IQE plc : Holding(s) in Company

5 February 2014

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

Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii			IQE Plc GB0009619924
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				n/a
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				n/a
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				n/a
Other (please specify):				n/a
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii		UBS Investment Bank
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		UBS AG London Branch
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v		31 January 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		04 February 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0009619924

No Previous Disclosure

No Previous Disclosure

23,206,143

23,206,143

-

3.58%

-

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

-

-

-

-

-

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

-

-

-

-

-

Nominal

Delta

-

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

23,206,143

3.58%

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Source: IQE plc via Globenewswire

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