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RNS Number : 4071S  LoopUp Group PLC  06 November 2023

 

 

6 November 2023

LOOPUP GROUP PLC

("LoopUp" or the "Group")

 

Exiting Hybridium

 

Strategic decision to exit Hybridium and focus on multinational Cloud
Telephony

 

LoopUp Group plc (AIM: LOOP), the multinational cloud telephony provider,
today announces that it has taken decisive steps to exit its Hybridium
business globally, by making an application to the Madrid courts to place the
associated Group subsidiary (Mashmegroup SL) into the Spanish 'Concurso'
administration process.

 

The Group acquired SyncRTC Inc. (parent of Mashmegroup SL) in October 2021,
and subsequently rebranded its large scale hybrid events technology to
Hybridium as part of a strategic shift from serving the education market to
serving the corporate market. In our Interim Results announcement of 14
September 2023, we spoke to an ongoing review of the Hybridium go-to-market
strategy and that we would make further market announcements in due course.

 

Following this and a broader Groupwide prioritisation review, the Board has
concluded that the Group's financial and operational resources should be laser
focused on our strongly growing Cloud Telephony business, and not compromised
by the requirements of the earlier stage Hybridium business. Cloud Telephony
has demonstrated triple digit growth in customers, contracts, Booked ARR and
revenue over the last 12 months, and as such, warrants the focused
prioritisation of the Group to maximise forward-looking value creation for
shareholders.

 

The impact of exiting Hybridium will: 1) save the Group approximately €1
million in cash costs over the next 12-month period; and 2) remove
approximately €1 million of debt from the Group's balance sheet.

 

Notwithstanding this decision and based on current year-to-date trading, the
Group remains confident of broadly meeting current market expectations for the
full year 2023.

 

Steve Flavell and Michael Hughes, co-CEOs of LoopUp Group, commented:

"While we still believe in the value potential of the Hybridium technology, we
have made a broader Groupwide strategic decision to exit Hybridium and focus
on maximising the value of our fast-growing multinational Cloud Telephony
business. We would like to thank the Hybridium team for their tremendous work
and commitment to an exciting and cutting-edge technology."

 

Market abuse regulation:

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of
the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

 

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About LoopUp Group plc

LoopUp (LSE AIM: LOOP) enables multinational enterprises to consolidate their
global telephony provision into a single, consistently managed cloud
implementation rather than disparate implementations from multiple carriers.
The Group is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and is
headquartered in London, with offices in the US, Spain, Germany, Hong Kong,
Barbados and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.loopup.com
(http://www.loopup.com) .

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