Our Strategy

Our vision is to become a global leader in photonics by deploying an Optical Interposer-based approach to the integration of photonics devices into a wide variety of vertical market applications. Our strategy includes the following key elements:

· Introduce the Optical Interposer concept to suppliers of transceivers and data center operators and form commercial partnerships for product development. Because of the magnitude of the cost savings that may be derived from the use of POET’s Optical Engines for transceiver applications, we expect to generate significant interest among both the suppliers of transceiver modules and their ultimate customers, the data center operators.

In addition, the POET Optical Interposer provides a straightforward and cost-effective path to higher speed transceivers, including up to 400G and higher, providing a single platform that can span several device generations. We anticipate that several companies will be interested in pursuing commercial partnerships with POET in order to qualify and design-in our Optical Engines.

· Promote the POET Optical Interposer as a true platform technology across several photonic applications and markets. The POET Optical Interposer is designed to be a flexible platform for the combination or integration of various photonic and electronic components. The anticipated low cost makes it suitable for applications like automotive LIDAR. The compatibility of the Optical Interposer manufacturing process with standard silicon CMOS processing opens up a wide variety of other applications where high-speed data communications is needed, such as integration with ASICs, graphics generators and high-speed switches.

· Pursue multiple potential sources of non-product revenue and strategic partnerships. In addition to product sales, we have been pursuing Non-Recurring Engineering (“NRE”) revenues from end-use customers and/or from strategic partners. In particular, we believe our 100/200/400G transceiver components represent a uniquely attractive opportunity for collaborative development with a strategic partner(s).

· Continue to invest in our capabilities and infrastructure. We intend to continue to invest in new products, new technology and our production infrastructure and facilities to maintain and strengthen our competitive position, although the absolute level of investment is likely to be substantially reduced when the proposed sale of our DenseLight subsidiary is completed. Currently, our R&D programs in Singapore are partially reimbursed by the Singapore Economic Development Board, whose support has helped to defer the costs associated with bringing innovative new products to market.

· Selectively pursue other opportunities that leverage our existing expertise. Our expertise in designing and manufacturing photonics devices, both discrete and integrated, positions us well to pursue applications in high growth markets and our Singapore operation is ideally located to support customers in Asia, where much of the growth in photonics is occurring.

· Pursue complementary strategic alliance or acquisition opportunities. We intend to evaluate and selectively pursue strategic alliances or acquisition opportunities that we believe will accelerate our penetration of specific applications or vertical markets with our technology or products.

Our Products

• We are currently engaged in the development of 100G and 400G Transmit and Receive Optical Engines (TROE) for 100G and 400G transceiver assemblies. We expect our InP-based solutions from our DenseLight subsidiary will add to the Company’s current and future product portfolio, including:

• Broadband Super-Luminescent LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)

• Narrow Linewidth Lasers

• DFB (Distributed Feedback) Lasers for Data Communications

• High Power ELEDs (Edge Emitting Light Emitting Diodes)

• Integrated CWDM Solutions

Intellectual Property

We have 62 issued patents and 14 patent applications pending, including six that have been filed since July of 2018. The patents cover device structures, underlying technology, applications of the technology and fabrication processes. We believe these patents provide a significant barrier to entry against competition, along with trade secrets and know-how acquired from DenseLight and BB Photonics and further developed by POET. We intend to continue to apply for additional patents in the future. Currently, we are working on the design of integrated devices, manufacturing processes, and products for data communication applications in the data center market,along with products for photonic sensing markets that employ novel packaging technologies.