POET Technologies Augments Investor Outreach Efforts

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POET Technologies Inc. has engaged Stockhouse Publishing for a 12-month agreement to enhance investor awareness. The Company will leverage Stockhouse's tools to reach targeted audiences in Canada, the US, and Europe, investing C$100,000 in various advertising campaigns. This partnership comes after the termination of a previous relationship with North Equities. POET, known for its Optical Interposer technology, aims to drive market interest in its products and solutions for data centers and AI markets. The collaboration will utilize social media and internet marketing to promote the Company.

Positive

• New agreement with Stockhouse Publishing aims to enhance investor awareness.
• Investment of C$100,000 for targeted advertising could increase visibility.
• Partnership focuses on reaching audiences in Canada, the US, and Europe.

Negative

• Termination of previous agreement with North Equities may signal prior ineffective marketing efforts.

TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- POET Technologies Inc. (“POET” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: 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, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Stockhouse Publishing, Ltd., a division of The Market Herald, a leading source of stock market news.

The agreement covers a 12-month period during which POET will use a variety of new tools and services offered by Stockhouse to drive large scale investor awareness about the company. POET will continue to use social media and internet marketing to distribute existing and newly created content to targeted audiences in Canada, the US and Europe.

Stockhouse.com is a leading stock market forum and home to the largest community of active investors and market makers in North America, reaching over 3 million active investors every month. It is a division of The Market Herald, one of the fastest growing multi-platform news publishers in Australia, Canada, and Germany and now branching out into the United States.

The Company will pay C$100,000 against which it will choose from a menu of standard and custom advertising and marketing campaigns over the year to reach targeted investor audiences. In July of this year, the Company terminated its agreement with North Equities.

About POET Technologies Inc.
POET Technologies is a design and development company offering integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer™ a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques and packaging methods. POET’s Optical Interposer eliminates costly components and labor-intensive assembly, alignment, burn-in and testing methods employed in conventional photonics. The cost-efficient integration scheme and scalability of the POET Optical Interposer brings value to any device or system that integrates electronics and photonics, including some of the highest growth areas of computing, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles and high-speed networking for cloud service providers and data centers. POET is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Allentown, PA, Shenzhen, China and Singapore. More information may be obtained at www.poet-technologies.com.

Shareholder Contact: Shelton Group Brett L. Perry sheltonir@sheltongroup.com

Company Contact: Thomas R. Mika, EVP & CFO tm@poet-technologies.com

This news release contains “forward-looking information” (within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws) and “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Such statements or information are identified with words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “potential”, “estimate”, “propose”, “project”, “outlook”, “foresee” or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding any potential outcome. Such statements include the Company’s expectations with respect to the success of the Company’s product development efforts, the performance of its products, the expected results of its operations, meeting revenue targets, and the expectation of continued success in the financing efforts, the capability, functionality, performance and cost of the Company’s technology as well as the market acceptance, inclusion and timing of the Company’s technology in current and future products and expectations for approval of proposals at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders.

Such forward-looking information or statements are based on a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions which may cause actual results or other expectations to differ materially from those anticipated and which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, management’s expectations regarding the success and timing for completion of its development efforts, the introduction of 800G modules based on 400G optical engine developments, financing activities, future growth, recruitment of personnel, opening of offices, the form and potential of its joint venture, plans for and completion of projects by the Company’s third-party consultants, contractors and partners, availability of capital, and the necessity to incur capital and other expenditures. Actual results could differ materially due to a number of factors, including, without limitation, the failure of its products to meet performance requirements, missing the window for 800G modules based on 400G optical engines, lack of sales in its products, once released, operational risks in the completion of the Company’s anticipated projects, lack of performance of its joint venture, delays in recruitment for its newly opened operations or changes in plans with respect to the development of the Company’s anticipated projects by third-parties, risks affecting the Company’s ability to execute projects, the ability of the Company to generate sales for its products, the ability to attract key personnel, the ability to raise additional capital and the agreement by shareholders to approve proposals put forth by the Company at shareholders’ meetings. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information or statements are reasonable, prospective investors in the Company’s securities should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because the Company can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information and statements contained in this news release are as of the date of this news release and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise this forward-looking information and statements except as required by law.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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FAQ

What is the purpose of POET's agreement with Stockhouse Publishing?

The agreement aims to enhance investor awareness about POET through targeted advertising and marketing efforts.

How much is POET investing in the Stockhouse agreement?

POET will invest C$100,000 in a variety of advertising and marketing campaigns over a year.

What markets does POET Technologies target?

POET targets the data center, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence markets.

When was the agreement with Stockhouse Publishing announced?

The agreement was announced on November 28, 2022.

What is POET's Optical Interposer technology?

It is a platform that enables the integration of electronic and photonic devices into a multi-chip module, improving efficiency in manufacturing.