Holding(s) in Company

IQE PLC
25 August 2006

IQE plc

25 August 2006





                                    IQE plc



                          (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'')



                            Notification of Interest



The Company has been informed by a letter dated 21 August 2006 that by virtue of
a sale of 12,960,867 shares priced at 16p on 18th August 2006 Vidacos Nominees
Limited no longer had a notifiable interest in ordinary 1p shares in the
Company.



Registered holder name / custodian:                   Vidacos Nominee LTD A/C
1945

Beneficial owner name:                                     AlphaGen Volantis
Fund - Prime Brokerage



Contacts



IQE plc                                    [phone]

Leslie Coventry



Noble & Company Limited       [phone]

John Llewellyn-Lloyd

Graeme Bayley




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