REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 8825B Barclays PLC 24 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: 23 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: 200,181 0.02% 18,901,473 1.93%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
18,901,473 1.93% 200,180 0.02%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 19,101,654 1.95% 19,101,653 1.95%
(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 3,536,691 0.4975 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,254,050 0.5024 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 886,810 0.4813 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 587,100 0.5322 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 563,623 0.5140 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 500,342 0.5612 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 236,819 0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 184,700 0.4731 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 126,432 0.5075 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 114,227 0.5472 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 110,693 0.5629 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 61,262 0.5785 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 60,000 0.4856 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 45,769 0.5594 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 40,000 0.5770 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 38,131 0.5403 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 34,753 0.4962 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,828 0.5582 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 9,440 0.4702 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,994 0.5054 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,333 0.5600 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,696 0.4906 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,402 0.5010 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,783 0.5147 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,500 0.5370 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,982 0.5049 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,720 0.5030 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,155 0.5191 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,921,165 0.5621 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,512,456 0.4975 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 814,107 0.5233 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 375,700 0.5619 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 331,982 0.5024 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 293,590 0.5550 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 263,770 0.5249 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 260,000 0.5036 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 168,329 0.5512 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 98,057 0.5610 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 81,987 0.4938 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 78,348 0.5895 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 40,000 0.4835 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 29,520 0.5197 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 23,466 0.5602 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,090 0.5275 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 18,741 0.5065 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,713 0.5188 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 14,955 0.5885 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,236 0.5707 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,000 0.5415 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,674 0.4884 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,500 0.5370 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,222 0.5440 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,596 0.4972 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,092 0.4500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 593 0.5475 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1 0.4750 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 1,092 0.4500 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 0.4750 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,596 0.4972 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 853,547 0.4975 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,887 0.4990 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 331,982 0.5024 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 104,603 0.5035 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,012 0.5143 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 16,713 0.5188 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 29,520 0.5197 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 263,770 0.5249 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 593 0.5475 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 375,700 0.5619 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 518 0.5699 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 197 0.5870 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 77,830 0.5896 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 184,700 0.4731 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 103,220 0.4761 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 783,590 0.4820 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,254,050 0.5024 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,155 0.5191 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,855 0.5211 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 14,527 0.5459 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 22,915 0.5573 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 613,789 0.5400 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 2,327,179 0.4975 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 42,504 0.5636 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: 24 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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