REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 6184A Barclays PLC 15 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: 14 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: 12,287 0.00% 12,931,441 1.32%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
12,931,441 1.32% 12,286 0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 12,943,728 1.32% 12,943,727 1.32%
(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 3,623,519 0.4818 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 115,400 0.4780 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 95,249 0.4832 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 63,743 0.4816 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,196 0.4815 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 32,155 0.4898 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,812 0.4811 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 13,806 0.4707 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,045 0.4670 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,666 0.4762 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,342 0.4751 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,690 0.5060 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,969 0.4824 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,633 0.4902 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,051 0.4752 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 631 0.4847 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,644,113 0.4806 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,298,517 0.5028 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 784,821 0.4762 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 765,718 0.4792 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 423,539 0.4865 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 347,358 0.4835 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 241,057 0.4797 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 239,712 0.4820 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 222,504 0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 205,651 0.4864 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 169,236 0.4779 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 119,100 0.4804 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 100,962 0.4833 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 68,000 0.5013 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 30,019 0.4834 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 29,040 0.4855 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 24,108 0.4885 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 19,422 0.4747 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,274 0.4733 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,474 0.4711 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,814 0.4780 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,876 0.5060 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,445 0.4888 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,445 0.4899 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 354 0.4838 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 9,666 0.4719 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 778,155 0.4762 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 120,294 0.4779 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 88,008 0.4780 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,608 0.4786 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 677,710 0.4794 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 241,057 0.4796 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 239,712 0.4819 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 347,358 0.4835 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 354 0.4838 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 390,487 0.4853 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 29,040 0.4855 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 205,651 0.4864 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,445 0.4888 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,445 0.4899 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 222,504 0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 962 0.4955 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 26,323 0.4994 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,729 0.5064 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 595 0.4690 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 38,059 0.4711 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,033 0.4723 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 831 0.4725 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 51,546 0.4774 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 74,003 0.4780 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 565,129 0.4823 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 388 0.4889 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 32,155 0.4898 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,701 0.4907 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,017 0.4976 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 11,602 0.5010 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 101,203 0.4833 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: 15 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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