Additional Listing

IQE plc
("IQE" or the "Company")
29 April 2009

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for 61,450
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 certain employees under
the IQE Group Share Option Scheme. The Ordinary Shares were all
issued in May 1999 at 1p and are due to expire in May 2009 if not
exercised.

Application has been made and admission to trading on AIM of these
Ordinary Shares is expected to occur on 1 May 2009.

Following this issue the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue
will be 433,964,559.


Contacts:
IQE plc ([phone])
Chris Meadows
Phil Rasmussen

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

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