SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 2, 2016) - POET Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "POET") (TSX VENTURE:PTK)(OTCQX:POETF) announced today that it has completed its previously announced public offering of units of the Company ("Units") to raise aggregate gross proceeds of C$12.5 million (the "Offering"). A total of 34,800,000 Units were issued at a price of C$0.36 per Unit pursuant to a placement agency agreement (the "Agency Agreement") dated October 28, 2016 among the Company, Rodman & Renshaw, a unit of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as lead agent and lead book-running manager (and sole agent in the United States) and Cormark Securities Inc. as lead manager in Canada. Each Unit contained one common share of the Company (each a "Share") and one common share purchase warrant (each a "Warrant"), with each Warrant exercisable by the holder thereof to acquire one additional Share at a price of C$0.52 per Share for a period of 60 months following the closing of the Offering.