Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				23 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:			200,181	0.02%	18,901,473	1.93%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				18,901,473	1.93%	200,180	0.02%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			19,101,654	1.95%	19,101,653	1.95%
(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		3,536,691		0.4975  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,254,050		0.5024  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		886,810		0.4813  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		587,100		0.5322  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		563,623		0.5140  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		500,342		0.5612  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		236,819		0.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		184,700		0.4731  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		126,432		0.5075  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		114,227		0.5472  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		110,693		0.5629  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		61,262		0.5785  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		60,000		0.4856  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,769		0.5594  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		40,000		0.5770  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		38,131		0.5403  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		34,753		0.4962  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,828		0.5582  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,440		0.4702  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,994		0.5054  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,333		0.5600  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,696		0.4906  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,402		0.5010  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,783		0.5147  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,500		0.5370  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,982		0.5049  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,720		0.5030  GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,155		0.5191  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,921,165		0.5621  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,512,456		0.4975  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		814,107		0.5233  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		375,700		0.5619  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		331,982		0.5024  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		293,590		0.5550  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		263,770		0.5249  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		260,000		0.5036  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		168,329		0.5512  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		98,057		0.5610  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		81,987		0.4938  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		78,348		0.5895  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		40,000		0.4835  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,520		0.5197  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,466		0.5602  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,090		0.5275  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,741		0.5065  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,713		0.5188  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,955		0.5885  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,236		0.5707  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.5415  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,674		0.4884  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,500		0.5370  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,222		0.5440  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,596		0.4972  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,092		0.4500  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		593		0.5475  GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		0.4750  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		1,092	0.4500  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	0.4750  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,596	0.4972  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		853,547	0.4975  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,887	0.4990  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		331,982	0.5024  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		104,603	0.5035  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,012	0.5143  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,713	0.5188  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,520	0.5197  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		263,770	0.5249  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		593	0.5475  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		375,700	0.5619  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		518	0.5699  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		197	0.5870  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,830	0.5896  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		184,700	0.4731  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		103,220	0.4761  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		783,590	0.4820  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,254,050	0.5024  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,155	0.5191  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,855	0.5211  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,527	0.5459  GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,915	0.5573  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		613,789	0.5400  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,327,179	0.4975  GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		42,504	0.5636  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:				24 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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