Update Announcement
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23 December 2025
Videndum plc
Update announcement
Videndum plc (the "Company" or the "Group") is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing negotiations with its revolving credit facility ("RCF") lenders and its two largest shareholders.
Proposed Refinancing
The Company continues to make constructive progress with its RCF lenders and its two largest shareholders on a deleveraging plan. As outlined in the Company's 30 April 2025, 6 August 2025 and 16 October 2025 announcements, any plan to deleverage the business will require alternative new sources of liquidity including, but not limited to, any combination of proceeds from disposals, new debt facilities and the raising of new debt or equity.
The Group's net debt as at 30 November 2025 was £143.3 million, including £26.5 million of finance leases.
All matters remain under consideration and subject to agreeing final, legally binding documentation, but the main components of a refinancing proposal (the "Refinancing") have now been agreed in-principle with the RCF lenders and the Company's two largest shareholders. The Refinancing comprises:
· a Firm Placing, Placing and Open Offer to raise c.£70 million (gross). The two largest institutional shareholders of the Company have indicated their in-principle support to participate in this equity raise, at least pro rata on a post-Refinancing basis;
· the equitisation of c.£23 million of RCF debt in exchange for new equity for Polus Capital, a private credit lender which has been one of the RCF lenders for some time;
· the repayment of c.£50 million of the Group's existing RCF from the proceeds of the equity raise; and
· the restructuring of the remainder of the Group's existing RCF, including to provide the Group with sufficient maturity (three years £31.5 million tranche A; two year £13.5 million tranche B) and acceptable coupon and covenants, alongside the entry into a new three year Super Senior Facility underwritten by Polus Capital.
As a result of the Refinancing, the Group's pro forma net debt as at 30 November 2025 would have been c.£52 million, including £26.5 million of finance leases, representing a reduction in net debt of more than £90 million. Following the completion of the proposed Refinancing, the Company will have significantly deleveraged its capital structure, materially improved its key credit metrics and well positioned to deliver on its business potential with the support of the new Super Senior Facility and available cash on balance sheet.
The components noted above are inter-conditional, and the Refinancing remains subject to the finalisation of terms, credit and/or investment committee approvals and agreement of long-form documentation. Accordingly, there can be no certainty that the Refinancing will be carried out, nor as to its terms, if completed.
The issuance of new shares will require shareholder approvals at a general meeting. These are expected to include approval for the Company to issue new shares very significantly below their current nominal value of 20 pence per share. The Company currently expects the Refinancing to complete by the end of Q1 2026.
While the Refinancing will allow for existing shareholders to participate in the equity raise, the Company expects that the value attributable to existing shareholders in respect of their current shareholdings will be very significantly diluted. If the Refinancing does not successfully complete, it is expected that the lending banks would pursue an alternative lender-led transaction to preserve the ability of the Group (other than the Company) to trade as a going concern. It is likely that such a transaction would result in no recovery for existing shareholders.
Stephen Harris, Executive Chairman, said, "Reaching in-principle agreement on the terms of the refinancing is an important milestone for Videndum. The proposed Refinancing will help secure a stable and sustainable future for the business and position Videndum for long-term success. It will be a good outcome for Videndum, and we are grateful for the support we have received from our Shareholders and Lenders to date".
Covenants
The Company has extended or had waived all relevant covenant tests since its previous update announcement on 16 October 2025.
A further announcement will be released as and when appropriate.
Enquiries
Videndum
Stephen Harris
Group Executive Chairman
Telephone: 020 8332 4602
FTI Consulting
Richard Mountain / Ben Fletcher
Telephone: 020 3272 1340
A snapshot of Videndum plc
Videndum is a leading global provider of premium branded hardware products and software solutions to the content creation market.
Videndum's customers include broadcasters, film studios, production and rental companies, photographers, independent content creators ("ICCs"), professional musicians and enterprises. Our product portfolio includes camera supports, video transmission systems and monitors, live streaming solutions, robotic camera systems, prompters, LED lighting, mobile power, carrying solutions, backgrounds, audio capture, and noise reduction equipment.
We employ around 1,300 people across the world in 9 different countries. Videndum plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, ticker: VID.
More information can be found at: https://videndum.com/
LEI number: 2138007H5DQ4X8YOCF14
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the market abuse regulation (EU No. 596/2014) as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended. The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of Videndum is Jon Bolton.
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which relate, inter alia, to the Company's proposed strategy, plans and objectives. Forward-looking statements are sometimes identified by the use of terminology such as (but not limited to) "believes", "expects", "may", "will", "could", "shall", "risk", "intends", "estimates", "aims", "plans", "predicts", "continues", "assumes", "positions" or "anticipates" or the negatives thereof, other variations thereon or comparable terminology. By its very nature, such forward-looking information requires the Company to make assumptions that may or may not materialise. Although the Directors consider that these assumptions are reasonable, such forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors beyond the control of the Company that could cause the actual performance or achievements of the Group to be materially different from such forward-looking statements. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results and, in particular, past performance of the Group cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Accordingly, you should not rely on any forward-looking statements and the Company, Lazard and Investec expressly disclaim any obligation to disseminate any updates or revisions to such forward-looking statements. No statement in this announcement is intended as a profit forecast or a profit estimate and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings per share for the current or future financial periods would necessarily match or exceed historical published earnings per share. As a result, you are cautioned not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Neither the Company nor anyone else is under any obligation to update or keep current the information contained in this announcement.
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