POET Technologies Announces Closing of US$30 Million Private Placement

TORONTO, May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. ("POET" or the "Corporation") (TSXV: PTK; NASDAQ: POET), the designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposer™, Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and light sources for the data center, tele-communication and artificial intelligence markets, is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated May 20, 2025, it has completed a non-brokered private placement with a single strategic investor pursuant to which the Corporation issued 6,000,000 common shares of the Corporation (the "Common Shares") and one common share purchase warrant of the Corporation (the "Warrant") exercisable until May 22, 2030, to acquire up to 6,000,000 Common Shares (the "Warrant Shares") at an exercise price of C$8.32 per Warrant Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of US$30,000,000 (the "Offering"). The combined price of one Common Share and the Warrant (in respect of one Common Share) was equal to US$5.00.