REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
28/04/2026 15:15
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RNS Number : 2586C Barclays PLC 28 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: 27 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: 1,264,125 0.13% 17,705,437 1.81%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
17,705,437 1.81% 1,264,124 0.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 18,969,562 1.94% 18,969,561 1.94%
(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 1,824,671 0.5300 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,162,283 0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 353,379 0.5059 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 232,941 0.5138 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 80,000 0.5284 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 78,574 0.5209 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 75,079 0.5228 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 74,194 0.4972 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 66,460 0.5299 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20,000 0.4855 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 20,000 0.5050 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 17,554 0.5202 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 13,442 0.5103 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 12,306 0.4962 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 10,000 0.5330 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 9,678 0.5725 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 7,949 0.4951 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,666 0.4820 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 944 0.5007 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,337,763 0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,000,142 0.5167 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,022,067 0.5258 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 781,373 0.5206 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 285,766 0.5147 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 281,663 0.5328 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 207,655 0.5189 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 109,942 0.5101 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 101,423 0.5259 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 60,000 0.4988 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 46,033 0.5285 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 42,857 0.5421 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 37,022 0.5178 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 29,362 0.4935 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 28,187 0.4850 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 21,676 0.4945 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,000 0.5500 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 16,666 0.5030 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 15,124 0.5044 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11,508 0.5487 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 11,000 0.5252 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,722 0.5180 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,411 0.5637 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,563 0.5207 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1 0.5050 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 28,187 0.4850 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 56,950 0.4925 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 29,362 0.4935 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,051,136 0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,798 0.4981 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 22,511 0.5017 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 0.5050 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 12,399 0.5067 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 39,200 0.5126 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,823,070 0.5165 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 207,655 0.5189 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 154,561 0.5204 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,022,067 0.5258 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 48,020 0.5285 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 281,663 0.5328 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 56,434 0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 7,949 0.4951 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 74,194 0.4972 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 121,100 0.5256 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 90,653 0.5173 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: 28 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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