Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

13 April 2026

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				IQE PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				10 Apr 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,059,262	0.11%	9,513,935	0.97%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				9,513,935	0.97%	1,059,261	0.11%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			10,573,197	1.08%	10,573,196	1.08%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,049,521		0.3500  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		761,769		0.3429  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		419,686		0.3646  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		414,420		0.3620  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		322,254		0.3613  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		291,600		0.3456  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		271,154		0.3642  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		174,987		0.3565  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		131,662		0.3670  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		128,887		0.3743  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		114,518		0.3560  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		69,339		0.3526  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		49,999		0.3653  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,333		0.3639  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,200		0.3702  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,944		0.3530  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,830		0.3497  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,012		0.3696  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,000		0.3665  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55		0.3265  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		435,104		0.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		377,737		0.3625  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		356,699		0.3507  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		234,540		0.3456  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		159,383		0.3595  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		154,597		0.3353  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		148,711		0.3634  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		135,092		0.3702  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,000		0.3745  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		97,642		0.3580  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74,332		0.3649  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,643		0.3670  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.3730  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,581		0.3628  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,066		0.3585  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,760		0.3676  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,334		0.3575  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,819		0.3581  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,000		0.3645  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		0.3695  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		154,597	0.3353  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,735	0.3604  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,760	0.3676  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4	0.3695  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62,051	0.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		135,092	0.3702  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,252	0.3010  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		703,899	0.3411  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		291,600	0.3456  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		69,339	0.3526  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,944	0.3530  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	0.3539  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		144	0.3548  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,847	0.3612  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		414,420	0.3620  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		271,154	0.3642  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		419,686	0.3646  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,023	0.3670  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	0.3700  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				13 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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