Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

14 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:				13 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:			13,286	0.00%	10,228,788	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				10,228,788	1.04%	13,285	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			10,242,074	1.05%	10,242,073	1.05%
(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		3,749,390		0.4863  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,513,876		0.4948  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,052,354		0.4896  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		836,270		0.4959  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		533,466		0.4936  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		523,975		0.4905  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		337,569		0.4783  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		314,631		0.4909  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		244,683		0.4986  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		235,445		0.4822  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		170,378		0.5212  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		165,169		0.4946  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		151,633		0.4576  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		146,136		0.4861  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		106,348		0.4703  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		101,200		0.4929  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		0.4642  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		0.4912  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		98,820		0.4851  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		73,232		0.4784  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,453		0.5115  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.4885  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,073		0.5066  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42,662		0.4971  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,554		0.4842  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,700		0.4883  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,660		0.5126  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,630		0.4953  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,628		0.5067  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,759		0.5009  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,628		0.4677  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,990		0.4605  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,215		0.4685  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,233		0.4700  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,978		0.4688  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,802		0.5080  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,164		0.5005  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,055		0.4995  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,882		0.4288  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,921		0.4920  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,020		0.4965  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		650		0.4990  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		403		0.5130  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52		0.4950  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22		0.4869  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7		0.3885  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4		0.4925  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.5345  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.4955  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,614,317		0.4937  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,109,867		0.4910  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,361,714		0.5168  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,175,755		0.4899  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,076,447		0.4806  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		990,729		0.4272  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		623,788		0.4828  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		419,686		0.5192  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		288,480		0.4963  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		242,041		0.4976  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		205,581		0.4969  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		151,903		0.4092  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		133,002		0.4693  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,760		0.4961  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		64,171		0.4936  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		40,179		0.4946  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,979		0.4912  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.5300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,100		0.5113  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,628		0.4677  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,215		0.4685  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,359		0.5017  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,900		0.4772  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,356		0.4714  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,581		0.4933  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,164		0.5005  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,899		0.4914  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,020		0.4965  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,000		0.5090  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,921		0.4988  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,004		0.4958  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		0.4925  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		0.4955  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		5,777	0.3700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		933,423	0.4226  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		344,320	0.4798  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		232,546	0.4910  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		288,480	0.4963  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		205,581	0.4969  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		242,041	0.4976  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,872	0.5008  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,434	0.5149  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		419,686	0.5192  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14	0.4397  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		37	0.4518  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,878	0.4720  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,554	0.4842  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23	0.4873  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		127,802	0.4910  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100,000	0.4912  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		517,022	0.4936  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56	0.4948  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,566	0.5019  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		170,378	0.5212  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	0.5345  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:				14 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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