Form 8.3 - PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORP

Form 8.3 - PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORP

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)   Full name of discloser:   Barclays PLC.
     
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORP
  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: 27 October 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? ALENT PLC

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

(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: 595,314 0.28% 1,242,807 0.59%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,242,725 0.59% 592,878 0.28%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 1,838,039 0.87% 1,835,685 0.87%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), 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 employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 77 10.9000 USD
ORD Purchase 100 10.9600 USD
ORD Purchase 100 10.8600 USD
ORD Purchase 300 10.8866 USD
ORD Purchase 1,050 10.8100 USD
ORD Purchase 1,211 10.8632 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 10.8307 USD
ORD Purchase 4,000 10.8500 USD
ORD Purchase 4,140 10.9165 USD
ORD Purchase 7,804 10.8859 USD
ORD Purchase 17,343 11.0893 USD
ORD Purchase 42,100 10.8916 USD
ORD Purchase 46,251 10.7545 USD
ORD Purchase 48,900 10.8911 USD
ORD Purchase 66,849 10.9258 USD
ORD Sale 54 10.9300 USD
ORD Sale 74 10.7500 USD
ORD Sale 82 10.8600 USD
ORD Sale 100 10.9600 USD
ORD Sale 200 10.8501 USD
ORD Sale 200 10.9500 USD
ORD Sale 300 11.0233 USD
ORD Sale 400 10.9050 USD
ORD Sale 400 10.8975 USD
ORD Sale 500 10.8732 USD
ORD Sale 500 10.8700 USD
ORD Sale 677 10.9000 USD
ORD Sale 700 10.8957 USD
ORD Sale 880 11.0843 USD
ORD Sale 1,150 10.8352 USD
ORD Sale 1,600 10.9393 USD
ORD Sale 2,240 10.9029 USD
ORD Sale 4,411 10.9168 USD
ORD Sale 5,300 10.8615 USD
ORD Sale 7,000 10.9098 USD
ORD Sale 9,200 10.9249 USD
ORD Sale 10,900 10.8759 USD
ORD Sale 14,604 10.9269 USD
ORD Sale 15,413 11.0969 USD
ORD Sale 31,534 10.9301 USD
ORD Sale 37,000 10.8961 USD
ORD Sale 43,600 10.8947 USD
ORD Sale 52,762 10.7660 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

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) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(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) Exercise

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  Exercising/ exercised against   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)

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:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “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”

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO
Date of disclosure: 28 Oct 2015
Contact name: Jay Supaya
Telephone number: 020 7773 0635

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 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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