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   Barclays PLC.
  are being disclosed:  
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose COLFAX CORPORATION
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(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: 3 October 2011
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are YES:
they today disclosing, under the Code in respect CHARTER INTERNATIONAL PLC
  of any other party to this offer?  

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: 54,237 0.12% 254,805 0.58%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 10,074 0.02% 0 0.00%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 266,666 0.61% 266,666 0.61%
           
(4) TOTAL:
330,977 0.76% 521,471 1.20%

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 100 18.9910 USD
ORD Purchase 100 19.2600 USD
ORD Purchase 100 19.3200 USD
ORD Purchase 100 19.4500 USD
ORD Purchase 100 19.8500 USD
ORD Purchase 100 19.8900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 19.9900 USD
ORD Purchase 151 19.7541 USD
ORD Purchase 200 19.0500 USD
ORD Purchase 200 19.2050 USD
ORD Purchase 200 19.2100 USD
ORD Purchase 200 19.3500 USD
ORD Purchase 200 19.8800 USD
ORD Purchase 300 19.1966 USD
ORD Purchase 300 19.2733 USD
ORD Purchase 400 19.1500 USD
ORD Purchase 400 19.4775 USD
ORD Purchase 400 19.8000 USD
ORD Purchase 400 19.9400 USD
ORD Purchase 500 18.9600 USD
ORD Purchase 500 18.9944 USD
ORD Purchase 500 19.3160 USD
ORD Purchase 525 19.2800 USD
ORD Purchase 800 18.9700 USD
ORD Purchase 800 19.2962 USD
ORD Purchase 900 19.2484 USD
ORD Purchase 1,279 19.4332 USD
ORD Purchase 1,342 19.3574 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 19.1492 USD
ORD Purchase 1,800 19.4261 USD
ORD Purchase 1,887 19.2734 USD
ORD Purchase 2,200 19.0476 USD
ORD Purchase 2,348 19.4098 USD
ORD Purchase 2,500 19.1376 USD
ORD Purchase 2,700 19.4133 USD
ORD Purchase 3,000 19.3484 USD
ORD Purchase 3,100 19.3548 USD
ORD Purchase 3,365 19.2067 USD
ORD Purchase 3,575 19.2024 USD
ORD Purchase 4,784 19.8645 USD
ORD Purchase 8,716 18.9932 USD
ORD Purchase 9,900 19.2931 USD
ORD Purchase 12,100 19.3709 USD
ORD Purchase 12,150 19.1800 USD
ORD Sale 39 19.0700 USD
ORD Sale 100 18.9300 USD
ORD Sale 100 18.9600 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.0000 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.0200 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.4200 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.9300 USD
ORD Sale 151 19.7541 USD
ORD Sale 200 19.4350 USD
ORD Sale 200 19.8450 USD
ORD Sale 200 19.8800 USD
ORD Sale 300 19.0433 USD
ORD Sale 400 19.1050 USD
ORD Sale 400 19.2637 USD
ORD Sale 400 19.8000 USD
ORD Sale 500 18.9944 USD
ORD Sale 500 19.1500 USD
ORD Sale 600 19.6050 USD
ORD Sale 700 19.2285 USD
ORD Sale 700 19.7500 USD
ORD Sale 800 19.0600 USD
ORD Sale 900 19.2484 USD
ORD Sale 1,100 19.1763 USD
ORD Sale 1,400 19.1392 USD
ORD Sale 1,579 19.4302 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 19.4683 USD
ORD Sale 2,500 19.1376 USD
ORD Sale 2,950 19.1262 USD
ORD Sale 3,000 19.3484 USD
ORD Sale 3,100 19.3548 USD
ORD Sale 3,784 19.8850 USD
ORD Sale 4,800 19.1160 USD
ORD Sale 9,844 19.3080 USD
ORD Sale 11,516 18.9909 USD
ORD Sale 27,742 19.3617 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:  

4 Oct 2011

Contact name:   Geoff Smith
Telephone number:   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 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.

143221.01

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

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 11.7820 European 20 Oct 2011
ORD Put Options Written -133,333 12.6300 European 6 Jan 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 133,333 14.7280 European 20 Oct 2011
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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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