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: 13 November 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: 611,749 0.29% 1,190,918 0.56%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,904,586 0.90% 592,878 0.28%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 2,516,335 1.19% 1,783,796 0.85%

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 4 11.1700 USD
ORD Purchase 61 11.2100 USD
ORD Purchase 100 10.8200 USD
ORD Purchase 100 10.8900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 11.1000 USD
ORD Purchase 190 11.2142 USD
ORD Purchase 200 11.1800 USD
ORD Purchase 254 11.1600 USD
ORD Purchase 300 11.1633 USD
ORD Purchase 400 11.1225 USD
ORD Purchase 600 11.2108 USD
ORD Purchase 600 10.9816 USD
ORD Purchase 1,200 11.0800 USD
ORD Purchase 1,201 10.9656 USD
ORD Purchase 1,443 11.0643 USD
ORD Purchase 1,500 11.1503 USD
ORD Purchase 1,580 10.9287 USD
ORD Purchase 1,800 11.1616 USD
ORD Purchase 2,810 11.0417 USD
ORD Purchase 3,662 11.0689 USD
ORD Purchase 4,502 11.1769 USD
ORD Purchase 5,771 11.0540 USD
ORD Purchase 6,496 11.0292 USD
ORD Purchase 7,460 11.0210 USD
ORD Purchase 10,000 10.8500 USD
ORD Purchase 11,700 11.0458 USD
ORD Purchase 12,700 11.0545 USD
ORD Purchase 16,317 10.9692 USD
ORD Sale 77 11.2001 USD
ORD Sale 100 10.8000 USD
ORD Sale 200 10.8650 USD
ORD Sale 243 11.0548 USD
ORD Sale 300 11.0666 USD
ORD Sale 300 11.0366 USD
ORD Sale 300 11.1633 USD
ORD Sale 377 11.1600 USD
ORD Sale 500 11.0760 USD
ORD Sale 600 11.0416 USD
ORD Sale 700 10.8114 USD
ORD Sale 700 11.0378 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 11.0305 USD
ORD Sale 2,300 11.1678 USD
ORD Sale 2,600 10.9834 USD
ORD Sale 2,960 11.0525 USD
ORD Sale 3,400 11.1707 USD
ORD Sale 5,671 11.0496 USD
ORD Sale 10,000 10.8500 USD
ORD Sale 10,900 11.0344 USD
ORD Sale 11,300 11.0637 USD
ORD Sale 29,060 10.9992 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: 16 Nov 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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