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.
信貸額度和過渡融資優惠修正案中與收取第一期TI預付特許權使用費有關的條件已得到滿足
加拿大魁北克市,2024年12月12日(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)——提供基於人工智能的顛覆性低級傳感器融合和感知軟件技術LeddarVision的汽車軟件公司LeddarTech Holdings Inc.(「LeddarTech」)(納斯達克股票代碼:LeddarVision)今天宣佈,它已收到根據LeddarTech與德克薩斯州簽訂的戰略合作協議和軟件許可協議提供的第一筆全額預付特許權使用費正如2024年12月9日宣佈的那樣,儀器(「TI」)將實現全面的適用於高級駕駛輔助系統 (ADAS) 和自動駕駛 (AD) 市場的集成平台解決方案。根據許可協議,TI 已同意預付特許權使用費,以促進聯合商業化(「TI 預付特許權使用費」)。
關於與TI的合作和許可協議以及TI的預付特許權使用費,LeddarTech還於2024年12月9日宣佈,它與魁北克省Desjardins聯邦儲蓄銀行(「Desjardins」)就截至2023年4月5日的經修訂和重述的融資要約(「Desjardins」)簽訂了第十四份修正協議(「第十四修正協議」)信貸額度”)以及與最初的過橋貸款人以及某些管理層成員和董事會簽訂的第二份修正協議(「第二份修訂協議」)截至2024年8月16日的過渡融資要約(「過渡融資要約」)的董事(統稱 「過橋貸款人」)。第十四修正協議和第二修正協議都包含某些條件,如果到2024年12月13日仍未收到第一期TI預付特許權使用費的全額付款,則這些條件將適用。收到款項後,將短期到期日定爲2025年1月31日的條件已得到滿足。更多細節請參閱2024年12月9日的新聞稿,以及根據LeddarTech的SEDAR+和EDGAR簡介分別在和www.sec.gov上提交的第14份Desjardins信貸額度修正協議和過渡融資要約的第二份修正協議。
關於 LeddarTech
LeddarTech是一家全球軟件公司,成立於2007年,總部位於魁北克市,在以色列蒙特利爾和特拉維夫設有其他研發中心。LeddarTech開發並提供全面的基於人工智能的低級傳感器融合和感知軟件解決方案,支持ADAS、自動駕駛 (AD) 和停車應用程序的部署。LeddarTech的汽車級軟件應用先進的人工智能和計算機視覺算法來生成精確的環境三維模型,以實現更好的決策和更安全的導航。這種高性能、可擴展、經濟實惠的技術可供原始設備製造商和1-2級供應商使用,用於高效實施汽車和越野車ADAS解決方案。
LeddarTech負責多項遙感創新,共有170多項專利申請(87項已獲批准),旨在增強ADAS、AD和停車能力。提高車輛周圍的知名度對於使全球交通更安全、更高效、更可持續和更實惠至關重要:這就是推動LeddarTech尋求成爲最廣泛採用的傳感器融合和感知軟件解決方案的原因。