WISeKey Launches Level 1 ADR Program in the U.S.

WISeKey was sponsored for the OTCQX by BNY Mellon

Geneva, New York, May 25, 2018 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey” or the “Company“) (SIX: WIHN) (OTCQX: WIKYY), a leader in cybersecurity and IoT, announced today that the Company has commenced trading on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQX Best Market.

Effective today, May 25, 2018, WISeKey’s American Depository Receipts (ADRs) will start being available for trading in the U.S on the OTCQX under the symbol WIKYY.  Each ADR represents 2 ordinary shares listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange under the symbol WIHN.  U.S. based investors can find current financial disclosures and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the Company at  www.otcmarkets.com.

“The establishment of an ADR facility and our inclusion on the OTCQX represent critical milestones of WISeKey’s capital market roadmap strategy,” said Carlos Moreira, Founder and CEO of WISeKey. “We are now able to provide our U.S. based investors with a direct way of investing, trading and accessing information.”

“We are pleased to welcome WISeKey to the OTCQX Best Market,” said Jason Paltrowitz, Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group. “OTCQX provides innovative and entrepreneurial international companies with an efficient market to provide transparency and trading for their U.S. investors. We look forward to supporting WISeKey and its U.S. investors in the public market.”

WISeKey is among a leading group of Swiss listed company issuers enabling their shares to also trade and settle in the U.S.  WISeKey was sponsored for the OTCQX by BNY Mellon.

WISeKey technology is in high demand in the U.S. and the Company is deploying large scale IoT applications based on standard and proven technologies (PKI, cryptographic Root of Trust, Digital certificates). The IoT will live up to its promise only if the connected devices, the data they generate, the business applications that control these devices and the services around them, can be fully trusted.  In today’s environment, where cyberattacks have become more common and increasingly sophisticated, there is an urgent need to fundamentally rethink the Security Stack for the IoT cloud.

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About WISeKey:
WISeKey (SIX: WIHN) (OTCQX: WIKYY), 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 online transactions among objects and between objects and people. For more information, visit www.wisekey.com.

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