Additional Listing

IQE plc
("IQE" or the "Company")
Additional Listing

10 September 2008

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for 592,772
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 certain employees 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 1.00p
35,740
Total at 5.63p
173,067
Total at 6.67p
165,161
Total at 6.87p
19,560
Total at 7.10p
179,264
Total at 7.30p
5,040
Total at 8.00p
1,500
Total at 10.11p
13,440
TOTAL                                                         592,772

Application has been made and admission to trading on AIM of these
Ordinary Shares is expected to occur on 16 September 2008.

Following this issue the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue
will be 433,030,192.


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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