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Institutional holders — POET Technologies

Snapshot — institutional ownership profile

POET Technologies’ institutional ownership is dominated by a single 9.99% concentration held by MM Asset Management Inc. (Toronto) plus an associated segregated-portfolio investment fund. Beyond that block, institutional ownership is dispersed sub-5% per filer — no Vanguard / BlackRock / Fidelity 13G filings exist for POET, indicating the company has not yet crossed the index-inclusion / passive-vehicle ownership threshold that drives the typical “5%+ institutional” bucket in US-domestic comps.

As of: 2026-04-29 (most recent 13G/A filing 2026-02-17; aggregator data ◐ on dispersed sub-5% holders).

Confidence legend: ✓ verified-primary · ◐ partial / aggregator · ⚠ inferred / estimate

FPI insider-trading regime context. POET is a foreign private issuer — Form 4 / 5 do not apply. Insider trades flow through Form 144 + Canadian SEDI. See insider history for the full FPI-regime documentation. This file focuses specifically on institutional (non-insider) holdings.

1. 5%+ holders (per Schedule 13G/A primary-source filings)

FilerLatest filing dateShares beneficially owned% of classDate of eventSource
MM Asset Management Inc. + segregated portfolio company (joint)2026-02-1714,483,3709.99% ✓2025-12-31acc. 0001104659-26-016326
(Same filer group; previous amendments)2025-10-1011,211,5229.99%2025-10-08acc. 0001104659-25-098718
(Same filer group; previous amendments)2025-10-099,763,2309.99%2025-09-30acc. 0001104659-25-098365
Total 5%+ disclosed concentration14,483,3709.99%
Implied other holders (post-Jan 2026 raise)~138,228,81290.01%(residual)

Single-block ownership concentration is the load-bearing institutional fact. No other 5%+ filer exists in POET’s recent 13G/A record. The dominant pattern is MM Asset Management actively topping up the position with each raise (9.76M → 11.21M → 14.48M shares between Sept 2025 and Feb 2026) while staying immediately below the 10% Section-16-equivalent threshold. ⚠

MM Asset Management Inc. profile

AttributeDetail
Filer nameMM Asset Management Inc.
DomicileToronto, Ontario, Canada (per 13G filing address) ✓
SignatoryHillel Meltz, President
Joint filerSegregated portfolio company (signed by Ulla Vestergaard, Director)
Type of Reporting Person (Item 12)“OO” (Other) — segregated portfolio company structure
Position trajectoryNet buyer in every raise since the position first crossed 5% in early 2025
Disclosed at thresholdPrecisely 9.99% (i.e., immediately below 10% Section-16-equivalent trigger)

Read. The MM Asset Management position is the single most important institutional variable for POET. A change in MM’s holdings would reset the institutional-sponsorship narrative. The current pattern signals long-term conviction (active accumulation in raises) but disciplined position management (capped at 9.99%).

2. 13F institutional holders (Q1 2026 cycle)

POET’s 13F institutional ownership is filed by 1934 Act §13(f) reporting institutions (asset managers with $100M+ in §13(f) securities under management). 13Fs lag ~45 days from quarter-end, so the most recently published 13F cycle as of 2026-04-29 is Q4 2025 (filed February 2026). The Q1 2026 13Fs are due by May 15, 2026.

Aggregator caveat. ◐ POET-specific 13F aggregation (Fintel, WhaleWisdom, Dataroma) is not yet pulled into the company’s STOCK_INSTITUTIONAL.json data file. The schema exists but the file is currently empty per the data/ directory inventory. Cross-references below describe the expected institutional holder set based on POET’s profile (small-cap photonics with AI narrative).

Anticipated 13F-cycle holder profile

Holder typeExpected presenceRationale
Index funds (Vanguard, BlackRock iShares, State Street)Limited ⚠POET market cap ~$1.23B; small-cap index inclusion would drive Vanguard / BR positions but at sub-5% (no 13G filing). Expect modest passive concentration via Russell 2000 or similar.
Active managers (Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, Janus)Limited ⚠POET below typical liquidity threshold for active mid/large-cap funds; likely small positions through small-cap strategies.
Quantitative funds (Renaissance, Two Sigma, AQR)Possible ⚠Statistical-arb / momentum exposure; visibility only at quarterly 13F lag.
Photonics / AI-thematic ETFsPossible ⚠Limited number of funds focused on photonics specifically; AI-thematic ETFs (e.g., Roundhill BIG7) more likely than direct exposure.
Hedge funds (Citadel, Renaissance)Possible ⚠Quant / event-driven strategies — visibility only at 13F lag.

Read. Until the Q1 2026 13F cycle is captured (~May 15 2026), the institutional-holder profile is characterized but not enumerated. The dominant fact remains the MM Asset Management 9.99% block — visible in 13G/A primary source.

3. Insider ownership (per FY2025 20-F Item 6E)

The 20-F Item 6E beneficial ownership table discloses the holdings of POET’s directors and officers as of March 20, 2026 (the 20-F filing reference date). Per the 20-F:

“The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our outstanding common shares as of March 20, 2026…” ✓ (verbatim, 20-F Item 6E)

The aggregate insider beneficial-ownership figure is captured in the 20-F’s named-officer-and-director ownership table. Specific per-officer holdings have not been extracted into this file — refresh to populate from the 20-F Item 6E table is open.

Soft estimate. Per companies/poet/data/STOCK_PRICE_DATA.json aggregator capture, insider ownership ≈ 4.5% of outstanding shares ⚠. This figure is sourced from a Yahoo Finance / aggregator scrape and has not been cross-checked against the 20-F primary table.

4. Float and concentration metrics

Per STOCK_PRICE_DATA.json:

  • Common shares outstanding: ~67.5M (this figure is stale — pre-Oct 2025 raises). Updated post-Jan 2026 raise: 152,711,182 shares O/S (per 424B5 acc. 0001493152-26-003330) ✓.
  • Float: ~65M per stale snapshot ⚠. Updated post-raises: ~140–145M est. (152.7M O/S less ~7–10M true insider concentration) ⚠.
  • Insider %: ~4.5% ⚠ aggregator
  • Institutional % (Q1 2026 cycle expected): ~25% ⚠ aggregator

Caveat. The aggregator data in STOCK_PRICE_DATA.json predates the 2025–Jan 2026 capital raise sequence. Refresh of the share-count, float, and ownership-percentage fields is required for an accurate snapshot. For the most current authoritative numbers, see share_count_dilution.

5. Why the institutional-ownership story matters for POET

For a small-cap photonics company with serial dilution, who is buying the raises is the dominant institutional-sponsorship signal:

  • Oct 7 + Oct 28 2025 raises ($75M + $150M = $225M combined) — sponsorship validated by MM Asset Management’s accumulation from 9.76M → 11.21M shares. ✓
  • Jan 23 2026 raise ($150M registered direct via Titan Partners Group LLC) — institutional-grade RD structure (no warrant attachment), but the specific take-down investor list is not disclosed in the 424B5. The 13G/A on Feb 17 2026 showing MM at 14.48M shares (3.27M increment from Oct) confirms MM was a participant.

Implication. As long as the MM Asset Management position holds or grows through future raises, POET’s institutional sponsorship is structurally stable at the 9.99% level. A reduction in the MM position would be the most analytically meaningful sentiment signal to track.

Sources

Primary

Aggregator (cross-check pending)

  • companies/poet/data/STOCK_PRICE_DATA.json — Yahoo Finance snapshot (insider %, institutional %, float — flagged as pre-raise stale data).
  • 13F-cycle aggregators (Fintel, WhaleWisdom, Dataroma) — refresh queue open.

Cross-references