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)	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 PRODUCTS 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:		21 August 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:		884,794		0.42%		907,465		0.43%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,045,360		0.50%		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:		1,930,154		0.92%		1,500,343		0.71%

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		100		18.9400 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		19.1500 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		18.8750 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		18.8925 USD
ORD		Purchase		207		18.8431 USD
ORD		Purchase		328		18.8910 USD
ORD		Purchase		459		18.9603 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		18.8860 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		18.9620 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		18.9600 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		18.9013 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,600		18.8840 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,997		18.9582 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,000		18.9475 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,297		18.9783 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,800		18.8968 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,100		18.8867 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,200		18.9334 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,800		18.9548 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,800		18.9660 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,349		19.0780 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,372		18.9153 USD
ORD		Purchase		8,502		18.9659 USD
ORD		Purchase		11,100		19.0439 USD
ORD		Purchase		12,800		18.9904 USD
ORD		Purchase		13,488		18.9931 USD
ORD		Purchase		14,907		19.2402 USD
ORD		Purchase		15,800		19.0026 USD
ORD		Purchase		17,647		18.9988 USD
ORD		Purchase		18,952		18.9784 USD
ORD		Purchase		22,274		19.0118 USD
ORD		Purchase		24,039		19.0866 USD
ORD		Purchase		28,667		19.0035 USD
ORD		Purchase		37,551		18.9748 USD
ORD		Purchase		51,500		18.9012 USD
ORD		Purchase		65,700		18.9986 USD
ORD		Purchase		73,400		19.0090 USD
ORD		Purchase		167,473		18.9105 USD
ORD		Purchase		266,867		18.9667 USD
ORD		Sale		100		19.2800 USD
ORD		Sale		100		18.9100 USD
ORD		Sale		200		19.0050 USD
ORD		Sale		300		18.9766 USD
ORD		Sale		800		18.9012 USD
ORD		Sale		1,561		19.0083 USD
ORD		Sale		1,600		18.8840 USD
ORD		Sale		1,642		18.8600 USD
ORD		Sale		1,700		19.0747 USD
ORD		Sale		2,000		18.8477 USD
ORD		Sale		2,300		18.9795 USD
ORD		Sale		2,900		18.8943 USD
ORD		Sale		3,200		18.9334 USD
ORD		Sale		4,000		18.9987 USD
ORD		Sale		4,300		18.9508 USD
ORD		Sale		5,100		18.7654 USD
ORD		Sale		5,572		18.9705 USD
ORD		Sale		5,939		18.9934 USD
ORD		Sale		9,500		18.8426 USD
ORD		Sale		14,400		19.0849 USD
ORD		Sale		14,807		19.2400 USD
ORD		Sale		15,627		18.8730 USD
ORD		Sale		44,800		18.9064 USD
ORD		Sale		48,600		18.9016 USD
ORD		Sale		51,400		18.9610 USD
ORD		Sale		56,796		19.1497 USD
ORD		Sale		59,393		18.9938 USD
ORD		Sale		64,100		18.9776 USD
ORD		Sale		83,432		18.9350 USD
ORD		Sale		100,000		19.0915 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:		24 Aug 2015
Contact name:		Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number:		020 3555 4634

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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