POET Technologies Reports Raising US$14M from 2016 Warrants

TORONTO, Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. ("POET" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: PTK; OTCQX: POETF), the designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposertm and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for the data center and tele-communication markets, today announced the Company raised approximately US$14.1 million on the exercise of the C$0.52 warrants that were issued as part of its public offering in 2016. The warrants expired at the close of business yesterday, November 2, 2021.

Since the original date of issuance on November 2, 2016, a combined 33,867,000 warrants were exercised of the total 34,800,000 warrants issued, generating gross proceeds of approximately US$14.1 million. 13,115,750 of these warrants were exercised since June 30, 2021, netting the Company approximately US$5.4 million in additional capital.

The Company is also reporting that its unaudited cash balance subsequent to the expiration of warrants on November 2, 2021 was approximately US$23.8 million.

Global Chinese Financial Forum Virtual Main Event

Senior management from POET will participate in the GCFF Virtual Conference Main Event ? Small Cap Investing on Thursday, November 4, 2021. Thomas Mika, Chief Financial Officer is scheduled to deliver a presentation at 10:05 a.m. Pacific Time. Interested parties may access the webinar by registering at: https://gcff-nov-2021.eventbrite.ca/?aff=PTK. Supporting materials, will also be available under Events and Presentations on POET's investor relations website.

About POET Technologies Inc.
POET Technologies is a design and development company offering integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposertm a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques and packaging methods. POET's Optical Interposertm eliminates costly components and labor-intensive assembly, alignment, burn-in and testing methods employed in conventional photonics. The cost-efficient integration scheme and scalability of the POET Optical Interposertm brings value to any device or system that integrates electronics and photonics, including some of the highest growth areas of computing, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles and high-speed networking for cloud service providers and data centers. POET is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Allentown, PA, Shenzhen, China and Singapore. More information may be obtained at www.poet-technologies.com.

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