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 interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORPORATION
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(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: 24 November 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
  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:       ORD
Interests   Short Positions
    Number   (%) Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 610,007 0.29% 1,117,591 0.53%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,096,775 0.52% 592,878 0.28%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 1,706,782 0.81% 1,710,469 0.81%

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 2 12.7650 USD
ORD Purchase 12 12.7825 USD
ORD Purchase 47 12.7200 USD
ORD Purchase 100 12.8700 USD
ORD Purchase 100 12.7300 USD
ORD Purchase 200 12.6250 USD
ORD Purchase 200 12.7100 USD
ORD Purchase 300 12.6333 USD
ORD Purchase 300 12.7233 USD
ORD Purchase 430 12.7276 USD
ORD Purchase 443 12.6393 USD
ORD Purchase 600 12.7067 USD
ORD Purchase 723 12.7289 USD
ORD Purchase 900 12.7166 USD
ORD Purchase 943 12.6831 USD
ORD Purchase 1,100 12.6763 USD
ORD Purchase 1,200 12.7241 USD
ORD Purchase 1,800 12.7113 USD
ORD Purchase 2,084 12.6945 USD
ORD Purchase 2,700 12.7131 USD
ORD Purchase 7,810 12.6768 USD
ORD Purchase 8,749 12.6996 USD
ORD Purchase 33,336 12.7894 USD
ORD Purchase 59,743 12.8500 USD
ORD Sale 14 12.7800 USD
ORD Sale 100 12.7550 USD
ORD Sale 200 12.7900 USD
ORD Sale 200 12.6800 USD
ORD Sale 300 12.4900 USD
ORD Sale 300 12.7300 USD
ORD Sale 400 12.6900 USD
ORD Sale 400 12.7150 USD
ORD Sale 500 12.7120 USD
ORD Sale 600 12.6616 USD
ORD Sale 700 12.6642 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 12.7130 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 12.6680 USD
ORD Sale 1,000 12.6875 USD
ORD Sale 1,600 12.7265 USD
ORD Sale 1,900 12.7063 USD
ORD Sale 2,110 12.6582 USD
ORD Sale 2,400 12.7110 USD
ORD Sale 3,000 12.7249 USD
ORD Sale 12,036 12.7758 USD
ORD Sale 13,219 12.6942 USD
ORD Sale 21,100 12.7972 USD
ORD Sale 59,743 12.8500 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: 25 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 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.

Companies

Barclays (BARC)
UK 100

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