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:   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

   
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

 

COLFAX CORPORATION

(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:  

15 November 2011

(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?  

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:       ORD            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 287,591 0.66% 531,017 1.22%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 308,047 0.71% 0 0.00%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 133,333 0.31% 133,333 0.31%
           
(4) TOTAL:
728,971 1.67% 664,350 1.52%

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:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 51 28.9300 USD
ORD Purchase 100 27.5900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 27.8700 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.4800 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.6800 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.8250 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.8760 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.8900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.9700 USD
ORD Purchase 100 29.0100 USD
ORD Purchase 100 29.0260 USD
ORD Purchase 100 29.0300 USD
ORD Purchase 100 29.1400 USD
ORD Purchase 120 28.7283 USD
ORD Purchase 175 29.8000 USD
ORD Purchase 180 28.7500 USD
ORD Purchase 200 28.8700 USD
ORD Purchase 200 29.0800 USD
ORD Purchase 200 29.2630 USD
ORD Purchase 200 29.6200 USD
ORD Purchase 300 28.2966 USD
ORD Purchase 300 28.7933 USD
ORD Purchase 300 29.0966 USD
ORD Purchase 300 29.5066 USD
ORD Purchase 400 28.3825 USD
ORD Purchase 400 28.4525 USD
ORD Purchase 400 28.8675 USD
ORD Purchase 400 29.1225 USD
ORD Purchase 500 28.4510 USD
ORD Purchase 500 28.8020 USD
ORD Purchase 500 29.1706 USD
ORD Purchase 500 29.4020 USD
ORD Purchase 600 28.4981 USD
ORD Purchase 600 28.6933 USD
ORD Purchase 600 28.7450 USD
ORD Purchase 600 28.8483 USD
ORD Purchase 776 28.9842 USD
ORD Purchase 924 29.2847 USD
ORD Purchase 1,000 28.7756 USD
ORD Purchase 1,100 28.9267 USD
ORD Purchase 1,595 27.7862 USD
ORD Purchase 1,700 29.3547 USD
ORD Purchase 2,000 28.4379 USD
ORD Purchase 2,500 28.6346 USD
ORD Purchase 2,529 28.5480 USD
ORD Purchase 2,700 28.6762 USD
ORD Purchase 3,021 28.7333 USD
ORD Purchase 3,245 28.7376 USD
ORD Purchase 4,100 28.5845 USD
ORD Purchase 6,270 29.1341 USD
ORD Purchase 7,100 28.6961 USD
ORD Purchase 11,500 28.9221 USD
ORD Purchase 12,410 28.4000 USD
ORD Purchase 13,113 29.0469 USD
ORD Purchase 14,900 28.9561 USD
ORD Purchase 26,430 27.1762 USD
ORD Purchase 38,435 29.2113 USD
ORD Purchase 43,435 28.4286 USD
ORD Sale 100 28.6800 USD
ORD Sale 100 28.8760 USD
ORD Sale 100 28.9700 USD
ORD Sale 100 29.0900 USD
ORD Sale 100 29.4500 USD
ORD Sale 173 28.6142 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.0100 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.0600 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.2950 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.3500 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.4150 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.4800 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.6100 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.6515 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.8550 USD
ORD Sale 200 29.0800 USD
ORD Sale 200 29.2150 USD
ORD Sale 200 29.2630 USD
ORD Sale 200 29.4400 USD
ORD Sale 200 29.5650 USD
ORD Sale 248 29.5324 USD
ORD Sale 275 29.4545 USD
ORD Sale 300 28.2966 USD
ORD Sale 300 28.7666 USD
ORD Sale 300 28.7933 USD
ORD Sale 300 29.5066 USD
ORD Sale 300 29.5166 USD
ORD Sale 400 28.4550 USD
ORD Sale 400 28.6525 USD
ORD Sale 400 29.1225 USD
ORD Sale 400 29.7225 USD
ORD Sale 500 28.0880 USD
ORD Sale 500 29.4020 USD
ORD Sale 598 28.8818 USD
ORD Sale 600 28.4981 USD
ORD Sale 600 28.6133 USD
ORD Sale 700 28.7100 USD
ORD Sale 700 28.7628 USD
ORD Sale 822 28.5864 USD
ORD Sale 900 28.3977 USD
ORD Sale 900 28.8933 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 28.7756 USD
ORD Sale 1,213 28.6875 USD
ORD Sale 1,600 29.3016 USD
ORD Sale 1,672 28.7511 USD
ORD Sale 1,700 29.3547 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 28.2572 USD
ORD Sale 2,200 29.3727 USD
ORD Sale 2,700 28.7044 USD
ORD Sale 6,100 29.5516 USD
ORD Sale 7,445 28.7094 USD
ORD Sale 8,200 28.7068 USD
ORD Sale 8,752 29.2567 USD
ORD Sale 15,200 28.9609 USD
ORD Sale 26,350 28.8096 USD
ORD Sale 38,275 29.1959 USD
ORD Sale 43,435 28.4286 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. CFD

  Nature of dealing

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

  Number of reference securities   Price per unit

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security   Product description e.g. call option   Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.   Number of securities to which option relates   Exercise price per unit   Type

e.g. American, European etc.

  Expiry date   Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  Number of securities   Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security   Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

  Details   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?  

YES

 

Date of disclosure:  

16 Nov 2011

Contact name:   Geoff Smith
Telephone number:   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:  

Barclays PLC.

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

COLFAX CORPORATION

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

Companies

Barclays (BARC)
UK 100

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