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)	Â	Full name of discloser:	Â	Barclays PLC.
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(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		PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORP
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 October 2015
(f)		In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making		YES:
Â		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:			Â	ORD
	Â			Interests			Â	Short Positions
Â		Â		Number	Â	(%)		Number	Â	(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		595,314		0.28%		1,242,725		0.59%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,242,725		0.59%		592,878		0.28%
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(3)		Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
		and agreements to purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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(4)
		TOTAL:		1,838,039		0.87%		1,835,603		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:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

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	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		100		11.3500 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		11.2950 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		11.1800 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		11.1700 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		11.3400 USD
ORD		Purchase		491		11.1061 USD
ORD		Purchase		900		11.2977 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,050		11.0771 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,300		11.1988 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,500		11.0490 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,400		11.2629 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,661		11.2670 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,500		11.1274 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,700		11.1404 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,600		11.2871 USD
ORD		Purchase		9,469		11.2651 USD
ORD		Purchase		9,500		11.1890 USD
ORD		Purchase		9,868		11.1882 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,600		11.2589 USD
ORD		Purchase		12,882		11.2729 USD
ORD		Purchase		13,300		11.2072 USD
ORD		Purchase		15,500		11.2231 USD
ORD		Purchase		17,400		11.2482 USD
ORD		Purchase		20,100		11.1673 USD
ORD		Purchase		21,920		11.3300 USD
ORD		Purchase		24,000		11.1743 USD
ORD		Purchase		498,455		11.2444 USD
ORD		Sale		200		11.3300 USD
ORD		Sale		300		10.7200 USD
ORD		Sale		300		11.3200 USD
ORD		Sale		400		11.2975 USD
ORD		Sale		900		11.1733 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.0865 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.2650 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		11.2133 USD
ORD		Sale		1,900		11.2489 USD
ORD		Sale		1,900		11.2900 USD
ORD		Sale		2,500		11.2360 USD
ORD		Sale		2,700		11.2314 USD
ORD		Sale		3,200		10.9566 USD
ORD		Sale		3,409		11.2616 USD
ORD		Sale		3,500		11.1982 USD
ORD		Sale		3,800		11.1197 USD
ORD		Sale		4,200		11.1178 USD
ORD		Sale		5,000		11.2546 USD
ORD		Sale		5,580		11.2494 USD
ORD		Sale		11,200		11.2451 USD
ORD		Sale		12,624		11.2577 USD
ORD		Sale		12,800		11.2372 USD
ORD		Sale		16,720		11.1302 USD
ORD		Sale		17,228		11.2564 USD
ORD		Sale		19,100		11.1715 USD
ORD		Sale		25,395		11.2215 USD
ORD		Sale		30,540		11.3014 USD
ORD		Sale		32,627		11.2450 USD
ORD		Sale		39,575		11.2722 USD
ORD		Sale		42,921		11.2310 USD
ORD		Sale		45,000		11.2343 USD
ORD		Sale		57,947		11.2643 USD
ORD		Sale		137,051		11.2596 USD
ORD		Sale		150,179		11.2243 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. CFD

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

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Number of reference securities

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Price per unit

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

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Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Exercising/ exercised against

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		29 Oct 2015
Contact name:		Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number:		020 3555 4634

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 disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

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