Block Admission Return

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



6 October 2010


The company is providing an update to its block admission filed on 21 May 2010.

Name of company:                         IQE plc



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



Period of return:                        From 21 May 2010 to 4 October 2010



Number of ordinary 1 pence shares in the 591,615
Company ("Ordinary Shares") not issued
under scheme at the end of the last
period:



Number of Ordinary Shares issued under   494,528
scheme during period:



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



Balance of Ordinary Shares under scheme  97,087
not yet issued at end of period:



Number and class of Ordinary Shares      1,000,000 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
2,000,000 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 11 October  2010. The new Ordinary  Shares will be added to
the  balance  of  97,087 Ordinary  Shares  remaining  from  the  previous  block
admission.

Following  this  issue  the  total  number  of  Ordinary Shares in issue will be
513,213,533.

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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