Form 8.3 IQE PLC

RNS Number : 5287B

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			17,077	0.00%	19,107,448	1.95%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				19,107,448	1.95%	17,076	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			19,124,525	1.95%	19,124,524	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		2,187,432		0.6173 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,021,825		0.6300 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		217,013		0.6232 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		194,512		0.6272 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		151,044		0.6327 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		105,000		0.6277 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		95,799		0.6198 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		81,779		0.6296 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		62,603		0.5921 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		51,900		0.6226 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		41,665		0.6250 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,200		0.6298 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		23,069		0.6000 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		0.5770 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,457		0.6109 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,973		0.6126 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		8,333		0.6280 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,500		0.6350 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,033		0.5895 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,853		0.6342 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,101		0.6200 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		4,101		0.6199 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		2,403		0.6283 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,013,660		0.6300 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,340,677		0.6034 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		609,449		0.6111 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		554,602		0.6210 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		441,330		0.6202 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		220,000		0.6271 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		200,215		0.6208 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		184,307		0.6341 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		83,924		0.6151 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		72,231		0.6344 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		66,664		0.5926 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,763		0.6096 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.6205 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.5770 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		19,367		0.6136 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,163		0.6294 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,202		0.6200 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,569		0.6126 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,404		0.6127 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,055		0.5985 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46		0.6410 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21		0.6000 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		4,351	0.5819 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		81,700	0.5937 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		31,364	0.6000 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,182	0.6087 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,836	0.6093 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		596,007	0.6110 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		57,694	0.6192 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		352,293	0.6222 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,163	0.6294 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,437	0.6299 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		774,072	0.6300 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,091	0.6340 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		184,307	0.6341 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		72,231	0.6344 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46	0.6410 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		182,716	0.6220 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,403	0.6283 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81,779	0.6296 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		284,005	0.6300 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		151,044	0.6327 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,500	0.6350 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,500	0.6402 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,469,426	0.6300 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		23,069	0.6000 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		76,887	0.6143 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		284,243	0.6300 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:				22 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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