Additional Listing

("IQE" or the "Company")
02 December 2008

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for 6,320
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') to be
admitted to trading on AIM. The Ordinary Shares are being issued
pursuant to the exercise of share options by two employees under the
IQE Group Share Option Scheme. The Ordinary Shares have been issued
at the following prices:

Price of issue                      Number of Ordinary Shares
Total at 1.00p
2,960
Total at 12.00p
3,360
TOTAL
6,320

Admission to trading on AIM of these Ordinary Shares is expected to
occur on 8 December 2008.

Following this issue the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue
will be 433,263,558.


Contacts:

IQE plc ([phone])
Chris Meadows
Phil Rasmussen
Leslie Coventry

Noble & Company Limited (+ 44 20 7763 2200)
John Llewellyn-Lloyd
Sam Reynolds

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited ([phone])
Aubrey Powell
Ashton Clanfield

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