SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS — Capital/Financing Update 2017

Jun 16, 2017

6-K 1 d412114d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of June 2017

Commission File Number: 001-35135

Sequans Communications S.A.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

15-55 boulevard Charles de Gaulle

92700 Colombes, France

Telephone : +33 1 70 72 16 00

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- .

Exhibits 1.1, 5.1, 99.1 and 99.2 to this report, furnished on Form 6-K, shall be incorporated by reference into each of the following Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the registrant: Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-177919, 333-180487, 333-187611, 333-194903, 333-203539, 333-211011, 333-214444 and 333-215911) and Form F-3 (File No. 333-198758).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On June 14, 2017, Sequans Communications S.A. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Canaccord Genuity Inc. and the several other underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten public offering of 3,750,000 American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”), each representing one ordinary share, nominal value €0.02 per share, of the Company. The offering price to the public is $3.80 per ADS, and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase the ADSs pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $3.572 per ADS. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 562,500 ADSs, which the Underwriters exercised on June 14, 2017.

The net proceeds to the Company are expected to be approximately $14.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

The ADSs will be issued pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-198758), which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 15, 2014 and declared effective by the SEC on September 29, 2014, and a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on June 15, 2017 and accompanying base prospectus dated September 29, 2014. The closing of the offering is expected to take place on June 19, 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and agreements by the Company, and customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties, and termination provisions.

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to offer, issue or sell any ADSs or ordinary shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ADSs or ordinary shares for a period of ninety (90) days following the offering without the prior written consent of the Underwriters.

The Underwriting Agreement has been attached hereto as an exhibit to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of the Underwriting Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Underwriting Agreement, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit. A copy of the legal opinion and consent of Orrick Rambaud Martel relating to the ordinary shares represented by the ADSs is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1. The Company issued press releases on June 13, 2017 and June 14, 2017 announcing the launch and pricing of the public offering. These press releases are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

/s/ Deborah Choate
Deborah Choate
Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Form 6-K:

Exhibit	Description
1.1	Underwriting Agreement dated June 14, 2017
5.1	Opinion of Orrick Rambaud Martel
99.1	Press release dated June 13, 2017
99.2	Press release dated June 14, 2017