IQE plc : Block admission return and total voti...

Block admission return and total voting rights

31 Jul 2013

IQE plc

("IQE" or the "Company")

The company is providing an update to its block admission filed on 9 Nov 2012.

Name of company:	IQE plc
Name of scheme:	All employee share option scheme (2002)
Period of return:	From 9 Nov 2012 to 31 July 2013
Number of ordinary 1 pence shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") not issued under scheme at the end of the last period:	4,166,441
Number of Ordinary Shares issued under scheme during period:	1,151,066
Number of Ordinary Shares cancelled under the scheme during period:	Nil
Balance of Ordinary Shares under scheme not yet issued at end of period:	3,015,375
Number and class of Ordinary Shares originally admitted under scheme and the date of admission	1,000,000 Ordinary Shares (4 Dec 2009) 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares (11 Oct 2010) 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares (8 Nov 2010) 8,000,000 Ordinary Shares (5 Apr 2011) 6,000,000 Ordinary Shares (16 May 2012) 16,000,000 Ordinary shares (19 Jun 2012)

In accordance with DTR 5.6.1 of the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules we would like to notify the market of the following:

IQE plc has issued 155,153 additional Ordinary Shares with voting rights since 28 June 2013.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 31 July 2013 is 646,083,567. All of these Ordinary Shares carry voting rights of one vote per Ordinary Share. There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury and so the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 646,083,567.

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 Conduct 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
Alastair Maclachlan

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