REG - Barclays PLC IQE PLC - Form 8.3 IQE PLC
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RNS Number : 4458C Barclays PLC 29 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: 28 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: 745,258 0.08% 16,919,186 1.73%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
16,919,186 1.73% 745,257 0.08%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 17,664,444 1.80% 17,664,443 1.80%
(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 1,342,406 0.3966 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,068,803 0.4025 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,024,666 0.3971 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 375,077 0.3986 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 338,219 0.4022 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 311,458 0.4046 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 306,766 0.4040 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 283,704 0.4062 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 238,124 0.4130 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 199,853 0.4030 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 186,291 0.4157 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 156,761 0.3802 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 142,549 0.3915 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 100,000 0.4400 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 99,431 0.4082 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 80,000 0.4240 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 73,421 0.3853 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 54,046 0.4210 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 31,290 0.4145 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 28,367 0.4014 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18,000 0.3702 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 16,546 0.3889 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 13,417 0.4026 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 8,333 0.4207 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,666 0.3990 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 5,858 0.4170 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 4,686 0.4242 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,990 0.4186 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 3,333 0.3772 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,602 0.4021 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,526,167 0.3989 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 888,308 0.3905 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 578,624 0.3965 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 573,441 0.3976 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 443,780 0.4025 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 209,472 0.3937 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 153,471 0.4367 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 145,229 0.3928 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 137,332 0.3980 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 106,459 0.3907 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 97,090 0.4210 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 96,384 0.4062 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 82,310 0.4172 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 75,248 0.4122 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 22,849 0.4034 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,000 0.4165 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 20,000 0.3995 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 17,555 0.4010 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 17,165 0.3967 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 12,414 0.4021 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,457 0.4188 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 8,333 0.4207 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,720 0.4200 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 4,124 0.4003 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,990 0.3856 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,333 0.3772 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 24 0.3735 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 37,335 0.3783 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,723 0.3849 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,990 0.3856 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 888,308 0.3905 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 106,459 0.3907 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 145,229 0.3928 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 17,165 0.3967 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 137,332 0.3980 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 531,383 0.3990 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 17,599 0.4009 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 12,448 0.4021 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 44 0.4025 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 22,849 0.4034 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 8,457 0.4188 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 18,000 0.3702 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 131,504 0.3755 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 338,219 0.4022 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 506,243 0.4025 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 306,766 0.4040 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 25,257 0.4046 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 283,704 0.4062 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 31,290 0.4145 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 186,291 0.4157 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,990 0.4186 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Opening Short 369,441 0.4005 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: 29 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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