11 Jul 2007 08:00
IQE PLC11 July 2007 IQE PLC 11 July 2007 IQE plc (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'') Notification of Interest The Company was informed on 10 July 2007 that Polar Capital Partners plc ('PolarCapital') had a notifiable interest of 14,520,000 ordinary shares in IQE, being3.37% of the issued share capital of the Company. Polar Capital is interested inIQE through the entities as detailed below: Registered Holding Number of ordinary sharesChase Nominees Ltd 10,801,667Nortrust Nominees Ltd 3,718,333 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 9400 Leslie Coventry Noble & Company Limited +44(0) 20 7763 2200 John Llewellyn-Lloyd Graeme Bayley This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange