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RNS Number : 5245O  UBS AG Singapore Branch  12 January 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:                                                      UBS AG Singapore Branch
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
 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
 and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                       12 December 2025

      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date       In addition UBS AG Singapore Branch has dealt on previous dates during the
 prior to the disclosure                                                          offer period as attached at the end of this form
 (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:                     16,499,494  1.69%  0         0.00%

 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        0           0.00%  0         0.00%

 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to  0           0.00   0         0.00
 purchase/sell:
                                                                      16,499,494  1.69%  0         0.00%

 TOTAL:

 

*For the above position Voting rights rest with a 3(rd) Party.

 

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       32015                 5.2365  GBP

 

 

 (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:  12 January 2026
 Contact name:        Richard Howard
 Telephone number:    +44 (0)207 568 9128

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk (mailto:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk) .  The
Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to
the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

 

Purchases and sales

 

 Date       Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities                                               Price per unit

 12-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase       3,000,000                                                          5.192  GBP

 17-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase       559,410                                                            5.2117  GBP
 18-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase       239,804                                                            5.2826  GBP
 19-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase       294,905                                                            5.1410  GBP
 20-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                   110,875                                5.2443  GBP
 21-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                   290,794                                5.1609  GBP
 24-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                     89,509                               5.0984  GBP
 25-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                   300,465                                5.1547  GBP
 26-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                   511,286                                5.2136  GBP
 27-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                   854,504                                5.23810  GBP
 28-Nov-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                   180,041                                5.1889  GBP
 01-Dec-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase                                   217,901                                5.1924  GBP
 09-Dec-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase       174,502                                                            5.0738  GBP
 10-Dec-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase       513,557                                                            5.1558  GBP
 11-Dec-25  1p ordinary                 Purchase       279,926                                                            5.2197  GBP

 

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