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:		13 July 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	ORD
	Â			Interests			Â	Short Positions
Â		Â		Number	Â	(%)		Number	Â	(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		941,342		0.45%		240,018		0.12%
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(2)		Cash-settled derivatives:
				480,060		0.23%		602,419		0.29%
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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:		1,421,402		0.68%		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:	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		160		25.5200 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		25.3000 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		25.5700 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		25.5533 USD
ORD		Purchase		327		25.6864 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,084		25.5537 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,100		25.5445 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,300		25.5922 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,550		25.7103 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,600		25.6543 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,078		25.6710 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,700		25.6381 USD
ORD		Purchase		2,981		25.3995 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,493		25.6114 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,315		25.8316 USD
ORD		Purchase		4,400		25.6236 USD
ORD		Purchase		5,697		25.4490 USD
ORD		Purchase		6,700		25.5397 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,700		25.2000 USD
ORD		Purchase		7,991		25.5763 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,900		25.5909 USD
ORD		Purchase		11,600		25.6016 USD
ORD		Purchase		18,665		25.2256 USD
ORD		Purchase		24,143		25.5799 USD
ORD		Purchase		38,325		25.8699 USD
ORD		Purchase		39,434		25.5741 USD
ORD		Purchase		45,992		25.4587 USD
ORD		Purchase		680,442		25.5300 USD
ORD		Sale		16		25.5900 USD
ORD		Sale		100		25.7900 USD
ORD		Sale		135		25.4325 USD
ORD		Sale		156		25.7571 USD
ORD		Sale		159		25.4130 USD
ORD		Sale		160		25.5200 USD
ORD		Sale		200		25.6350 USD
ORD		Sale		200		25.7200 USD
ORD		Sale		200		25.9000 USD
ORD		Sale		200		25.9500 USD
ORD		Sale		300		25.4766 USD
ORD		Sale		300		25.5033 USD
ORD		Sale		300		25.9117 USD
ORD		Sale		371		25.4457 USD
ORD		Sale		400		25.4500 USD
ORD		Sale		400		25.5600 USD
ORD		Sale		400		25.6000 USD
ORD		Sale		600		25.7283 USD
ORD		Sale		700		25.8978 USD
ORD		Sale		900		25.3944 USD
ORD		Sale		900		25.5233 USD
ORD		Sale		1,001		25.6397 USD
ORD		Sale		1,011		25.6674 USD
ORD		Sale		1,100		25.6886 USD
ORD		Sale		1,100		25.8590 USD
ORD		Sale		1,178		25.4021 USD
ORD		Sale		1,500		25.6108 USD
ORD		Sale		1,992		25.6200 USD
ORD		Sale		2,180		25.5993 USD
ORD		Sale		2,300		25.4243 USD
ORD		Sale		2,981		25.3995 USD
ORD		Sale		3,000		25.6240 USD
ORD		Sale		3,713		25.5226 USD
ORD		Sale		4,400		25.6488 USD
ORD		Sale		4,600		25.4906 USD
ORD		Sale		4,878		25.4085 USD
ORD		Sale		7,344		25.8019 USD
ORD		Sale		7,600		25.6025 USD
ORD		Sale		7,700		25.2000 USD
ORD		Sale		8,500		25.5757 USD
ORD		Sale		9,400		25.5877 USD
ORD		Sale		10,908		25.5745 USD
ORD		Sale		15,068		25.4617 USD
ORD		Sale		19,588		25.4201 USD
ORD		Sale		26,697		25.3254 USD
ORD		Sale		40,000		25.5059 USD
ORD		Sale		51,199		25.8621 USD
ORD		Sale		680,442		25.5300 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:		14 Jul 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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