Additional Listing

IQE PLC
18 January 2007

IQE plc

18 January 2007


                            IQE plc ('the Company')

                               Additional Listing


Application has today been made to the London Stock Exchange for 11,762 ordinary
shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') to be admitted to trading
on AIM. These Ordinary Shares are being issued pursuant to the exercise of share
options by employees under the IQE Group Share Option Scheme.



Admission of these Ordinary Shares is expected to become effective on 24 January
2007.


Following this issue the total number of ordinary shares of 1p in issue is
430,044,489.


For further information, please contact:



Leslie Coventry, IQE plc          02920 839400


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