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RNS Number : 7483M  IQE PLC  16 January 2023

IQE plc

 

Cardiff, UK

16 January 2023

 

 

Trading Update

 

 

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, provides a pre-close Trading Update for the financial
year ended 31 December 2022.

Reported revenue for the year ended 31 December 2022 is expected to be circa
8% higher than the prior year, subject to external audit review (2021:
£154m), after accounting for the impact of provisions for a small number of
doubtful debts and the re-phasing of revenues from one contract from Q4 2022
to Q1 2023. Constant currency revenue is expected to be broadly in line with
the prior year.

The Group's trading in 2022 has been largely resilient to the challenging
macro environment, with Photonics revenues in H2 partially offsetting
anticipated softness in Wireless markets.

In the first half of 2023 the Group expects to see some destocking in the
wider industry which may impact upon demand from existing customers, but
remains confident in its diversification strategy and longer-term growth
targets set out at the Capital Markets Day last November. Strong commercial
progress has been made in 2022 to lay the foundations of this strategy and
management are excited by the pipeline of opportunities being developed for
2023 and beyond.

The Group will announce the date for reporting its audited full year results
in due course.

 

Contacts:

 

IQE plc

+44 (0) 29 2083 9400

Americo Lemos

Tim Pullen

Amy Barlow

 

Peel Hunt LLP (Nomad and Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7418 8900

Paul Gillam

James Smith

 

Numis (Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Simon Willis

Hugo Rubinstein

Iqra Amin

 

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

Andy Rivett-Carnac: +44 (0) 7968 997 365

Antonia Pollock: +44 (0) 7789 954 356

Marta Parry-Jones: +44 (0) 7884742400

 

ABOUT IQE

http://iqep.com
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IQE is the leading global supplier of advanced compound semiconductor wafers
and materials solutions that enable a diverse range of applications across:

 

·    handset devices

·    global telecoms infrastructure

·    connected devices

·    3D sensing

 

As a scaled global epitaxy wafer manufacturer, IQE is uniquely positioned in
this market which has high barriers to entry. IQE supplies the whole market
and is agnostic to the winners and losers 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 c. 685 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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