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WISeKey International Holding Ltd Announces 2017 Annual General Meeting and Key Agenda Items

Zug, Switzerland, May 5, 2017 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey” or the “Company”) (SIX: WIHN) announced today that the Board of Directors has recommended certain proposals for shareholder approval at the 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM“). The AGM will be held at 2 p.m. CET on May 31, 2017 at the SIX Swiss Exchange Convention Point Conference Center, Selnaustrasse 30, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland. Additional details on the AGM will be provided in the Company’s invitation to the AGM, to be published on or about May 9, 2017.
Key items that the Board of Directors recommends shareholders approve at the AGM are:

  • The re-election of Carlos Moreira, Philippe Doubre, Dourgam Kummer, Maryla Shingler Bobbio, Juan Hernandez Zayas and Peter Ward as members of the Board, each for a term extending until completion of the 2018 AGM.

Dr. Franz Humer, the current Vice-Chairman of the Board, and Thomas J. Egger have each decided not to stand for re-election as directors at the end of their term at the 2017 AGM. The Board thanks both of them for their outstanding contributions to the Company in the past.
The Board has nominated Thomas Whayne and David Fergusson as candidates for election to the Board.
Thomas Whayne was a managing director at various investment banking firms, including Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley and Rothschild and advised on over 50 mergers and acquisitions transactions valued over $1 billion. Recent transactions he advised on include Alibaba Group’s $25 billion IPO, Intel’s $1.5 billion strategic investment in Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics, Level 3 Communications’ $5.7 billion acquisition of tw telecom and DigitalGlobe’s $1.3 billion acquisition of GeoEye.
David Fergusson is president and co-CEO of “The M&A Advisor”, the world’s premier think tank for corporate finance, mergers & acquisition, and restructuring professionals.

  • The re-election of Carlos Moreira as Chairman of the Board for a term extending until completion of the 2018 AGM;
  • The election of David Fergusson, Thomas Whayne and Maryla Shingler Bobbio as members of the Board’s Nomination & Compensation Committee, each for a term extending until completion of the 2018 AGM;
  • The maximum aggregate amount of compensation of (i) the Board for the period between the 2017 AGM and the 2018 AGM and (ii) the company’s executive management for financial year 2018 pursuant to Swiss law and the Company’s articles of association;
  • The advisory vote on the Company’s 2016 compensation report;
  • The discharge of the members of the Board and executive management from liability for activities during fiscal year 2016;
  • The renewal and increase of the Company’s authorized share capital; pursuant to the proposal, the Board of Directors’ will be authorized to issue approximately 13.8m new Class B Shares in one or several steps and have the authority to withdraw pre-emptive rights under the circumstances already included in the current articles of association; and
  • The renewal and increase of the Company’s conditional share capital, authorizing the issuance of (1) approximately 8.8m Class B Shares in connection with bonds, options, warrants, notes and other convertible instruments and (2) approximately 5.0m Class B Share to employees, members of the Board of Directors, consultants and other persons providing services to the Company or its group companies under the Company’s equity incentive plans.

The Company will also seek approval of the 2016 Annual Report, including, among other things, the 2016 Consolidated Audited Financial Statements (the “2016 Annual Report“) and the appropriation of a net loss. As reported separately, the Company will publish the 2016 Annual Report on 5 May 2017.
About WISeKey
WISeKey (SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global cybersecurity company currently deploying large scale digital identity ecosystems with a patented process. WISeKey’s Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure authentication and identification, in both physical and virtual environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to ensure the integrity of on-line transactions among objects and between objects and people. For more information, visit www.wisekey.com.
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WISeKey International Holding Ltd
Company Contact:
Carlos Moreira
Chairman & CEO
Tel: +41 22 594 3000
investorrelations@wisekey.com


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