Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			12,287	0.00%	12,931,441	1.32%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				12,931,441	1.32%	12,286	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,943,728	1.32%	12,943,727	1.32%
(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		3,623,519		0.4818  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		115,400		0.4780  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		95,249		0.4832  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63,743		0.4816  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,196		0.4815  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		32,155		0.4898  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,812		0.4811  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,806		0.4707  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,045		0.4670  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,666		0.4762  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,342		0.4751  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,690		0.5060  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,969		0.4824  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,633		0.4902  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,051		0.4752  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		631		0.4847  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,644,113		0.4806  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,298,517		0.5028  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		784,821		0.4762  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		765,718		0.4792  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		423,539		0.4865  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		347,358		0.4835  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		241,057		0.4797  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		239,712		0.4820  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		222,504		0.4910  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		205,651		0.4864  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		169,236		0.4779  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		119,100		0.4804  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,962		0.4833  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		68,000		0.5013  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,019		0.4834  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,040		0.4855  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,108		0.4885  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,422		0.4747  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,274		0.4733  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,474		0.4711  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,814		0.4780  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,876		0.5060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,445		0.4888  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,445		0.4899  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		354		0.4838  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		9,666	0.4719  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		778,155	0.4762  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		120,294	0.4779  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		88,008	0.4780  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,608	0.4786  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		677,710	0.4794  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		241,057	0.4796  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		239,712	0.4819  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		347,358	0.4835  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		354	0.4838  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		390,487	0.4853  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,040	0.4855  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		205,651	0.4864  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,445	0.4888  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,445	0.4899  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		222,504	0.4910  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		962	0.4955  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		26,323	0.4994  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,729	0.5064  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		595	0.4690  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38,059	0.4711  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,033	0.4723  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		831	0.4725  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,546	0.4774  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74,003	0.4780  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		565,129	0.4823  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		388	0.4889  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		32,155	0.4898  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,701	0.4907  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,017	0.4976  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,602	0.5010  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		101,203	0.4833  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:				15 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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