RNS Number:1090P
IQE PLC
28 August 2003



                            IQE plc ("the Company")

                               Additional Listing


Application has today been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for 112,852 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares") to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock
Exchange's main market. These Ordinary Shares are being issued on behalf of the
IQE General Employee Benefit Trust.


Admission of all the Ordinary Shares is expected to become effective on 2
September 2003.





28 August 2003





For further information, please contact:
Leslie Coventry, IQE plc                                          02920 839400
Chris Meadows, IQE plc                                            02920 839400
Matthew Wood, Evolution Beeson Gregory Ltd                       020 7071 4300


















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