KERLINK (EPA:ALKLK) - Catherine Failliet, Seasoned Industry Leader in Water and Energy Industries, Joins Kerlink’s Board of Directors

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Catherine Failliet, Seasoned Industry Leader in Water and Energy Industries,
Joins Kerlink's Board of Directors

PRESS RELEASE

Thorigné-Fouillard, France - Oct. 1, 2019, 6:00 pm CEST - Kerlink (AKLK -
FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things
(IoT), today announced Catherine Failliet's appointment to its board of
directors. Failliet brings more than 25 years of senior executive experience in
business development and project management in water and energy systems and
smart-city programs to Kerlink's board.

Failliet is deputy general manager for business development at Groupe CLAIRE, a
manufacturer and provider of equipment for potable-water networks. Previously,
she served for more than four years as general manager of LACROIX Sofrel, a
leading provider of measurement and control solutions for water-supply
networks. Prior to that, Failliet served as vice president of business
integration and development at EDF Group's Continental Europe Division.

The CLAIRE Group is an industrial company specializing in the design,
manufacture, and sale of equipment for water and gas distribution networks,
including domestic connections and back-up systems. The group is developing a
new division dedicated to intelligent solutions for remote measurement and
control, thus reducing the environmental impact of water networks. In this
context, Failliet supervises the development of the offers and the commercial
structuring, as well as the international development of the company.

During her term as managing director at LACROIX Sofrel, a supplier of complete
water-and-heating network control systems, the company recorded more than 20
percent growth in sales and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). Failliet
has also initiated the setting up of a lab to integrate IoT technologies into
the offer of LACROIX Sofrel and the group.

EDF is a major producer of electricity and a global leader in low-carbon energy
covering every sector of the delivery supply chain, from generation to trading
and transmission grids. At EDF, Failliet managed commercial aspects of
acquisition projects in Belgium, Germany, and Poland, as well as smart city and
smart grid projects in Belgium and Austria. Earlier in her career in EDF's
trade department, she served as business strategy project manager and European
project manager for a B2C energy-efficiency project.

"Kerlink is pleased to welcome Catherine Failliet to its board of directors,"
said William Gouesbet, Kerlink CEO. "Her expertise and professional
achievements are very complementary to our board, and her experience will
enrich the board's discussions, especially considering strategic thinking,
market-access strategy, and international development of LoRaWAN(r) IoT
networks. I would like to thank our shareholders on behalf of our board for
approving Ms. Failliet's appointment to our board."

Failliet, who is a strong supporter of diversity in the workforce, said:
"Kerlink is a prime example of the technological vision and entrepreneurial
flexibility that are required to build and deploy the new technologies that
will help take society toward efficient, smart-and-sustainable projects for the
coming era. I am excited to join the board, whose members have deep expertise
in strategy, technology, and new markets, and help chart Kerlink's path
forward."

About Kerlink Group

Kerlink Group is a leading global provider of end-to-end network solutions for
the Internet of Things (IoT), serving telecom operators, businesses, and public
authorities worldwide. Based in Thorigne-Fouillard, France, with a U.S.
subsidiary in Chicago, Kerlink is a leading global provider of LoRaWAN(r)
network equipment, software, and services. Its growing suite of turnkey IoT
services includes network planning, design, and operational management that
maximizes performance of its market-leading, carrier-grade infrastructure
offering. The Group, widely recognized for its IoT expertise, also continually
introduces innovative value-added services, such as network-based geolocation,
remote end-device management and low-power IoT reference design, which allows
its customers to quickly bring to market IoT-ready devices and to imagine
innovative business models to monetize their deployments. Most recently,
Kerlink introduced an expanded service, solution design, as part of its growing
suite of services for companies and smart cities.

In just over 11 years, more than 120,000 Kerlink installations have been
deployed in more than 69 countries. Kerlink is supplying more than 330
customers worldwide, including major telcos such as Tata Communications, and
service providers such as GrDF and Suez. The company's solutions are enabling
major deployments in Europe, South Asia, South America, Japan, and Oceania.
Kerlink, a co-founder and board member of the LoRa Alliance(TM), has invested
more than EUR16 million in R&D over the past five years. It has been listed on
Euronext Growth Paris since May 2016 and entered the 150 fast-growing French
SMEs "EnterNext PEA-PME 150" index in 2017. In 2018, it joined the "Tech 40
index", which recognizes the top-performing tech SMEs on Euronext's markets in
Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris.

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@kerlink_news.

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