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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Â | 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: | 19 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: | Â | Â | ORD | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | |||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | |||||||||
and/or controlled: | 106,025 | 0.24% | 303,083 | 0.70% | ||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | |||||
(2) | Derivatives (other than | |||||||||
options): | 49,601 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | |||||
(3) | Options and agreements to | |||||||||
purchase/sell: | 177,777 | 0.41% | 177,777 | 0.41% | ||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | |||||
(4) | TOTAL: | |||||||||
333,403 | 0.76% | 480,860 | 1.10% |
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 | 100 | 20.4700 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 20.5500 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 20.8400 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 300 | 20.6400 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 300 | 20.6983 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 400 | 20.6000 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 600 | 20.7616 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 700 | 20.6421 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 900 | 20.5988 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,800 | 20.5933 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,800 | 20.6137 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,846 | 20.6855 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 20.5800 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 20.8400 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 20.4700 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 20.7000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 205 | 20.5490 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 20.5466 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 20.6983 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 20.6000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 450 | 20.4800 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 20.5320 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 20.6040 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 595 | 20.6210 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 20.7616 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 20.6421 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 20.6428 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 900 | 20.5988 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 900 | 20.6500 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,450 | 20.6318 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 9,846 | 20.6974 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,000 | 20.9500 USD |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | 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. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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? | Â |
YES |
Date of disclosure: | Â |
20 Oct 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 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 “Codeâ€)
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 | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | Expiry | |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||
relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||
security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||
option | |||||||||||||
 |  |  | relates |  |  |  | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | -44,444 | 11.7820 | European | 20 Oct 2011 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | -133,333 | 12.6300 | European | 6 Jan 2012 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 44,444 | 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 (“CFDsâ€) 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.