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)	Â	Identity of the person whose positions/dealings	Â	Barclays PLC.
Â		are being disclosed:		Â
(b)		Owner or controller of interest and short
Â		positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):		Â
(c)		Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		COLFAX CORPORATION
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(d)		If an exempt fund manager connected with an
		offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
Â		offeror/offeree:		Â
(e)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		28 November 2011
(f)		Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are		YES:
		they today disclosing, under the Code in respect		CHARTER INTERNATIONAL PLC
Â		of any other party to this offer?		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:		197,669		0.45%		513,684		1.18%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		308,047		0.71%		0		0.00%
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(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		133,333		0.31%		133,333		0.31%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(4)		TOTAL:
				639,049		1.47%		647,017		1.48%

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		45		28.5200 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		28.4780 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		29.0000 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		29.0700 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		29.1100 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		29.2300 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		29.4350 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		29.0200 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		29.0400 USD
ORD		Purchase		215		28.8323 USD
ORD		Purchase		221		29.0210 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		28.4866 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		29.0433 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		29.0766 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		28.4785 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		29.0475 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		29.1050 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		29.1300 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		29.1710 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		29.0683 USD
ORD		Purchase		700		29.1442 USD
ORD		Purchase		900		28.4811 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,303		28.8700 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,900		28.9805 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,061		28.9400 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,372		28.7988 USD
ORD		Purchase		8,658		28.8537 USD
ORD		Sale		21		29.0300 USD
ORD		Sale		72		29.0100 USD
ORD		Sale		100		28.4500 USD
ORD		Sale		100		28.4780 USD
ORD		Sale		100		28.4800 USD
ORD		Sale		100		28.5600 USD
ORD		Sale		100		29.0000 USD
ORD		Sale		100		29.0700 USD
ORD		Sale		100		29.1300 USD
ORD		Sale		100		29.1900 USD
ORD		Sale		100		29.4350 USD
ORD		Sale		158		28.9900 USD
ORD		Sale		200		28.4700 USD
ORD		Sale		200		28.4750 USD
ORD		Sale		200		28.9500 USD
ORD		Sale		200		29.1250 USD
ORD		Sale		200		29.1450 USD
ORD		Sale		234		29.1700 USD
ORD		Sale		300		28.4867 USD
ORD		Sale		400		28.4785 USD
ORD		Sale		400		29.0200 USD
ORD		Sale		400		29.1050 USD
ORD		Sale		400		29.1550 USD
ORD		Sale		500		28.6540 USD
ORD		Sale		500		29.1710 USD
ORD		Sale		600		28.6233 USD
ORD		Sale		711		28.8700 USD
ORD		Sale		900		28.4811 USD
ORD		Sale		900		29.0555 USD
ORD		Sale		1,242		29.1252 USD
ORD		Sale		1,246		28.8239 USD
ORD		Sale		1,400		29.1186 USD
ORD		Sale		2,061		28.9400 USD
ORD		Sale		2,200		28.7600 USD
ORD		Sale		2,500		28.8784 USD
ORD		Sale		7,456		28.8713 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. CFD

Â

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

Â

Number of reference securities

Â

Price per unit

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

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

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security

Â

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

Â

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?

Â

YES

Date of disclosure:	Â	29 Nov 2011
Contact name:	Â	Geoff Smith
Telephone number:	Â	020 7116 2913

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.

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

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class

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Product

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Writing,

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Number

Â

Exercise

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Type

Â

Expiry

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

security

varying etc

to which

option

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Â

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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.