Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

16 March 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 Mar 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:			391,643	0.04%	9,634,883	0.98%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				9,628,431	0.98%	391,642	0.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			10,020,074	1.02%	10,026,525	1.02%
(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		1,314,372		0.2317  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		379,144		0.2414  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		263,570		0.2383  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		134,568		0.2386  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		121,889		0.2396  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		114,392		0.2410  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		105,401		0.2404  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		82,831		0.2390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62,864		0.2416  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,643		0.2402  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,356		0.2325  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,402		0.2370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,410		0.2222  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,915		0.2450  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,630		0.2345  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,548		0.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,775		0.2430  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,764		0.2415  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,587		0.2350  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,554		0.2385  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,512		0.2400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,625		0.2150  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,454		0.2205  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,426		0.2395  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,420		0.2310  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,338		0.2440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,261		0.2185  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,255		0.2380  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,192		0.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,169		0.2305  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,105		0.2235  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		993		0.2425  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		121		0.2452  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		120		0.2422  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		120		0.2412  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		93		0.2417  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		89		0.2427  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34		0.2432  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		558,788		0.2325  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		485,507		0.2460  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		290,553		0.2395  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		107,500		0.2367  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		107,000		0.2383  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		89,146		0.2362  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		75,659		0.2381  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		72,257		0.2337  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54,633		0.2420  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,054		0.2372  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,574		0.2324  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,247		0.2385  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,245		0.2425  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,410		0.2222  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,935		0.2390  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,475		0.2327  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,914		0.2450  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,630		0.2345  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,548		0.2300  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,775		0.2430  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,764		0.2415  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,727		0.2410  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,587		0.2350  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,512		0.2400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,359		0.2375  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,625		0.2150  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,454		0.2205  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,420		0.2310  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,402		0.2370  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,338		0.2440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,261		0.2185  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,255		0.2380  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,192		0.2250  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,169		0.2305  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,105		0.2235  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		121		0.2452  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		120		0.2422  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		120		0.2412  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		93		0.2417  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		87		0.2427  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		34		0.2432  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		180,795	0.2251  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,493	0.2324  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,942	0.2325  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,475	0.2327  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,372	0.2334  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,054	0.2372  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,359	0.2375  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,693	0.2385  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68,287	0.2386  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,512	0.2408  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,800	0.2425  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,935	0.2325  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38,969	0.2377  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		156,570	0.2383  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		121,889	0.2396  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28,386	0.2399  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30,643	0.2402  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		214,801	0.2404  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109,665	0.2410  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		311,789	0.2420  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	0.2427  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	0.2450  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		76,928	0.2356  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:				16 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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