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IQE plc: Director/PDMR Shareholding
IQE plc announced that on December 1, 2025, Executive Chair Mark Cubitt was granted immediately vested, nil-cost options for 166,667 ordinary shares under the company's Long Term Incentive Plan. Further options are planned for March 2026, bringing the total potential grant to 666,667 ordinary shares, all subject to a three-year holding period from the grant date. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nIQE plc\n \n \nCardiff, UK\n1 December 2025\n \n \nIssue of Options Director/PDMR Shareholding\n \nIQE 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 December 2025, 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\").\nMark Cubitt has received immediately vested Options over 166,667 Ordinary Shares under the LTIP. Further to the grants made on 8 June 2025 and 1 September 2025, it is intended that Mark will be granted an Option over a further 166,666 Ordinary Shares at the start of the next subsequent calendar quarter in March 2026, provided that he has not returned to his non-executive chair role prior to that date. The total number of Options granted to Mark will therefore be 666,667. Mark's Options and resulting Ordinary Shares are subject to a three-year holding period from the date of grant.\n \nContacts:\n \nIQE plc\n+44 (0) 29 2083 9400\nMark Cubitt\nJutta Meier\nAmy Barlow\n \nPeel Hunt (Nomad and Joint Broker)\n+44 (0) 20 7418 8900\nBen Cryer\nKate Bannatyne\nAdam Telling\n \nDeutsche Numis (Joint Broker)\n+44 (0) 20 7260 1000\nSimon Willis\nHugo Rubinstein\nIqra Amin\n \nHeadland Consultancy (Financial PR) + 44 (0) 20 38054822\nAndy Rivett-Carnac: +44 (0) 7968 997 365\nChloe Francklin: +44 (0)78 3497 4624\n \nABOUT IQE\nhttp://iqep.com\n \n \nIQE is the leading global supplier of advanced compound semiconductor wafers and materials solutions that enable a diverse range of applications across:\n \n· Smart Connected Devices\n· Communications Infrastructure\n· Automotive and Industrial\n· Aerospace and Security\n \nAs 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 G...