of e-commerce and m-commerce, the increase of the demand for mutual authentication in m-commerce transactions, the acceptance of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology as an industry standard, the market acceptance of our principal products and sales of our customer's products, the impact of competitive products and technologies, the possibility of our products infringing patents and other intellectual property of fourth parties, and costs of product development. Certicom will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect Certicom's financial results is included in the documents Certicom files from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

The shares of the company described above have been offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act. The shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. Person absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.

For further information, please contact:

     
Srah Borg-Oliver Brendan Ziolo  
The Barnes Organization Certicom Corp.  
(416) 367-5000 (613) 254-9267  
sborg-olivier@barnesir.com bziolo@certicom.com