IQE PLC Iqe Plc : Holding(s) In Company

 
TIDMIQE 
 
 
   02 September 2016 
 
   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:                                                                                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:                                          T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 
                                                                                  JP Morgan Chase 
                                                                     State Street Bank & Trust Co 
                                                               Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. 
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                       Bank of New York Mellon (FL) 
 (if different from 3.):                                                   Northern Trust Company 
5. Date of the transaction and date on 
 which the threshold is crossed or 
 reached:                                                                          30 August 2016 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                               01 September 2016 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 
 reached:                                                                                     12% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Notified details: 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
Class/type of 
 shares             Situation previous 
 if possible using   to the triggering 
 the ISIN CODE       transaction                    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                    Number 
                    Number           of 
                     of              Voting         Number                Number of voting 
                     Shares          Rights          of shares             rights                                           % of voting rights 
                                                    Direct                Direct               Indirect                     Direct        Indirect 
GB0009619924        80,592,281      80,592,281      81,326,445                                 81,326,445                                 12.09% 
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                                                            Number of voting 
                                                                             rights that may be 
                                                                             acquired if the 
Type of financial       Expiration    Exercise/                              instrument is                                      % of voting 
 instrument              date          Conversion Period                     exercised/ converted.                               rights 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
 to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
Type of financial     Exercise      Expiration    Exercise/ 
 instrument           price         date          Conversion period       Number of voting rights instrument refers to        % of voting rights 
                                                                                                                              Nominal       Delta 
 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
81,326,445                                            12.09% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which 
 the voting rights and/or the 
 financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 64,785,075 shares. Such shares are 
 registered in the following name(s): 
 JP Morgan Chase - 75,143,340 
 State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 2,019,156 
 Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 1,970,892 
 Bank of New York Mellon (FL) - 1,458,893 
 Northern Trust Company - 734,164 
 
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: 
                                                         Gary Greb, Vice President T. 
14. Contact name:                                         Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 
15. Contact telephone number:                                        001 410 345 2527 
 
 
 
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of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: IQE plc via Globenewswire 
 
 
  http://www.iqep.com 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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