IQE plc: Director/PDMR Shareholding

IQE PLC
18 May 2023
 

IQE plc

 

Cardiff, UK

18 May 2023

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

IQE plc (AIM:  IQE, "IQE" or the "Group"), the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry, has been notified that, on 18 May 2023, the following purchases of ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") were made as part of their participation in IQE's placing, the results of which were announced on 18 May 2023.

Names

Position

No. Ordinary Shares acquired

Resultant holding*

% issued share capital*

Americo Lemos

Chief Executive Officer

7,500,000

8,470,457

0.89%

Dr Andrew W Nelson

President and Non-Executive Director

5,000,000

45,567,234

4.77%

Phil Smith

Chairman

100,000

140,000

0.01%

Carol Chesney

Non-Executive Director

50,000

90,000

0.01%

Victoria Hull

Non-Executive Director

50,000

281,192

0.03%

 

*as at admission of the 150,000,000 new Ordinary Shares issued as a result of the Placing, expected to take place on or around 22 May 2023.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them. 

1.

Details of the Person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

1.   Mr Americo Lemos

2.   Dr Andrew W Nelson

3.   Phil Smith

4.   Carol Chesney

5.   Victoria Hull

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position / status

1.   Chief Executive Officer

2.   President and Non-Executive Director

3.   Chairman

4.   Non-Executive Director

5.   Non-Executive Director

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

 

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

IQE plc

 

b)

Legal Entity Identifier

213800Y33WHD3ESJJP16

 

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company

GB0009619924

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Award of shares

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)


Price

Volume

1.

20.0p

7,500,000

2.

20.0p

5,000,000

3.

20.0p

100,000

4.

20.0p

50,000

5.

20.0p

50,000

d)

Aggregated information

·       Aggregated volume

·       Aggregated price

n/a - single transactions

e)

Date of the transaction(s)

18 May 2023

 

f)

Place of the transaction

Off-market

 

 

Contacts:

 

IQE plc

+44 (0) 29 2083 9400

Americo Lemos

Tim Pullen

Amy Barlow

           

Peel Hunt LLP (Nomad and Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7418 8900

Paul Gillam

Richard Chambers

James Smith

           

Numis (Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Simon Willis

Hugo Rubenstein

Iqra Amin

 

Headland Consultancy (Financial PR)
+ 44 (0) 20 38054822

Andy Rivett-Carnac: +44 (0) 7968 997 365

Chloe Francklin: +44 (0)78 3497 4624

 

ABOUT IQE

http://iqep.com

 

IQE is the leading global supplier of advanced compound semiconductor wafers and materials solutions that enable a diverse range of applications across:

 

·    Smart Connected Devices

·    Communications Infrastructure

·    Automotive and Industrial

·    Aerospace and Security

 

As a scaled global epitaxy wafer manufacturer, IQE is uniquely positioned in this market which has high barriers to entry. IQE supplies the global market and is enabling customers to innovate at chip and OEM level. By leveraging the Group's intellectual property portfolio including know-how and patents, it produces epitaxy wafers of superior quality, yield and unit economics.


IQE is headquartered in Cardiff UK, with employees across eight manufacturing locations in the UK, US and Taiwan, and is listed on the AIM Stock Exchange in London.

 

 

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