IQE plc : Director/PDMR Shareholding

IQE plc has been notified today that on 09 January 2015 the Company issued 46,816 new ordinary shares of 1p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") in the Company in settlement of Non-Executive Director fees ("NED fees") relating to the period from 1 October to 31 December 2014.
The New Ordinary Shares have been issued to Non-Executive Chairman Dr Godfrey Ainsworth in settlement of NED fees based on a volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of 16.02p per share for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2015.

Following this issue of New Ordinary Shares, Dr Ainsworth's total beneficial interest in the Company is 3,274,155 shares representing 0.50% of the issued share capital ("ISC").

Following this issue of New Ordinary Shares, the Company's enlarged ISC will be 660,374,583 Ordinary Shares. All of these Ordinary Shares carry voting rights of one vote per Ordinary Share. There are no Ordinary Shares held in Treasury and so the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 660,374,583.

Contacts:


IQE plc [phone]
Drew Nelson
Phil Rasmussen
Chris Meadows

Canaccord Genuity + 44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Simon Bridges
Cameron Duncan

Peel Hunt [phone]
Andy Crossley
Richard Kauffer

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Source: IQE plc via Globenewswire

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