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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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