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:

23 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:

200,181

0.02%

18,901,473

1.93%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

18,901,473

1.93%

200,180

0.02%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

19,101,654

1.95%

19,101,653

1.95%

(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

3,536,691

0.4975 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,254,050

0.5024 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

886,810

0.4813 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

587,100

0.5322 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

563,623

0.5140 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

500,342

0.5612 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

236,819

0.5400 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

184,700

0.4731 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

126,432

0.5075 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

114,227

0.5472 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

110,693

0.5629 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

61,262

0.5785 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

60,000

0.4856 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

45,769

0.5594 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

40,000

0.5770 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

38,131

0.5403 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

34,753

0.4962 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,828

0.5582 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,440

0.4702 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,994

0.5054 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,333

0.5600 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,696

0.4906 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,402

0.5010 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,783

0.5147 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,500

0.5370 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,982

0.5049 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,720

0.5030 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,155

0.5191 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,921,165

0.5621 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,512,456

0.4975 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

814,107

0.5233 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

375,700

0.5619 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

331,982

0.5024 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

293,590

0.5550 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

263,770

0.5249 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

260,000

0.5036 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

168,329

0.5512 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

98,057

0.5610 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

81,987

0.4938 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

78,348

0.5895 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

40,000

0.4835 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,520

0.5197 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,466

0.5602 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,090

0.5275 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,741

0.5065 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,713

0.5188 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

14,955

0.5885 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,236

0.5707 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,000

0.5415 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,674

0.4884 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,500

0.5370 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,222

0.5440 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,596

0.4972 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,092

0.4500 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

593

0.5475 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

0.4750 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

1,092

0.4500 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1

0.4750 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,596

0.4972 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

853,547

0.4975 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,887

0.4990 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

331,982

0.5024 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

104,603

0.5035 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,012

0.5143 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,713

0.5188 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

29,520

0.5197 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

263,770

0.5249 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

593

0.5475 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

375,700

0.5619 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

518

0.5699 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

197

0.5870 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

77,830

0.5896 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

184,700

0.4731 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

103,220

0.4761 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

783,590

0.4820 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,254,050

0.5024 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,155

0.5191 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,855

0.5211 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,527

0.5459 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,915

0.5573 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

613,789

0.5400 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,327,179

0.4975 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

42,504

0.5636 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:

24 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213