STEMMER IMAGING

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In the first nine months of the 2017/2018 financial year, STEMMER IMAGING AG achieved EBITDA of EUR 8.25 million on the basis of adjusted figures and thus exceeded the previous year’s figure of EUR 6.11 million by 35.0 per cent. EBITDA was primarily adjusted for one-time costs totalling EUR 3.67 million; these costs mainly refer to the IPO. Consolidated revenue increased from EUR 64.4 million in the first nine months of 2016/2017 to EUR 74.5 million. The persistently high growth in the market environment for machine vision made a crucial contribution to this increase. Compared to the market as a whole, which is growing by around 10 per cent per year, STEMMER IMAGING AG has a much higher growth rate than the market average with a 15.7 per cent rise in revenue in the first nine months of the current financial year. In addition, the Group again increased its revenue growth at the end of the third quarter of 2017/2018 compared to the first half of 2017/2018 (H1 2017/2016: up 12.6 per cent).

In the third quarter, STEMMER IMAGING AG strengthened its position in the Benelux countries by acquiring the Dutch Data Vision in an asset deal effective 31st January 2018. According to preliminary calculations, Data Vision contributed EUR 1.1 million and EUR 0.14 million to revenue and EBITDA respectively in the third quarter of 2017/2018.

STEMMER IMAGING AG’s full nine-month figures for 2017/2018 will be published on 23rd May 2018.

Important Notice

This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy or subscribe for securities. The securities in the Company have already been sold. It is no longer possible to subscribe for STEMMER IMAGING AG shares via this offer. The offer in Germany was made exclusively on the basis of the published securities prospectus deposited with the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Copies of such prospectus were available free of charge at the offices at STEMMER IMAGING AG, Gutenbergstrasse 9-13 | 82178 Puchheim, Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, as well as, for viewing in electronic form, on the websites of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and STEMMER IMAGING AG in the Investor Relations section.

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