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

 

14 October 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: 595,843 0.28% 1,242,725 0.59%
             
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,401,395 0.66% 592,878 0.28%
             
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
             
(4)
TOTAL: 1,997,238 0.95% 1,835,603 0.87%

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   100   13.1600 USD
ORD   Purchase   103   13.0600 USD
ORD   Purchase   400   13.0775 USD
ORD   Purchase   600   13.1016 USD
ORD   Purchase   700   13.1000 USD
ORD   Purchase   700   13.0427 USD
ORD   Purchase   1,203   13.0438 USD
ORD   Purchase   1,300   13.0785 USD
ORD   Purchase   1,563   13.0814 USD
ORD   Purchase   2,410   12.8992 USD
ORD   Purchase   3,000   12.9799 USD
ORD   Purchase   3,300   13.0180 USD
ORD   Purchase   5,606   13.0226 USD
ORD   Purchase   5,695   13.0911 USD
ORD   Purchase   5,938   13.0358 USD
ORD   Purchase   6,183   12.9564 USD
ORD   Purchase   6,300   13.0160 USD
ORD   Purchase   7,103   13.0082 USD
ORD   Purchase   12,000   13.0066 USD
ORD   Purchase   12,185   12.9925 USD
ORD   Purchase   32,290   13.0267 USD
ORD   Purchase   450,000   12.7300 USD
ORD   Sale   100   13.0800 USD
ORD   Sale   100   13.0900 USD
ORD   Sale   100   12.9900 USD
ORD   Sale   100   12.8600 USD
ORD   Sale   169   12.8800 USD
ORD   Sale   200   13.0050 USD
ORD   Sale   200   12.8500 USD
ORD   Sale   300   13.0400 USD
ORD   Sale   300   13.0200 USD
ORD   Sale   300   13.0233 USD
ORD   Sale   300   13.0033 USD
ORD   Sale   400   12.9850 USD
ORD   Sale   400   12.9350 USD
ORD   Sale   500   12.9080 USD
ORD   Sale   600   12.9208 USD
ORD   Sale   600   13.0450 USD
ORD   Sale   700   13.0771 USD
ORD   Sale   836   13.0082 USD
ORD   Sale   1,000   12.9400 USD
ORD   Sale   1,070   13.0289 USD
ORD   Sale   1,200   13.0115 USD
ORD   Sale   1,800   12.9722 USD
ORD   Sale   2,400   13.0379 USD
ORD   Sale   2,900   13.0296 USD
ORD   Sale   3,000   12.9799 USD
ORD   Sale   4,600   13.0092 USD
ORD   Sale   4,900   13.0209 USD
ORD   Sale   5,503   13.0027 USD
ORD   Sale   10,200   13.0127 USD
ORD   Sale   16,499   13.0659 USD
ORD   Sale   47,686   13.0103 USD
ORD   Sale   450,000   12.7300 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:  

15 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 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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