Holding(s) in Company

IQE PLC
05 March 2007

IQE plc

05 March 2007


                                    IQE plc

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

                            Notification of Interest



The Company has been notified by a letter dated 1 March 2007 that Societe
Generale Asset Management UK Limited had a notifiable interest of 21,550,000
ordinary 1p shares in IQE, equivalent to 5.01% of the issued share capital of
the Company.



For further information, please contact:



Leslie Coventry, IQE plc          02920 839400






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