Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Mar 19 2026 11:10 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 3423X

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			1,413,434	0.14%	8,778,305	0.90%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				8,778,305	0.90%	1,413,433	0.14%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			10,191,739	1.04%	10,191,738	1.04%
(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		2,065,874		0.2594 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,116,050		0.2603 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		389,034		0.2553 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		232,392		0.2563 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		173,334		0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		170,937		0.2511 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		140,078		0.2577 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		115,130		0.2587 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		112,030		0.2479 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		109,216		0.2525 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		95,000		0.2544 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		75,483		0.2618 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		55,000		0.2576 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		38,434		0.2520 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		24,151		0.2543 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,648		0.2663 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.2337 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1		0.2485 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,067,781		0.2552 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		805,970		0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		181,615		0.2518 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		115,000		0.2570 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		52,959		0.2543 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		49,747		0.2605 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,217		0.2540 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,545		0.2204 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		27,991		0.2502 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		23,506		0.2363 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,519		0.2472 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		17,299		0.2699 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,000		0.2500 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		13,268		0.2530 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.2337 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		8,437		0.2535 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		123		0.2515 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		4,700	0.2163 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,545	0.2204 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		123	0.2515 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		67,413	0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19,698	0.2160 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	0.2485 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109,216	0.2525 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		122,943	0.2552 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		266,091	0.2553 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		31,188	0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		157,088	0.2577 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,099,040	0.2604 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		140,300	0.2620 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,648	0.2663 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		77,790	0.2554 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		672,873	0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		209,807	0.2527 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		133,515	0.2554 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		998,093	0.2555 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:				19 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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