IQE plc

("IQE" or the "Company")

Total Voting Rights

27 February 2015

In accordance with DTR 5.6.1 of the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules we would like to notify the market of the following:

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 27 February 2015 is 660,784,583. All of these Ordinary Shares carry voting rights of one vote per Ordinary Share. There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury and so the total number of voting rights in the Company is currently 660,784,583.

The  above  figures  may  be  used  by  shareholders  as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The Ordinary Shares referred to above are the ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company.

Contacts:
IQE plc (+44 29 2083 9400)
Chris Meadows
Phil Rasmussen

Canaccord Genuity (+ 44 20 7523 8000)
Simon Bridges
Cara Griffiths



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