IQE plc : Holding(s) in Company

IQE plc : Holding(s) in Company

6 March 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
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii		 T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv JP Morgan Chase
National Australia Bank
Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A.
State Street Bank & Trust Co.
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v		 26 February 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified: 28 February 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii		 11%, 12%
     


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
DirectDirect xiIndirect xiiDirectIndirect
GB0009619924 70,007,308 68,949,658 84,507,308 83,449,658 12.88%
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 priceExpiration date xviiExercise/
Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to% of voting rights xix, xx
NominalDelta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rightsPercentage of voting rights
83,449,658 12.88%
                 


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of IQE Plc, including the T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund, which owns 68,039,840 shares.  Such shares are registered in the following name(s):

JP Morgan Chase - 74,840,799

National Australia Bank - 2,107,658

Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 2,564,699

State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 3,935,502
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name: Ryan Nolan, Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number: 001 410 345 6618
   


Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name
(including legal form of legal entities) 		T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Contact address
(registered office for legal entities) 		100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD  21202
Phone number & email      001 410 345 6618
Ryan_Nolan@troweprice.com
Other useful information
(at least legal representative for legal persons)


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 xiIndirect xiiDirectIndirect
GB000961992423,206,14323,206,143Below Notifiable ThresholdBelow Notifiable ThresholdBelow Notifiable ThresholdBelow Notifiable ThresholdBelow Notifiable Threshold
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 priceExpiration date xviiExercise/
Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to% of voting rights xix, xx
-----NominalDelta
--
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rightsPercentage of voting rights
Below Notifiable ThresholdBelow Notifiable Threshold
                  


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name: Konstantina Georgaki / Akvile Budrikaite
15. Contact telephone number: +41 44 239 4071
   


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The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: IQE plc via Globenewswire
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