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: 16 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: 606,686 0.29% 1,185,918 0.56%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,741,516 0.83% 592,878 0.28%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 2,348,202 1.11% 1,778,796 0.84%

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 10.9000 USD
ORD Purchase 100 10.8600 USD
ORD Purchase 100 10.8300 USD
ORD Purchase 100 11.3000 USD
ORD Purchase 200 10.9050 USD
ORD Purchase 300 10.7733 USD
ORD Purchase 300 10.7833 USD
ORD Purchase 500 11.0020 USD
ORD Purchase 600 10.8950 USD
ORD Purchase 743 10.8445 USD
ORD Purchase 800 10.8862 USD
ORD Purchase 900 10.7744 USD
ORD Purchase 900 10.8622 USD
ORD Purchase 948 10.6943 USD
ORD Purchase 1,000 10.7420 USD
ORD Purchase 1,000 10.8880 USD
ORD Purchase 1,000 10.8120 USD
ORD Purchase 1,100 10.9086 USD
ORD Purchase 1,200 10.8683 USD
ORD Purchase 1,200 10.7958 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 10.8464 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 10.8157 USD
ORD Purchase 1,900 10.9164 USD
ORD Purchase 2,000 10.8931 USD
ORD Purchase 2,250 10.7544 USD
ORD Purchase 3,482 10.7792 USD
ORD Purchase 4,116 10.9819 USD
ORD Purchase 4,947 10.8245 USD
ORD Purchase 5,000 11.1800 USD
ORD Purchase 5,300 10.9300 USD
ORD Purchase 129,128 10.8450 USD
ORD Purchase 168,624 10.8309 USD
ORD Sale 100 11.3000 USD
ORD Sale 300 10.8233 USD
ORD Sale 500 10.7780 USD
ORD Sale 600 10.9850 USD
ORD Sale 800 10.6938 USD
ORD Sale 900 10.8822 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 10.8775 USD
ORD Sale 1,200 10.9016 USD
ORD Sale 1,400 10.8537 USD
ORD Sale 2,400 10.8726 USD
ORD Sale 3,215 10.8448 USD
ORD Sale 5,000 10.8211 USD
ORD Sale 5,100 11.1800 USD
ORD Sale 5,400 10.8495 USD
ORD Sale 5,693 10.8450 USD
ORD Sale 7,047 10.8186 USD
ORD Sale 10,843 10.8531 USD
ORD Sale 13,200 10.8332 USD
ORD Sale 13,470 10.8080 USD
ORD Sale 14,466 10.8394 USD
ORD Sale 15,540 10.8114 USD
ORD Sale 15,907 10.8931 USD
ORD Sale 29,945 10.8274 USD
ORD Sale 33,717 10.8378 USD
ORD Sale 66,183 10.8547 USD
ORD Sale 84,312 10.8309 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: 17 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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