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Form 8.3 IQE PLC - Barclays PLC | RNS | Ticker

Form 8.3 IQE PLC

RNS Number : 7018X

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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