Block admission return and total voting rights

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

Block admission return and Total Voting Rights

5 April 2011


The company is providing an update to its block admission filed on 4 November
2010.



Name of company:                         IQE plc



Name of scheme:                          All employee share option scheme (2002)



Period of return:                        From 8 November 2010 to 31 March 2011



Number of ordinary 1 pence shares in the 5,121,685
Company ("Ordinary Shares") not issued
under scheme at the end of the last
period:



Number of Ordinary Shares issued under   2,980,753
scheme during period:



Number of Ordinary Shares cancelled      Nil
under the scheme during period:



Balance of Ordinary Shares under scheme  2,140,932
not yet issued at end of period:



Number and class of Ordinary Shares      1,000,000 Ordinary Shares
originally admitted under scheme and the (4 December 2009)
date of admission

Application  has been made to the London Stock Exchange for a block admission of
8,000,000 Ordinary  Shares to  satisfy obligations  under the Company's existing
Group  Employee Share Option Scheme.  The shares will be  allotted and issued in
due  course in accordance with the rules  of the respective scheme and will rank
pari  passu in all  respects with the  existing Ordinary Shares  in issue. It is
expected  that admission of  the Ordinary Shares  under the block admission will
become  effective on 8 April 2011. The new Ordinary  Shares will be added to the
balance   of   2,140,932 Ordinary  Shares  remaining  from  the  previous  block
admission.

As  at 31 March 2011 the Company had 516,072,601 ordinary shares of 1 pence each
("Ordinary  Shares") in issue. 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 516,072,601.

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



 Espirito Santo Investment Bank   James Bromhead    T: [phone]
                                  Richard Crawley















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