Iqe Share Discussion Threads

[sirgainalot] 26/9/2018 14:17

SirGainalot25 Sep '18 - 20:31 - 21311 of 21329 Edit

Going to 60p?

Gepetto25 Sep '18 - 22:29 - 21312 of 21329

No.



Sure? 80p and fast declining.

[blueflame] 26/9/2018 13:44

Grity, why would no one want the job. That's just ridiculous.

[thecrunk] 26/9/2018 13:40

People are finally waking up to what I have been saying for months.

What are IQE hiding.....

Why no CFO....

Why shorts won't let go....

Something going on for sure sure...

[joeall] 26/9/2018 13:38

Do.they select from their short list or weed it down more?

[rathean] 26/9/2018 13:29

It's not taking so long, interviews completed earlier this month. Sounds like you just want a negative spin.

[grity] 26/9/2018 13:19

Dr Drew owns I think close to 30millon shares he’s obviously got something up his sleeve , cos they are not reporting any news.

Don’t want to be negative but maybe no one is prepared to take the CFO post that’s why it’s taking so long .

[tini5] 26/9/2018 13:13

Yes that's true, notice period could be negotiated down or evenly potentially paid for by the hiring company.

[davemac3] 26/9/2018 13:13

well something needs to happen, looks like new lows

[rathean] 26/9/2018 13:11

More of these appointments are bought out to reduce the notice period, either way it should be a catalyst and possibly the moment shorts scamper for their buy button.

[tini5] 26/9/2018 13:01

3 months? I'd expect a c-level to be on 6 months minimum.

[rathean] 26/9/2018 12:33

So CFO interviews concluded earlier this month. The successful candidate will either be on a 1 month notice period or more likely 3 months at bod level... assuming the successful candidate accepted the offer we could get an announcement as early as next week.If it's a recognised City chap the share price will sky rocket... all that is missing here is credibility and that is allowing the derampers air time.All imo ofc dyor.

[twatcher] 26/9/2018 11:19

...and still no CFO, just about 6 months now.

[kileleni] 26/9/2018 10:11

Break convention, Don't you mean short and distort rather than pump and dump? Or both? (Pump and Dump last year, Short and Distort here and now?) Conspiracy theorists can have a field day contemplating hacks trashing the company in the financial press at the behest of shorters whilst the true picture of future sales is hidden by nda's. The truth will out but it will take years not weeks.

[horneblower] 26/9/2018 08:58

The company's shares should never have reached over £1 last year but that's what happened and the company sensibly took the opportunity to raise £95M in a placing of 10% of its shares at 140p.
Since then the shares have reverted to a more sensible level, possibly overshooting to the downside as often happens.
The growth of the company will take many years and its share price will reflect its real profitability but with major swings above and below reality...as with all shares.

[bocase] 26/9/2018 07:36

Breakconvention:

I agree with you. I know there are those on here who regard PR as a waste of money.

They are entitled to their views and I would not resort to name calling because I did not agree with them but I think they are wrong.

PR is an important element in building a positive image for a company and a falling share price which is heavily shorted just gives uninformed journalists the chance to be 'right' by writing negative articles about the company.

This can lead to further falls in the share price and the loss of future business due to a poor company image.

I am not 'looking for someone to blame because I paid too much' as I bought my shares around 19p but in the absence of positive news flow the shorters can do what they like with the share price. This could lead to an opportunistic bid for the company way below it's true value and that would not be to anyone's benefit.

[adventurous] 26/9/2018 07:35

A real rhetorical question!

Why are there so many posters on this board who appear to have not even read the company reports?

[breakconvention] 26/9/2018 01:31

The real question, all share holder's should be asking here is why have the BOD have allowed IQE to become a pump & dump... Do they not give a monkey's about their own SP? What is the Ace up their sleeve & why is the company so horribly bad/ disgustingly bad at their own PR? - The BOD must be either stinking rich that they could not give a Fxxx (If true, everyone here is Fxxched). Or is there something massive in the pipeline? To allow a 50+% share price fall on no-news over 9 months? Regardless of TRP & shorters... I find no logic or sense in the share price movement... Dr Drew, please take action to correct the public's perception of IQE.

[lpavlou] 25/9/2018 23:02

For the old- timers on here, we originally issued Silex with 5m shares in 2016 for part payment of the first instalment of £1.4m. They still hold the shares. We have also promised them between 3 & 6% royalty fees on sales with a minimum guaranteed royalty payment of $400,000 in 2020. We must therefore be very confident in the technology This is what Silex reported last month:A positive outcome was achieved during the year with respect to Silex subsidiary Translucent Inc's semiconductor material technology known as 'crystalline Rare Earth Oxides' (cREO™). In March 2018, the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced semiconductor wafer products, IQE Plc (AIM: IQE) elected to purchase, the cREO™ technology. The election was made in accordance with the 2015 License and Assignment Agreement between Translucent and IQE and as a result, a payment of US$5 million is due to be paid in October 2018 (in either cash or IQE stock). In addition, a perpetual royalty of between 3% and 6% will be payable to Translucent on the sale of any IQE products that utilise the cREO™ technology, with minimum annual royalties starting at US$400,000 due to commence being paid in FY2020.The cREO™ technology was successfully transferred in late 2015 to IQE's Greensboro, North Carolina manufacturing facility for the completion of product development and commercialisation activities. IQE have reported very good progress with the development and demonstration of the cREO™ technology for the integration of advanced high-performance compound semiconductor materials on silicon wafers. Product trials and preliminary qualification activities within the IQE group and with select commercial partners continue. In addition, IQE continue to expand the intellectual property portfolio acquired from Translucent for the cREO™ technology, with the filing of numerous patents providing protection in additional applications. This will help strengthen IQE's competitive advantage as it takes the cREO™ technology to market.IQE's initial product development and commercialisation focus for the cREO™ technology has been on applications for wireless communications devices (principally targeting next generation smart phones) and power electronics devices (for example, as commonly found in today's solar inverters and electric vehicles). IQE regards the cREO™ technology as an enabling technology that would allow IQE to make a step change for the integration of various compound semiconductor devices with large scale silicon wafer production techniques. This has the potential to significantly lower the cost of production of next generation devices such as wireless chips.Silex have down well out of the deal and will continue to benefit in the future. I can see them holding onto heir shares. I also prefer a share payment rather than cash as the cash can be used for capes.

[sirgainalot] 25/9/2018 20:31

Going to 60p?

[tomduck] 25/9/2018 19:58

RichardC, I concur, have been buying heavily at this level, I would be amazed if the share price does not start with a £2 by the end of 2019.

[richardc77] 25/9/2018 18:47

Stick, fold...and don’t forget twist ie buy more, which I am certainly doing, tbh cannot believe my luck at amassing a major holding here.

[jimboyce] 25/9/2018 18:20

Well I think the shorters position will unwind for the next 3 months. It now compares with an escape artist, as to how they are going to do this without letting the market know they actually need to dispose of their holdings. The market makers will have to come up with a plan to satisfy the orders they have. They benefit from this. So expect lots of volatility. Long termers, if they don't cave in, will benefit too, once the shorters orders have been satisfied. Any unexpected good news or demands from the owners of the shares though will put a spanner in the works for the shorters, so they are at risk also. So if you believe in the company, you have a choice to stick or fold. I know which way I see it.

[jackdy1] 25/9/2018 17:51

Latest drop was 0.05 not 0.01

[boboty] 25/9/2018 17:39

Shorts are playing around the 0.5% disclosure threshold. So manipulative one reduced by 1/100th of one per cent to get to 0.49% and thus it is now not included in the disclosed short position as it is below the 0.5% threshold. They want your shares and are trying to creat a story of share price goes down while short position increases. It doesn’t work like that - when they truly start to unwind their short positions, like a ball pushed under the water, the share price will rise up with the the share purchases they will have to make. I’m not selling until Iqe has a peg of at least 1 - at the moment I think this is extraordinarily cheap.