REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 7942A Barclays PLC 16 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: 15 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: 14,159 0.00% 12,988,052 1.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
12,988,052 1.33% 14,158 0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 13,002,211 1.33% 13,002,210 1.33%
(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 3,751,651 0.5155 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 916,007 0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 158,037 0.5213 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 155,800 0.5457 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 137,797 0.5236 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 114,448 0.4776 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 101,770 0.5550 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 96,615 0.5406 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 51,194 0.5418 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,366 0.5494 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,000 0.5500 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 47,486 0.5327 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 31,184 0.5507 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,529 0.5033 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,216 0.5292 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,516 0.4993 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14,027 0.4804 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,808 0.4631 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,210 0.5098 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,440 0.4904 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,516 0.5412 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,424 0.5479 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,100 0.4785 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,236 0.5352 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 381 0.5527 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 288 0.5470 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,800,565 0.4987 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,294,886 0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 642,686 0.5430 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 492,720 0.5186 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 294,060 0.5218 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 269,290 0.5151 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 216,042 0.5396 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 142,865 0.4876 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 100,538 0.5549 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 98,329 0.4900 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 91,347 0.5500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 80,259 0.4840 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 62,673 0.5399 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 54,025 0.5188 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 45,465 0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 39,919 0.4771 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 35,114 0.5112 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 28,118 0.5487 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 18,000 0.5240 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,963 0.5561 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,182 0.5465 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,246 0.5470 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,520 0.5550 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,068 0.5510 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,156 0.5370 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 746 0.5461 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3 0.4945 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 39,919 0.4771 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 80,259 0.4839 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 80,465 0.4899 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 17,864 0.4900 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 45,465 0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 385 0.4960 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 800 0.5060 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 361,786 0.5081 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 23,310 0.5128 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 236,429 0.5143 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 294,060 0.5218 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,156 0.5370 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35,937 0.5393 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 98,440 0.5399 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,551 0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 53,152 0.5446 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 741 0.5461 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 77,782 0.5499 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,963 0.5561 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,463 0.4939 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 18,516 0.4993 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,250 0.4995 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 51,200 0.5056 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,449 0.5066 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 16,816 0.5092 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 36,209 0.5141 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 115,853 0.5239 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 916,007 0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 96,615 0.5405 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,516 0.5412 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 51,194 0.5417 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 288 0.5470 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,424 0.5479 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 50,366 0.5494 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 31,184 0.5507 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 381 0.5527 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 6 0.5050 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: 16 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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