13D Filings
Sequans Communications
SQNS
Amendment
Ownership

4.50%

Total Shares

11,461,930

Issuer CIK

1383395

CUSIP

817323207

Event Date

May 14, 2025

Accepted

May 21, 2025, 07:02 PM

Reporting Persons (4)
Joint Filing

This is a joint filing. The reported shares may overlap between reporting persons and should not be summed.

NameType% of ClassAggregateSole VotingShared Voting
Bpifrance Participations S.A.
Other
4.50%11,461,930011,461,930
Caisse des depots et consignations
Other
4.50%11,461,930011,461,930
EPIC Bpifrance
Other
4.50%11,461,930011,461,930
Bpifrance S.A.
Other
4.50%11,461,930011,461,930
Disclosure Items (5)

Security Title

Ordinary Shares, nominal value EUR0.01 per share

Issuer Name

Sequans Communications

Issuer Address

15-55 boulevard Charles de Gaulle, Colombes, I0, 92700

Principal Occupation

Information concerning the executive officers and directors of Bpifrance Participations, CDC, EPIC and Bpifrance required to be disclosed in response to Item 2 and General Instruction C to Schedule 13D is provided in Exhibit 99.2 to this Amendment and incorporated herein by reference.

Convictions

None of the Reporting Persons, nor, to the best of their knowledge, any of the persons referred to in Exhibit 99.2 has, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: This Amendment is being filed by the Reporting Persons to report changes to the beneficial ownership as a result of (i) certain open market sales of the Issuer's ADSs and (ii) a change in the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares of the Issuer outstanding as reported by the Issuer. All of the Ordinary Shares that are held of record by the Reporting Persons as reported herein were acquired for investment purposes. The Reporting Persons retain the right to change their investment intent, from time to time to acquire additional Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Issuer, or to sell or otherwise dispose of all or part of the Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Issuer, if any, beneficially owned by them, in any manner permitted by law. The Reporting Persons may engage from time to time in ordinary course transactions with financial institutions with respect to the securities described herein. Except as set forth above, none of the Reporting Persons currently has any plans or proposals which would be related to or would result in any of the matters described in Items 4(a)-(j) of the Instructions to Schedule 13D. However, as part of the ongoing evaluation of investment and investment alternatives, the Reporting Persons may consider such matters and, subject to applicable law, may formulate a plan with respect to such matters, and, from time to time, may hold discussions with or make formal proposals to management or the board of directors of the Issuer or other third parties regarding such matters.

Percentage of Class

Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: As of the date hereof, Bpifrance Participations holds directly 11,461,930 Ordinary Shares (represented by 1,146,193 ADSs), which represents approximately 4.5% of the Issuer's outstanding Ordinary Shares. As of the date hereof, none of Bpifrance, EPIC or CDC holds any Ordinary Shares directly. Bpifrance may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 11,461,930 Ordinary Shares (represented by 1,146,193 ADSs), indirectly through its 99.99% ownership of Bpifrance Participations. EPIC and CDC may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of 11,461,930 Ordinary Shares (represented by 1,146,193 ADSs), indirectly through their joint ownership and control of Bpifrance. The percentage of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by each Reporting Person is based on 253,875,282 Ordinary Shares (the equivalent of 25,387,528 ADSs) outstanding of the Issuer, as of April 18, 2025, as reported by the Issuer in its Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2025.

Number of Shares

Item 5(b) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: See the information contained on the cover pages of this Amendment, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Transactions

Item 5(c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: Except as disclosed in this Amendment, there have been no reportable transactions with respect to the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer within the last 60 days by the Reporting Persons, or, to the best of their knowledge, any of the persons referred to in Exhibit 99.2. Between March 20, 2025 and May 16, 2025, Bpifrance Participations sold an aggregate of 86,490 ADSs of Sequans Communications S.A. in open market transactions. Details by date, listing the number of ADSs sold, the average price per share and price range are provided in Exhibit 99.3, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5(c).

Date of 5% Ownership

May 15, 2025

EX 99.1 - Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2021, by and among the Reporting Persons (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Reporting Person's Schedule 13D/A filed on February 12, 2021) EX 99.2 - Information with respect to the Directors and Executive Officers of the Reporting Persons EX 99.3 - Open Market Transactions Table

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