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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Full name of discloser: | Â | Barclays PLC. | |
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(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 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: | 27 August 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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 595,082 | 0.28% | 907,465 | 0.43% | |||||||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
907,465 | 0.43% | 592,878 | 0.28% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
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TOTAL: | 1,502,547 | 0.71% | 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 | 83 | 19.3400 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 300 | 18.6366 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 300 | 19.2333 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 494 | 19.0582 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,355 | 18.8822 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,101 | 19.5076 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,200 | 19.5463 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,300 | 19.0321 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,000 | 18.9218 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,700 | 19.3777 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,369 | 19.1457 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,700 | 19.3601 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,000 | 19.2713 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,600 | 19.0784 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 15,620 | 18.8600 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 16,964 | 19.4241 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 17,309 | 19.2426 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 25,200 | 19.1408 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 29,458 | 18.7714 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 35,000 | 18.8636 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 73,669 | 19.3220 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 19.4900 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 19.4600 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 137 | 19.7400 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 18.8670 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 19.3950 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 283 | 19.4601 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 18.8616 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 19.4375 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 408 | 19.3725 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 19.6520 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 19.2750 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 19.3935 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 800 | 18.8850 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 800 | 19.4187 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 885 | 19.4719 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 900 | 19.4061 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 19.1679 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,100 | 19.3027 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,200 | 18.8641 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,200 | 19.2066 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,268 | 18.9792 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 18.8635 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,480 | 19.0812 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,900 | 19.5400 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,792 | 19.4664 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,900 | 19.0751 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,992 | 19.3188 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,002 | 18.8771 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,642 | 19.6243 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,471 | 19.5972 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,700 | 18.8782 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,500 | 19.4220 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,878 | 18.8621 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,900 | 19.3291 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,104 | 19.0187 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,600 | 18.8646 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,024 | 19.1588 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,800 | 19.3807 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,153 | 19.3498 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,356 | 19.2330 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,900 | 19.4194 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,002 | 19.2849 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,092 | 19.2695 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 11,850 | 18.8239 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,200 | 19.1633 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 15,620 | 18.8600 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 16,749 | 19.4777 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 24,000 | 19.2309 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 73,441 | 19.0503 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 |
 | Number of reference securities |  | Price per unit |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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? | Â | NO | |
Date of disclosure: | 28 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 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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