Holding(s) in Company

IQE PLC
12 February 2007

IQE plc

12 February 2007


                                    IQE plc

                          (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'')

                            Notification of Interest


The Company has been notified on 12 February 2007 that AXA SA and its
subsidiaries had a notifiable interest of 24,850,000 ordinary 1p shares in IQE,
equivalent to 5.78% of the issued share capital of the Company.



For further information, please contact:

Leslie Coventry, IQE plc          02920 839400






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