Holding(s) in Company

25 Aug 2006 09:30

IQE PLC25 August 2006 IQE PLC 25 August 2006 IQE plc (the ''Company'' or ''IQE'') Notification of Interest The Company has been informed by a letter dated 21 August 2006 that GartmoreInvestment Limited, Gartmore Fund Managers Limited and Gartmore Global Partnersreduced their notifiable interest in ordinary 1p shares in the Company. As aresult, the aggregate discretionary holding is now 8.04%. Gartmore's shares are split between the following companies: Fund Management Company Number of shares held Gartmore Investment Ltd 17,284,935 Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd 15,242,414 TOTAL 32,527,349 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