Form 8.3 IQE PLC

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:

15 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:

14,159

0.00%

12,988,052

1.33%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

12,988,052

1.33%

14,158

0.00%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

13,002,211

1.33%

13,002,210

1.33%

(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

3,751,651

0.5155 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

916,007

0.5400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

158,037

0.5213 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

155,800

0.5457 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

137,797

0.5236 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

114,448

0.4776 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

101,770

0.5550 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

96,615

0.5406 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

51,194

0.5418 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,366

0.5494 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

0.5500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

47,486

0.5327 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

31,184

0.5507 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,529

0.5033 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30,216

0.5292 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,516

0.4993 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,027

0.4804 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,808

0.4631 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,210

0.5098 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,440

0.4904 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,516

0.5412 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,424

0.5479 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,100

0.4785 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,236

0.5352 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

381

0.5527 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

288

0.5470 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,800,565

0.4987 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,294,886

0.5400 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

642,686

0.5430 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

492,720

0.5186 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

294,060

0.5218 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

269,290

0.5151 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

216,042

0.5396 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

142,865

0.4876 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

100,538

0.5549 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

98,329

0.4900 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

91,347

0.5500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

80,259

0.4840 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

62,673

0.5399 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

54,025

0.5188 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,465

0.4910 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

39,919

0.4771 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35,114

0.5112 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,118

0.5487 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,000

0.5240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,963

0.5561 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,182

0.5465 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,246

0.5470 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,520

0.5550 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,068

0.5510 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,156

0.5370 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

746

0.5461 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3

0.4945 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

39,919

0.4771 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

80,259

0.4839 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

80,465

0.4899 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,864

0.4900 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

45,465

0.4910 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

385

0.4960 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

800

0.5060 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

361,786

0.5081 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23,310

0.5128 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

236,429

0.5143 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

294,060

0.5218 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,156

0.5370 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,937

0.5393 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

98,440

0.5399 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,551

0.5400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

53,152

0.5446 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

741

0.5461 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

77,782

0.5499 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,963

0.5561 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,463

0.4939 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,516

0.4993 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,250

0.4995 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

51,200

0.5056 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,449

0.5066 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,816

0.5092 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

36,209

0.5141 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

115,853

0.5239 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

916,007

0.5400 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

96,615

0.5405 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,516

0.5412 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

51,194

0.5417 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

288

0.5470 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,424

0.5479 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,366

0.5494 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,184

0.5507 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

381

0.5527 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6

0.5050 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:

16 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213