REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 4436A Barclays PLC 14 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: 13 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: 13,286 0.00% 10,228,788 1.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
10,228,788 1.04% 13,285 0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,242,074 1.05% 10,242,073 1.05%
(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 3,749,390 0.4863 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,513,876 0.4948 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,052,354 0.4896 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 836,270 0.4959 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 533,466 0.4936 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 523,975 0.4905 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 337,569 0.4783 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 314,631 0.4909 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 244,683 0.4986 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 235,445 0.4822 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 170,378 0.5212 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 165,169 0.4946 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 151,633 0.4576 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 146,136 0.4861 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 106,348 0.4703 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 101,200 0.4929 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 100,000 0.4642 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 100,000 0.4912 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 98,820 0.4851 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 73,232 0.4784 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,453 0.5115 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 50,000 0.4885 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 43,073 0.5066 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 42,662 0.4971 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 36,554 0.4842 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 33,700 0.4883 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 30,660 0.5126 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 28,630 0.4953 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 19,628 0.5067 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 17,759 0.5009 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 15,628 0.4677 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,990 0.4605 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,215 0.4685 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,233 0.4700 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,978 0.4688 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,802 0.5080 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,164 0.5005 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,055 0.4995 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,882 0.4288 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,921 0.4920 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,020 0.4965 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 650 0.4990 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 403 0.5130 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 52 0.4950 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 22 0.4869 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 7 0.3885 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4 0.4925 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1 0.5345 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1 0.4955 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,614,317 0.4937 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,109,867 0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,361,714 0.5168 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,175,755 0.4899 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,076,447 0.4806 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 990,729 0.4272 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 623,788 0.4828 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 419,686 0.5192 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 288,480 0.4963 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 242,041 0.4976 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 205,581 0.4969 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 151,903 0.4092 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 133,002 0.4693 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 100,760 0.4961 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 64,171 0.4936 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 40,179 0.4946 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 39,979 0.4912 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,000 0.5300 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,100 0.5113 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,628 0.4677 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,215 0.4685 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11,359 0.5017 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,900 0.4772 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,356 0.4714 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 6,581 0.4933 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,164 0.5005 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,899 0.4914 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,020 0.4965 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,000 0.5090 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,921 0.4988 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,004 0.4958 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4 0.4925 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1 0.4955 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 5,777 0.3700 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 933,423 0.4226 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 344,320 0.4798 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 232,546 0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 288,480 0.4963 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 205,581 0.4969 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 242,041 0.4976 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 52,872 0.5008 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,434 0.5149 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 419,686 0.5192 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 14 0.4397 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 37 0.4518 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,878 0.4720 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 36,554 0.4842 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 23 0.4873 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 127,802 0.4910 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 100,000 0.4912 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 517,022 0.4936 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 56 0.4948 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 11,566 0.5019 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 170,378 0.5212 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 0.5345 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: 14 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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