Change of Adviser

IQE PLC
07 July 2006


IQE plc

7 July 2006


Immediate release


                                        IQE plc

                                    ('the Company')

                                   Change of Adviser



IQE plc, the leading global supplier of customised wafer products and outsource
wafer services to the semiconductor industry, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Noble & Company Limited as the Company's Nominated Adviser and
Broker with immediate effect.


Contacts

IQE plc:

Drew Nelson                        [phone]
Stuart Hall                        [phone]


Noble & Company Limited:


John Llewellyn-Lloyd               [phone]
Graeme Bayley                      [phone]





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