SEALSQ CORP.

 

[___], 2025

 

To the Holder of Class A Ordinary Shares Purchase Warrants

 

Re: Amendment to Existing Class A Ordinary Shares Purchase Warrant and Inducement Offer to Exercise Existing Class A Ordinary Shares Purchase Warrants

 

Dear Holder:

 

SEALSQ Corp., (the “Company”) is pleased to offer to you the opportunity to amend and subsequently exercise all of the Class A warrants to purchase ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), issued to you on July 15, 2025 (the “Existing Warrants”), as set forth on the signature page hereto and currently held by you (the “Holder”). The issuance of the Ordinary Shares underlying the Existing Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) has been registered pursuant to the registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-286098) (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement is currently effective and, upon exercise of the Existing Warrants pursuant to this letter agreement, will be effective for the resale of the Warrant Shares. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the New Warrants.

 

Amendment to Existing Warrants

 

Upon execution of this agreement, the Existing Warrants will hereby be amended to include a new Section 5(o) which provides as follows:

 

“(o) Pre-Funded Warrants. The Company covenants and agrees that in lieu of issuing Ordinary Shares upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, at the option of the Holder, issue Pre-Funded Warrants to such Holder if, as a result of the exercise of this Warrant, the Holder’s (along with its Affiliates) beneficial ownership of the Company’s Ordinary Shares would exceed 4.99% (or, at the discretion of the Holder, 9.99%) of the Company’s outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following such exercise. A Holder electing to receive Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of this Warrant shall indicate such preference on the Notice of Exercise and shall withhold from the Exercise Price of the Warrants so exercised $0.0001 per Warrant Share (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be the exercise price of the Pre-Funded Warrant).

 

Inducement to Exercise

 

In consideration for exercising in full all of the Existing Warrants held by you and set forth on the Holder's signature page hereto (the “Warrant Exercise”) at the exercise price per Warrant Share as set forth in the Existing Warrants of $4.60, the Company hereby offers to issue you or your designee a new registered Class C Ordinary Share Warrant (“New Warrant”) pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement, to purchase up to a number of Ordinary Shares (the “New Warrant Shares”) equal to 175% of the number of Warrant Shares issued pursuant to the Warrant Exercise hereunder, which New Warrant shall be substantially in the form as reflected in Exhibit A hereto, will be exercisable immediately, and have a term of exercise of seven (7) years, and an exercise price per share equal to $5.10.

 

 

 

 

The original New Warrant will be delivered on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) , and such New Warrants, together with any underlying Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of the New Warrants, shall be free of legends.

 

Expressly subject to the paragraph immediately following this paragraph below, Holder may accept this offer by signing this letter below, with such acceptance constituting Holder's exercise in full of the Existing Warrants for an aggregate exercise price set forth on the Holder’s signature page hereto (the “Warrants Exercise Price”) on or before 10:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on [___], 2025 (the “Execution Time”).

 

Additionally, the Company agrees to the representations, warranties and covenants set forth on Annex A attached hereto. Holder represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises any New Warrants it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. Also, Holder represents and warrants that it is acquiring the New Warrants as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of the New Warrants or the New Warrant Shares (this representation is not limiting Holder’s right to sell the New Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement Act or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws).

 

If all or any portion of a New Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the issuance or resale of the New Warrant Shares or if the New Warrant is exercised via cashless exercise, the New Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such exercise shall be issued free of all legends. If at any time following the date hereof the Registration Statement (or any subsequent registration statement registering the sale or resale of the New Warrant Shares) is not effective or is not otherwise available for the sale or resale of the New Warrant Shares, the Company shall immediately notify the holders of the New Warrants in writing that such registration statement is not then effective and thereafter shall promptly notify such holders when the registration statement is effective again and available for the sale or resale of the New Warrant Shares (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Company to issue, or any Holder to sell, any of the New Warrant Shares in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). The Company shall use best efforts to keep a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) registering the issuance or resale of the New Warrant Shares effective during the term of the New Warrants.

 

From the date hereof until 60 days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall (A) issue, enter into any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Share Equivalents or (B) file any registration statement or any amendment or supplement to any existing registration statement (other than prospectus supplements to the Registration Statement to reflect the transactions contemplated hereby). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prior sentence shall not apply in respect of an Exempt Issuance. “Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) Ordinary Shares or options to employees, officers, directors or independent contractors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the board of directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this letter agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this letter agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) or contractually restricted securities and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a person (or to the equity holders of a person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, and (d) after 30 days after the Closing Date, Ordinary Shares issued and sold pursuant to the ‘at-the-market’ program and arrangement in place as of the date of this letter agreement; provided, however, that the Company may make sales immediately under the ‘at-the-market’ program if such sales are made at a price per share of $5.10 or greater (as adjusted for reverse and forward stock splits and the like).

 

 

 

 

If this offer is accepted and the transaction documents are executed by the Execution Time, then on or before 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on the Trading Day following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release and/or file a Report on Form 6-K with the Commission disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder. From and after the issuance of such press release or the filing of such Report on Form 6-K, as applicable, the Company represents to you that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to you by the Company, or any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release and/or filing of such Report on Form 6-K, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and you and your Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that, upon acceptance of this offer, and upon issuance of the Warrant Shares, the Warrant Shares shall be issued free of any legends or restrictions on resale by Holder.

 

No later than the second (2nd) Trading Day following the Execution Time, the closing shall occur at such location as the parties shall mutually agree. Unless otherwise directed by Maxim Group LLC (the “Placement Agent”), settlement of the Warrant Shares shall occur via “Delivery Versus Payment” (“DVP”) (i.e., on the Closing Date, the Company shall issue the Warrant Shares registered in the Holders’ names and addresses and released by the Transfer Agent directly to the account(s) at the Placement Agent identified by each Holder; upon receipt of such Warrant Shares, the Placement Agent shall promptly electronically deliver such Warrant Shares to the applicable Holder, and payment therefor shall concurrently be made to the Company by the Placement Agent (or its clearing firm) by wire transfer to the Company). Unless otherwise directed by the Placement Agent, settlement of any pre-funded warrants issuable upon exercise of the Existing Warrants shall be made by the Company causing such pre-funded warrants to be issued to the Holder in electronic .PDF format, with ink-originals being sent to the Holder via courier promptly; the Holder shall wire payment therefor directly to the Company.

 

The date of the closing of the exercise of the Existing Warrants shall be referred to as the “Closing Date”.

 

The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Existing Warrant Shares. This letter agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regards to conflicts of laws principles. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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  Sincerely yours,
     
  SEALSQ CORP.
     
  By:  
  Name:    
  Title:  
     
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Accepted and Agreed to:

 

Name of Holder: __________________________________________________________

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: ____________________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: _______________________________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: ________________________________________________

 

Number of Existing Warrants: __________________

 

Aggregate Warrant Exercise Price: _________________

 

Number of Warrant Shares: ________________

 

Number of Pre-Funded Warrants: ________________

 

Beneficial Ownership Blocker of Pre-Funded Warrants: ☐ 4.99% or ☐ 9.99%

 

New Warrants: (175% of total Existing Warrants being exercised): ___________

 

Beneficial Ownership Blocker: ☐ 4.99% or ☐ 9.99%

 

DTC Instructions:

 

 

 

 

Annex A

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Holder:

 

a)SEC Reports. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein “SEC Reports”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act.

 

b)Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this letter agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this letter agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, its board of directors or its stockholders in connection herewith. This letter agreement has been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

c)No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any  liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects upon any of the properties or assets of the Company in connection with, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any material agreement, credit facility, debt or other material instrument (evidencing Company debt or otherwise) or other material understanding to which such Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole, or in its ability to perform its obligations under this letter agreement.

 

d)Trading Market. The transactions contemplated under this letter agreement comply with all the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market applicable to the Company.

 

e)Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this letter agreement, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to this letter agreement, (ii) application(s) or notice to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the New Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, and (iii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF NEW WARRANT

 

(See attached)