Form 8.3 IQE PLC

Mar 26 2026 07:00 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 1623Y

Barclays PLC

26 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:				24 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:			1,984,314	0.20%	8,884,490	0.91%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				8,960,872	0.92%	1,984,313	0.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			10,945,186	1.12%	10,868,803	1.11%
(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		567,509		0.2531 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		521,861		0.2464 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		272,519		0.2420 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		184,182		0.2474 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		146,666		0.2300 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		131,236		0.2468 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		108,046		0.2595 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		106,705		0.2550 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		100,515		0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		86,898		0.2652 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		69,700		0.2593 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		68,516		0.2653 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		64,956		0.2524 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,881		0.2536 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		21,611		0.2503 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,815		0.2539 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,866		0.2600 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,746		0.2650 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		470,863		0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		343,786		0.2370 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		194,999		0.2482 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		179,013		0.2552 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		108,277		0.2322 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		67,300		0.2319 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		58,861		0.2464 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,067		0.2527 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		50,000		0.2305 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		43,322		0.2349 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		32,415		0.2300 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		25,143		0.2308 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,974		0.2515 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		10,000		0.2480 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		5,746		0.2374 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		583		0.2472 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		32,415	0.2300 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,143	0.2308 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		67,300	0.2319 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,322	0.2349 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,746	0.2374 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		583	0.2472 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,495	0.2495 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		66,624	0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,075	0.2321 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		131,236	0.2468 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,054	0.2524 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		543,380	0.2532 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,881	0.2536 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38,110	0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		69,700	0.2593 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		86,898	0.2651 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		343,786	0.2370 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		408,127	0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		174,481	0.2419 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		98,038	0.2420 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		463,000	0.2464 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		16,394	0.2555 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,999	0.2627 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:				26 Mar 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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