IQE plc : Holding(s) in Company

4 January 2012

IQE plc
("IQE" or the "Company")

Following the disaggregation exemption notified to the FSA under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules on 17th October 2011, AXA SA and its subsidiary notifying Group entities, acting independently from their parent and from each other, no longer have any reportable holdings in IQE PLC on a Group aggregated basis. However, AXA Investment Managers SA has now crossed upwards the 5% threshold and has a holding of 6.48% and 34,030,750 shares on a Group disaggregated basis as an independent Group subsidiary.

Contacts:


IQE plc ([phone])
Drew Nelson
Phil Rasmussen
Chris Meadows

Espirito Santo Investment Bank (+ 44 20 7456 9191)
Richard Crawley
James Bromhead

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