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:  

6 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?  

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: 48,680 0.11% 289,984 0.67%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 36,383 0.08% 0 0.00%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 266,666 0.61% 266,666 0.61%
           
(4) TOTAL:
351,729 0.81% 556,650 1.28%

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 28 21.5900 USD
ORD Purchase 39 20.5300 USD
ORD Purchase 69 21.1000 USD
ORD Purchase 100 20.6900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 20.9400 USD
ORD Purchase 100 21.0750 USD
ORD Purchase 100 21.4900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 21.5100 USD
ORD Purchase 100 21.6450 USD
ORD Purchase 200 20.7860 USD
ORD Purchase 200 21.2545 USD
ORD Purchase 200 21.6700 USD
ORD Purchase 300 20.9300 USD
ORD Purchase 300 21.4933 USD
ORD Purchase 400 20.8775 USD
ORD Purchase 400 21.4200 USD
ORD Purchase 431 21.1487 USD
ORD Purchase 500 21.0870 USD
ORD Purchase 600 21.4600 USD
ORD Purchase 700 21.3114 USD
ORD Purchase 1,000 20.7390 USD
ORD Purchase 1,200 20.9875 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 21.3121 USD
ORD Purchase 1,600 20.6563 USD
ORD Purchase 1,800 21.0903 USD
ORD Purchase 7,700 21.5127 USD
ORD Purchase 15,625 21.2808 USD
ORD Purchase 31,838 21.0261 USD
ORD Sale 24 21.0000 USD
ORD Sale 39 20.5300 USD
ORD Sale 100 20.7860 USD
ORD Sale 100 20.9300 USD
ORD Sale 100 21.0100 USD
ORD Sale 100 21.0750 USD
ORD Sale 100 21.2545 USD
ORD Sale 100 21.2809 USD
ORD Sale 100 21.5100 USD
ORD Sale 100 21.5700 USD
ORD Sale 200 21.4025 USD
ORD Sale 200 21.5250 USD
ORD Sale 200 21.5650 USD
ORD Sale 200 21.6700 USD
ORD Sale 213 21.4276 USD
ORD Sale 300 21.5266 USD
ORD Sale 300 21.6366 USD
ORD Sale 300 21.6900 USD
ORD Sale 400 21.0300 USD
ORD Sale 400 21.5150 USD
ORD Sale 500 21.0870 USD
ORD Sale 500 21.1820 USD
ORD Sale 600 21.5683 USD
ORD Sale 628 21.4960 USD
ORD Sale 700 21.3114 USD
ORD Sale 898 21.0479 USD
ORD Sale 900 20.9922 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 20.7390 USD
ORD Sale 1,105 21.0133 USD
ORD Sale 1,200 20.9875 USD
ORD Sale 1,496 21.0583 USD
ORD Sale 1,500 21.5113 USD
ORD Sale 1,600 21.3178 USD
ORD Sale 1,700 21.0668 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 21.4288 USD
ORD Sale 2,000 21.5705 USD
ORD Sale 2,100 21.0119 USD
ORD Sale 2,600 20.7880 USD
ORD Sale 2,800 21.4000 USD
ORD Sale 4,120 21.0217 USD
ORD Sale 5,645 21.0579 USD
ORD Sale 7,744 21.3055 USD
ORD Sale 7,925 21.2518 USD
ORD Sale 15,150 21.0157 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:  

7 October 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 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.

Companies

Barclays (BARC)
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