Total voting rights

IQE plc



In  accordance with Chapter Five of the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure
and  Transparency Rules,  IQE plc  ("IQE" or  the "Company") notifies the market
that  following  the  admission  of  the  65,000,000 new ordinary 1 pence shares
("Ordinary  Shares") in the Company on  5 October 2010, pursuant to the placing,
the Company had 511,116,446 Ordinary Shares in issue.

There  are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury and so the total number of voting
rights in the Company is currently 511,116,446.

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.


Enquiries:

 IQE plc           Drew Nelson       T: [phone]
                   Phil Rasmussen
                   Chris Meadows



 Execution Noble   James Bromhead    T: [phone]
                   Richard Crawley



 College Hill      Adrian Duffield   T: [phone]
                   Carl Franklin







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