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POET Technologies Inc POET shares are trading lower Thursday after the company announced a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/24/12/g42457229/poet-technologies-announces-us-25-million-offering-priced-at-a-premium-to-market">$25 million public offering</a>.



What Happened: POET announced plans to complete a non-brokered public offering of 5 million units at a price of $5 per unit. 



Each unit will be comprised of one share of common stock and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. The warrants will be exercisable for five years to acquire one common share at a price of $6.



The offering is expected to close on or about Dec. 19. POET said it anticipates gross proceeds of $25 million. The company expects to use any net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.&nbsp;



The offering comes just weeks after POET announced a $25 million&nbsp;<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/24/11/g42202419/poet-technologies-announces-us-25-million-registered-direct-offering" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">registered direct offering</a>. The company said at the time that it planned to use net proceeds from that offering for working capital related to POET&#8217;s recently announced plans to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/24/11/42168802/whats-going-on-with-poet-technologies-stock-monday" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">expand assembly operations</a>&nbsp;into Malaysia.



POET Technologies offers high-speed optical engines, light source products and custom optical modules to the&nbsp;<a href="http://benzinga.com/topic/ai" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AI</a>&nbsp;systems market and to hyperscale data centers.



See Also: <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/economics/macro-economic-events/24/12/42469214/stocks-slip-on-hot-inflation-data-adobe-tumbles-natural-gas-hits-1-year-high-whats-driving-markets-thursday">Stocks Slip On Hot Inflation Data, Adobe Tumbles, Natural Gas Hits 1-Year High: What&#8217;s Driving Markets Thursday?</a>



POET Price Action: <a href="http://benzinga.com/quote/poet">POET shares</a> were down 9.25% at $4.36 at the time of publication Thursday, according to <a href="http://pro.benzinga.com">Benzinga Pro</a>.



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POET Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:POET) shares are trading lower Thursday after the company announced a $25 million public offering.

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