Additional Listing

IQE PLC
04 April 2006


                            IQE plc ('the Company')

                  Additional Listing / Director's Shareholding


Application has today been made to the London Stock Exchange for 163,721
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') to be admitted to
trading on AIM. These Ordinary Shares are being issued to satisfy payment of two
non-executive director's fees for the first quarter of 2006.

Of these Ordinary Shares, 125,377 are being issued to Dr G.H.H. Ainsworth in
settlement of his Chairman's fees for the first quarter of 2006, representing
approximately 0.04 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of the
Company. Following this issue Dr G.H.H. Ainsworth will be interested in
2,608,265 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.82 per cent. of the
Company's issued share capital.

Admission of these Ordinary Shares is expected to commence on 7 April 2006.


4 April 2006


For further information, please contact:

Leslie Coventry, IQE plc                        02920 839400



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