Holding(s) in Company

19 May 2006 14:59

IQE PLC19 May 2006 IQE plc ("the Company") Holding in Company The Company was informed on 17 May 2006 by Gartmore Investment Management plc("Gartmore") that, pursuant to a sale of 2,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.1p eachin the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 16 May 2006, Gartmore Investment Limited,Gartmore Fund Managers Limited and Gartmore Global Partners no longer have anotifiable interest in the Company's Ordinary Shares. Gartmore's discretionaryholding is now 9.57 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. 19 May 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange