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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) | Â | Full name of discloser: | Â | Barclays PLC. | |
| Â | Â | Â | |||
| (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: | 15 September 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: | 599,147 | 0.28% | 1,005,365 | 0.48% | |||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 1,164,035 | 0.55% | 592,878 | 0.28% | ||||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
| Â | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 1,763,182 | 0.84% | 1,598,243 | 0.76% | |||||||
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 | 17.6200 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 17.4150 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 17.5000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 17.4220 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 17.5500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 17.4001 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 800 | 17.2319 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 900 | 17.6055 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 922 | 17.1588 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,002 | 17.5385 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,230 | 17.5967 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,701 | 17.2282 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,700 | 17.2794 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,399 | 17.2516 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,045 | 17.1929 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,638 | 17.3328 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,936 | 17.2058 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,200 | 17.3368 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,995 | 17.2383 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 19,101 | 17.1860 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 29,367 | 17.3723 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 209,600 | 17.1850 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 17.0200 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 17.2500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 17.5700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 17.0750 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 17.5000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 17.3500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 17.4266 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 17.3566 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 17.3766 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 17.2858 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 601 | 17.0851 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 636 | 17.3032 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 761 | 17.2897 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 900 | 17.3533 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 17.2305 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 17.2150 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,000 | 17.3710 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,500 | 17.2838 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,641 | 17.0800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,779 | 17.1704 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,000 | 17.3742 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,300 | 17.3462 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,400 | 17.3893 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,201 | 17.1983 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,600 | 17.3409 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 8,131 | 17.3829 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,998 | 17.1525 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,295 | 17.1433 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,527 | 17.4231 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 41,502 | 17.2480 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 83,433 | 17.0896 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 102,731 | 17.2649 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercise
| Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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? | Â | NO | |
| Date of disclosure: | 16 Sep 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 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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