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:		09 October 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:		1,046,127		0.50%		1,692,725		0.80%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,692,725		0.80%		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:		2,738,852		1.30%		2,285,603		1.08%

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		200		13.7200 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		14.6900 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		14.0916 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,456		14.1075 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,800		14.0966 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,200		14.3709 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,300		14.2834 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,200		14.6153 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,744		14.6022 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,500		14.2637 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,813		14.3525 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,300		14.2362 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,700		14.3537 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,000		14.3060 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,486		14.1205 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,801		14.1989 USD
ORD		Purchase		8,864		14.0066 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,055		14.5898 USD
ORD		Purchase		13,241		13.9262 USD
ORD		Purchase		13,300		14.4692 USD
ORD		Purchase		14,832		14.2584 USD
ORD		Purchase		20,395		14.2857 USD
ORD		Purchase		23,670		14.3205 USD
ORD		Purchase		25,504		14.0448 USD
ORD		Purchase		30,932		14.3508 USD
ORD		Purchase		31,772		14.6559 USD
ORD		Purchase		35,231		14.2825 USD
ORD		Purchase		37,300		14.6078 USD
ORD		Purchase		57,438		14.2101 USD
ORD		Purchase		58,652		14.6328 USD
ORD		Purchase		59,724		14.6254 USD
ORD		Purchase		204,847		14.5000 USD
ORD		Purchase		292,920		14.2083 USD
ORD		Purchase		687,360		13.4000 USD
ORD		Sale		100		14.6200 USD
ORD		Sale		165		14.1266 USD
ORD		Sale		200		14.5750 USD
ORD		Sale		200		14.4150 USD
ORD		Sale		219		14.4154 USD
ORD		Sale		220		14.3245 USD
ORD		Sale		300		14.4966 USD
ORD		Sale		300		14.4500 USD
ORD		Sale		500		14.2000 USD
ORD		Sale		500		14.4100 USD
ORD		Sale		568		14.4147 USD
ORD		Sale		800		14.2912 USD
ORD		Sale		1,275		14.1900 USD
ORD		Sale		1,400		13.8257 USD
ORD		Sale		1,500		14.1430 USD
ORD		Sale		1,523		14.1316 USD
ORD		Sale		1,868		14.1791 USD
ORD		Sale		1,931		14.0885 USD
ORD		Sale		2,100		14.3519 USD
ORD		Sale		2,400		14.3041 USD
ORD		Sale		2,533		14.3538 USD
ORD		Sale		2,577		14.3638 USD
ORD		Sale		3,500		13.9931 USD
ORD		Sale		4,200		14.1579 USD
ORD		Sale		5,233		14.2693 USD
ORD		Sale		5,800		14.4004 USD
ORD		Sale		5,800		14.1442 USD
ORD		Sale		9,670		14.1359 USD
ORD		Sale		10,736		14.4769 USD
ORD		Sale		13,200		14.1361 USD
ORD		Sale		15,175		14.3087 USD
ORD		Sale		17,856		14.2904 USD
ORD		Sale		18,153		14.0946 USD
ORD		Sale		18,946		14.1919 USD
ORD		Sale		19,291		14.0354 USD
ORD		Sale		29,132		14.3259 USD
ORD		Sale		31,531		14.3008 USD
ORD		Sale		35,404		13.9209 USD
ORD		Sale		38,773		14.3527 USD
ORD		Sale		47,104		13.9456 USD
ORD		Sale		47,249		14.2927 USD
ORD		Sale		51,139		14.3047 USD
ORD		Sale		92,259		14.1872 USD
ORD		Sale		204,847		14.5000 USD
ORD		Sale		250,000		14.4955 USD
ORD		Sale		687,360		13.4000 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:		12 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 [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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