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	28 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:		32,678		0.07%		251,290		0.58%
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(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		196,744		0.45%		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:
				362,755		0.83%		384,623		0.88%

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		84		24.7485 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		25.0500 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		25.7000 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		25.7300 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		25.7400 USD
ORD		Purchase		139		25.6700 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		23.8430 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		24.0300 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		25.4350 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		25.8100 USD
ORD		Purchase		215		25.6100 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		25.2766 USD
ORD		Purchase		343		22.8600 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		24.5950 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		24.3400 USD
ORD		Purchase		700		24.3714 USD
ORD		Purchase		724		24.7263 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		25.0000 USD
ORD		Purchase		850		24.9386 USD
ORD		Purchase		900		24.9922 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		24.9290 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,100		24.2187 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,300		24.3442 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,316		24.7837 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,600		25.1425 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,600		25.2037 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,100		24.4047 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,200		25.2006 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,284		25.3888 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,300		24.7143 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,600		24.9067 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,600		25.4252 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,600		25.4270 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,300		24.5685 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,810		25.2957 USD
ORD		Purchase		13,000		24.6357 USD
ORD		Purchase		18,100		25.0852 USD
ORD		Purchase		24,799		25.1321 USD
ORD		Sale		100		25.7300 USD
ORD		Sale		129		24.7323 USD
ORD		Sale		200		23.8430 USD
ORD		Sale		200		24.0300 USD
ORD		Sale		200		25.0500 USD
ORD		Sale		200		25.4350 USD
ORD		Sale		200		25.8100 USD
ORD		Sale		300		24.2500 USD
ORD		Sale		343		22.8600 USD
ORD		Sale		500		24.3780 USD
ORD		Sale		500		24.6850 USD
ORD		Sale		500		25.4500 USD
ORD		Sale		595		24.7250 USD
ORD		Sale		600		24.2600 USD
ORD		Sale		600		24.3400 USD
ORD		Sale		635		24.5656 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		24.3725 USD
ORD		Sale		1,100		24.2187 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		24.5900 USD
ORD		Sale		1,595		24.4849 USD
ORD		Sale		1,600		25.2037 USD
ORD		Sale		2,200		24.9963 USD
ORD		Sale		3,500		24.9027 USD
ORD		Sale		3,600		25.4252 USD
ORD		Sale		4,200		25.5802 USD
ORD		Sale		4,600		25.4270 USD
ORD		Sale		5,300		24.5685 USD
ORD		Sale		5,450		24.8258 USD
ORD		Sale		5,810		25.2957 USD
ORD		Sale		10,000		25.0250 USD
ORD		Sale		10,600		24.9632 USD
ORD		Sale		13,000		24.6357 USD
ORD		Sale		24,621		25.1344 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	31 Oct 2011
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.