IQE plc : Directors' dealings and total voting ...

Cardiff, UK, 31 October 2012: IQE plc (AIM: IQE, "IQE" or the "Group"), the leading global supplier of advanced semiconductor wafer products and services to the semiconductor industry, announces that on 30 October 2012 Dr H R Williams exercised 200,000 share options at a price of 5.633 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this transaction, Dr Williams' total beneficial interest in the Company has increased to 1,672,430 Ordinary Shares representing 0.28% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Following the exercise of options by employees, IQE plc has issued 614,120 additional Ordinary Shares with voting rights since 31 August 2012. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 31 October 2011 is 588,031,540. All of these Ordinary Shares carry voting rights of one vote per share. There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury and so the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 588,031,540.

The  above  figures  may  be  used  by  shareholders  as the denominator for the calculations  by which they will determine if  they are required to notify their interest  in, or a change to their  interest in, the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The Ordinary Shares referred to above are the ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company.

CONTACTS:

IQE plc            [phone]
Drew Nelson     
Phil Rasmussen 
Chris Meadows 
           
Espirito Santo Investment Bank        + 44 (0) 20 7456 9191
Richard Crawley
James Staveley 

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