Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

23 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:				20 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:			717,299	0.07%	9,029,392	0.92%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				9,016,744	0.92%	717,298	0.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			9,734,043	0.99%	9,746,690	1.00%
(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		792,968		0.2490  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		446,458		0.2491  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		414,412		0.2565  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		235,761		0.2447  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		200,000		0.2545  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		142,101		0.2436  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		139,821		0.2487  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		114,445		0.2360  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		107,200		0.2440  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		63,332		0.2510  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		35,802		0.2497  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,379		0.2495  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,000		0.2554  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,385		0.2370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.2515  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,000		0.2572  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,746		0.2450  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,910		0.2557  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,490		0.2390  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,911		0.2410  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,543		0.2550  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,200		0.2555  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		649,436		0.2360  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		300,486		0.2400  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		259,917		0.2541  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		244,690		0.2373  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		180,375		0.2455  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		143,532		0.2492  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		86,607		0.2476  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		59,437		0.2435  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,520		0.2387  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,200		0.2555  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,580		0.2359  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,307		0.2450  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.2515  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,581		0.2496  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,000		0.2572  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,910		0.2557  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,141		0.2350  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4,000		0.2550  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,911		0.2410  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,044		0.2565  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,487		0.2404  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		16,580	0.2359  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,285	0.2360  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		69,281	0.2364  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,425	0.2369  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,206	0.2373  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,487	0.2404  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		72,600	0.2432  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15,307	0.2450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		109,004	0.2514  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,746	0.2450  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,104	0.2471  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		401,746	0.2489  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34,608	0.2529  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,200	0.2564  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		412,368	0.2565  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		243,754	0.2452  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:				23 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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