Holding(s) in Company

IQE PLC
25 August 2006

IQE plc

25 August 2006





                                    IQE plc



                          (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'')



                            Notification of Interest



The Company has been informed by a letter dated 21 August 2006 that by virtue of
an issued share capital adjustment Nortrust Nominees Limited no longer had a
notifiable interest in ordinary 1p shares in the Company.



Registered holder name / custodian:                   Nortrust Nominees Limited
Beneficial owner name:                                Strathclyde Pension Fund



Contacts



IQE plc                                    [phone]
Leslie Coventry



Noble & Company Limited       [phone]
John Llewellyn-Lloyd
Graeme Bayley




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