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:	Â	Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	Â	Â
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Â	PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORPORATION
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	Â	Â
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	Â	30 Oct 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	Â	YES 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		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		595,310		0.28%		1,243,125		0.59%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,242,725		0.59%		592,878		0.28%
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(3)		Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
		and agreements to purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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(4)
		TOTAL:		1,838,035		0.87%		1,836,003		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:	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		100		10.3650 USD
ORD		Purchase		124		10.4587 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		10.4100 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		10.3400 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		10.5466 USD
ORD		Purchase		302		10.3099 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		10.3440 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		10.4199 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		10.3450 USD
ORD		Purchase		700		10.4142 USD
ORD		Purchase		718		10.4169 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		10.3670 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		10.4560 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,215		10.3479 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,500		10.5160 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,200		10.4022 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,400		10.4116 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,382		10.4152 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,838		10.4520 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,300		10.3466 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,400		10.3493 USD
ORD		Purchase		8,900		10.5619 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,069		10.4377 USD
ORD		Purchase		14,356		10.3331 USD
ORD		Purchase		15,650		10.5232 USD
ORD		Purchase		17,243		10.4400 USD
ORD		Purchase		21,767		10.3498 USD
ORD		Purchase		25,800		10.4945 USD
ORD		Purchase		27,100		10.4936 USD
ORD		Sale		4		10.4400 USD
ORD		Sale		70		10.6100 USD
ORD		Sale		208		10.5451 USD
ORD		Sale		300		10.3600 USD
ORD		Sale		300		10.5066 USD
ORD		Sale		400		10.3400 USD
ORD		Sale		600		10.5383 USD
ORD		Sale		800		10.5525 USD
ORD		Sale		900		10.5244 USD
ORD		Sale		1,400		10.3864 USD
ORD		Sale		1,530		10.5215 USD
ORD		Sale		2,300		10.4013 USD
ORD		Sale		2,440		10.4403 USD
ORD		Sale		2,550		10.5273 USD
ORD		Sale		2,800		10.5050 USD
ORD		Sale		3,400		10.4448 USD
ORD		Sale		3,600		10.5751 USD
ORD		Sale		5,398		10.4493 USD
ORD		Sale		7,592		10.5269 USD
ORD		Sale		9,800		10.4231 USD
ORD		Sale		13,100		10.5197 USD
ORD		Sale		20,138		10.4377 USD
ORD		Sale		23,500		10.4812 USD
ORD		Sale		23,700		10.5006 USD
ORD		Sale		51,138		10.3431 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

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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

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Number of reference securities

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Price per unit

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

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Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Exercising/ exercised against

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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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?

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NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	2 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 [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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