Simavita Limited: North American Sales and Marketing Update

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - July 30, 2015) - Simavita Limited (TSX VENTURE:SV)(ASX:SVA) -

Highlights:

• New SIM™ business model in place and well accepted, with first customer agreements in place and further contracts in pipeline.
• Two Canadian distribution partners appointed following the successful signing of first Canadian customers.
• Simavita executes addendum agreement with Medline, modifying the exclusive distribution rights of Medline and extending US sales reach for Simavita's Smart Incontinence Management (SIM™) platform.

Simavita Limited ("Simavita" or the "Company"), a global leader in the digital healthcare sector, is pleased to provide an update on recent changes to its North American sales and marketing strategy, and an update regarding the sale and distribution of the Company's Smart Incontinence Management (SIM™) platform in Canada.

SaaS model roll out

Simavita has initiated the roll out of its "Software as a Service" (SaaS) business model. Under this new model, customers now contract with Simavita on an annual basis for the ability to use SIM™ throughout that year. Each customer pays a fixed, monthly or quarterly fee for which it receives access to Simavita's proprietary software, together with an agreed number of assessments and the accompanying hardware. Additional assessments and other consumables may be purchased, as needed, from Simavita separately at an agreed price.

The SaaS model provides customers with the benefits of a regular, predictable, all-encompassing fee for SIM™, enabling them to include the associated costs into their budgetary framework with a greater degree of certainty. For many customers, this model has the added advantage of being similar to the way in which they purchase other services used in the long-term care industry and has been well received.

The SaaS model provides Simavita with a contracted and predictable revenue stream that will increase as additional customers sign up for the use of SIM™.

To better support North American distribution under the SaaS model, Simavita has now established a core team of experienced sales and marketing professionals in the US, led by Chris Southerland, V.P. Sales and Marketing.
Simavita is pleased to announce that it has now executed agreements with its first US and Canadian customers under the new SaaS model. Negotiations with other potential customers are underway as the Company's North American sales pipeline continues to grow.

Appointment of new Canadian distribution partners

Simavita has recently executed binding terms sheets with two Canadian distribution partners: Medline Canada Corporation of Oakville, Ontario (an associate of Medline Industries, Inc.) and MedProDirect Inc., of Mississauga, Ontario. These appointments follow the successful signing of the Company's first Canadian customers.

Under these agreements, each of the distributors has been granted non-exclusive rights to sell and distribute SIM™ in the Canadian market. In order to commence the sales and marketing process, Medline Canada will place an initial order of SIM™ products.

"We are very pleased to have signed agreements with Medline Canada and MedPro that will enable us to start the sale and distribution of SIM™ in the significant Canadian aged care market," said Mrs. Lewis.

Medline Industries, Inc.

In order to more rapidly and widely deploy SIM™ in the US market, Simavita and Medline have agreed to vary their distribution agreement such that Medline will transition to a non-exclusive distribution arrangement. While the distribution relationship with Medline will continue to be an important one for Simavita, this transition will allow Simavita to also commence independent sales and marketing activities immediately, and also to engage with additional third party distributors over time.

Simavita CEO, Philippa Lewis commented "Simavita and Medline have worked hard to ensure that this variation to our distribution agreement continues to deliver value to both companies and their customers. By introducing the ability for Simavita to sell directly into the market, we are able to supplement Medline's efforts and will be better placed to roll out more contracts across the massive US market. We are confident that the revised agreement is good for both parties."

Audio commentary

Investors interested in hearing Simavita's CEO, Philippa Lewis, discuss the topics covered in this announcement are invited to listen to an audio recording, which is available by copying the following link into your browser:

http://brrmedia.com/event/140002

For further information, see our website (www.simavita.com) or contact the persons outlined below.

About Simavita

Simavita is a digital healthcare company that has developed an innovative software platform. The first application for the platform is a world first solution for the management of urinary incontinence, with a focus on the elderly. This platform technology is an instrumented incontinence assessment application that provides evidence-based incontinence management care plans to the residential aged care market.

About SIM™

SIM™ is a wireless sensor technology that delivers evidence-based instrument incontinence data on individuals. SIM™ provides user friendly tools and software to assess the incontinence condition and to help plan better outcomes. SIM™ is used to detect, record and report incontinence events during a compulsory or recommended assessment period in residential aged care facilities to develop an evidence-based incontinence care plan.

Conducting assessments is mandatory in many countries and the incontinence assessment creates an influential element of care of each individual. For more information on Simavita or SIM™, please visit www.simavita.com.

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