PRESS RELEASE

Paris, 28 July 2016

Business & Decision Group, the international Consulting and Systems Integration Company, announces consolidated revenue of €117.0m for the first half of 2016. This presents a 3.2% growth over the comparative period of 2015. At constant exchange rates and structure, revenue growth is 5.7%.

(in €m)

H1

2016

H1

2015

(published)

Var.

Var. (At constant exchange rates and structure)

Revenue

117,0

113,3

3.2%

5.7%

Christophe Dumoulin, Chairman & CEO of Business & Decision, comments: 'The first half of 2016 is marked by continued growth at significant levels. In particular, we achieved success in the wide area of Data Management, based on major investments during recent months and years. Our sales performance of the first months of the year was also accompanied by sustained action to streamline and optimize our organization to reduce costs and improve profitability for the future.'

Revenue by geographical area

The French operations recorded H1 revenue of €70.6m representing 60% of the Group's activity. Revenue growth is 5.9% compared to H1 2015.

International operations, representing 40% of the Group's activity, amounted revenue of € 46.4 million. It is stable compared to the revenue published for the first half 2015, and shows the impact of the sale of the ERP business in the second quarter of 2016. At constant exchange rates and structure, growth in revenue is 5.3%. The activities in Belgium and Luxembourg experienced significant growth with major sales performance.

Revenue by service line

(in % of Revenue)

H1 2016

H1 2015

BI

66%

65%

CRM

16%

16%

e-Business

18%

19%

Business Intelligence represents 66% of H1 consolidated revenue with a growth of 3.9% compared to H1 2015.

CRM services represent 16% of total H1 revenue of the Group growing by 3.5% in comparison with H1 2015.

Activities related to e-Business, with 18% of the H1 revenue of the Group, present a limited growth of 0.7% compared to Q1 2015.

Outlook

2016 should be broadly characterized by continued growth, especially in regional branches in France and in the recently launched business in the UK. The Group pursues its investments in recruitments to strengthen its expertise in its markets and undertakes program to rationalize its portfolio of innovations and services around the two major development areas that are Data Management and Customer Experience.

Upcoming Financial Dates

31 August 2016: 2016 first half results at 5:35 pm

6 September 2015: Analysts & investors meeting at 5:30 pm, Paris

27 October 2015: 2016 third quarter revenue at 5:35 pm

31 January 2017: 2016 full year revenue at 5:35 pm

About Business & Decision

Business & Decision, an international Consulting and Systems Integration company, is a leader in Business Intelligence (BI) and CRM, and a major player in e-Business. We leverage a unique combination of technical, functional and industry specialization, as well as partnerships with all of the key software vendors, to deliver maximum-value projects and help clients break through barriers to innovation such as Big Data and digital transformation. Business & Decision operates in 15 countries and employs over 2,500 people in France and worldwide.

Additional information is available at www.group.businessdecision.com

CONTACT

Safa Baghai

Business & Decision

Tel: +33 (0)1 56 21 21 20

finance@businessdecision.com

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