IQE plc: Director/PDMR Shareholding

IQE PLC

02 March 2026

 

IQE plc

Cardiff, UK

2 March 2026

Issue of Options 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, advises that on 1 March 2026, Mark Cubitt, Executive Chair received a grant of nil cost share options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to IQE's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").

Mark Cubitt has received immediately vested Options over 166,666 Ordinary Shares under the LTIP. This grant follows those made on 8 June 2025, 1 September 2025 and 1 December 2025 and is the final planned grant of Options that were announced on 9 June 2025. The total number of Options granted to Mark under this arrangement is 666,667. Mark's Options and resulting Ordinary Shares are subject to a three-year holding period from the date of grant.

Contacts:

IQE plc

[phone]

Mark Cubitt

Jutta Meier

Amy Barlow

Peel Hunt (Nomad and Joint Broker)

[phone]

Ben Cryer

Kate Bannatyne

Adam Telling

Deutsche Numis (Joint Broker)

[phone]

Hugo Rubinstein

Iqra Amin

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

Andy Rivett-Carnac: [phone]

Chloe Francklin: [phone]

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 manufacturing locations in the UK, US and Taiwan, and is listed on the AIM Stock Exchange in London.

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	Mr Mark Cubitt
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	PDMR (Executive Chair)
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 options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	166,666 Ordinary Shares
d)	Aggregated information ·       Aggregated volume ·       Aggregated price
e)	Date of the transaction(s)	1 March 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Off-market

 

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