Conditions in the Amendments to Credit Facility and Bridge Financing Offer that were related to the receipt of the First Installment of the TI Pre-Paid Royalty Fee have been met
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeddarTech Holdings Inc. ("LeddarTech") (Nasdaq: LDTC), an automotive software company that provides patented disruptive AI-based low-level sensor fusion and perception software technology, LeddarVision, today announced that it has received the first full installment of the advanced royalty payments provided under the strategic collaboration agreement and software license agreement entered into between LeddarTech and Texas Instruments ("TI"), as announced on December 9, 2024, to enable a comprehensive, integrated platform solution for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) markets. Under the license agreement, TI has agreed to make advanced royalty payments to catalyze joint commercialization (the "TI Pre-paid Royalty Fee").
In connection with the collaboration and license agreements with TI and the TI Pre-paid Royalty Fee, LeddarTech also announced on December 9, 2024 that it entered into a fourteenth amending agreement (the "Fourteenth Amending Agreement") with Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec ("Desjardins") with respect to the amended and restated financing offer dated as of April 5, 2023 (the "Desjardins Credit Facility") and a second amending agreement (the "Second Amending Agreement") with the initial bridge lenders and certain members of management and the board of directors (collectively, the "Bridge Lenders") with respect to the bridge financing offer dated as of August 16, 2024 (the "Bridge Financing Offer"). Both the Fourteenth Amending Agreement and the Second Amending Agreement contain certain conditions that were to become applicable in the event that the full first installment of the TI Pre-paid Royalty Fee was not received by December 13, 2024. With the payment received, the conditions have been met to establish the short-term outside date as late as January 31, 2025. Please refer to the press release of December 9, 2024 for further details as well as the Fourteenth Amending Agreement to the Desjardins Credit Facility and the Second Amending Agreement to the Bridge Financing Offer which have been filed under LeddarTech's SEDAR+ and EDGAR profiles at and www.sec.gov, respectively.
About LeddarTech
A global software company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Quebec City with additional R&D centers in Montreal and Tel Aviv, Israel, LeddarTech develops and provides comprehensive AI-based low-level sensor fusion and perception software solutions that enable the deployment of ADAS, autonomous driving (AD) and parking applications. LeddarTech's automotive-grade software applies advanced AI and computer vision algorithms to generate accurate 3D models of the environment to achieve better decision making and safer navigation. This high-performance, scalable, cost-effective technology is available to OEMs and Tier 1-2 suppliers to efficiently implement automotive and off-road vehicle ADAS solutions.
LeddarTech is responsible for several remote-sensing innovations, with over 170 patent applications (87 granted) that enhance ADAS, AD and parking capabilities. Better awareness around the vehicle is critical in making global mobility safer, more efficient, sustainable and affordable: this is what drives LeddarTech to seek to become the most widely adopted sensor fusion and perception software solution.
与TI预付版税费首期付款相关的信贷设施和桥融资要约的修订条件已得到满足
加拿大魁北克市,2024年12月12日(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)——LeddarTech控股公司("LeddarTech")(纳斯达克:LDTC),一家提供专利颠覆性人工智能基础的低级传感器融合和感知软件技术LeddarVision的汽车软件公司,今天宣布已收到根据与德州仪器("TI")之间签订的战略合作协议和软件许可协议提供的高级版税支付的首个完整分期付款,该协议于2024年12月9日公布,旨在为先进驾驶辅助系统(ADAS)和自动驾驶(AD)市场提供全面的集成平台解决方案。根据许可协议,TI已同意进行高级版税支付以促进联合商业化("TI预付版税费")。
关于与TI及TI预付版税费的合作和许可协议,LeddarTech还在2024年12月9日宣布与魁北克德加丹信用合作社联盟("德加丹")签署了第十四个修订协议("第十四修订协议"),涉及于2023年4月5日生效的修订和重新表述的融资要约("德加丹信贷设施"),以及与初始桥贷款人和董事会部分管理层成员(统称为"桥贷款人")签署的第二个修订协议("第二修订协议"),涉及于2024年8月16日生效的桥融资要约("桥融资要约")。第十四修订协议和第二修订协议均包含某些条件,以便在2024年12月13日前未收到TI预付版税费的完整首期付款时生效。随着付款的收到,已满足建立短期到期日期为2025年1月31日的条件。有关更多详情,请参阅2024年12月9日的新闻稿,以及已在LeddarTech的SEDAR+和EDGAR档案以及www.sec.gov上提交的《德加丹信贷设施》的第十四修订协议和《桥融资要约》的第二修订协议。
关于LeddarTech
LeddarTech是一家成立于2007年的全球软件公司,总部位于魁北克市,在蒙特利尔和以色列特拉维夫设有额外的研发中心。LeddarTech开发并提供综合的基于人工智能的低级传感器融合和感知软件解决方案,使ADAS、自动驾驶(AD)和停车应用的部署成为可能。LeddarTech的汽车级软件应用先进的人工智能和计算机视觉算法,生成环境的准确3D模型,以实现更好的决策和更安全的导航。这项高性能、可扩展且具有成本效益的技术可供OEM和一级至二级供应商有效实施汽车及越野车的ADAS解决方案。
LeddarTech负责多项远程传感创新,拥有超过170项专利申请(87项已获批准),增强了ADAS、AD和停车能力。提高对车辆周围环境的意识对于提升全球移动出行的安全性、效率、可持续性和可承受性至关重要:这驱动着LeddarTech努力成为最广泛采用的传感器融合和感知软件解决方案。