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:		10 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:		1,202,919		0.57%		1,792,723		0.85%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,856,471		0.88%		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:		3,059,390		1.45%		2,385,601		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		250		11.8320 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		11.6320 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		11.7883 USD
ORD		Purchase		970		11.6478 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		11.5930 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,220		11.6848 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,632		11.6166 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,000		11.9000 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,310		11.6800 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,528		11.7396 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,280		11.6589 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,500		11.5408 USD
ORD		Purchase		12,009		11.6710 USD
ORD		Purchase		15,935		11.6573 USD
ORD		Purchase		16,100		11.6918 USD
ORD		Purchase		16,700		11.5905 USD
ORD		Purchase		23,406		11.6756 USD
ORD		Purchase		28,495		11.6708 USD
ORD		Purchase		44,280		11.6638 USD
ORD		Purchase		47,461		11.6212 USD
ORD		Purchase		51,700		11.6397 USD
ORD		Purchase		91,264		11.6921 USD
ORD		Purchase		120,188		11.5713 USD
ORD		Sale		49		11.7102 USD
ORD		Sale		83		11.7200 USD
ORD		Sale		88		11.4480 USD
ORD		Sale		100		11.4500 USD
ORD		Sale		200		11.4350 USD
ORD		Sale		201		11.6800 USD
ORD		Sale		300		11.4933 USD
ORD		Sale		400		11.3950 USD
ORD		Sale		400		11.4650 USD
ORD		Sale		600		11.4100 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.6210 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.4700 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		11.6830 USD
ORD		Sale		1,500		11.4829 USD
ORD		Sale		1,700		11.5647 USD
ORD		Sale		2,000		11.6931 USD
ORD		Sale		5,000		11.9000 USD
ORD		Sale		5,052		11.6666 USD
ORD		Sale		5,292		11.6145 USD
ORD		Sale		7,100		11.7133 USD
ORD		Sale		7,248		11.5663 USD
ORD		Sale		11,200		11.6026 USD
ORD		Sale		15,200		11.6012 USD
ORD		Sale		25,267		11.5148 USD
ORD		Sale		35,154		11.5017 USD
ORD		Sale		50,880		11.6325 USD
ORD		Sale		64,494		11.5989 USD
ORD		Sale		259,711		11.6865 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:		11 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 [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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