REG-IQE plc : Holding(s) in Company <Origin Href="QuoteRef">IQE.L</Origin>

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04/07/2017 17:25

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04 July 2017

IQE plc

("IQE" or the "Company")

Holding(s) in Company

 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                                                                                                                        IQE PLC 
 of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                                                                                                                     
 attached: (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                    
 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                                                                                                                                    X             
 Other (please specify):                                                                                                                                                                           
 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                                                                                                                           T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 
 notification obligation: (iii)                                                                                                                                                                    
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                                                              JP Morgan Chase  Bank of New York Mellon Bank  Northern Trust Company 
  (if different from 3.): (iv)                                                                                                                                                                     
 5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                                                                                                               30 June 2017 
 which the threshold is crossed or                                                                                                                                                                 
 reached: (v)                                                                                                                                                                                      
 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                                                                                                    04 July 2017 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                                                                                                                        10% 
 reached: (vi, vii)                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Class/type of                      Situation previous                                                          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                  
 shares                             to the triggering                                                                                                                                                                                 
  if possible using the ISIN CODE   transaction                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                          Number                                Number                                Number                      Number of voting                      % of 
                                                          of                                    of                                    of shares                   rights                                votin 
                                                          Shares                                Voting                                                                                                  g    
                                                                                                Rights                                                                                                  right 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        s (x) 
                                                Direct              Direct (xi)                 Indirect (xii)  Direct                              Indirect                    
 GB0009619924                       68,547,095                      68,547,095                                  68,105,509                                        68,105,509                                      9.97%               
                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Type of financial                                        Expiration              Exercise/                                                         Number of voting                                    % of voting                   
 instrument                                               date (xiii)             Conversion Period (xiv)                                           rights that may be                                  rights                        
                                                                                                                                                    acquired if the                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                    instrument is                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                    exercised/ converted.                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)                                                                                                                                  
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Type of financial                              Exercise price      Expiration date (xvii)      Exercise/                             Number of voting rights instrument refers to            % of voting rights (xix, xx)            
 instrument                                                                                     Conversion period (xviii)                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                              Nominal                       Delta     
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 Number of voting rights                                                                                                   Percentage of voting rights                                                                                
 68,105,509                                                                                                                9.97%                                                                                                      

 

 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the               
 financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)                             
 T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of IQE Plc, including the T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund, which owns 54,879,464 shares. Such shares are registered in the following name(s):   JP Morgan Chase - 63,408,415   Bank of New York Mellon - 3,980,742   Northern Trust Company - 716,352 
                                                                                              
 Proxy Voting:                                                                                
 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                
 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                          
 to hold:                                                                                     
 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                            
 voting rights:                                                                               
                                                                                              
 13. Additional information:                                                                  
 14. Contact name:                  Gary Greb, Vice President  T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 
 15. Contact telephone number:                                               001 410 345 2527 

 
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