Holding(s) in Company

IQE PLC
24 October 2006

IQE plc

24 October 2006





                                    IQE plc

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

                            Notification of Interest



The Company has been informed by email on 23 October 2006 that Dr. Michael Scott
had reduced his notifiable interest to 19,907,970 ordinary 1p shares in IQE plc,
equivalent to 4.92% of the issued share capital of the Company.





Contacts



IQE plc                                    [phone]
Leslie Coventry



Noble & Company Limited                    [phone]
John Llewellyn-Lloyd
Graeme Bayley




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