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)	Â	Full name of discloser:	Â	Barclays PLC.
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(b)		Owner or controller of interest and short
Â		positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):		Â
(c)		Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORPORATION
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(d)		If an exempt fund manager connected with an
		offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
Â		offeror/offeree:		Â
(e)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		03 November 2015
(f)		In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making		YES:
Â		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:			Â	ORD
	Â			Interests			Â	Short Positions
Â		Â		Number	Â	(%)		Number	Â	(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		605,310		0.29%		1,807,723		0.86%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,362,721		1.12%		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:		2,968,031		1.41%		2,400,601		1.14%

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		12.6000 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		11.1800 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		11.1000 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		12.4300 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		11.2050 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		11.7990 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		12.3866 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		11.3150 USD
ORD		Purchase		700		11.5042 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,300		11.2180 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,400		11.2607 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,500		11.2166 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,750		11.9400 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,100		12.2790 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,120		11.2505 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,200		11.1986 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,500		12.2600 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,788		12.2039 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,000		11.9563 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,200		12.0231 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,650		12.3935 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,820		11.1395 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,500		11.5263 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,200		12.1641 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,300		11.1832 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,910		11.2740 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,000		11.4532 USD
ORD		Purchase		19,638		11.9874 USD
ORD		Purchase		29,700		11.8905 USD
ORD		Purchase		32,000		11.8959 USD
ORD		Purchase		93,842		12.0914 USD
ORD		Sale		5		12.5500 USD
ORD		Sale		100		12.2800 USD
ORD		Sale		100		11.5800 USD
ORD		Sale		200		12.2450 USD
ORD		Sale		300		12.1033 USD
ORD		Sale		300		12.2183 USD
ORD		Sale		300		11.5900 USD
ORD		Sale		300		12.4833 USD
ORD		Sale		400		11.4501 USD
ORD		Sale		400		12.2925 USD
ORD		Sale		600		11.0340 USD
ORD		Sale		674		12.1296 USD
ORD		Sale		695		12.5400 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		12.1770 USD
ORD		Sale		1,600		11.6912 USD
ORD		Sale		1,600		12.0612 USD
ORD		Sale		2,200		12.0131 USD
ORD		Sale		2,550		12.1597 USD
ORD		Sale		2,600		11.6786 USD
ORD		Sale		4,170		11.9300 USD
ORD		Sale		4,700		11.1960 USD
ORD		Sale		8,520		11.4529 USD
ORD		Sale		8,800		12.1621 USD
ORD		Sale		8,851		12.1039 USD
ORD		Sale		11,020		11.1884 USD
ORD		Sale		15,000		11.4596 USD
ORD		Sale		15,136		11.1375 USD
ORD		Sale		19,280		12.0819 USD
ORD		Sale		21,700		12.0473 USD
ORD		Sale		26,500		12.4686 USD
ORD		Sale		30,400		11.8953 USD
ORD		Sale		48,117		12.1118 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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		4 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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