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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Full name of discloser: | Â | 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: | 17 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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | |||||||
Interests | Â | Short Positions | |||||||||
 |  | Number |  | (%) | Number |  | (%) | ||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 606,694 | 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% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(4) | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 2,348,210 | 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: | 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 | 8 | 10.8400 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.8600 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 10.9300 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 108 | 10.8500 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 10.8925 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 10.9050 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 300 | 10.8050 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 400 | 10.9425 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 500 | 10.8540 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 640 | 10.9159 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 800 | 10.8450 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 979 | 10.9330 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 10.8536 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 10.9509 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,430 | 10.9820 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,221 | 10.9372 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,300 | 10.9242 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,500 | 10.8566 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,716 | 10.9900 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,908 | 10.8514 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,400 | 10.8850 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,051 | 10.9270 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,400 | 10.9204 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,510 | 10.9002 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 17,300 | 10.9042 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 18,150 | 10.8843 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 57,900 | 10.8901 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8 | 10.8500 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8 | 10.8400 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10 | 11.0101 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.7500 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.9700 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.9000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 10.8900 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 240 | 10.9050 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 10.9333 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 10.8371 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 10.8528 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,100 | 10.8504 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 10.8714 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 10.8585 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,430 | 10.9820 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,500 | 10.8520 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,500 | 10.9473 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,400 | 10.8450 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,716 | 10.9900 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,000 | 10.8614 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,800 | 10.8867 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,227 | 10.8877 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,101 | 10.8760 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 11,100 | 10.9248 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 12,251 | 10.9311 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,000 | 10.8777 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 15,800 | 10.9001 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 19,888 | 10.8721 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 25,334 | 10.9224 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 |
 | Number of reference securities |  | Price per unit |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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? | Â | NO | |
Date of disclosure: | 18 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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