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:		18 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	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		601,694		0.29%		1,180,918		0.56%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,736,516		0.82%		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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		TOTAL:		2,338,210		1.11%		1,773,796		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		80		11.8400 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		11.6799 USD
ORD		Purchase		156		11.5200 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		11.1200 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		11.5400 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		11.7225 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		11.7300 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		11.6080 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		11.4741 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		11.5583 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		11.7491 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		11.7400 USD
ORD		Purchase		620		11.6206 USD
ORD		Purchase		700		11.5621 USD
ORD		Purchase		787		11.5231 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		11.6381 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		11.7450 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		11.3664 USD
ORD		Purchase		856		11.5300 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		11.7499 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,472		10.8900 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,500		11.5340 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,800		11.5238 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,500		11.6380 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,732		11.5039 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,020		11.3539 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,200		11.6232 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,500		11.5693 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,600		11.4950 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,751		11.4690 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,000		10.8500 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,200		11.6258 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,340		11.5499 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,469		11.9000 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,769		11.8100 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,800		11.6022 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,069		11.7500 USD
ORD		Purchase		8,655		11.5023 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,360		11.5430 USD
ORD		Purchase		21,798		11.4779 USD
ORD		Purchase		45,700		11.6466 USD
ORD		Sale		100		11.5700 USD
ORD		Sale		100		11.3450 USD
ORD		Sale		156		11.5300 USD
ORD		Sale		156		11.5200 USD
ORD		Sale		200		11.6000 USD
ORD		Sale		400		11.5075 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.5505 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.6244 USD
ORD		Sale		1,400		11.7442 USD
ORD		Sale		1,472		10.8900 USD
ORD		Sale		2,156		11.5229 USD
ORD		Sale		2,800		11.6289 USD
ORD		Sale		3,357		11.6740 USD
ORD		Sale		4,200		11.6261 USD
ORD		Sale		4,256		11.6843 USD
ORD		Sale		5,000		10.8500 USD
ORD		Sale		5,467		11.9000 USD
ORD		Sale		6,396		11.5885 USD
ORD		Sale		6,769		11.7500 USD
ORD		Sale		6,769		11.8100 USD
ORD		Sale		9,000		11.6155 USD
ORD		Sale		10,069		11.7489 USD
ORD		Sale		15,350		11.5822 USD
ORD		Sale		15,372		11.5702 USD
ORD		Sale		25,001		11.6460 USD
ORD		Sale		41,111		11.4615 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?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		19 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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