IQE PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Sep 19, 2025

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IQE PLC

19 September 2025

FORM 8 (OPD)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	IQE plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	IQE plc
(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?	OFFEREE
(e) Date position held:      The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	18 September 2025
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary Shares
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	Nil	-	Nil	-
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	Nil	-	Nil	-
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	Nil	-	Nil	-
TOTAL:	Nil	-	Nil	-

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	Nil
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Nil

3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors' and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:

(A)  The directors of the Offeree (and their close relatives and the related trusts of any of them) hold Ordinary Shares in the Offeree as follows:

Name of director	No. Ordinary Shares held	% of issued ordinary share capital
Carol Chesney	90,000	0.01
Victoria Hull	281,192	0.03
Bami Bastani	171,000	0.02
Maria Marced	179,579	0.02

(B)  The following directors of the Offeree hold options and awards granted under the Offeree's share incentive scheme, as follows:

Name of director	No. Ordinary Shares under option	Type of grant	Exercise price	Grant date	Vest date	Expiry Date
Jutta Meier	766,683	IQE LTIP*	Nil	1/7/25	Options vest monthly in equal instalments to 31 December 2025	1/7/35
5,666,667	IQE LTIP*	Nil	8/6/25	31/12/27	8/6/35
995,521	IQE LTIP*	Nil	28/2/24	Options will vest in two equal tranches over 2 years. 497,761 have already vested	28/2/34
860,092	IQE LTIP*	Nil	28/11/24	31/12/2026	28/11/34
Mark Cubitt	166,667	IQE LTIP*	Nil	1/9/25	1/9/25 (vested)	1/9/35
423,209	IQE LTIP*	Nil	1/7/25	Options vest monthly in equal instalments to 31 December 2025	1/7/35
166,667	IQE LTIP*	Nil	8/6/25	8/6/25 (vested)	8/6/35

* Options were granted under IQE's Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), with awards recommended by the remuneration committee.  The LTIP awards are non-tax advantaged nil cost options subject to certain exercise criteria as disclosed within the Company's Annual Report for the relevant year of the awards.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None.

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None.

(c)        Attachments

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)	NO
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)	NO

###### Date of disclosure:	19 September 2025
###### Contact name:	Tom Dale
###### Telephone number:	+44 (0) 7718 961 142

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