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:	Â	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.	Â	Â
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Â	PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODS CORPORATION
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	Â	Â
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	Â	25 Nov 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”	Â	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:	Â	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		610,021		0.29%		1,113,143		0.53%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,091,775		0.52%		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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(4)
		TOTAL:		1,701,796		0.81%		1,706,021		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:	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		14		13.0400 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		12.9700 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		12.9200 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		13.0100 USD
ORD		Purchase		143		12.7820 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		12.9675 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		12.9033 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		12.8366 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		12.9250 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		12.8500 USD
ORD		Purchase		552		12.9900 USD
ORD		Purchase		552		12.9800 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		12.8016 USD
ORD		Purchase		700		12.9300 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		12.9787 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,100		12.8290 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,373		12.7319 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,500		12.9023 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,300		12.8608 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,300		12.8976 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,200		12.8495 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,222		12.8545 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,600		12.8690 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,000		12.7400 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,200		12.8883 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,400		12.8481 USD
ORD		Purchase		45,313		12.8120 USD
ORD		Sale		100		12.6900 USD
ORD		Sale		100		12.9700 USD
ORD		Sale		100		12.8500 USD
ORD		Sale		200		12.9550 USD
ORD		Sale		200		12.8400 USD
ORD		Sale		300		12.7666 USD
ORD		Sale		300		12.8267 USD
ORD		Sale		300		12.8900 USD
ORD		Sale		363		12.7000 USD
ORD		Sale		400		12.9050 USD
ORD		Sale		552		12.9900 USD
ORD		Sale		552		12.9800 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		12.8965 USD
ORD		Sale		1,100		12.8827 USD
ORD		Sale		1,153		12.7482 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		12.8775 USD
ORD		Sale		1,200		12.8575 USD
ORD		Sale		1,400		12.8925 USD
ORD		Sale		1,552		12.9774 USD
ORD		Sale		4,000		12.8447 USD
ORD		Sale		5,000		12.8673 USD
ORD		Sale		5,000		12.7400 USD
ORD		Sale		7,600		12.8730 USD
ORD		Sale		46,735		12.8121 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?

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NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	26 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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