Holding(s) in Company

09 February 2010 IQE plc ("IQE" or the "Company") Holding(s) in Company +-------------------------------------------------+ | TR-1:Notifications of Major Interests in Shares | +-------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ | 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares|IQE PLC| | to which voting rights are attached:  | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. 2:    Reason for notification   | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+ |An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |yes | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+ |An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may | | |result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights| no | |are attached | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+ |An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to| no | |qualifying financial instruments | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+ |An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+ |Other (please specify):   | no | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----+ +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | | |notification                     | Standard Life Investments Ltd| |    obligation: | | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different | Vidacos Nominees | |from 3.): | | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |5. Date of the transaction (and date on which | | |the threshold   |08 February 2011 | |      is crossed or reached): | | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: |09 February 2011 | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:|5% | +-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1.   | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A:Voting rights attached to shares | +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | 1. Class/type of share        If |GB0009619924 | | possible use ISIN code  | | +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |  | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Situation previous to the triggering transaction | +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | 2. Number of shares  | 3. Number of voting | | | rights  | +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |25,279,325 |25,279,325 | +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |  | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +---------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------+ | 4. Number of | Number of voting rights | Percentage of | | shares  | | voting rights | | +-----------------+----------+------+--------------+ | | Direct | Indirect |Direct| Indirect | +---------------------------+-----------------+----------+------+--------------+ |25,934,464 | 1,200,000 |24,734,464|0.23% | 4.80% | +---------------------------+-----------------+----------+------+--------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B:Qualifying Financial Instruments | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+ | Type of | Expiration | Exercise/ | No. of voting rights | Percentage | | financial | date | conversion | that may be acquired | of voting | | instrument | | period/date | (if the instrument | rights | | | | | exercised/converted) | | +-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+ |  |   |   |   |   | +-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | |Instruments | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |  | +---------------+--------+----------+----------+--------------+----------------+ |Type of |Exercise|Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of |% of voting | |financial |price |date |Conversion|voting |rights | |instrument | | |period |rights |  | | | | | |instrument | | | | | | |refers to | | +---------------+--------+----------+----------+--------------+-------+--------+ | | | | | |Nominal| Delta | | | | | | +-------+--------+ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | +---------------+--------+----------+----------+--------------+-------+--------+ +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Total (A+B+C) | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+ | 25,934,464 | 5.03% | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+ This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: IQE plc via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1487216]

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