28 Feb 2008 15:27
IQE PLC28 February 2008 IQE plc (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'') Notification of Interest The Company was informed on 27 February 2008 that Gartmore Investment Limitedand its subsidiaries ('Gartmore') had a notifiable interest of 44,218,440ordinary shares in IQE, being 10.3% of the issued share capital of the Company.Gartmore is interested in IQE through the entities as detailed below: Registered Holding Beneficial Owner Number of ordinary sharesHSBC Global Custody Gartmore Fund Managers LTD 17,824,080Nominee UK LTD A/C Gartmore UK & Irish Smaller CompaniesBNY GIL A/C Noms LTD A/C NWSC Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc 3,486,494BNY GIL A/C Noms LTD A/C LST Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust 7,824,300 plcNortrust Nominees Limited Strathclyde Pension Fund 15,083,566Total 44,218,440 The total number of the Company's ordinary shares in issue is 431,043,197.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-LloydAndy Yeo This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange