6-K 1 form6k-privateplacementapr.htm 6-K APRIL PRIVATE PLACEMENT Document





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 April 2023


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 R Form 40-F £
 
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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.  

The information in 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. 333-187611, 333-194903, 333-203539, 333-211011, 333-214444, 333-215911, 333-219430, 333-226458, 333-233473, 333-239968, 333-259914 and 333-266481) and Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-250122 and 333-255865).









EXPLANATORY NOTE


On April 3, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with six existing shareholders to issue an aggregate of 9,708,738 American Depositary Shares at a price of $2.06 per ADS for a total capital increase of $20,000,000. The pricing, which reflects the New York Stock Exchange minimum price rule for private placements with insiders or greater than 5% shareholders, was equal to the average of the closing prices for the five trading days ending April 3, 2023.

The funds will be used for general operating purposes.








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.

     
 
SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A.
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: April 4, 2023By:   /s/ Deborah Choate 
  Deborah Choate  
  Chief Financial Officer