VeriTeQ to Host Conference Call on October 21, 2013 at 10 am to Update Investors on Recent Corporate Events

Digital Angel Corporation (“Digital Angel” or the “Company”) (OTC Markets: DIGA), a provider of implantable medical device identification and radiation dose measurement technologies, following its recent share exchange with VeriTeQ Acquisition Corporation (“VeriTeQ”), announced today that it will host a conference call on Monday, October 21, 2013, at 10 a.m. ET to update investors on recent corporate events.

Interested participants should call (800) 219-3192 within the United States or (617) 597-5412 internationally. Please use passcode 96570958#.

For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay will be available from October 21 at 9 a.m. ET to October 29 at 11:59 p.m. ET. For the replay, dial (888) 286-8010 within the United States or (617) 801-6888 internationally, using access code 86095249. For those unable to participate in the conference call, a digitized replay will be available 24 hours following the conference call on the Company’s website at www.veriteqcorp.com.

About Digital Angel and VeriTeQ

Digital Angel, through its VeriTeQ wholly-owned subsidiary, develops innovative, proprietary RFID technologies for implantable medical device identification, and dosimeter technologies for use in radiation therapy treatment. VeriTeQ offers the world's first FDA cleared RFID microchip technology that can be used to identify implantable medical devices, in vivo, on demand, at the point of care. VeriTeQ's dosimeters provide patient safety mechanisms while measuring and recording the dose of radiation delivered to a patient in real time. For more information on VeriTeQ, please visit www.veriteqcorp.com.

Statements in this press release about our future expectations constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and our actual results could differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the ability to promptly and effectively integrate the businesses of Digital Angel and VeriTeQ; VeriTeQ’s ability to target the UDI sector and medical device manufacturers; VeriTeQ’s ability to raise capital; as well as other risks. Additional information about these and other factors may be described in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission The Company undertakes no obligation to update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this statement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.