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IqeAnnouncement

28/01/2015 02:32

26 January 2015
IQE plc
("IQE" or the "Company") 
Holding(s) in Company 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
 IQE PLC 
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
 x 
 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 
  
 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 
  
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
  
 Other (please specify): 
  
  
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
 Herald Investment Management Limited 
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
 Discretionary investment management clients of Herald Investment Management Limited 
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
 21st January, 2015 
6. Date on which issuer notified:
 22nd January 2015 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
 5% 


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE  
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights x
Indirect
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
 

 GB0009619924 
  
30,882,142  
 

 30,882,142 
  
33,562,265  
  
  

 33,562,265 
  

  
  

 5.08% 
  
  
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/ 
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
 None  
  
  
  
 Nil 
  
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

 None  
  
  
  
 

Nominal
Delta
 Nil 
  
  
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
  

 33,562,265 
  

 5.08% 


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
 

 N/A

  
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
  N/A 
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
  N/A 
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
  N/A 
  

13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:
  Andrew Miller CFO 
15. Contact telephone number:
  020 7553 6308 



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Source: IQE plc via Globenewswire
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