IQE plc - Total Voting Rights and Block Admission

IQE PLC

24 January 2024

 

IQE plc

Total Voting Rights and Block Admission Return

Cardiff, UK

24 January 2024

("IQE" or the "Company")

Total Voting Rights

As at 31 December 2023, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 961,518,692 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company holds 4,115 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore the total number Ordinary Shares with voting rights in the Company is 961,514,577

Shareholders may use this figure (961,514,577) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Block Admission Return

The Company hereby provides an update to its block admission filed on 4 July 2023.

Name of company:	IQE plc
Name of scheme:	All employee share option plan
Period of return:	1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023
Number of Ordinary Shares not issued under scheme at the end of the last period:	5,681,941
Number of Ordinary Shares issued under scheme during period:	163,237
Number of Ordinary Shares cancelled under the scheme during period:	Nil
Number of Ordinary Shares added to the scheme during period:	Nil
Balance of Ordinary Shares under scheme not yet issued at end of period:	5,518,704
Number and class of Ordinary Shares originally admitted under scheme and the date of admission:	1,000,000 Ordinary Shares (4 Dec 2009) 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares (11 Oct 2010) 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares (8 Nov 2010) 8,000,000 Ordinary Shares (5 Apr 2011) 6,000,000 Ordinary Shares (16 May 2012) 16,000,000 Ordinary shares (19 Jun 2012) 8,000,000 Ordinary shares (12 Aug 2014) 8,000,000 Ordinary shares (3 Dec 2015) 12,000,000 Ordinary shares (20 April 2017) 14,000,000 Ordinary shares (12 June 2018) 12,000,000 Ordinary shares (25 January 2019) 3,000,000 Ordinary shares (25 January 2020) 8,000,000 Ordinary shares (4 May 2021)

Contacts:

IQE plc

[phone]

Americo Lemos

Jutta Meier

Amy Barlow

Peel Hunt (Nomad and Joint Broker)

[phone]

Paul Gillam

Richard Chambers

Kate Bannatyne

Numis (Joint Broker)

[phone]

Simon Willis

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

 

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