Additional Listing

IQE PLC
04 October 2005


                            IQE plc ('the Company')

                                Additional Listing

Application has today been made to the London Stock Exchange for 163,757
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') to be admitted to
trading on AIM. These Ordinary Shares are being issued to satisfy payment of two
non-executive directors' fees for the third quarter of 2005.

114,874 of these Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.04 per cent. of
the existing issued share capital of the Company, are being issued to Dr G.H.H.
Ainsworth in settlement of his Chairman's fees for the third quarter of 2005.
Following this issue Dr G.H.H. Ainsworth will be interested in 2,032,341
Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.65 per cent. of the Company's
issued share capital.

Admission of these Ordinary Shares is expected to become effective on Friday 7
October 2005.



4 October 2005

For further information, please contact:

Leslie Coventry, IQE plc                                            02920 839400


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