Director/PDMR Shareholding

IQE PLC
22 December 2006


IQE PLC
22 December 2006


                            IQE plc (the 'Company')

                               Director Dealings


The Company received notification on 22 December 2006 from Dr Godfrey Ainsworth,
Non-executive Chairman of the Company, that on that day he purchased 109,000
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at an average
price of 19.08p per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase Dr Ainsworth has a
beneficial interest in 3,051,914 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.71
per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.



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