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:		05 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:		600,891		0.28%		1,797,723		0.85%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				2,357,721		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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		TOTAL:		2,958,612		1.40%		2,390,601		1.13%

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		11.9650 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		11.7500 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		11.8900 USD
ORD		Purchase		243		11.7658 USD
ORD		Purchase		294		11.8577 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		11.8233 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		11.9283 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		12.0150 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,450		11.9903 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,700		11.9158 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,800		11.8688 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,448		12.0523 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,908		12.1660 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,092		12.0671 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,500		11.8660 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,549		11.8351 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,200		11.8428 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,549		11.8655 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,836		11.8667 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,160		11.9080 USD
ORD		Purchase		8,420		11.9151 USD
ORD		Purchase		9,050		11.9862 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,400		11.8681 USD
ORD		Purchase		15,000		11.9418 USD
ORD		Purchase		17,415		11.8374 USD
ORD		Purchase		19,900		11.9487 USD
ORD		Purchase		24,900		11.8654 USD
ORD		Purchase		36,200		11.9105 USD
ORD		Purchase		50,403		11.9658 USD
ORD		Purchase		54,700		11.8576 USD
ORD		Purchase		574,998		12.7000 USD
ORD		Sale		60		11.8500 USD
ORD		Sale		100		11.8000 USD
ORD		Sale		100		11.9300 USD
ORD		Sale		200		12.0000 USD
ORD		Sale		200		12.0025 USD
ORD		Sale		300		12.0033 USD
ORD		Sale		300		11.9433 USD
ORD		Sale		400		11.9125 USD
ORD		Sale		400		12.1700 USD
ORD		Sale		400		12.1775 USD
ORD		Sale		800		11.8937 USD
ORD		Sale		900		11.8900 USD
ORD		Sale		900		11.8761 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.7975 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		11.8504 USD
ORD		Sale		1,300		11.9884 USD
ORD		Sale		1,800		11.9405 USD
ORD		Sale		2,500		11.9130 USD
ORD		Sale		2,740		11.8435 USD
ORD		Sale		3,100		12.0272 USD
ORD		Sale		3,400		11.8641 USD
ORD		Sale		3,508		11.9721 USD
ORD		Sale		3,800		11.9018 USD
ORD		Sale		4,300		11.9598 USD
ORD		Sale		4,392		11.9260 USD
ORD		Sale		6,143		12.0212 USD
ORD		Sale		7,500		11.7965 USD
ORD		Sale		10,220		11.9414 USD
ORD		Sale		10,700		11.8866 USD
ORD		Sale		13,392		11.9854 USD
ORD		Sale		17,548		12.0727 USD
ORD		Sale		17,828		11.9416 USD
ORD		Sale		18,600		11.9459 USD
ORD		Sale		35,900		11.9054 USD
ORD		Sale		120,000		11.8600 USD
ORD		Sale		574,998		12.7000 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:		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 [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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