Block admission return and Total Voting Rights

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


4 November 2010


The company is providing an update to its block admission filed on 11 October
2010.

Name of company:                         IQE plc



Name of scheme:                          All employee share option scheme (2002)



Period of return:                        From 11 October 2010 to 31 October 2010



Number of ordinary 1 pence shares in the 97,087
Company ("Ordinary Shares") not issued
under scheme at the end of the last
period:



Number of Ordinary Shares issued under   1,975,402
scheme during period:



Number of Ordinary Shares cancelled      Nil
under the scheme during period:



Balance of Ordinary Shares under scheme  121,685
not yet issued at end of period:



Number and class of Ordinary Shares      2,000,000 Ordinary Shares
originally admitted under scheme and the (4 December 2009)
date of admission

Application  has been made to the London Stock Exchange for a block admission of
5,000,000 Ordinary  Shares to  satisfy obligations  under the Company's existing
Group  Employee Share Option Scheme.  The shares will be  allotted and issued in
due  course in accordance with the rules  of the respective scheme and will rank
pari  passu in all  respects with the  existing Ordinary Shares  in issue. It is
expected  that admission of  the Ordinary Shares  under the block admission will
become  effective on 8 November  2010. The new Ordinary  Shares will be added to
the  balance  of  121,685 Ordinary  Shares  remaining  from  the  previous block
admission.

As  at 31 October  2010 the Company  had 513,091,848 ordinary  shares of 1 pence
each  ("Ordinary Shares")  in issue.  All of  these Ordinary Shares carry voting
rights  of one vote per share. There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury and
so the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 513,091,848.

The  above  figures  may  be  used  by  shareholders  as the denominator for the
calculations  by which they will determine if  they are required to notify their
interest  in, or a change to their  interest in, the Company under the Financial
Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


Enquiries:

 IQE plc           Drew Nelson       T: [phone]
                   Phil Rasmussen
                   Chris Meadows



 Execution Noble   James Bromhead    T: [phone]
                   Richard Crawley



 College Hill      Adrian Duffield   T: [phone]
                   Carl Franklin





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