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RNS Number : 1623Y  Barclays PLC  26 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:                                                     24 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:                                                      1,984,314          0.20%            8,884,490       0.91%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                                                                                          8,960,872          0.92%            1,984,313       0.20%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0               0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  10,945,186         1.12%            10,868,803      1.11%
 (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                              567,509                             0.2531  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              521,861                             0.2464  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              272,519                             0.2420  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              184,182                             0.2474  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              146,666                             0.2300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              131,236                             0.2468  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              108,046                             0.2595  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              106,705                             0.2550  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              100,515                             0.2555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              86,898                              0.2652  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              69,700                              0.2593  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              68,516                              0.2653  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              64,956                              0.2524  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              45,881                              0.2536  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              21,611                              0.2503  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              19,815                              0.2539  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              7,866                               0.2600  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                              7,746                               0.2650  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  470,863                             0.2555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  343,786                             0.2370  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  194,999                             0.2482  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  179,013                             0.2552  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  108,277                             0.2322  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  67,300                              0.2319  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  58,861                              0.2464  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  50,067                              0.2527  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  50,000                              0.2305  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  43,322                              0.2349  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  32,415                              0.2300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  25,143                              0.2308  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  12,974                              0.2515  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  10,000                              0.2480  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  5,746                               0.2374  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                  583                                 0.2472  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                     32,415          0.2300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     25,143          0.2308  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     67,300          0.2319  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     43,322          0.2349  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     5,746           0.2374  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     583             0.2472  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     14,495          0.2495  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Increasing Long                     66,624          0.2555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     2,075           0.2321  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     131,236         0.2468  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     22,054          0.2524  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     543,380         0.2532  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     45,881          0.2536  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     38,110          0.2555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     69,700          0.2593  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                  Decreasing Long                     86,898          0.2651  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Long                     343,786         0.2370  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Increasing Long                     408,127         0.2555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Long                     174,481         0.2419  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Long                     98,038          0.2420  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Long                     463,000         0.2464  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Long                     16,394          0.2555  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                   Decreasing Long                     2,999           0.2627  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:                                                                      26 Mar 2026
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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