Vecima Announces Cost Restructuring, Sharpening Focus on Profitable Growth
December 09 2024 - 5:15PM
Business Wire
Vecima Networks Inc. (VCM: TSX) today announced it has
undertaken a workforce reorganization of approximately 12 percent
to align teams and program investments with customers' needs while
also enhancing operating efficiency. The resulting workforce
reduction is expected to deliver annualized savings of
approximately $17.5 million, starting in the second half of fiscal
2025. Vecima expects to record related reorganization costs of
approximately $3.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal
2025.
“Employment adjustments are difficult but necessary to ensure we
have a balanced foundation for growth,” said Sumit Kumar, Vecima
President and CEO. “We appreciate the contributions of the people
impacted by today’s announcement and those who will drive our
Company forward.”
“We continue to see strong long-term demand for access network
upgrades, and our total market assessment has not changed,” Mr.
Kumar added. “Customers are coalescing around unified solutions and
are focusing on next-generation cable and fiber access,
representing significant opportunities for Vecima. We are aligning
our investments in these areas in step with our customers’
timelines while supporting Vecima’s continued efficient and
profitable growth.”
About Vecima Networks
Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX: VCM) is leading the global evolution
to the multi-gigabit, content-rich networks of the future. Our
talented people deliver future-ready software, services, and
integrated platforms that power broadband and video streaming
networks, monitor and manage transportation, and transform
experiences in homes, businesses, and everywhere people connect. We
help our customers evolve their networks with cloud-based solutions
that deliver ground-breaking speed, superior video quality, and
exciting new services to their subscribers. There is power in
connectivity – it enables people, businesses, and communities to
grow and thrive. Learn more at vecima.com.
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Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but
is not limited to, any statements respecting: the scope, timing,
and anticipated impacts of the workforce reduction; estimated costs
associated with the workforce reorganization; anticipated
investments, plans, and market opportunities; and actions related
to changes in general economic conditions. The forward-looking
statements are based on the current expectations of the management
of Vecima and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes
in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of
the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future
developments will be those that have been anticipated.
A more complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties facing
Vecima is disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the
Company’s Annual Information Form dated September 19, 2024, as well
as the Company’s continuous disclosure filings with Canadian
securities regulatory authorities available at www.sedarplus.ca.
All forward-looking information herein is qualified in its entirety
by this cautionary statement, and the Company disclaims any
obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking information
or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the
forward-looking information contained herein to reflect future
results, events, or developments, except as required by law.
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