Form 8.3 - PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORPORATION

Form 8.3 - PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS 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)	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 CORPORATION
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:		20 August 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	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		894,987		0.42%		907,465		0.43%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,045,360		0.50%		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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		TOTAL:		1,940,347		0.92%		1,500,343		0.71%

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		19.6900 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		19.7800 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		20.1250 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		20.5950 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		19.6400 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		19.6950 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		20.5300 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		20.5400 USD
ORD		Purchase		278		20.5211 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		19.7400 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		20.5100 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		19.6787 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		19.8675 USD
ORD		Purchase		502		19.7041 USD
ORD		Purchase		798		19.7683 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		19.6675 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		19.8679 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,100		19.6899 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,900		19.7805 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,100		20.5775 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,400		19.8637 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,474		19.8918 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,600		19.9646 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,700		20.5603 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,900		19.6658 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,400		19.8327 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,213		19.7331 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,175		19.7954 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,802		19.6700 USD
ORD		Purchase		9,504		19.7822 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,500		19.7956 USD
ORD		Purchase		11,796		19.7787 USD
ORD		Purchase		19,949		19.9080 USD
ORD		Purchase		24,400		19.8983 USD
ORD		Purchase		28,933		19.7491 USD
ORD		Purchase		30,617		19.8472 USD
ORD		Purchase		42,598		19.7849 USD
ORD		Purchase		64,600		19.7786 USD
ORD		Purchase		69,838		19.7839 USD
ORD		Purchase		94,500		19.7765 USD
ORD		Purchase		116,933		19.8549 USD
ORD		Purchase		230,472		19.8335 USD
ORD		Sale		100		19.6800 USD
ORD		Sale		100		19.7450 USD
ORD		Sale		100		20.0300 USD
ORD		Sale		100		20.1250 USD
ORD		Sale		134		19.8131 USD
ORD		Sale		166		19.6659 USD
ORD		Sale		207		19.9986 USD
ORD		Sale		300		20.3666 USD
ORD		Sale		339		19.9294 USD
ORD		Sale		458		20.6049 USD
ORD		Sale		635		19.7157 USD
ORD		Sale		900		19.6944 USD
ORD		Sale		900		19.7777 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		19.8679 USD
ORD		Sale		1,300		19.8226 USD
ORD		Sale		1,700		19.8635 USD
ORD		Sale		1,834		20.2898 USD
ORD		Sale		2,300		19.9422 USD
ORD		Sale		2,400		19.8637 USD
ORD		Sale		3,029		19.7349 USD
ORD		Sale		4,500		19.8444 USD
ORD		Sale		4,966		19.8650 USD
ORD		Sale		5,802		19.6700 USD
ORD		Sale		7,474		19.8961 USD
ORD		Sale		7,950		19.8366 USD
ORD		Sale		8,000		19.8825 USD
ORD		Sale		8,065		19.7110 USD
ORD		Sale		9,044		19.8740 USD
ORD		Sale		11,763		19.9865 USD
ORD		Sale		22,100		19.8937 USD
ORD		Sale		22,485		19.8771 USD
ORD		Sale		26,000		19.7840 USD
ORD		Sale		40,824		19.8500 USD
ORD		Sale		41,200		19.8370 USD
ORD		Sale		49,100		19.7794 USD
ORD		Sale		51,700		19.8658 USD
ORD		Sale		152,729		19.9021 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: 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?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		21 Aug 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 [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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