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	1 Nov 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

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:		31,779		0.07%		371,104		0.85%
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(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		281,408		0.65%		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:
				446,520		1.02%		504,437		1.16%

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

(a)	Â	Purchases and sales	Â	Â	Â	Â
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		100		24.3100 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		24.0000 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		24.1100 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		24.1175 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		24.1950 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		24.3925 USD
ORD		Purchase		236		25.2600 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		24.3600 USD
ORD		Purchase		321		24.0837 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		24.0525 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		24.4400 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		24.3800 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		24.4333 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		24.2187 USD
ORD		Purchase		897		24.3972 USD
ORD		Purchase		900		24.3122 USD
ORD		Purchase		900		24.4243 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,200		24.3766 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,490		24.2497 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,553		24.5600 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,200		24.4640 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,000		25.2300 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,200		24.4071 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,924		24.4034 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,474		24.1539 USD
ORD		Sale		60		23.9500 USD
ORD		Sale		61		24.5900 USD
ORD		Sale		100		24.1700 USD
ORD		Sale		100		24.2400 USD
ORD		Sale		100		24.2700 USD
ORD		Sale		100		24.3100 USD
ORD		Sale		105		24.4200 USD
ORD		Sale		120		24.5683 USD
ORD		Sale		123		24.1555 USD
ORD		Sale		135		24.0152 USD
ORD		Sale		135		24.3500 USD
ORD		Sale		176		24.3829 USD
ORD		Sale		200		23.5200 USD
ORD		Sale		200		23.9900 USD
ORD		Sale		200		24.1175 USD
ORD		Sale		200		24.1950 USD
ORD		Sale		200		24.2200 USD
ORD		Sale		200		24.3925 USD
ORD		Sale		200		24.4325 USD
ORD		Sale		236		25.2600 USD
ORD		Sale		290		24.1100 USD
ORD		Sale		300		23.8866 USD
ORD		Sale		300		23.9600 USD
ORD		Sale		300		24.0966 USD
ORD		Sale		300		24.3600 USD
ORD		Sale		300		24.4066 USD
ORD		Sale		400		24.0525 USD
ORD		Sale		400		24.3300 USD
ORD		Sale		400		24.3757 USD
ORD		Sale		400		24.4150 USD
ORD		Sale		424		23.9794 USD
ORD		Sale		521		24.0515 USD
ORD		Sale		600		24.4400 USD
ORD		Sale		600		24.5166 USD
ORD		Sale		600		24.5933 USD
ORD		Sale		641		23.9300 USD
ORD		Sale		700		24.5514 USD
ORD		Sale		800		24.0831 USD
ORD		Sale		900		24.3680 USD
ORD		Sale		927		24.1218 USD
ORD		Sale		1,190		24.2101 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		24.3133 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		24.3766 USD
ORD		Sale		1,400		24.5435 USD
ORD		Sale		2,124		24.1285 USD
ORD		Sale		2,582		24.1749 USD
ORD		Sale		2,616		24.3800 USD
ORD		Sale		2,690		24.3782 USD
ORD		Sale		4,097		24.3550 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

Â

Exercise price per unit

Â

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Â

Expiry date

Â

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

Â

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

Date of disclosure:	Â	2 Nov 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.

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.