Holding(s) in Company

10 Nov 2006 14:48

IQE PLC10 November 2006 IQE plc 10 November 2006 IQE plc (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'') Notification of Interest The Company was informed on 8 November 2006 that Gartmore Investment Managementplc increased its notifiable interest to 41,593,349 ordinary 1p shares in IQEplc, equivalent to 10.28% of the issued share capital of the Company. The totalnumber of shares comprises the aggregated holdings controlled by GartmoreInvestment Limited, Gartmore Fund Managers Limited and Gartmore Global Partners,as listed below: Fund Management Company Number of shares held % Gartmore Investment Ltd 21,642,529 5.35% Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd 19,950,820 4.93% TOTAL 41,593,349 10.28% 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