CERTICOM TO HOLD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Mississauga, Ontario, (September 16, 2008) – Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC)

Webcast Link

Annual General Meeting

September 24, 2008, 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT)

Hosted by

Jeffrey Chisholm, Chairman of the Board of Directors;

Karna Gupta, Chief Executive Officer

Location

TSX Brodacast and Conference Centre

The Gallery

The Exchange Tower

130 King Street West, Toronto

Following the formal part of the meeting, there will be a presentation by management and a question and answer session. A live audio webcast of the meeting and accompanying slides will be available on the company’s website at www.certicom.com.

About Certicom

Certicom manages and protects the value of content, applications and devices with government-approved security. Adopted by the National Security Agency (NSA) for government communications, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provides the most security per bit of any known public-key scheme. As the global leader in ECC, Certicom’s security offerings are currently licensed to hundreds of multinational technology companies, including IBM, General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle and Research In Motion. Founded in 1985, Certicom’s corporate offices are in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada with worldwide sales and marketing headquarters in Reston, Virginia and offices in Europe and Asia. Visit www.certicom.com

Certicom, Certicom Security Architecture, Certicom Trust Infrastructure, Certicom CodeSign, Certicom KeyInject, Security Builder, Security Builder API, Security Builder BSP, Security Builder Crypto, Security Builder ETS, Security Builder GSE, Security Builder IPSec, Security Builder NSE, Security Builder PKI and Security Builder SSL are trademarks or registered trademarks of Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information subject to change.

For more information, please contact:

Investors and Financial Analysts:

Media:

Hervé Séguin

John Callahan

Chief Financial Officer

Director, Public Relations & Marketing Communications

Certicom Corp.

Certicom Corp.

(905) 501-3827

(703) 234-2357

hseguin@certicom.com

jcallahan@certicom.com