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: 08 October 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: 596,127 0.28% 1,242,725 0.59%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,692,725 0.80% 592,878 0.28%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 2,288,852 1.09% 1,835,603 0.87%

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 13.1200 USD
ORD Purchase 100 13.4200 USD
ORD Purchase 119 12.9397 USD
ORD Purchase 300 12.7620 USD
ORD Purchase 311 13.0084 USD
ORD Purchase 400 13.4175 USD
ORD Purchase 400 12.6625 USD
ORD Purchase 500 12.6540 USD
ORD Purchase 629 12.9618 USD
ORD Purchase 700 12.6564 USD
ORD Purchase 900 12.5366 USD
ORD Purchase 1,119 12.6504 USD
ORD Purchase 1,201 12.6500 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 12.6539 USD
ORD Purchase 1,701 12.8207 USD
ORD Purchase 1,727 12.5944 USD
ORD Purchase 2,200 12.7565 USD
ORD Purchase 2,275 12.4418 USD
ORD Purchase 3,300 12.5961 USD
ORD Purchase 4,000 12.6201 USD
ORD Purchase 5,021 12.4930 USD
ORD Purchase 6,696 12.5290 USD
ORD Purchase 12,141 12.5024 USD
ORD Purchase 16,909 12.4985 USD
ORD Purchase 22,603 12.5338 USD
ORD Purchase 40,900 13.2538 USD
ORD Purchase 46,000 12.5906 USD
ORD Purchase 46,478 13.0223 USD
ORD Purchase 51,100 12.6471 USD
ORD Purchase 63,750 12.4825 USD
ORD Purchase 67,110 12.4761 USD
ORD Purchase 450,000 13.4000 USD
ORD Sale 100 12.1750 USD
ORD Sale 100 13.3900 USD
ORD Sale 100 12.5000 USD
ORD Sale 100 12.6900 USD
ORD Sale 200 13.2800 USD
ORD Sale 486 13.4076 USD
ORD Sale 600 13.4100 USD
ORD Sale 700 13.3121 USD
ORD Sale 700 12.5950 USD
ORD Sale 700 13.1300 USD
ORD Sale 800 12.7056 USD
ORD Sale 800 12.7970 USD
ORD Sale 900 12.8288 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 12.6580 USD
ORD Sale 1,200 12.4017 USD
ORD Sale 1,300 12.9561 USD
ORD Sale 1,701 12.6500 USD
ORD Sale 1,730 12.6267 USD
ORD Sale 1,870 12.6386 USD
ORD Sale 1,950 13.4041 USD
ORD Sale 2,074 13.3646 USD
ORD Sale 2,184 13.3432 USD
ORD Sale 2,400 13.1062 USD
ORD Sale 2,900 12.6924 USD
ORD Sale 3,186 13.4190 USD
ORD Sale 3,200 13.3948 USD
ORD Sale 3,400 13.4073 USD
ORD Sale 9,800 13.3644 USD
ORD Sale 11,050 13.4003 USD
ORD Sale 11,200 12.8777 USD
ORD Sale 12,478 12.6462 USD
ORD Sale 13,379 12.6303 USD
ORD Sale 14,070 13.4126 USD
ORD Sale 15,900 12.5390 USD
ORD Sale 32,300 12.6273 USD
ORD Sale 48,700 12.6245 USD
ORD Sale 65,692 12.4924 USD
ORD Sale 131,340 12.4913 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: 9 Oct 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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