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: 29 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% 1,242,725 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%
           
 
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:  
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 100 11.4000 USD
ORD Purchase 100 11.2100 USD
ORD Purchase 300 11.0500 USD
ORD Purchase 300 11.1900 USD
ORD Purchase 902 11.2022 USD
ORD Purchase 1,000 11.2641 USD
ORD Purchase 1,100 11.2027 USD
ORD Purchase 1,200 11.3758 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 11.0067 USD
ORD Purchase 2,298 11.2670 USD
ORD Purchase 2,900 11.2900 USD
ORD Purchase 3,300 11.2627 USD
ORD Purchase 9,260 11.1783 USD
ORD Purchase 9,638 11.0336 USD
ORD Purchase 19,100 11.1400 USD
ORD Purchase 19,300 11.1156 USD
ORD Purchase 27,220 10.8709 USD
ORD Sale 200 11.2000 USD
ORD Sale 200 11.3200 USD
ORD Sale 300 10.9000 USD
ORD Sale 300 11.3166 USD
ORD Sale 500 11.2101 USD
ORD Sale 500 10.9540 USD
ORD Sale 700 11.0542 USD
ORD Sale 800 10.9750 USD
ORD Sale 900 11.0666 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 11.0480 USD
ORD Sale 1,040 11.1388 USD
ORD Sale 1,400 11.1225 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 11.2150 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 10.9588 USD
ORD Sale 1,898 10.9429 USD
ORD Sale 1,900 11.0211 USD
ORD Sale 3,900 11.2373 USD
ORD Sale 5,000 11.0000 USD
ORD Sale 8,860 11.1807 USD
ORD Sale 9,000 11.3042 USD
ORD Sale 16,400 11.1065 USD
ORD Sale 19,100 11.1315 USD
ORD Sale 21,920 10.8400 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: 30 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 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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