12th Sep 2005 15:09
IQE PLC12 September 2005 IQE plc (the "Company") Holding in Company The Company was informed on 12 September 2005 by Gartmore Investment Managementplc that, following the sale of 1,000,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in theCompany ("Ordinary Shares") on 6 September 2005, Gartmore Investment Limited,Gartmore Fund Managers Limited and Gartmore Global Partners had a reportableinterest in 40,914,003 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 12.94 percent. of the issued share capital of the Company. The above Ordinary Shares areheld as follows: Beneficial owner Number of Percentage of Registered Ordinary Shares issued share holder capitalGartmore FundManagers LtdA/C GartmoreUK & IrishSmallerCompanies 15,137,969 4.79% HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK LtdThe GartmoreLimited IssueUK Small CapFund Ltd 3,669,006 1.16% Goldman Sachs Nominees LtdStrathclydePension Fund 7,744,279 2.45% Nortrust Nominees LitmitedThe AlphagenVolantis FundLimited 8,445,822 2.67% Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 1945GartmoreSmallerCompaniesTrust plc 3,773,892 1.19% BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C LSTGartmoreGrowthOpportunitiesplc 2,143,035 0.68% BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C NWSC Total 40,914,003 12.94% Further to this, the Company was also notified on 12 September by UBS AG that asof the close of business on 5 September 2005, UBS AG, acting through itsbusiness group and legal entities, no longer has a notifiable interest in theissued ordinary share capital of the Company. 12 September 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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