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Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			19,761	0.00%	14,802,294	1.51%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				14,802,294	1.51%	19,760	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			14,822,055	1.51%	14,822,054	1.51%
(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		1,539,005		0.5751 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		345,003		0.5880 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		325,030		0.5804 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		231,800		0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		187,258		0.5615 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		104,124		0.5727 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		79,012		0.5869 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		76,666		0.5775 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		0.5888 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		45,243		0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		27,817		0.5857 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,020		0.5664 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		19,015		0.5851 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		18,622		0.5772 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		16,666		0.5420 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		11,945		0.5758 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		5,602		0.5770 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		958		0.5766 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		876		0.5401 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		99		0.5850 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,420,222		0.5791 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		945,498		0.5740 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		579,560		0.5773 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		436,096		0.5843 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		243,078		0.5767 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		216,631		0.5781 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		192,433		0.5805 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		191,663		0.5716 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		130,646		0.5882 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		124,842		0.5828 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		110,000		0.5765 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		91,584		0.5723 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		77,118		0.5855 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		74,567		0.5724 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		35,051		0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,199		0.5837 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		12,483		0.5800 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		9,548		0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,157		0.5543 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		6,697		0.5726 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,859		0.5490 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,768		0.5798 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,408		0.5859 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,163		0.5783 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		130		0.5890 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		1,451	0.5632 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,972	0.5645 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		396,792	0.5698 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,391	0.5711 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		887,669	0.5737 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		243,078	0.5767 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		216,631	0.5780 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,433	0.5784 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,143	0.5796 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		192,433	0.5805 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,468	0.5806 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		124,842	0.5828 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,548	0.5829 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,118	0.5855 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,408	0.5859 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,670	0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,608	0.5550 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,783	0.5747 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,602	0.5770 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,622	0.5772 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		185,125	0.5835 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		79,990	0.5847 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,566	0.5851 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45,243	0.5860 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,488	0.5902 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		30,620	0.5738 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:				17 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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