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Winvia Entertainment plc announced its intention to admit 105,126,590 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each to AIM on 3 November 2025. The company expects to raise £40.0 million in capital, resulting in an anticipated market capitalisation of £205.0 million, with 83.4% of AIM securities not in public hands at admission.
| Date | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Time | 07:00:11 |
| Category | Corporate updates |
| ID | 0912F |
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ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") |
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COMPANY NAME: |
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Winvia Entertainment plc ("Winvia" or the "Company" or the "Group")
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COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) : |
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2 Plato Place 72-74 St Dionis Road London SW6 4TU United Kingdom
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COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: |
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England & Wales
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COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: |
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COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: |
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Winvia is a technology-led entertainment business, focused on two discrete fast-growing channels, being the large and highly fragmented UK prize draw market and the regulated Romanian online gaming market.
The Group is a leading prize draw operator in the UK where players play for a range of prizes including cars, luxury watches, holidays, gadgets and other items. The Group currently owns two prize draw brands, Best of the Best and recently acquired Click Competitions.
Winvia is a top three online casino operator in the fast-growing and regulated Romanian online gaming market. The business is well established, growing, profitable and highly cash generative. The Group operates a multi-brand strategy including own brands, white label brands, B2B offering and a majority owned poker business.
Underpinning the Group's businesses is the Group's proprietary technology platform ("Technology Platform"), which has been built to outperform fragmented technology stacks and legacy systems prevalent within the industry. The Technology Platform encompasses two modern, integrated but distinct platforms; the 360 Platform, which supports a full omni-channel experience for the Romanian online gaming business and the UK prize draw businesses, and the Optimize Platform which is the Group's internet traffic and media buying platform.
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DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): |
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105,126,590 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares").
No Ordinary Shares are or will be held in treasury.
The Ordinary Shares will be freely transferable and have no restrictions as to transfer placed on them.
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CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (AND/OR SECONDARY OFFERING) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: |
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Capital to be raised: £40.0 million. Secondary offering: None.
Anticipated market capitalisation on Admission: £205.0 million.
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PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION: |
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83.4 per cent.
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DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM SECURITIES (OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY) ARE OR WILL BE ADMITTED OR TRADED: |
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None.
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THE COMPANY HAS APPLIED FOR THE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET DESIGNATION (Y/N) |
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N.
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FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): |
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Joanne "Jo" Marie Bucci, Independent Non-Executive Chair Mihai Manoila, Chief Executive Officer David Harry Nicholas Perry, Chief Financial Officer Charles Alistair Neilson Butler, Non-Executive Director Timothy "Tim" John Clive Lloyd-Hughes, Independent Non-Executive Director Simon Charles Fairchild, Independent Non-Executive Director
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FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): |
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(1) An entity through which the management team of the Company currently hold their beneficial interest in shares in the Company.
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NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: |
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Teddy Sagi
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(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information) (iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19: |
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(i) 31 December (ii) 30 June 2025 (unaudited interims) (iii) 30 June 2026 (in respect of annual report to 31 December 2025) 30 September 2026 (in respect of half yearly report to 30 June 2026) 30 June 2027 (in respect of annual report to 31 December 2026)
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EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: |
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3 November 2025
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: |
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Shore Capital and Corporate Limited Cassini House 57 St James's Street London SW1A 1LD
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: |
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Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited Cassini House 57 St James's Street London SW1A 1LD
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OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: |
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Copies of the Admission Document be available at the Company's website (https://winvia.co.uk/) from the date of Admission.
The admission document will contain full details about the applicant and the admission of its securities.
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THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO APPLY |
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The Company has adopted the QCA Corporate Governance Code (November 2023 edition), published by the Quoted Companies Alliance.
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DATE OF NOTIFICATION: |
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28 October 2025
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NEW/ UPDATE: |
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Update
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