Sivers Semiconductors Board Members Buy In with One-Year Lock-Up as Nasdaq Listing Forces Reporting Reshuffle
Published on 07/14/2026 at 18:35 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
Five directors of Sivers Semiconductors plus chief executive Vickram Vathulya have snapped up shares in the Swedish chipmaker, locking their holdings for at least twelve months. The purchases, executed on 13 July 2026 and pre-approved at the annual general meeting in June, send an unambiguous signal of insider confidence at a time when the stock has shed nearly two-thirds of its value.
The timing is anything but comfortable. Sivers’ shares closed at €3.80 on Tuesday, a modest 1.88% gain from the prior session, but that barely scratches the surface of the damage. The stock sits 62.85% below the 52-week high of €10.23 touched in early June and has cratered 53.94% over the past thirty days. Annualised volatility over that period stands at 154%, a level more characteristic of a speculative penny stock than an established semiconductor supplier. The relative strength index of 37 suggests the equity is approaching oversold territory, though no clear reversal signal has yet flashed.
Some short-term stability has crept in: the shares added 1.33% over the past week. And in a related development, the Stockholm exchange has removed Sivers from its list of the most heavily shorted stocks, indicating that bearish bets are losing momentum.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying Sivers Semiconductors?
The root cause of the structural upheaval is the company’s ambition to dual-list on the Nasdaq. Preparing for that move requires Sivers to overhaul its financial reporting to meet the stringent audit standards of the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The transition has forced a rescheduling of all quarterly announcements for the remainder of the year: the second-quarter report has been pushed to 27 August, the third-quarter report to 26 November, and the fourth-quarter figures to 25 February 2027. Vathulya described the alignment as a necessary step to stabilise corporate governance before the US entry, which the market currently expects in the second half of 2026 or the first quarter of 2027.
Those ambitions rest on a technological bet that the company is still at an early stage of monetising. Sivers develops laser and RF beamforming technologies for photonics and wireless communications, targeting AI data centres, satellite links, defence systems and next-generation 5G networks. Partnerships with GlobalFoundries, Jabil and Ayar Labs are viewed as potential catalysts for future production volumes, and the company has previously flagged record revenues and a growing project pipeline.
The insider purchases — involving Bami Bastani, Karin Raj, Helena Svancar, Todd Thomson, Joakim Nideborn and the CEO — were approved by shareholders in June. The mandatory 12-month lock-up is designed to tighten the alignment of management and owner interests. Despite the recent sell-off, Sivers still commands a market capitalisation of €1.25bn, a valuation that reflects the long-term promise of its technology even as near-term earnings visibility remains clouded.
All eyes now turn to the delayed Q2 report on 27 August. It will be the first concrete test of whether the new PCAOB-compliant processes are running smoothly — and whether the record revenues the company has touted will be confirmed in black and white. For the moment, the board has answered with its own cash.
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