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POET Technologies Secures Financing of US$400 Million in a Registered Direct Offering of Common Shares and Warrant
Additional changes in company executive leadership also announcedTORONTO, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: POET) (the “Corporation”), the designer and developer of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), light sources and optical modules for the AI and data center markets, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to issue and sell 19,047,620 common shares (the “Common Shares”) and a warrant exercisable for 19,047,620 Common Shares (the “Warrant” and
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