NewEdge Signal Solutions, Inc. Closes $6 Million Private Placement Offering

BOSTON, July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NewEdge Signal Solutions, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of innovative Radio Frequency Front Ends (RFFE) for mobile wireless infrastructure, announced today that it has completed a $6.0 million private placement offering of the company's common stock. The financing included investments from the company's strategic partner, MTI Group, a Taiwan-based mobile communications technology manufacturing company, as well as members of the NewEdge Signal Solutions' senior management team. The offering consisted of the sale of approximately 3.3 million shares of common stock at a price of $2.00 per share, resulting in $6.6 million in gross proceeds to the company.

The financing was led by Jim Brewington, chairman of NewEdge Signal Solutions, who previously served as president of developing markets and mobility solutions at Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. Brewington was responsible for driving Lucent Technologies Inc.'s efforts to expand its business opportunities globally and for all wireless infrastructure in the mobility segment, including global wireless development and product architecture, project management and business, and product management.

"NewEdge is focused on disrupting conventional Doherty-based power amplifier technology by using its proprietary envelope tracking architecture and Si-based integrated circuits to produce innovative solutions, which will increase the RF front-end efficiency, versatility and signal quality of wireless infrastructure equipment. In addition, the company's tunable filter offering is redefining state-of-the-art performance for tactical radio communications equipment used around the world," said Dr. David McIntosh, founder and CEO of NewEdge Signal Solutions. "The proceeds from this offering will allow NewEdge Signal Solutions to scale its engineering and sales and marketing teams, while allowing us to respond effectively to tremendous market opportunities."  

The NewEdge business model is asset-light and strongly supported by contract manufacturing, leveraging the capital investments and capacity of its strategic partner MTI Group to manufacture the company's line of tunable filters and radio frequency front end products.

Katalyst Securities LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC, acted as exclusive placement agent for the best efforts private placement offering.

About NewEdge Signal Solutions

NewEdge™ is a high-tech RF solutions company that builds upon its unique patented envelope tracking technology to produce highly efficient and versatile RFFEs for the cellular infrastructure market. The company's product offerings enable manufacturers of mobile communications equipment to develop "dynamically adaptable (RFFE) RF front ends" for the mobile-wireless industry. Founded in 2011, NewEdge™ is located outside Boston, MA. For more information, please visit www.newedges2.com.

About MTI

Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) is a technology company specializing in wireless communications product development, manufacturing and global sales for more than 35 years. Based on its core competence in microwave and RF technology, MTI has established a leading position in the fields of microwave radios, satellite ODUs and receivers, mobile base station components and broadband wireless access products. With this excellent record of accomplishment, MTI has established long-term partnerships with the world's leading communication equipment providers. For more information, please visit www.mtigroup.com.

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THESE MATERIALS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL, OR THE SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY, ANY SECURITIES OF NEWEDGE SIGNAL SOLUTIONS, INC., OR OF ANY OTHER ENTITY WHATSOEVER. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY BY ANY PARTY SHOULD BE IGNORED.

SOURCE NewEdge Signal Solutions

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