Form 8.3 IQE PLC

RNS Number : 7942A

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			14,159	0.00%	12,988,052	1.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				12,988,052	1.33%	14,158	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			13,002,211	1.33%	13,002,210	1.33%
(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		3,751,651		0.5155 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		916,007		0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		158,037		0.5213 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		155,800		0.5457 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		137,797		0.5236 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		114,448		0.4776 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		101,770		0.5550 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		96,615		0.5406 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		51,194		0.5418 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,366		0.5494 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		0.5500 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		47,486		0.5327 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		31,184		0.5507 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,529		0.5033 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		30,216		0.5292 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,516		0.4993 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		14,027		0.4804 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,808		0.4631 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,210		0.5098 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		3,440		0.4904 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,516		0.5412 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,424		0.5479 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,100		0.4785 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,236		0.5352 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		381		0.5527 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		288		0.5470 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,800,565		0.4987 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,294,886		0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		642,686		0.5430 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		492,720		0.5186 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		294,060		0.5218 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		269,290		0.5151 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216,042		0.5396 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		142,865		0.4876 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		100,538		0.5549 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		98,329		0.4900 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		91,347		0.5500 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		80,259		0.4840 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		62,673		0.5399 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		54,025		0.5188 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		45,465		0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		39,919		0.4771 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,114		0.5112 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,118		0.5487 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,000		0.5240 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,963		0.5561 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,182		0.5465 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,246		0.5470 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,520		0.5550 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,068		0.5510 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,156		0.5370 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		746		0.5461 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3		0.4945 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		39,919	0.4771 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		80,259	0.4839 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		80,465	0.4899 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,864	0.4900 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		45,465	0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		385	0.4960 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		800	0.5060 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		361,786	0.5081 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,310	0.5128 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		236,429	0.5143 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		294,060	0.5218 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,156	0.5370 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,937	0.5393 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		98,440	0.5399 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,551	0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,152	0.5446 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		741	0.5461 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,782	0.5499 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,963	0.5561 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,463	0.4939 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,516	0.4993 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,250	0.4995 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,200	0.5056 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,449	0.5066 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,816	0.5092 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,209	0.5141 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		115,853	0.5239 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		916,007	0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		96,615	0.5405 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,516	0.5412 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,194	0.5417 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		288	0.5470 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,424	0.5479 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50,366	0.5494 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,184	0.5507 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		381	0.5527 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6	0.5050 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:				16 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.70p0.39%
Market Cap	£66.57bn

Date	16 Apr 2026
Time	11:43:53
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7942A

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.70p0.39%
Market Cap	£66.57bn

Date	16 Apr 2026
Time	11:43:53
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7942A

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Form 8.3 IQE PLC