Holding(s) in Company

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



Notification of Interest




18 September 2009



The Company has been informed that AXA S.A. and its subsidiaries had,
on 16 September 2009, increased their notifiable interest over
ordinary 1 pence shares in IQE to 43,650,000 being 10.01% of the
issued share capital of the Company.

The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue is
436,198,138.



Contacts:
IQE plc ([phone])
Chris Meadows
Phil Rasmussen

Noble & Company Limited (+ 44 20 7763 2200)
John Llewellyn-Lloyd
Sam Reynolds

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