Sivers Semiconductors: A 75% Rally Under the Shadow of Insider Probes and Short-Seller Attacks
20.06.2026 - 03:23:58 | boerse-global.de
The disconnect between Sivers Semiconductors' stock price and its corporate governance has rarely been wider. The Swedish photonics specialist has seen its shares rocket nearly 75% over the past month, yet the company is simultaneously grappling with an insider-trading investigation, a boardroom shake-up, a postponed Nasdaq listing, and a scathing report from a short seller.
Stockholm's annual general meeting on June 15 was supposed to be a routine affair. Instead, it became a crisis summit. Vice President Tomas Duffy resigned moments before the meeting convened, joining founders Erik Fallström and Keith Halsey in a sudden exit from the board. The trigger: Swedish economic crime authorities are probing suspicious stock purchases made in April shortly after plans for a secondary US listing on the Nasdaq leaked prematurely. The stock had surged abnormally in the 48 hours before the official announcement. Two US law firms are now examining whether Sivers breached securities regulations, though no formal lawsuits have been filed.
Shareholders moved swiftly to fill the vacuum, electing Joakim Nideborn and Helena Svancar to the board. Bami Bastani remains chairman, with Nideborn taking the vice chair. The revamped five-member board also includes Karin Raj and Todd Thomson. One of the first decisions was to restructure compensation: the chairman will receive 1,050,000 Swedish kronor annually, the vice chair 600,000 SEK, and each other member 350,000 SEK. Crucially, a portion of each director's pay must be used to buy Sivers shares, with a one-year holding period. A new employee incentive program was deferred, with the board promising a revised proposal later.
The headline agenda item — authorizing up to 53.8 million new shares for the Nasdaq listing, which would have diluted existing holders by about 15% — was pulled at the last minute. Yet the meeting did grant a general mandate to issue the same number of shares via cash, in-kind contributions, or debt conversion, giving the new board financial flexibility to pursue the US listing later. The company has already restated its 2024 and 2025 accounts to the US PCAOB standard, a move that pushed the reported net loss for 2025 to 222.6 million SEK. On the debt side, the AGM retrospectively approved a secured convertible note worth roughly $327,000 from Bootstrap Europe 4.0 S.à r.l., carrying a 10.85% annual coupon and maturing on December 31, 2029, unless converted earlier. No dividend will be paid for fiscal 2025.
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Operationally, the picture is mixed. First-quarter revenue fell 22% year-over-year in the primary article's account, or 31% according to the secondary source — the latter figure likely reflects the SEK-denominated decline to 61.9 million SEK. The net loss improved 12% to 42.7 million SEK, however. Management blames currency effects and the US government shutdown for the top-line weakness. The project pipeline tells a more optimistic story: it has surged 77% since the start of the year to nearly $800 million (799 million US dollars, per the secondary source). A new production contract worth $8.2 million signals that the company is moving toward series manufacturing.
The insider investigation is not the only legal headache. Short seller Ningi Research published a critical report in early June, questioning roughly 31% of Sivers' reported 2025 revenue. The allegation: that research grants were incorrectly booked as commercial income. Sivers has not yet responded publicly.
Market reaction to this whirlwind has been extreme. The stock closed at €8.80, barely changed from the prior day, but still about 79% above its level 30 days ago. From its 52-week low of €0.27 in March, the share price has multiplied more than twentyfold. The annualized volatility stands at 236%, reflecting deep investor nervousness.
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On August 6, Sivers will release its next quarterly report — the first under the new board. It will also be the company's first chance to answer the short seller's accusations and clarify the timeline for its much-anticipated Nasdaq debut.
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