REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 2455A Barclays PLC 13 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: 10 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: 1,059,262 0.11% 9,513,935 0.97%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
9,513,935 0.97% 1,059,261 0.11%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,573,197 1.08% 10,573,196 1.08%
(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 1,049,521 0.3500 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 761,769 0.3429 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 419,686 0.3646 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 414,420 0.3620 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 322,254 0.3613 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 291,600 0.3456 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 271,154 0.3642 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 174,987 0.3565 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 131,662 0.3670 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 128,887 0.3743 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 114,518 0.3560 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 69,339 0.3526 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 49,999 0.3653 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 23,333 0.3639 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,200 0.3702 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,944 0.3530 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,830 0.3497 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,012 0.3696 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,000 0.3665 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 55 0.3265 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1 0.3700 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 435,104 0.3700 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 377,737 0.3625 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 356,699 0.3507 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 234,540 0.3456 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 159,383 0.3595 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 154,597 0.3353 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 148,711 0.3634 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 135,092 0.3702 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 100,000 0.3745 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 97,642 0.3580 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 74,332 0.3649 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,643 0.3670 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,000 0.3730 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,581 0.3628 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,066 0.3585 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11,760 0.3676 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,334 0.3575 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,819 0.3581 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,000 0.3645 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4 0.3695 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 154,597 0.3353 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,735 0.3604 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,760 0.3676 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4 0.3695 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 62,051 0.3700 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 135,092 0.3702 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 11,252 0.3010 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 703,899 0.3411 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 291,600 0.3456 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 69,339 0.3526 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10,944 0.3530 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 57 0.3539 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 144 0.3548 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 21,847 0.3612 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 414,420 0.3620 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 271,154 0.3642 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 419,686 0.3646 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 36,023 0.3670 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 0.3700 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 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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