Holding(s) in Company

IQE PLC
05 February 2007

IQE plc
05 February 2007




                                    IQE plc

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


                            Notification of Interest



The Company has been notified on 2 February 2007 that Universities
Superannuation Scheme Limited had a notifiable interest of 13,173,243 ordinary
1p shares in IQE, equivalent to 3.06% of the issued share capital of the
Company.





Contacts

IQE plc                        [phone]
Leslie Coventry



Noble & Company Limited       [phone]
John Llewellyn-Lloyd
Graeme Bayley


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