Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

20 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:				17 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:			23,788	0.00%	16,962,286	1.73%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				16,962,286	1.73%	23,787	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			16,986,074	1.73%	16,986,073	1.73%
(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		2,328,086		0.6361  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		663,602		0.5674  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		401,833		0.5525  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		377,400		0.5548  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		294,913		0.5640  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		136,986		0.6176  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		90,301		0.5479  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		83,448		0.6867  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		66,206		0.5823  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		58,070		0.5210  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		46,333		0.6989  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,699		0.5910  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,125		0.5653  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,666		0.6190  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,284		0.6391  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,055		0.6913  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,172		0.5291  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,990		0.6850  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,027		0.5474  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		839		0.5670  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		582		0.5736  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		554		0.5750  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		341		0.5630  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,277,381		0.6227  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		716,729		0.5210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		692,159		0.5878  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		526,588		0.5831  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		442,883		0.6074  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		242,036		0.5966  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		240,676		0.5782  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		196,787		0.6332  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		90,446		0.5939  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		71,164		0.5786  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		70,123		0.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		56,328		0.5843  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49,447		0.5907  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		41,207		0.5738  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		24,955		0.6051  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,504		0.5694  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,000		0.6210  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,322		0.6004  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,141		0.5669  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,333		0.6650  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,936		0.6003  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,307		0.5700  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,368		0.5060  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		986		0.5710  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		986		0.5713  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		682		0.5630  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		0.5936  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		70,123	0.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,141	0.5669  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,307	0.5700  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		986	0.5710  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		986	0.5713  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		240,676	0.5782  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		71,164	0.5786  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,328	0.5843  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47	0.5849  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		242,036	0.5966  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		413,234	0.6071  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		473,000	0.6078  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,013	0.6100  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,602	0.6118  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		37,447	0.5210  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,172	0.5291  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,027	0.5474  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		28,819	0.5622  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		839	0.5670  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		582	0.5736  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,160	0.5871  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		83,448	0.6866  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,055	0.6912  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		698,889	0.5210  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4	0.6050  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,022	0.6398  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:				20 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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