0001157523-16-004968.txt : 20160323 0001157523-16-004968.hdr.sgml : 20160323 20160323080514 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-16-004968 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160323 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160323 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160323 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001383395 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: I0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35135 FILM NUMBER: 161522508 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15-55 BLVD CHARLES DE GAULLE STREET 2: LES PORTES DE LA DEFENSE CITY: COLOMBES STATE: I0 ZIP: 92700 BUSINESS PHONE: 33170721600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15-55 BLVD CHARLES DE GAULLE STREET 2: LES PORTES DE LA DEFENSE CITY: COLOMBES STATE: I0 ZIP: 92700 6-K 1 a51305779.htm SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A. 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 March 2016

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

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Yes  No 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): Yes  No 

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.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes No

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

Exhibit 99.1 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 and 333-203539) and Form F-3 (File No. 333-198758).


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Effective March 21, 2016, Sequans Communications S.A. (the “Company”) hired Mr. Didier Dutronc as Chief Marketing Officer and streamlined its organizational structure.   As a result, the vice presidents of marketing, product strategy, business development and the two business units will all report to the Chief Marketing Officer, who will represent these functions as a member of the executive management team.   The roles and responsibilities of the remaining members of the executive management team are unchanged.


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:

March 23, 2016

By:

/s/ Deborah Choate

Deborah Choate

 

 

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form 6-K:

Exhibit

Description

 
99.1

Press release dated  March 23, 2016

EX-99.1 2 a51305779ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Sequans Appoints Didier Dutronc to Management Team

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2016--Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE:SQNS) announced that Didier Dutronc has been appointed to its management team as chief marketing officer (CMO). In this role, Dutronc will head a new Sequans’ CMO organization comprising several existing functional areas, including the business units, along with the marketing, strategy, business development, and carrier support organizations. Dutronc comes to Sequans after many years’ senior management experience at leading high tech companies, including Sierra Wireless, Alcatel, and Texas Instruments.

“We are very pleased to welcome Didier to the management team at Sequans,” said Georges Karam, Sequans CEO. “Didier is a highly-respected tech industry veteran and brings a wealth of experience and extensive knowledge of IoT and M2M markets worldwide that will benefit Sequans in many ways, especially in business development, customer acquisition, and market strategy.”

In the two years prior to joining Sequans, Dutronc acted as an advisor to Sequans as chairman of Asia Business Consulting Ltd., a Hong Kong-based consultancy targeting the IoT market. Before that, he was SVP and GM of the M2M and Embedded Solutions Business Unit at Sierra Wireless, and before that, was GM of the Handset Business Unit at Wavecom, which was subsequently acquired by Sierra Wireless. Prior to Wavecom, Dutronc was CEO of Alcatel Optronics USA, and VP of sales of Alcatel Optronics France. Earlier, he spent ten years at Texas Instruments in sales. Dutronc is highly experienced in P&L management, strategy, M&A, and business development in the global high tech industry.

About Sequans Communications

Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) is a 4G chipmaker and leading provider of single-mode LTE chipset solutions to wireless device manufacturers worldwide. Founded in 2003, Sequans has developed and delivered six generations of 4G technology and its chips are certified and shipping in 4G networks, both LTE and WiMAX, around the world. Today, Sequans offers two LTE product lines: StreamrichLTE™, optimized for feature-rich mobile computing and home/portable router devices, and StreamliteLTE™, optimized for M2M devices and other connected devices for the Internet of Things. Sequans is based in Paris, France with additional offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online at www.sequans.comwww.facebook.com/sequanswww.twitter.com/sequans

CONTACT:
Sequans Communications S.A.
Media relations:
Kimberly Tassin, +1-425-736-0569
Kimberly@sequans.com;
or
Investor relations:
Claudia Gatlin, +1-212-830-9080
claudia@sequans.com.