Form 8.3 - COLFAX CORPORATION

Form 8.3 - COLFAX CORPORATION

BARCLAYS 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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:	Â	BARCLAYS PLC
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient	Â	Â
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Â	COLFAX CORPORATION
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	Â	Â
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	Â	27 October 2011
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	Â	YES: CHARTER INTERNATIONAL PLC Â

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:	Â	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		35,813		0.08%		231,068		0.53%
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(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		111,744		0.26%		0		0.00%
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(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		133,333		0.31%		133,333		0.31%
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(4)		TOTAL:
				280,890		0.64%		364,401		0.84%

Class of relevant security:	Â	ORD
Â	Â	Interests			Â	Short positions
	Â	Number	Â	%	Â	Number	Â	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
TOTAL:	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		22		22.9600 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		22.5000 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		22.9500 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		23.0200 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		23.0600 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		23.4900 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		23.7010 USD
ORD		Purchase		113		21.1200 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		22.9990 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		23.6510 USD
ORD		Purchase		214		23.7300 USD
ORD		Purchase		261		23.3209 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		23.0100 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		23.5750 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		23.6276 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		22.9825 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		22.9150 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		22.9883 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		23.5673 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		23.2387 USD
ORD		Purchase		900		23.0471 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		22.9650 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,233		23.0835 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,200		23.0559 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,501		23.2238 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,100		23.5048 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,800		23.5338 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,410		22.8928 USD
ORD		Purchase		9,448		23.3660 USD
ORD		Purchase		25,932		23.2777 USD
ORD		Purchase		33,460		22.8478 USD
ORD		Sale		100		22.5000 USD
ORD		Sale		100		22.9990 USD
ORD		Sale		100		23.0000 USD
ORD		Sale		100		23.0600 USD
ORD		Sale		100		23.4900 USD
ORD		Sale		100		23.6010 USD
ORD		Sale		113		21.1200 USD
ORD		Sale		182		22.8835 USD
ORD		Sale		200		22.8900 USD
ORD		Sale		200		23.0400 USD
ORD		Sale		200		23.3000 USD
ORD		Sale		300		22.4946 USD
ORD		Sale		300		23.5750 USD
ORD		Sale		300		23.6276 USD
ORD		Sale		400		23.0075 USD
ORD		Sale		600		23.7010 USD
ORD		Sale		700		23.2428 USD
ORD		Sale		800		23.1312 USD
ORD		Sale		800		23.2387 USD
ORD		Sale		840		22.9684 USD
ORD		Sale		868		23.2781 USD
ORD		Sale		900		23.0471 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		23.1850 USD
ORD		Sale		2,107		23.5224 USD
ORD		Sale		2,432		23.0661 USD
ORD		Sale		2,501		23.2238 USD
ORD		Sale		2,641		22.9984 USD
ORD		Sale		2,700		23.5785 USD
ORD		Sale		3,349		23.6396 USD
ORD		Sale		3,499		22.8325 USD
ORD		Sale		3,500		23.5968 USD
ORD		Sale		3,977		22.9129 USD
ORD		Sale		4,519		22.8023 USD
ORD		Sale		4,800		23.5338 USD
ORD		Sale		5,533		23.0240 USD
ORD		Sale		6,410		22.8928 USD
ORD		Sale		14,719		23.0401 USD
ORD		Sale		19,943		22.8473 USD
ORD		Sale		22,880		23.2195 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. CFD

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Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

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Number of reference securities

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Price per unit

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Â

Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

Â

Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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Price per unit (if applicable)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

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YES Â

Date of disclosure:	Â	Â
Contact name:	Â	Geoff Smith
Telephone number:	Â	020 7116 2913

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of person whose open positions are being disclosed:	Â	Barclays PLC.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:		COLFAX CORPORATION

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class

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Product

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Writing,

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Number

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Exercise

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Type

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Expiry

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

security

varying etc

to which

option

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relates

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ORD

Put Options

Written

-133,333

12.6300

European

6 Jan 2012

ORD

Call Options

Purchased

133,333

15.7900

European

6 Jan 2012

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences (“CFDs”) or spread bets.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.