Holding(s) in Company

IQE PLC
06 February 2007

IQE plc
06 February 2007


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


                            Notification of Interest

The Company has been notified on 06 February 2007 that Aviva plc and its
subsidiaries had a notifiable interest of 39,011,825 ordinary 1p shares in IQE,
equivalent to 9.07% of the issued share capital of the Company.


This announcement is in accordance with the Transparency Directive new
disclosure thresholds.


For further information, please contact:


Leslie Coventry, IQE plc          02920 839400






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