WSKEF - WISeKey International Holding AG (WKEY) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

2024-05-21 14:10:26 ET

WISeKey International Holding AG (WKEY)

Q4 2023 Results Conference Call

May 21, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Carlos Moreira - Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Peter Ward - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Matthew Galinko - Maxim Group

Kevin Dede - H.C. Wainwright

Presentation

Operator

Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the WISeKey International Holding Full Year 2023 Financial Results Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, this conference call contains forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements of WISeKey International Holding Limited to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

WISeKey is providing this communication as of this date and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions].

As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It's now my pleasure to introduce Carlos Moreira, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of WISeKey. Mr. Moreira, please go ahead.

Carlos Moreira

Thank you, very much, and good afternoon, to all of you joining us from Europe, and good morning to all of you joining us from United States. I am joined today on this call by our Chief Financial Officer, Peter Ward. And I will start this call by providing a brief highlight on the company performance and activities for the full year 2023. Then Peter will provide commentary on our financial condition in greater details. And before opening the floor to Q&A, I will discuss the growth opportunities for 2024 and beyond.

Just as a recap, WISeKey operates as a holding company located in Switzerland, in Zug, with several distinctive operational companies that they are covering the full spectrum of WISeKey related technologies. The concept was that in the 4th Industrial Revolution, companies need to solve several problems if they want to be on the market longer as the major players are building very large platforms and companies need to deploy alternative solution to these very big players and they have unlimited financial resources creating monopolistic platform....

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