Form 8.3 IQE PLC

RNS Number : 4436A

Barclays PLC

14 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:				13 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:			13,286	0.00%	10,228,788	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				10,228,788	1.04%	13,285	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			10,242,074	1.05%	10,242,073	1.05%
(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		3,749,390		0.4863 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,513,876		0.4948 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,052,354		0.4896 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		836,270		0.4959 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		533,466		0.4936 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		523,975		0.4905 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		337,569		0.4783 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		314,631		0.4909 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		244,683		0.4986 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		235,445		0.4822 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		170,378		0.5212 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		165,169		0.4946 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		151,633		0.4576 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		146,136		0.4861 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		106,348		0.4703 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		101,200		0.4929 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		0.4642 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		0.4912 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		98,820		0.4851 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		73,232		0.4784 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,453		0.5115 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.4885 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		43,073		0.5066 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		42,662		0.4971 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		36,554		0.4842 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		33,700		0.4883 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,660		0.5126 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		28,630		0.4953 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,628		0.5067 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,759		0.5009 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		15,628		0.4677 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,990		0.4605 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,215		0.4685 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,233		0.4700 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,978		0.4688 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,802		0.5080 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,164		0.5005 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,055		0.4995 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,882		0.4288 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,921		0.4920 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,020		0.4965 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		650		0.4990 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		403		0.5130 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		52		0.4950 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		22		0.4869 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7		0.3885 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4		0.4925 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.5345 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.4955 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,614,317		0.4937 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,109,867		0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,361,714		0.5168 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,175,755		0.4899 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,076,447		0.4806 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		990,729		0.4272 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		623,788		0.4828 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		419,686		0.5192 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		288,480		0.4963 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		242,041		0.4976 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		205,581		0.4969 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		151,903		0.4092 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		133,002		0.4693 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,760		0.4961 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		64,171		0.4936 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		40,179		0.4946 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,979		0.4912 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.5300 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,100		0.5113 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,628		0.4677 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,215		0.4685 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,359		0.5017 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,900		0.4772 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,356		0.4714 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,581		0.4933 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,164		0.5005 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,899		0.4914 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,020		0.4965 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,000		0.5090 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,921		0.4988 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,004		0.4958 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		4		0.4925 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		0.4955 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		5,777	0.3700 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		933,423	0.4226 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		344,320	0.4798 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		232,546	0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		288,480	0.4963 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		205,581	0.4969 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		242,041	0.4976 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52,872	0.5008 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,434	0.5149 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		419,686	0.5192 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14	0.4397 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		37	0.4518 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,878	0.4720 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,554	0.4842 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23	0.4873 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		127,802	0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100,000	0.4912 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		517,022	0.4936 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56	0.4948 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,566	0.5019 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		170,378	0.5212 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	0.5345 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:				14 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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