WISeKey to Draw Down on the Yorkville Share Subscription Facility

WISeKey to Draw Down on the Yorkville Share Subscription Facility

Zug, Switzerland – June 25, 2018 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (SIX: WIHN, OTCQX: WIKYY) (WISeKey” or the “Company”), a leading cybersecurity and IoT company, announced today the delivery of a share draw-down notice in line with the terms and conditions of the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement (“SEDA”) with a fund managed by Yorkville Advisors Global, LLC (“Yorkville”), as previously announced.

WISeKey has requested Yorkville, and Yorkville has agreed, to purchase newly issued Class B Shares for an amount of CHF 1 million. In accordance with the terms of the SEDA, the definitive subscription price and number of Class B Shares to be issued out of the Company’s existing authorized share capital on a non-preemptive rights basis are determined by reference to 93% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of a Class B Share, as traded and quoted on the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd, during the SIX Swiss Exchange pricing period ending on Thursday, June 28, 2018.

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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