Form 8.3 - Platform Specialty Products Corporation

Form 8.3 - Platform Specialty Products 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 Products 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: 15 July 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: 959,442 0.46% 240,018 0.12%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
480,060 0.23% 602,419 0.29%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 1,439,502 0.69% 842,437 0.40%

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 300 25.9923 USD
ORD Purchase 400 25.9950 USD
ORD Purchase 700 25.9257 USD
ORD Purchase 900 25.9676 USD
ORD Purchase 3,296 25.9434 USD
ORD Purchase 5,864 25.9806 USD
ORD Purchase 8,200 25.9570 USD
ORD Purchase 9,000 25.9579 USD
ORD Purchase 13,406 25.9510 USD
ORD Purchase 30,000 25.9700 USD
ORD Purchase 542,630 26.0000 USD
ORD Sale 200 25.9400 USD
ORD Sale 300 25.9366 USD
ORD Sale 300 25.9923 USD
ORD Sale 400 25.9950 USD
ORD Sale 500 25.9800 USD
ORD Sale 600 25.9450 USD
ORD Sale 600 25.9866 USD
ORD Sale 600 26.0050 USD
ORD Sale 700 25.9257 USD
ORD Sale 700 25.9942 USD
ORD Sale 801 25.9918 USD
ORD Sale 1,382 25.9798 USD
ORD Sale 1,382 25.9845 USD
ORD Sale 1,452 25.9827 USD
ORD Sale 1,596 25.9219 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 25.9774 USD
ORD Sale 1,851 25.9526 USD
ORD Sale 2,200 25.9863 USD
ORD Sale 2,600 25.9933 USD
ORD Sale 3,000 25.9941 USD
ORD Sale 3,200 25.9425 USD
ORD Sale 3,648 25.9967 USD
ORD Sale 3,801 25.9363 USD
ORD Sale 5,900 25.9665 USD
ORD Sale 7,554 25.9575 USD
ORD Sale 8,900 25.9577 USD
ORD Sale 15,300 25.9700 USD
ORD Sale 542,730 26.0000 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: 16 Jul 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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