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RNS Number : 0203M  Nexteq PLC  18 December 2025

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(Withdrawal) Act 2018 as amended.

18 December 2025

Nexteq plc

("Nexteq" or the "Company")

Trading Update

Nexteq PLC, a leading technology solutions provider to customers in selected
industrial markets, today provides an update on trading for the year ending 31
December 2025 ("FY25") and outlook.

FY25 Trading

The Board is pleased to confirm that trading has remained robust across both
divisions and is expected to report Group revenue and adjusted PBT in line
with 2025 market expectations(1).

The Group's organisational focus to deliver its three-year plan, as detailed
in the Group's 2025 Capital Markets Day ("2025 CMD"), has yielded strong
results to date, as evidenced by the 'signposts to success'. As a result, the
Group expects to show significant improvements in pipeline growth; revenue
from new IP and an increase in $1m+ customers. A focus on technology
development and innovation is driving delivery of the product roadmap and
therefore building pipeline opportunities for longer term, sustainable
growth.

Operating cash conversion remains strong, underpinning the Group's robust
balance sheet.

Outlook

As highlighted throughout 2025, the Gaming division has been operating in a
period of uncertainty following the acquisition of the Group's historically
largest customer and its ongoing integrations into the acquirer's enlarged
organisation. There is a significant mid-term new business opportunity for
Nexteq with the acquirer, which is developing quickly, while also presenting a
short-term revenue challenge, as the technology integration of the two
businesses has been accelerated compared to original expectations.

The timing of the mid-term opportunity with the enlarged organisation is
expected to be later than the accelerated reduction in volume, and despite
strong progress in the current year with new customer wins and growth from
existing customers, we do not expect to offset fully the expected reduction in
volume in FY26 highlighted above.

Gaming is a cyclical industry, and 2026 will also be impacted by a predicted
reduction in volume from another significant gaming customer.  This is
relating to the timing of market opportunities for them, and Nexteq maintains
its sole supplier of technology status with them.

As a result of the above factors, the Board now expects revenue for FY26 to be
not less than $85m with a consequential impact on profitability.

The Board remains confident that the Group's financial expectations set out in
its three-year plan will be achieved, however, given the short-term headwinds
impacting FY26, delivery is now expected to be delayed by 12 months to the end
of FY28. Confidence in the future is underpinned by the proactive steps taken
to reposition the Group through a broader range of products and solutions that
target new growth opportunities. The product roadmap and opportunity pipeline
for 2026 are strong, encompassing the launch of new gaming software and
hardware, the continued integration of new business wins and transition into
mass production of new HMI solutions, and further expansion into new verticals
and markets, including Brazil.

Duncan Faithful, CEO of Nexteq, commented: "We are pleased to confirm a
positive result as we close 2025, delivering what we set out to do at the
start of the year. Despite volatile market conditions, a material reduction in
volume from our largest customer and the significant reorganisation of our
business around the three-year growth strategy, we delivered on key financial
performance metrics and critical product development targets.

As we look to 2026, the short-term impact of customer consolidation is
disappointing, however the early success of our diversification and growth
strategy, launched in 2025, means we have been able to partially mitigate its
impact and significantly broaden our future growth opportunities. With the
conclusion of year one of our three-year plan, we remain focused on driving
pipeline growth, on-boarding new customers already won, delivering the
innovation roadmaps across the Group, and the ongoing evaluation of targeted,
and value-accretive M&A activity."

(1) The current consensus forecasts for the year ended 31 December 2025 are
$86.5m revenue, $6.0m adjusted EBITDA and $3.6m adjusted profit before tax.

 

 Nexteq PLC                                        Telephone: +44 (0)20 3597 6800

 Carol Thompson, Non-Executive Chair

 Duncan Faithfull, Chief Executive Officer

 Matt Staight, Chief Financial Officer

 Nominated Adviser and Broker:                     Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

 Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd

 Matt Goode / Edward Whiley (Corporate Finance)

 Tim Redfern / Harriet Ward (Corporate Broking)

 Financial PR:                                     Telephone: +44 (0)20 3405 0205

 Alma Strategic Communications

 Hilary Buchanan / Emma Thompson

 

About Nexteq

Nexteq (AIM: NXQ) is a strategic technology solutions provider to customers in
selected industrial markets. Through innovative technology solutions, it
enables manufacturers of global electronic equipment to outsource the design,
development, and supply of non-core aspects of their product offering. By
outsourcing elements of their technology stack to Nexteq, customers can focus
their product development effort on the most critical drivers of their
business' success.

 

The Group operates in six countries and services over 500 customers worldwide,
and its solutions are delivered through a global sales team and leverage the
Group's electronic hardware, software, display and mechanical engineering
expertise. Our Taiwan operation is at the heart of Asian supply networks and
facilitates cost effective manufacturing and strategic supply chain
management.

 

Nexteq operates two distinct brands: Quixant, a specialised computer platforms
provider, and Densitron, leaders in human machine interface. Founded in 2005
and later floating on the London Stock Exchange's AIM stock market as Quixant
plc, the Group rebranded to Nexteq in 2023.

 

Further information on Nexteq and its divisions can be found at
www.nexteqplc.com (http://www.nexteqplc.com) .

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