REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 9699A Barclays PLC 17 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: 16 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: 19,761 0.00% 14,802,294 1.51%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
14,802,294 1.51% 19,760 0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 14,822,055 1.51% 14,822,054 1.51%
(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 1,539,005 0.5751 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 345,003 0.5880 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 325,030 0.5804 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 231,800 0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 187,258 0.5615 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 104,124 0.5727 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 79,012 0.5869 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 76,666 0.5775 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 70,000 0.5888 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 45,243 0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 27,817 0.5857 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 19,020 0.5664 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 19,015 0.5851 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,622 0.5772 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 16,666 0.5420 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11,945 0.5758 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,602 0.5770 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 958 0.5766 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 876 0.5401 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 99 0.5850 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,420,222 0.5791 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 945,498 0.5740 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 579,560 0.5773 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 436,096 0.5843 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 243,078 0.5767 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 216,631 0.5781 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 192,433 0.5805 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 191,663 0.5716 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 130,646 0.5882 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 124,842 0.5828 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 110,000 0.5765 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 91,584 0.5723 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 77,118 0.5855 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 74,567 0.5724 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 35,051 0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,199 0.5837 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,483 0.5800 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,548 0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,157 0.5543 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,697 0.5726 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,859 0.5490 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,768 0.5798 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,408 0.5859 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,163 0.5783 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 130 0.5890 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 1,451 0.5632 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,972 0.5645 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 396,792 0.5698 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,391 0.5711 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 887,669 0.5737 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 243,078 0.5767 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 216,631 0.5780 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,433 0.5784 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 36,143 0.5796 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 192,433 0.5805 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 17,468 0.5806 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 124,842 0.5828 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,548 0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 77,118 0.5855 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,408 0.5859 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,670 0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 41,608 0.5550 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,783 0.5747 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,602 0.5770 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 18,622 0.5772 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 185,125 0.5835 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 79,990 0.5847 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,566 0.5851 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 45,243 0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 42,488 0.5902 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 30,620 0.5738 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 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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