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RNS Number : 0157X  Barclays PLC  17 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:                                                     16 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:                                                      275,881            0.03%            9,612,715       0.98%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          9,612,715          0.98%            282,332         0.02%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  9,888,596          1.01%            9,895,047       1.00%
 (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                              958,561                             0.2336  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              279,621                             0.2389  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              145,657                             0.2348  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              124,620                             0.2323  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              38,400                              0.2433  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              28,738                              0.2426  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              27,342                              0.2308  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              22,059                              0.2287  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              19,255                              0.2449  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              18,660                              0.2356  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              10,000                              0.2451  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              5,723                               0.2326  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  817,528                             0.2310  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  446,628                             0.2274  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  274,695                             0.2385  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  113,898                             0.2356  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  36,595                              0.2324  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  17,846                              0.2290  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  17,494                              0.2275  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  13,117                              0.2304  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  12,284                              0.2354  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  10,000                              0.2451  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  7,335                               0.2305  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  3,385                               0.2372  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  1,371                               0.2285  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  54                                  0.2309  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                     17,494          0.2275  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     10,652          0.2282  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     17,846          0.2290  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     13,117          0.2304  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     7,335           0.2305  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     11,136          0.2307  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     54              0.2309  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     64,678          0.2310  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     514,081         0.2311  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     36,595          0.2324  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     12,284          0.2354  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     93,641          0.2367  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     3,385           0.2372  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     22,059          0.2287  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     25,970          0.2310  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     120,038         0.2322  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     5,723           0.2326  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     4,582           0.2335  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     145,657         0.2348  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     18,660          0.2356  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     41,481          0.2371  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     220,219         0.2391  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     17,921          0.2410  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     28,738          0.2426  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     38,400          0.2433  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     19,255          0.2449  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Long                     1               0.2300  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:                                                                      17 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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