REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
27/04/2026 13:00
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RNS Number : 0640C Barclays PLC 27 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: 24 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: 3,534,670 0.36% 15,557,176 1.59%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
15,541,732 1.59% 3,534,669 0.36%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 19,076,402 1.95% 19,091,845 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 4,002,344 0.4760 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,610,390 0.4612 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,011,547 0.4598 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 889,228 0.4593 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 751,358 0.4617 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 519,169 0.4535 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 367,994 0.4819 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 296,839 0.4577 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 278,753 0.4695 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 276,253 0.4843 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 164,963 0.4725 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 139,064 0.4861 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 124,033 0.4680 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 96,356 0.4609 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 66,528 0.5003 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 51,249 0.4597 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 32,555 0.4642 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 25,744 0.4635 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20,000 0.4510 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20,000 0.4765 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 13,337 0.5285 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,500 0.5350 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,000 0.4480 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,358 0.4465 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,616 0.4645 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,451 0.4798 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 752 0.5230 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 32 0.4817 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8 0.4720 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,922,452 0.4760 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,042,535 0.4574 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 264,423 0.4686 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 215,946 0.4725 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 174,670 0.4822 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 93,252 0.5248 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 65,503 0.5164 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 60,000 0.4580 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 58,455 0.4530 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 44,169 0.4935 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 36,167 0.4445 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,300 0.4420 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,328 0.5111 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,252 0.4697 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,897 0.5040 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,872 0.4635 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 10,000 0.5080 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,984 0.4455 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9,321 0.4806 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,662 0.4632 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,462 0.4853 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,096 0.4815 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,861 0.4559 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,707 0.4738 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 316 0.4568 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4 0.4810 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1 0.4570 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 9,984 0.4455 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 58,455 0.4530 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,861 0.4559 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 316 0.4568 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 0.4570 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 15,252 0.4697 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 110,095 0.4760 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 164 0.4811 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,430 0.4853 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 20,328 0.5111 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 93,252 0.5248 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 55,529 0.4486 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 48,934 0.4519 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 519,169 0.4535 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 16,363 0.4553 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 35,015 0.4584 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 889,228 0.4593 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,011,547 0.4598 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 96,356 0.4609 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,505,927 0.4620 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,724 0.4636 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 32,555 0.4642 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,541 0.4677 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 124,033 0.4680 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,034,032 0.4760 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 362,000 0.4819 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 270,415 0.4726 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: 27 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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