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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) | Â | Full name of discloser: | Â | Barclays PLC. | |
| Â | Â | Â | |||
| (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 |
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| 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: | 12 August 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 | ORD | |||||||||
| Â | Interests | Â | Short Positions | ||||||||
| Â | Â | Number | Â | (%) | Number | Â | (%) | ||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 834,986 | 0.40% | 769,570 | 0.37% | |||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 1,378,240 | 0.66% | 592,878 | 0.28% | ||||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 2,213,226 | 1.06% | 1,362,448 | 0.65% | |||||||
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 | 23.1600 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 23.3000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 228 | 23.3400 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 260 | 23.1500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 300 | 23.3380 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 23.2662 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 800 | 23.3399 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,000 | 23.1580 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 23.1309 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,400 | 23.1103 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,200 | 23.2229 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,200 | 23.1731 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,700 | 23.1201 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,039 | 23.1356 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,400 | 23.2500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,700 | 23.2919 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 25,000 | 23.2869 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 42,011 | 23.0723 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 715,769 | 23.4400 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 22.9500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 23.0500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 23.2650 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 23.2775 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 23.3100 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 23.4540 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 260 | 23.1500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 22.9883 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 23.0300 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 23.1033 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 23.2683 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 23.2833 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 348 | 23.0045 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 500 | 23.3580 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 800 | 23.1137 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 800 | 23.2112 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 800 | 23.2637 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,100 | 23.0418 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,200 | 22.9383 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,700 | 23.0036 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,800 | 23.2205 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,928 | 23.3396 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,100 | 23.1457 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,200 | 23.2089 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,252 | 22.9535 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,300 | 23.0766 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,400 | 23.0479 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,539 | 23.1000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,329 | 23.1488 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,200 | 23.3005 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,400 | 23.2500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,600 | 23.1326 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,029 | 23.1281 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,600 | 23.3090 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,900 | 23.3048 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 20,553 | 23.0273 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 715,769 | 23.4400 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | 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: | 13 Aug 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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