WISeKey Rang the NASDAQ Opening Bell
WISeKey International Holding Ltd (WKEY), a leading cybersecurity and IoT company represented by it Founder and CEO Carlos Moreira rang the Nasdaq opening bell. Trading of the WIDSeKey ADRs commenced on December 4, 2019 under the symbol “WKEY”.
The Bank of New York Mellon is serving as depositary for the ADRs with each ADR representing 5 B shares of the Company. The Company’s B shares will continue to trade on the Swiss Stock Exchange under the symbol “WIHN.”
Mr. Moreira stated during the opening, As we celebrated WISeKey’s 20th anniversary, we have our sights set firmly on becoming one of the world’s leading cybersecurity / IoT platform companies, measured by relevance to our intellectual property and patents and their adoption by important customers worldwide. We believe we will achieve this through our Vertical Trusted Platform approach, delivering state-of-the-art cybersecurity and IoT solutions for our customers and helping them integrating our technologies and achieve their desired outcomes. We are thrilled to be joining the leading group technology and cybersecurity companies publicly traded on the Nasdaq. The listing on the Nasdaq Global Market will greatly benefit our shareholders by providing higher visibility and improved liquidity. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our shareholders, staff and customers for their unwavering support as we take the bold steps necessary in pursuit of our goals.
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Lena Cati : lcati@equityny.com / 212 836-9611
Daniel Ybarra: dybarra@wisekey.com
Anastasia Moreira: anamoreira@wisekey.com
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About Wisekey International Holding SA
WISeKey (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 Semiconductors secure the pervasive computing shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey has an installed 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 secure 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, 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 www.wisekey.com.
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