Barclays Regulatory News (BARC)

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