Additional Listing

IQE plc
("IQE" or the "Company")
02 October 2008

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for 54,496
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') to be
admitted to trading on AIM. The Ordinary Shares are being issued
pursuant to the exercise of share options by an employee under the
IQE Group Share Option Scheme. The Ordinary Shares have been issued
at the following prices:

Price of issue                      Number of Ordinary Shares
Total at 5.63p
11,649
Total at 6.67p
28,825
Total at 6.87p
3,260
Total at 7.10p
10,762
TOTAL
54,496

Admission to trading on AIM of these Ordinary Shares is expected to
occur on 8 October 2008.

Following this issue the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue
will be 433,084,688.


Contacts:

IQE plc ([phone])
Chris Meadows
Phil Rasmussen
Leslie Coventry

Noble & Company Limited (+ 44 20 7763 2200)
John Llewellyn-Lloyd
Sam Reynolds

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited ([phone])
Aubrey Powell
Ashton Clanfield

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