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Form 8.3 IQE PLC - Barclays PLC | RNS | Ticker

Form 8.3 IQE PLC

RNS Number : 3522B

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			63,424	0.01%	16,580,741	1.69%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				16,580,741	1.69%	63,423	0.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			16,644,165	1.70%	16,644,164	1.70%
(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		2,214,556		0.5630 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,184,104		0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		657,714		0.5663 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		375,064		0.5552 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		374,748		0.5712 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		225,235		0.5723 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		201,588		0.5724 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		104,234		0.5836 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		0.5703 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		94,631		0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		93,033		0.5845 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		90,185		0.5668 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55,100		0.5711 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		44,235		0.5727 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,045		0.5790 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		0.5722 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.5935 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.5690 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,741		0.5300 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,129		0.5592 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,475		0.5738 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		735		0.5701 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		602		0.5680 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		449		0.5687 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,453,080		0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,560,228		0.5665 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		646,106		0.5599 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		238,309		0.5594 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		146,795		0.5727 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		112,308		0.5836 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		82,623		0.5620 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		58,164		0.5642 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		41,385		0.5837 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		30,000		0.5935 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.5722 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		18,640		0.5504 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,000		0.5545 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		14,351		0.5640 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,145		0.5582 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.5690 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,802		0.5880 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,087		0.5703 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,215		0.5859 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		592		0.5695 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		592		0.5696 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		35,915	0.5443 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18,640	0.5504 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		402	0.5516 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,000	0.5545 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,145	0.5582 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		213,720	0.5583 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		19,749	0.5675 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		588	0.5694 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		588	0.5695 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,840	0.5763 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,898	0.5801 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,385	0.5837 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		94,741	0.5859 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,373,697	0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,798	0.5300 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		375,064	0.5552 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,367	0.5604 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		613,347	0.5668 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		55,100	0.5711 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		225,235	0.5722 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		32,914	0.5723 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		201,588	0.5724 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		362,950	0.5726 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44,235	0.5727 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,970	0.5758 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		94,631	0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		104,234	0.5836 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		71,739	0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,799	0.5873 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56,400	0.5920 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,377	0.5921 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,741	0.5300 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:				21 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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