H1 2016 Sales

+7% to EUR 8.9m - Seite 2

Over the first half of the year, SuperSonic Imagine confirmed the upturn in its priority markets, the United States, France and China, with growth rates of +50% (direct sales), +47% and +12% respectively. These three markets accounted for 67% of total sales over the first six months of 2016 (vs. 62% in H1 2015). Service sales increased by +23% and now accounts for 11% of total sales compared to 10% the same period last year.

Q2 2016 saw a slight decline in sales of -1% to EUR 5.0m (0% at constant currency), following a 1^st quarter of 2016 that saw sales grow by +21% to EUR 3.9m (vs. EUR 3.2m, +19% at constant currency). This Q2 decline vs. Q2 2015 was primarily due to a decrease in Asia (excluding China) and in Europe (excluding France). Over the same period, China recorded a +19% increase in sales and accounted for 29% of total sales versus 24% a year earlier. In the United States, the growth was due to the Company's direct sales team primarily in the Breast and Liver space. In Europe, France also recorded a good first half thanks to the performance of its direct sales network.

Elisabeth Winter, SuperSonic Imagine's Finance Director, says: "We are pursuing our focus on the main growth areas in terms of regions and applications, following a strong first quarter. At the same time, we are continuing to implement tighter cost controls in response to the mixed growth rates recorded over the first half of the year."

Other revenue essentially comes from access to the Group's technology. This non-recurrent revenue is not written down as sales, insofar as it is not part of its core activity.

Next press financial release: H1 2016 results will be published on September 12, 2016

About SuperSonic Imagine

Founded in 2005 and based in Aix-en-Provence (France), SuperSonic Imagine is a company specializing in medical imaging. The company designs, develops and markets a revolutionary ultrasound system, Aixplorer^®, with an UltraFast™ platform that can acquire images 200 times faster than conventional ultrasound systems. In addition to providing exceptional image quality, this unique technology is the foundation of several innovations which have changed the paradigm of ultrasound imaging: ShearWave™ Elastography (SWE™), UltraFast™ Doppler and more recently Angio PL.U.S - Planewave UltraSensitive™ Imaging.