REG - Keypoint Asset Mgt. IQE PLC - Form 8.3 - IQE PLC
20/04/2026 15:30
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260420:nRST1814Ba&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 1814B Keypoint Asset Management Co. Ltd 20 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: Keypoint Asset Management Company Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if Qianming ZHAO
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a
trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form IQE PLC
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this N/A
and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 13/4/2026
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making N/A
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(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: 23,367,950 2.39%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
23,367,950 2.39%
TOTAL:
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other employee 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
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
1p ordinary Purchase 2,200 0.4725
1p ordinary Purchase 18,178 0.473
1p ordinary Purchase 31,008 0.4735
1p ordinary Purchase 19,361 0.474
1p ordinary Purchase 24,820 0.4745
1p ordinary Purchase 5,461 0.475
1p ordinary Purchase 7,400 0.476
1p ordinary Purchase 19,832 0.4765
1p ordinary Purchase 20,300 0.477
1p ordinary Purchase 19,200 0.4775
1p ordinary Purchase 196 0.478
1p ordinary Purchase 20,800 0.4785
1p ordinary Purchase 12,722 0.47875
1p ordinary Purchase 7,800 0.479
1p ordinary Purchase 520 0.47925
1p ordinary Purchase 62,850 0.4795
1p ordinary Purchase 9,083 0.47975
1p ordinary Purchase 73,443 0.48
1p ordinary Purchase 40,282 0.4805
1p ordinary Purchase 38,911 0.481
1p ordinary Purchase 63,870 0.4815
1p ordinary Purchase 3,150 0.48175
1p ordinary Purchase 58,777 0.482
1p ordinary Purchase 136,982 0.4825
1p ordinary Purchase 101,899 0.483
1p ordinary Purchase 50,343 0.4835
1p ordinary Purchase 116,397 0.484
1p ordinary Purchase 78,001 0.4845
1p ordinary Purchase 229,357 0.485
1p ordinary Purchase 54,650 0.4855
1p ordinary Purchase 4,717 0.48575
1p ordinary Purchase 330,451 0.486
1p ordinary Purchase 87,653 0.4865
1p ordinary Purchase 98,089 0.487
1p ordinary Purchase 59,769 0.4875
1p ordinary Purchase 94,981 0.488
1p ordinary Purchase 27,000 0.48825
1p ordinary Purchase 106,058 0.4885
1p ordinary Purchase 66,574 0.489
1p ordinary Purchase 31,800 0.4895
1p ordinary Purchase 471,979 0.49
1p ordinary Purchase 50,896 0.4905
1p ordinary Purchase 3,707 0.49075
1p ordinary Purchase 13,893 0.491
1p ordinary Purchase 12,585 0.4915
1p ordinary Purchase 21,654 0.492
1p ordinary Purchase 150,786 0.4925
1p ordinary Purchase 182,916 0.493
1p ordinary Purchase 24,901 0.4935
1p ordinary Purchase 163,947 0.494
1p ordinary Purchase 158,585 0.4945
1p ordinary Purchase 117,466 0.495
1p ordinary Purchase 12,200 0.49525
1p ordinary Purchase 174,429 0.4955
1p ordinary Purchase 7,570 0.49575
1p ordinary Purchase 118,342 0.496
1p ordinary Purchase 9,206 0.49625
1p ordinary Purchase 90,783 0.4965
1p ordinary Purchase 220,892 0.497
1p ordinary Purchase 2,100 0.49725
1p ordinary Purchase 308,934 0.4975
1p ordinary Purchase 129,093 0.498
1p ordinary Purchase 217,638 0.4985
1p ordinary Purchase 132,330 0.499
1p ordinary Purchase 147,808 0.4995
1p ordinary Purchase 749,806 0.5
1p ordinary Purchase 908,341 0.501
1p ordinary Purchase 383,876 0.502
1p ordinary Purchase 4,564 0.5025
1p ordinary Purchase 318,699 0.503
1p ordinary Purchase 165,184 0.504
1p ordinary Purchase 179,711 0.505
1p ordinary Purchase 80,610 0.506
1p ordinary Purchase 87,475 0.507
1p ordinary Purchase 128,370 0.508
1p ordinary Purchase 100,832 0.509
1p ordinary Purchase 544,942 0.51
1p ordinary Purchase 100,244 0.511
1p ordinary Purchase 65,415 0.512
1p ordinary Purchase 102,517 0.513
1p ordinary Purchase 99,326 0.514
1p ordinary Purchase 153,186 0.515
1p ordinary Purchase 262,264 0.516
1p ordinary Purchase 197,568 0.517
1p ordinary Purchase 271,954 0.518
1p ordinary Purchase 109,256 0.519
1p ordinary Purchase 291,549 0.52
1p ordinary Purchase 103,116 0.521
1p ordinary Purchase 62,698 0.522
1p ordinary Purchase 98,473 0.523
1p ordinary Purchase 80,950 0.524
1p ordinary Purchase 45,339 0.525
1p ordinary Purchase 56,869 0.526
1p ordinary Purchase 46,130 0.527
1p ordinary Purchase 43,447 0.528
1p ordinary Purchase 136,375 0.529
1p ordinary Purchase 167,123 0.53
1p ordinary Purchase 233,437 0.531
1p ordinary Purchase 369,675 0.532
1p ordinary Purchase 101,527 0.533
1p ordinary Purchase 79,862 0.534
1p ordinary Purchase 77,106 0.535
1p ordinary Purchase 126,223 0.536
1p ordinary Purchase 272,819 0.537
1p ordinary Purchase 303,893 0.538
1p ordinary Purchase 118,469 0.539
1p ordinary Purchase 104,826 0.54
1p ordinary Purchase 323,469 0.541
1p ordinary Purchase 67,380 0.542
1p ordinary Purchase 38,250 0.543
1p ordinary Purchase 9,700 0.544
1p ordinary Purchase 23,454 0.546
1p ordinary Purchase 746 0.549
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person
making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in
concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
none
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 20/4/2026
Contact name: Benjammin Wong
Telephone number*: +852 39587705
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market
Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END RETMZGZDDGDGVZM
Copyright 2019 Regulatory News Service, all rights reservedRecent news on Iqe
See all newsREG - IQE PLC - IQE plc: Holding(s) in Company
AnnouncementREG - IQE PLC - IQE plc: Results of General Meeting
AnnouncementREG - IQE PLC - IQE plc: Holding(s) in Company
AnnouncementREG - IQE PLC - IQE plc: Holding(s) in Company
AnnouncementREG - IQE PLC - IQE plc: Holding(s) in Company
Announcement