28 Aug 2007 14:17
IQE PLC28 August 2007 IQE PLC28 August 2007 IQE plc (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'') Notification of Interest The Company was informed on 24 August 2007 that Gartmore Investment Limited andits subsidiaries ('Gartmore') had a notifiable interest of 43,018,395 ordinaryshares in IQE, being 9.99% of the issued share capital of the Company. Gartmoreis interested in IQE through the entities as detailed below: Registered Holding Beneficial Owner Number of ordinary shares HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK LTD Gartmore Fund Managers LTD 18,824,080 A/C Gartmore UK & Irish Smaller Companies BNY GIL A/C Noms LTD A/C NWSC Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc 3,556,722 BNY GIL A/C Noms LTD A/C LST Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust plc 8,000,000 Nortrust Nominees Limited Strathclyde Pension Fund 12,637,593Total 43,018,395 The total number of the Company's ordinary shares of in issue is 430,762,168.The ordinary shares referred to above are the ordinary shares of 1 pence each. Contacts IQE plc +44(0) 29 2083 9400Leslie Coventry Noble & Company Limited +44(0) 20 7763 2200John Llewellyn-LloydGraeme Bayley This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange