RNS Number:0904R
Wolfson Microelectronics PLC
20 October 2003


20 October 2003


NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS)


Wolfson Microelectronics plc

Announcement of Exercise of Over-Allotment Arrangements


Wolfson Microelectronics plc ("Wolfson" or the "Company"), a fabless
semiconductor company, which supplies high performance mixed signal integrated
circuits announces that in connection with the Company's initial public offering
(the "Offer"), Citigroup Global Markets U.K. Equity Limited has given notice to
certain selling shareholders exercising, on behalf of the underwriters, the
over-allotment option in respect of 4,944,435 existing ordinary shares in the
Company.

Wolfson will not receive  any of the #10.4 million proceeds arising from the
exercise of the over-allotment option.

Including the exercise of the over-allotment option, the total size of the Offer
was #79.5 million comprising (37,867,853 million new and existing ordinary
shares).


Enquiries:

Wolfson                                                           0131 272 7000

David Milne, CEO
George Elliott, CFO

Citigroup                                                         020 7986 4000

Roger Barb
Tom Attenborough
Jeremy Hughes

Brunswick                                                         020 7404 5959

Tom Buchanan
Kate Holgate
Harry Chathli


This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of Wolfson
Microelectronics plc. The contents of this announcement have been approved by
Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citigroup") solely for the purposes of
section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.   Citigroup and
Cazenove & Co. Ltd ("Cazenove") are both acting for Wolfson Microelectronics plc
and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to
anyone other than Wolfson Microelectronics plc for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Citigroup or Cazenove or for providing advice in relation
to the Offer.

This announcement does not form part of any offer of securities, or constitute a
solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for securities, and any
acquisition of or application for shares in the Offer should only be made on the
basis of information contained in the listing particulars to be issued in due
course in connection with the Offer, which listing particulars will contain
certain detailed information about Wolfson Microelectronics plc and its
management, as well as financial statements and other financial data. This
announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into
Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States. Stabilisation/FSA.

This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the
United States of America.  Neither this announcement nor any copy of it may be
taken or distributed into the United States of America or distributed or
published, directly or indirectly, in the United States of America.  Any failure
to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of US securities law.
The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under
the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be
offered or sold in the United States or to or for the benefit of US persons
unless they are registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available
exemption therefrom.  No public offering of securities of Wolfson
Microelectronics plc is being made in the United States.


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