Don't Nod: Procedure Initiated, Employment Safeguard Plan Under Review
The French video game studio has convened its employee representative bodies to initiate an information-consultation procedure, the first step prior to the potential implementation of an employment safeguard plan.
An Operational Model Set to Evolve
Don't Nod, an independent video game publisher and studio with operations in Paris and Montreal, announced on September 1, 2026 its commitment to a transformation project. The Company justifies this approach by citing a context of profound changes in the economic conditions of the video game industry and its financing, combined with the deterioration of its key economic indicators.
In this framework, the Company deems it necessary to evolve its operational model.
Convocation of Works Council and Opening of Union Negotiations
Management has convened the Company's employee representative bodies for a meeting scheduled for September 3, 2026. This constitutes the first meeting of the information-consultation procedure of the Works Council prior to the potential implementation of an employment safeguard plan.
Concurrently, it has opened negotiations with the representative union organization.
Market Communication on September 3, 2026
Following the Board of Directors meeting and that of the employee representative bodies, the Company will communicate to the market on September 3, 2026, after close of business, the principal elements and next steps of the transformation project, in compliance with its regulatory obligations regarding market disclosure.
The details of the transformation project will be clarified during the September 3, 2026 market communication.
