IQE plc : Completion of Acquisition of Kopin Wi...

Cardiff, UK, 16 January 2013: IQE plc (AIM:IQE, "IQE" or the "Group"), the leading global supplier of advanced semiconductor wafer products and services to the semiconductor industry, announced on 10 January 2013 the acquisition of the compound semiconductor epiwafer manufacturing business ("Kopin Wireless") of Kopin Corporation, Inc. (the "Acquisition"). The Company is delighted to confirm that it has now completed the Acquisition.

Contacts:

IQE plc                                                             [phone]

Drew Nelson    

Phil Rasmussen 

Chris Meadows

Espirito Santo Investment Bank                         + 44 (0) 20 7456 9191

Richard Crawley/James Staveley/Alastair Maclachlan

Canaccord Genuity                                           + 44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Simon Bridges/Cameron Duncan          

College Hill                                                        [phone]

Adrian Duffield/Kay Larsen       

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