REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 6248W Barclays PLC 13 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: 12 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: 11,937 0.00% 9,923,524 1.01%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
9,742,729 1.00% 0 0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 9,754,666 1.00% 9,923,524 1.01%
(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 589,389 0.2341 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 272,605 0.2241 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 183,966 0.2270 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 109,244 0.2294 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 51,473 0.2261 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 36,904 0.2234 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,367 0.2420 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,083 0.2500 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,038 0.2244 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,017 0.2465 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,006 0.2390 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 680 0.2260 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 503 0.2375 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 503 0.2445 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 468 0.2285 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 216 0.2305 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 216 0.2360 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 216 0.2380 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 216 0.2370 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 171 0.2255 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 149 0.2245 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 138 0.2225 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 121 0.2295 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 95 0.2235 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 94 0.2215 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 93 0.2250 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 44 0.2230 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 28 0.2210 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 14 0.2265 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 11 0.2240 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 914,634 0.2324 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 590,063 0.2302 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 278,419 0.2251 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 225,187 0.2283 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 43,683 0.2269 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 36,556 0.2274 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 36,000 0.2228 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 34,039 0.2270 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 18,150 0.2221 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,499 0.2230 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,437 0.2395 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,521 0.2300 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,628 0.2222 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,337 0.2420 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,187 0.2245 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,083 0.2500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,017 0.2465 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,006 0.2390 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 675 0.2260 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 503 0.2445 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 503 0.2375 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 468 0.2285 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 216 0.2305 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 216 0.2360 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 216 0.2370 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 216 0.2380 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 171 0.2255 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 138 0.2225 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 121 0.2295 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 94 0.2215 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 93 0.2250 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 93 0.2235 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 28 0.2210 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14 0.2265 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11 0.2240 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 97,624 0.2251 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 26,300 0.2269 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 170,846 0.2270 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 225,178 0.2278 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35,000 0.2282 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2 0.2235 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5 0.2257 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 51,473 0.2261 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 109,244 0.2294 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,030 0.2420 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 170,689 0.2296 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 242,412 0.2339 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: 13 Mar 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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