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:  

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.

 

 

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

 

PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORPORATION

(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:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

 

4 Nov 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”

 

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:       ORD            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 605,005 0.29% 1,807,723 0.86%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,362,721 1.12% 592,878 0.28%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 2,967,726 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:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 7 12.2600 USD
ORD Purchase 43 12.9600 USD
ORD Purchase 300 12.6566 USD
ORD Purchase 300 12.6499 USD
ORD Purchase 400 12.6075 USD
ORD Purchase 665 12.1575 USD
ORD Purchase 700 12.7200 USD
ORD Purchase 1,700 12.9041 USD
ORD Purchase 2,657 12.7487 USD
ORD Purchase 2,800 12.6155 USD
ORD Purchase 2,900 12.9899 USD
ORD Purchase 4,701 12.7159 USD
ORD Purchase 5,568 12.7259 USD
ORD Purchase 6,700 12.5680 USD
ORD Purchase 8,570 12.6681 USD
ORD Purchase 8,700 12.7438 USD
ORD Purchase 10,600 12.7106 USD
ORD Purchase 13,200 12.6866 USD
ORD Purchase 13,803 12.6918 USD
ORD Purchase 16,279 12.8721 USD
ORD Purchase 20,797 12.6484 USD
ORD Purchase 27,849 12.5645 USD
ORD Purchase 29,800 12.3895 USD
ORD Purchase 33,682 12.7183 USD
ORD Purchase 100,856 12.4021 USD
ORD Purchase 184,080 12.6568 USD
ORD Sale 100 12.1700 USD
ORD Sale 100 12.2500 USD
ORD Sale 200 12.1600 USD
ORD Sale 200 12.3400 USD
ORD Sale 300 12.5633 USD
ORD Sale 300 12.6500 USD
ORD Sale 312 12.5301 USD
ORD Sale 365 12.1527 USD
ORD Sale 500 12.5540 USD
ORD Sale 600 12.2416 USD
ORD Sale 707 12.5321 USD
ORD Sale 895 12.7144 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 12.6380 USD
ORD Sale 1,100 12.5600 USD
ORD Sale 1,250 12.7068 USD
ORD Sale 1,600 12.5650 USD
ORD Sale 1,621 12.3707 USD
ORD Sale 1,700 12.4919 USD
ORD Sale 1,700 12.4847 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 12.4611 USD
ORD Sale 2,200 12.6094 USD
ORD Sale 2,300 12.5310 USD
ORD Sale 2,400 12.4366 USD
ORD Sale 3,000 12.4966 USD
ORD Sale 3,001 12.4601 USD
ORD Sale 3,048 12.5979 USD
ORD Sale 3,100 12.6051 USD
ORD Sale 3,300 12.4816 USD
ORD Sale 3,600 12.7159 USD
ORD Sale 3,923 12.7454 USD
ORD Sale 6,000 12.8260 USD
ORD Sale 6,252 12.5819 USD
ORD Sale 6,603 12.6531 USD
ORD Sale 6,700 12.3914 USD
ORD Sale 7,500 12.5228 USD
ORD Sale 7,600 12.4110 USD
ORD Sale 7,651 12.7397 USD
ORD Sale 8,400 12.7522 USD
ORD Sale 9,388 12.6918 USD
ORD Sale 10,265 12.7918 USD
ORD Sale 10,600 12.7090 USD
ORD Sale 13,000 12.4495 USD
ORD Sale 16,017 12.7378 USD
ORD Sale 19,977 12.6890 USD
ORD Sale 22,147 12.3073 USD
ORD Sale 27,058 12.6655 USD
ORD Sale 29,044 12.6525 USD
ORD Sale 39,250 12.5796 USD
ORD Sale 39,726 12.7237 USD
ORD Sale 49,300 12.7176 USD
ORD Sale 50,428 12.4021 USD
ORD Sale 58,834 12.5981 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. CFD

  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   Product description e.g. call option   Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.   Number of securities to which option relates   Exercise price per unit   Type

e.g. American, European etc.

  Expiry date   Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security   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   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?  

NO

Date of disclosure:  

6 Nov 2015

Contact name:

Rajesh Muthanna

Telephone number:

020 3555 4634

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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