HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vicon Industries, Inc. (NYSE American:VII), a global producer of video security solutions, today announced the results of its previously announced rights offering. The subscription period for the rights offering expired at 5:00 p.m. ET on November 2, 2017.

The Company received subscriptions and oversubscriptions from its existing shareholders for a total of 704,235 shares of its common stock, raising gross proceeds of approximately $282,000. The Company expects to close the rights offering on or about November 6, 2017.

Immediately following the closing of the rights offering, the Company expects to receive approximately $3.0 million of gross proceeds from NIL Funding Corporation under its backstop commitment under which NIL will purchase 7,500,000 shares of common stock from the Company.

Following the completion of the rights offering and the related backstop investment, the Company expects to have a total of 17,552,623 shares of its common stock outstanding and NIL and its affiliates are expected to hold approximately 45% of such outstanding common stock.

About Vicon

Vicon Industries, Inc. (NYSE American: VII) is a global producer of video management systems and system components for use in security, surveillance, safety and communication applications by a broad range of end users. Vicon’s product line consists of various elements of a video system, including video management software, recorders and storage devices and capture devices (cameras). Headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, the Company also has offices in Yavne, Israel and the United Kingdom. More information about Vicon, its products and services is available at www.vicon-security.com.