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)   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 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: 28 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:       ORD            
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 595,083 0.28% 907,465 0.43%
           
(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%
           
 
TOTAL: 1,502,548 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:  
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 1 19.4100 USD
ORD Purchase 50 19.3200 USD
ORD Purchase 200 19.5100 USD
ORD Purchase 300 19.4556 USD
ORD Purchase 600 19.3116 USD
ORD Purchase 700 19.2971 USD
ORD Purchase 1,100 19.4018 USD
ORD Purchase 1,800 19.4825 USD
ORD Purchase 1,923 19.3000 USD
ORD Purchase 2,700 19.4212 USD
ORD Purchase 2,900 19.5282 USD
ORD Purchase 5,000 19.4459 USD
ORD Purchase 5,090 19.6938 USD
ORD Purchase 5,800 19.4137 USD
ORD Purchase 7,100 19.4359 USD
ORD Purchase 9,700 19.4101 USD
ORD Purchase 31,815 19.5997 USD
ORD Purchase 38,887 19.5065 USD
ORD Sale 50 19.3200 USD
ORD Sale 50 19.2600 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.4200 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.6500 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.5200 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.8600 USD
ORD Sale 174 19.7391 USD
ORD Sale 274 19.6256 USD
ORD Sale 300 19.4556 USD
ORD Sale 400 19.4075 USD
ORD Sale 400 19.6875 USD
ORD Sale 400 19.5300 USD
ORD Sale 500 19.4360 USD
ORD Sale 600 19.7983 USD
ORD Sale 700 19.2971 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 19.4290 USD
ORD Sale 1,104 19.4911 USD
ORD Sale 1,356 19.5159 USD
ORD Sale 1,455 19.5471 USD
ORD Sale 1,807 19.8103 USD
ORD Sale 1,923 19.3000 USD
ORD Sale 2,000 19.4020 USD
ORD Sale 2,024 19.5802 USD
ORD Sale 2,100 19.5371 USD
ORD Sale 3,100 19.5020 USD
ORD Sale 3,300 19.4013 USD
ORD Sale 3,384 19.5516 USD
ORD Sale 3,400 19.4999 USD
ORD Sale 4,058 19.4718 USD
ORD Sale 6,600 19.4359 USD
ORD Sale 10,100 19.5055 USD
ORD Sale 10,291 19.4672 USD
ORD Sale 20,700 19.4421 USD
ORD Sale 31,715 19.6000 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: 1 Sep 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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