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:

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