SCHEDULE 13G/A 0001304857 XXXXXXXX LIVE 7 Common Shares, no par value 10/08/2025 0001437424 POET Technologies Inc. 73044W302 120 Eglinton Avenue East, Ste. 1107 Toronto A6 M4P 1E2 Rule 13d-1(c) MMCAP International Inc. SPC E9 0.00 11211522.00 0.00 11211522.00 11211522.00 N 9.99 OO Segregated portfolio company MM Asset Management Inc. A6 0.00 11211522.00 0.00 11211522.00 11211522.00 N 9.99 CO POET Technologies Inc. 120 Eglinton Avenue East, Ste. 1107, Toronto, Ontario A6 M4P 1E2 This Schedule 13G is filed by the following (the "Reporting Persons"): (1) MMCAP International Inc. SPC (the "Fund"); and (2) MM Asset Management Inc. (the "Adviser"). The Fund is a private investment vehicle. The Fund directly beneficially owns the Common Shares reported in this Statement. The Adviser is the investment manager of the Fund. The Adviser may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Shares directly beneficially owned by the Fund. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to any Common Shares other than the Common Shares directly beneficially owned by such Reporting Person. The principal business office of the Fund is c/o Mourant Governance Services (Cayman) Limited, 94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay, P.O. Box 1348, Grand Cayman, KY1-1108, Cayman Islands. The principal business office of the Adviser is 161 Bay Street, TD Canada Trust Tower Suite 2240, Toronto, ON M5J 2S1 Canada. For citizenship or place of organization see Item 4 of the cover page of each Reporting Person. Y See Item 9 on the cover page for each Reporting Person, and Item 2, which information is given as of the close of business on the Event Date of October 8, 2025 (and which includes 4,172,744 Common Shares and an additional 7,038,778 Common Shares underlying warrants that are exercisable within 60 days). See Item 11 on the cover page for each Reporting Person. The percentages of beneficial ownership contained herein are based on: (x) 105,188,673 Common Shares outstanding as of the Event Date, as reported to the Reporting Persons directly by the Issuer; and (y) an additional 7,038,778 Common Shares underlying the warrants described above. See Item 5 on the cover page for each Reporting Person. See Item 6 on the cover page for each Reporting Person. See Item 7 on the cover page for each Reporting Person. See Item 8 on the cover page for each Reporting Person. Y Y Y Y Y N By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11. MMCAP International Inc. SPC /s/ Ulla Vestergaard 10/10/2025 MM Asset Management Inc. /s/ Hillel Meltz 10/10/2025