REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 8061W Barclays PLC 16 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: 13 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: 391,643 0.04% 9,634,883 0.98%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
9,628,431 0.98% 391,642 0.04%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,020,074 1.02% 10,026,525 1.02%
(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 1,314,372 0.2317 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 379,144 0.2414 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 263,570 0.2383 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 134,568 0.2386 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 121,889 0.2396 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 114,392 0.2410 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 105,401 0.2404 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 82,831 0.2390 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 62,864 0.2416 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,643 0.2402 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,356 0.2325 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 17,402 0.2370 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 13,410 0.2222 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,915 0.2450 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,630 0.2345 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,548 0.2300 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,775 0.2430 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,764 0.2415 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,587 0.2350 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,554 0.2385 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,512 0.2400 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,625 0.2150 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,454 0.2205 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,426 0.2395 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,420 0.2310 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,338 0.2440 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,261 0.2185 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,255 0.2380 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,192 0.2250 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,169 0.2305 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,105 0.2235 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 993 0.2425 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 121 0.2452 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 120 0.2422 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 120 0.2412 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 93 0.2417 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 89 0.2427 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 34 0.2432 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 558,788 0.2325 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 485,507 0.2460 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 290,553 0.2395 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 107,500 0.2367 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 107,000 0.2383 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 89,146 0.2362 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 75,659 0.2381 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 72,257 0.2337 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 54,633 0.2420 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 39,054 0.2372 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 29,574 0.2324 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 27,247 0.2385 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,245 0.2425 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 13,410 0.2222 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,935 0.2390 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,475 0.2327 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,914 0.2450 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,630 0.2345 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,548 0.2300 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,775 0.2430 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,764 0.2415 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,727 0.2410 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,587 0.2350 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,512 0.2400 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,359 0.2375 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,625 0.2150 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,454 0.2205 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,420 0.2310 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,402 0.2370 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,338 0.2440 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,261 0.2185 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,255 0.2380 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,192 0.2250 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,169 0.2305 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,105 0.2235 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 121 0.2452 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 120 0.2422 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 120 0.2412 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 93 0.2417 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 87 0.2427 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 34 0.2432 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 180,795 0.2251 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 29,493 0.2324 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 68,942 0.2325 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,475 0.2327 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,372 0.2334 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 39,054 0.2372 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,359 0.2375 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 22,693 0.2385 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 68,287 0.2386 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,512 0.2408 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,800 0.2425 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 17,935 0.2325 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 38,969 0.2377 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 156,570 0.2383 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 121,889 0.2396 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 28,386 0.2399 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 30,643 0.2402 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 214,801 0.2404 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 109,665 0.2410 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 311,789 0.2420 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2 0.2427 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 0.2450 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 76,928 0.2356 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 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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