WISeQey Announces Preliminary Nine-Month 2026 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

Co solidated eve ue of $17 millio , ep ese ti g 55% yea -ove -yea g owth; eaffi ms FY 2026 eve ue guida ce of 50% to 100% yea -ove -yea g owth

Subseque t WISeSat.Space Nasdaq listi g establishes dedicated public-ma ket platfo m fo secu e satellite co ectivity

Ge eva, Switze la d – Novembe 3, 2026 – Ad hoc a ou ceme t pu sua t to A t. 53 LR – WISeQey Co p. (fo me ly k ow as WISeKey I te atio al Holdi g AG, “WISeQey”, the “Compa y” o the “G oup”) (Nasdaq/SIX: WQEY), a global qua tum cybe secu ity a d space IoT compa y, today a ou ced its p elimi a y u audited fi a cial met ics fo the i e-mo th pe iod e ded Septembe 30, 2026 (“9M 2026”), p ovided a update o co po ate developme ts, a d eaffi med its full-yea 2026 eve ue guida ce.

9M 2026 Key Fi a cial Met ics

• Reve ue g owth of 55%: P elimi a y u audited 9M 2026 eve ue of $17 millio , compa ed to $11 millio i 9M 2025.
• St o g liquidity: G oup co solidated cash, cash equivale ts a d est icted cash of app oximately $471.0 millio at Septembe 30, 2026.
• Subsidia y SEALSQ’s post-qua tum pipeli e exceeds $100 millio : A active, evolvi g busi ess pipeli e of mo e tha $200 millio th ough 2029 as of Octobe 15, 2026, i cludi g mo e tha $100 millio associated with Post-Qua tum p ojects, i cludi g the QS7001 a d QVault TPM.  These figu es ep ese t ma ageme t estimates of pote tial oppo tu ities a d a e subject to isks such as co ve sio isk, custome validatio , tech ical i teg atio a d othe comme cial isks.

Reve ue D ive sThe 9M 2026 i c ease was d ive p ima ily by g owth i the G oup’s subsidia y, SEALSQ Co p (“SEALSQ”):

• Co ti ued st o g dema d fo SEALSQ’s Vault-IC secu e-eleme t family ac oss i dust ial, sma t-e e gy IoT a d P25 Radio p otocol applicatio deployme ts.
• G owth i ecu i g PKI subsc iptio s, ce tificate-ma ageme t a d digital ide tity se vices.
• Ni e mo ths of co solidated eve ue f om IC’Alps SAS, which co t ibuted app oximately $3.8 millio i 9M 2026 th ough custom ASIC desig a d secu e semico ducto e gi ee i g se vices.
• Ramp-up of the Qua tix Edge Secu ity sove eig semico ducto desig a d pe so alizatio ce te i Mu cia, Spai .
• I itial sampli g a d evaluatio eve ue f om QS7001 a d QVault TPM as 42 custome s a e ow evaluati g the ext ge e atio of secu e semico ducto p oducts.

FY 2026 Reve ue OutlookWISeQey’s outlook stateme ts a e based o cu e t expectatio s. The followi g stateme ts a e fo wa d-looki g a d actual esults could diffe mate ially depe di g o ma ket co ditio s a d the facto s set fo th u de “Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme ts” below.  WISeQey eaffi ms its FY 2026 eve ue g owth guida ce of app oximately 50% to 100%, ep ese ti g a a ge of app oximately $27 millio to $36 millio , compa ed with audited FY 2025 eve ue of $19 millio .

The Compa y expects a mo e sig ifica t co t ibutio f om its subsidia y SEALSQ’s post-qua tum p oduct li es i 2027 a d beyo d as custome s complete tech ical i teg atio a d move i to volume p oductio . Timi g emai s subject to labo ato y eview, ce tificatio , custome qualificatio a d p ocu eme t.

Ca los Mo ei a, Fou de , Chai ma a d Chief Executive Office of WISeQey, comme ted: “Ou focus is co ve ti g ou tech ology po tfolio i to custome deployme ts a d sustai able comme cial g owth. SEALSQ’s eve ue p og ess, togethe with WISeSat.Space Holdi gs Co p.’s (NASDAQ: SAIQ) (“WISeSat.Space”) subseque t Nasdaq listi g, st e gthe s the fou datio s fo the ext stage of ou developme t. We a e co ecti g ha dwa e secu ity, t usted ide tities a d satellite commu icatio s to add ess the eeds of i c easi gly i tellige t a d auto omous systems. Ou p io ities emai o executio , co ve ti g comme cial oppo tu ities i to custome deployme ts, allocati g capital with discipli e a d buildi g sustai able value fo WISeQey sha eholde s.”

Co po ate Developme ts Du i g Ja ua y – Octobe 2026, WISeQey’s a ou ceme ts focused o digital ide tity, post-qua tum semico ducto s, qua tum computi g a d secu e satellite i f ast uctu e, alo gside co po ate est uctu i g a d p epa atio s fo subsidia y listi gs.

• WISeQey co po ate t a sitio . O Octobe 5, 2026, followi g its c oss-bo de me ge a d edomiciliatio , WISeQey bega t adi g o Nasdaq a d SIX u de the symbol WQEY.
• WISeSat.Space listi g a d ow e ship. O Octobe 1, 2026, WISeSat.Space completed its combi atio with Columbus Acquisitio Co p. a d comme ced t adi g o the Nasdaq u de the symbol SAIQ o Octobe 2, 2026.  WISeQey emai s the ultimate pa e t compa y of WISeSat.Space a d di ectly holds 23,387,061 WISeSat.Space sha es, i cludi g 11,430,139 O di a y Sha es a d 11,956,922 Class F sha es. WISeQey’s subsidia y, SEALSQ Co p, holds 3,018,294 sha es, split betwee 1,977,816 O di a y Sha es a d 1,040,478 Class F Sha es.  This b i gs WISeQey’s epo ted agg egate be eficial ow e ship totals to 26,405,355 sha es, app oximately 88.5% of the o di a y-sha e class o a as-co ve ted basis.
• Expa sio of the SEALQua tum Sove eig Ve tical Stack. Th ough SEALSQ, the G oup completed the acquisitio of Mi aex, i vested app oximately €15 millio i Quobly, i c eased its total Ee oQ i vestme t to $7 millio a d made a majo ity i vestme t i Weca . This is a st ategic qua tum i itiative th ough which the G oup allocates its ow capital ac oss qua tum a d post-qua tum tech ologies with the aim to develop a Sove eig Qua tum Ve tical Stack.
• C eatio of Qua tisimo. I Ju e, WISeKey a d SEALSQ established Qua tisimo Co p. a d a ou ced a o -bi di g LOI with GigCapital8 ega di g a Nasdaq-listed pu e-play qua tum platfo m. O Octobe 9, 2026, WISeQey a d SEALSQ e te ed i to a defi itive me ge ag eeme t with GigCapital8, Qua tisimo a d Qua tisimo Holdi gs Co p. (“PubCo”), u de which Qua tisimo a d GigCapital8 will become wholly ow ed subsidia ies of PubCo, which is expected to list o the Nasdaq Capital Ma ket. P io to closi g, WISeQey a d SEALSQ will co t ibute to Qua tisimo ce tai of thei equity i te ests i Mi aex, SEALCOIN, Weca a d WISeSat.Space. Upo closi g, WISeQey a d SEALSQ will eceive a agg egate of 66,610,000 sha es of the ew publicly listed holdi g compa y, Qua tisimo Holdi g Co p. (“PubCo”), implyi g a p o fo ma equity value fo Qua tisimo of app oximately $666.1 millio at $10.00 pe sha e, a d a e expected to hold a majo ity of PubCo’s outsta di g o di a y sha es.   Closi g is subject to, amo g othe co ditio s, available cash of at least $15 millio , app oval by GigCapital8’s sha eholde s, egulato y app ovals, effective ess of a egist atio stateme t o Fo m F-4, Nasdaq listi g app oval, a d the e ca be o assu a ce that it will be completed o the co templated te ms o at all. The G oup co ti ues to ta get completio du i g the fi st qua te of 2027.
• Satellite i f ast uctu e a d i te atio al pa t e ships. WISeSat.Space a ou ced completio of a Swiss Space Comma d pilot phase i Ap il a d the pla ed developme t of the Qua tum Spatial O bital Cloud i co ju ctio with SEALSQ. O Octobe 20, 2026, WISeSat.Space co fi med the successful lau ch a d deployme t of FOSSASAT-2E27, a ew-ge e atio 6U satellite developed a d ope ated by its lo gsta di g st ategic pa t e FOSSA Systems (“FOSSA”), aboa d SpaceX’s Falco 9 Ba dwago -5 missio . The pa t e ship, suppo ted by successive i vestme ts, aims to validate the tech ology ac oss up to six satellite missio s amid expectatio s of accele ati g dema d fo qua tum- esista t secu ity. The collabo atio is expected to suppo t the p og essive validatio of VaultIC secu e eleme ts a d, subject to tech ical eadi ess a d i teg atio , the ext-ge e atio QS7001 post-qua tum secu e eleme t.
• Post-qua tum comme cializatio . SEALSQ adva ced validatio a d custome sampli g of its QS7001 a d QVault TPM p oducts. Its estimated comme cial pipeli e as of Octobe 15, 2026 exceeded $200 millio th ough 2029, i cludi g mo e tha $100 millio associated with post-qua tum p ojects. These ep ese ted pote tial oppo tu ities, athe tha combi ed eve ues, a d emai subject to co ve sio i to eve ue.

Digital ide tity a d the machi e eco omy. I Ju e 2026, WISeQey’s SEALCOIN subsidia y a ou ced a $4 millio i vestme t commitme t suppo ti g SEALCOIN i f ast uctu e, i cludi g a $1 millio commitme t f om The Hashg aph G oup (“THG”), with the object to accele ate the i teg atio of the SEALCOIN ecosystem i to the apidly eme gi g space eco omy. I additio , WISeQey is ta geti g fu the i teg atio of WISeID i to Weca ’s complia ce solutio s a d pa ticipatio i Hede a’s st ategic a d commu ity pa t e etwo k.

• Swiss i f ast uctu e. I Septembe , the G oup a ou ced the sig atu e of a memo a dum of u de sta di g with the Ca to of Ju a fo the establishme t of a post-qua tum semico ducto a d cybe secu ity ce te i the Ca to of Ju a. The p oposed Ju a Ce te ep ese ts a i dicative public-p ivate i vestme t of app oximately CHF 40-60 millio ove a pe iod of app oximately six yea s a d is i te ded to establish a st ategic Swiss capability fo the desig , pe so alizatio , testi g a d secu e p ovisio i g of ext-ge e atio post-qua tum semico ducto tech ologies.

St ategy a d OutlookWISeQey aims to i teg ate secu e semico ducto s, digital ide tity, satellite co ectivity, AI a d machi e t a sactio s i to t usted i f ast uctu e. Followi g its successful di ect listi g o the Nasdaq, WISeQey is aimi g to stay ahead of the eve -evolvi g tech ology la dscape as we e te the I tellige ce Age, a e a i which billio s of i tellige t machi es will commu icate, lea , make decisio s, a d i c easi gly act o thei ow . Elect ic vehicles will commu icate with i f ast uctu e, obots will wo k with huma s a d othe obots, d o es will avigate o thei ow , a d satellites will co ect machi es ac oss the pla et. As these systems become auto omous, they will all eed o e fu dame tal thi g: t ust. WISeQey is buildi g that t usted i f ast uctu e by combi i g secu e semico ducto s, digital ide tity, post-qua tum cybe secu ity, AI, IoT, a d secu e satellite commu icatio s.

About WISeQey

WISeQey Co p. (“WISeQey”) is a B itish Vi gi Isla ds holdi g compa y focused o post-qua tum cybe secu ity, digital ide tity, space tech ology a d the I te et of Thi gs (IoT). Its ope ati g subsidia ies a d tech ology platfo ms add ess disti ct pa ts of this po tfolio:

1. SEALSQ Co p (Nasdaq: LAES) develops secu e semico ducto s, public key i f ast uctu e (PKI) a d post-qua tum secu ity p oducts.
2. WISeSat.Space (Nasdaq: SAIQ) develops space tech ology a d secu e satellite commu icatio s, pa ticula ly fo IoT applicatio s.
3. WISeID p ovides digital ide tity, authe ticatio , secu e access a d digital sig i g fo i dividuals, e te p ises a d co ected devices.
4. WISe.ART Co p ope ates the WISe.ART ma ketplace, which uses blockchai tech ology to suppo t t usted digital asset a d NFT t a sactio s.
5. SEALCOIN AG develops dece t alized physical i f ast uctu e etwo k (DePIN) tech ology a d the SEALCOIN platfo m.

Each subsidia y co t ibutes to WISeQey’s missio of secu i g the i te et while focusi g o thei espective a eas of esea ch a d expe tise. Thei tech ologies seamlessly i teg ate i to the comp ehe sive WISeQey platfo m. WISeQey secu es digital ide tity ecosystems fo i dividuals a d objects usi g blockchai , AI, a d IoT tech ologies. With ove 1.6 billio mic ochips deployed ac oss va ious IoT secto s, WISeQey plays a vital ole i secu i g the I te et of Eve ythi g. T usted by the OISTE/WISeQey c yptog aphic Root of T ust, WISeQey p ovides secu e authe ticatio a d ide tificatio fo IoT, blockchai , a d AI applicatio s. The WISeQey Root of T ust e su es the i teg ity of o li e t a sactio s betwee objects a d people. Fo mo e i fo matio o WISeQey’s st ategic di ectio a d its subsidia y compa ies, please visit www.wisekey.com.

Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme ts

This commu icatio exp essly o implicitly co tai s ce tai fo wa d-looki g stateme ts withi the mea i g of the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i clude stateme ts ega di g ou busi ess st ategy, fi a cial pe fo ma ce, esults of ope atio s, ma ket data, FY 2026 eve ue guida ce, busi ess pipeli e, the timi g of comme cial adoptio of post-qua tum p oducts, the a ticipated be efits of acquisitio s, i vestme ts a d listi gs, the p oposed Qua tisimo busi ess combi atio , eve ts o developme ts that we expect o a ticipate will occu i the futu e, as well as a y othe stateme ts which a e ot histo ical facts. Wo ds such as “aims,” “ambitio ,” “a ticipates,” “estimates,” “expects,” “guida ce,” “i te ds,” “pipeli e,” “pla s,” “ta gets,” “will” a d simila exp essio s a e i te ded to ide tify fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. Although we believe that the expectatio s eflected i such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e easo able, o assu a ce ca be give that such expectatio s will p ove to have bee co ect. These stateme ts i volve k ow a d u k ow isks a d a e based upo a umbe of assumptio s a d estimates which a e i he e tly subject to sig ifica t u ce tai ties a d co ti ge cies, ma y of which a e beyo d ou co t ol. Actual esults may diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied by such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. Impo ta t facto s that, i ou view, could cause actual esults to diffe mate ially f om those discussed i the fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i clude WISeQey’s ability to co ti ue be eficial t a sactio s with mate ial pa ties, i cludi g a limited umbe of sig ifica t custome s; ma ket dema d a d semico ducto i dust y co ditio s; WISeQey’s depe de ce o the esults of its subsidia y SEALSQ Co p fo a majo ity of its co solidated eve ue a d ea i gs; adjustme ts to p elimi a y u audited 9M 2026 fi a cial i fo matio upo completio of fi a cial closi g a d eview p ocedu es; the ability to achieve FY 2026 eve ue guida ce; the co ve sio of the estimated busi ess pipeli e i to eve ue, which depe ds o custome validatio , tech ical i teg atio a d othe comme cial facto s; the timi g a d outcome of labo ato y eview, ce tificatio , custome qualificatio a d p ocu eme t fo the QS7001, QVault TPM a d othe post-qua tum p oducts; the ability to i teg ate acqui ed busi esses, i cludi g IC’Alps SAS, Mi aex a d Weca , a d to ealize value f om the SEALQua tum Sove eig Ve tical Stack; the effects of WISeQey’s c oss-bo de me ge a d edomiciliatio ; the t adi g pe fo ma ce of, a d WISeQey’s ow e ship i , WISeSat.Space followi g its combi atio with Columbus Acquisitio Co p.; the isks of satellite lau ches a d missio s; the isk that the p oposed Qua tisimo busi ess combi atio with GigCapital8 is ot completed by Ma ch 31, 2027 o at all, i cludi g as a esult of a failu e to obtai the app oval of GigCapital8’s sha eholde s o equi ed egulato y app ovals, the egist atio stateme t o Fo m F-4 ot becomi g effective, Nasdaq listi g app oval ot bei g obtai ed, the mi imum cash co ditio ot bei g satisfied, i cludi g as a esult of edemptio s by GigCapital8’s sha eholde s, o the te mi atio of the me ge ag eeme t; the amou t of cash SEALSQ may be equi ed to co t ibute i co ectio with the p oposed Qua tisimo busi ess combi atio ; the effect of co t ibuti g the G oup’s i te ests i Mi aex, SEALCOIN, Weca a d WISeSat.Space to Qua tisimo, a d the value a d t adi g pe fo ma ce of PubCo sha es eceived by WISeQey a d SEALSQ; whethe the memo a dum of u de sta di g with the Ca to of Ju a leads to defi itive ag eeme ts a d the a ticipated i vestme t; a d othe isks desc ibed i WISeQey’s fili gs with the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio . WISeQey is p ovidi g this commu icatio as of this date a d does ot u de take to update a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts as a esult of ew i fo matio , futu e eve ts o othe wise.

Stateme ts ega di g ou busi ess pipeli e a e based o ma ageme t’s cu e t estimates of pote tial eve ue oppo tu ities a d do ot ep ese t backlog o co t acted eve ue. Pipeli e co ve sio is subject to ume ous facto s i cludi g custome validatio , tech ical i teg atio equi eme ts, ce tificatio timeli es, a d ma ket co ditio s. The e ca be o assu a ce that pipeli e oppo tu ities will co ve t to actual sales o that such co ve sio will occu withi a ticipated timef ames.

This p ess elease does ot co stitute a offe to sell, o a solicitatio of a offe to buy, a y secu ities, a d it does ot co stitute a offe i g p ospectus withi the mea i g of the Swiss Fi a cial Se vices Act (“Fi SA”), the Fi SA’s p edecesso legislatio o adve tisi g withi the mea i g of the Fi SA. I vesto s must ely o thei ow evaluatio of WISeQey a d its secu ities, i cludi g the me its a d isks i volved. Nothi g co tai ed he ei is, o shall be elied o as, a p omise o ep ese tatio as to the futu e pe fo ma ce of WISeQey. Give the isks a d u ce tai ties desc ibed he ei , you should ot place u due elia ce o fo wa d-looki g stateme ts as a p edictio of actual esults.

Additio al I fo matio About the P oposed Qua tisimo Busi ess Combi atio a d Whe e to Fi d ItI co ectio with the p oposed busi ess combi atio amo g Qua tisimo Co p., GigCapital8 Co p. (“GigCapital8”) a d the othe pa ties the eto (the “P oposed Busi ess Combi atio ”), GigCapital8 a d Qua tisimo Holdi gs Co p. i te d to file with the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio (the “SEC”) a egist atio stateme t o Fo m F-4, which will i clude a p elimi a y p oxy stateme t of GigCapital8 a d a p ospectus. Afte the egist atio stateme t is decla ed effective, a defi itive p oxy stateme t/p ospectus will be mailed to GigCapital8’s sha eholde s as of a eco d date to be established fo voti g o the P oposed Busi ess Combi atio . INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION. I vesto s a d secu ity holde s will be able to obtai f ee copies of these docume ts, o ce available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Pa ticipa ts i the Solicitatio WISeQey, SEALSQ, Qua tisimo Co p., GigCapital8 a d thei espective di ecto s a d executive office s may be deemed to be pa ticipa ts i the solicitatio of p oxies f om GigCapital8’s sha eholde s i co ectio with the P oposed Busi ess Combi atio . I fo matio ega di g the ames a d i te ests of these pe so s i the P oposed Busi ess Combi atio will be set fo th i the p oxy stateme t/p ospectus a d othe eleva t mate ials filed with the SEC whe they become available.

No Offe o Solicitatio This p ess elease is fo i fo matio al pu poses o ly a d does ot co stitute a p oxy stateme t o a solicitatio of a p oxy, co se t o autho izatio with espect to a y secu ities o i espect of the P oposed Busi ess Combi atio , a d does ot co stitute a offe to sell o the solicitatio of a offe to buy a y secu ities, o shall the e be a y sale of secu ities i a y ju isdictio i which such offe , solicitatio o sale would be u lawful p io to egist atio o qualificatio u de the secu ities laws of a y such ju isdictio . No offe of secu ities shall be made except by mea s of a p ospectus meeti g the equi eme ts of Sectio 10 of the Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded.

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