Press Release : WISeKey International Holding Ltd Schedules a Conference Call to Discuss the Agenda Items of its 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

 
   WISeKey International Holding Ltd Schedules a Conference Call to Discuss 
the Agenda Items of its 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 
 
   Zug, Switzerland, May 6, 2021 -- WISeKey International Holding Ltd. 
("WISeKey" or "Company") (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global 
cybersecurity and IoT company, announced today that will hold a 
conference call on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 3:00 pm CET (9:00 am ET) 
to discuss the agenda items of the proposal our Board of Directors has 
recommended for shareholder approval at the 2021 Annual General Meeting 
of Shareholders ("AGM"), scheduled for May 25, 2021. A question and 
answer session will follow management's prepared remarks. 
 
   WISeKey's shareholders can participate in the event by registering at 
www.wisekey.com/agm2021. 
 
   As previously announced, due to the extraordinary situation in 
connection with the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the AGM will not 
take place in the usual format and shareholders will not be able to 
attend the AGM in person. Shareholders may exercise their voting rights 
only by giving electronic or written voting instructions to their 
independent voting rights representative, as further described in the 
Company's AGM notice published on April 29, 2021 and available at 
https://www. WISeKey International Holding Ltd Announces Agenda of its 
2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders - WISeKey 
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   Key item that the Board of Directors recommends shareholders to approve 
are: 
 
   --         The re-election of Carlos Moreira, Philippe Doubre, David 
Fergusson, Peter Ward, Eric Pellaton, Jean-Philippe Ladisa and 
Hans-Christian Boos as members of the Board, each for a term extending 
until completion of the 2022 AGM; 
 
   --         The re-election of Carlos Moreira as Chairman of the Board 
for a term extending until completion of the 2022 AGM, and the 
re-election of David Fergusson, Philippe Doubre and Eric Pellaton as 
members of the Board's Nomination & Compensation Committee, each for a 
term extending until completion of the 2022 AGM; 
 
   --         The renewal and increase of the Company's authorized share 
capital. Pursuant to the proposal, the Board of Directors' authority 
under the authorized share capital will relate to 21.5 million new Class 
B Shares; 
 
   --         The renewal and increase of the Company's conditional share 
capital, authorizing the issuance of (1) approximately 25.1 million 
Class B Shares in connection with bonds, options, warrants, notes and 
other convertible instruments, and (2) approximately 6.3 million Class B 
Shares 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 maximum aggregate amount of compensation of (i) the Board 
for the period between the 2021 AGM and the 2022 AGM and (ii) the 
Company's executive management for financial year 2022 pursuant to Swiss 
law and the Company's articles of association; 
 
   --         The 2020 compensation report (advisory vote); and 
 
   --         The discharge of the members of the Board and executive 
management from liability for activities during fiscal year 2020. 
 
   The Company will also seek approval, among other things, of the 2020 
Annual Report, including the 2020 Consolidated Audited Financial 
Statements. 
 
   About WISeKey 
 
   WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global 
cybersecurity company currently deploying large scale digital identity 
ecosystems for people and objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT 
respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey 
microprocessors secure the pervasive computing shaping today's Internet 
of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install base of over 1.5 billion 
microchips in virtually all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart cities, 
drones, agricultural sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, 
servers, computers, mobile phones, crypto tokens etc.).  WISeKey is 
uniquely positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors 
produce a huge amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial 
Intelligence (AI), can help industrial applications to predict the 
failure of their equipment before it happens. 
 
   Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/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 
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www.wisekey.com. 
 
   Press and investor contacts: 
 
 
 
 
WISeKey International Holding Ltd          WISeKey Investor Relations (US) 
 Company Contact: Carlos Moreira            Contact: Lena Cati 
 Chairman & CEO                             The Equity Group Inc. 
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   Disclaimer: 
 
   This communication expressly or implicitly contains certain 
forward-looking statements concerning WISeKey International Holding Ltd 
and its business. Such statements involve certain known and unknown 
risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual 
results, financial condition, performance or achievements of WISeKey 
International Holding Ltd to be materially different from any future 
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such 
forward-looking statements. WISeKey International Holding Ltd is 
providing this communication as of this date and does not undertake to 
update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of 
new information, future events or otherwise. 
 
   This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a 
solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, and it does not 
constitute an offering prospectus within the meaning of the Swiss 
Financial Services Act ("FinSA"), the FInSa's predecessor legislation or 
advertising within the meaning of the FinSA. Investors must rely on 
their own evaluation of WISeKey and its securities, including the merits 
and risks involved. Nothing contained herein is, or shall be relied on 
as, a promise or representation as to the future performance of WISeKey. 
 
 
 
 

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