Form 8 (DD) - Platform Specialty Products Corpo...

Form 8 (DD) - Platform Specialty Products Corporation

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8 (DD)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER OR PERSON ACTING IN CONCERT (INCLUDING DEALINGS FOR THE ACCOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT CLIENTS)

Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:   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.

 
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Platform Specialty Products Corporation
(d) Status of person making the disclosure:

e.g. offeror, offeree, person acting in concert with the offeror/offeree (specify name of offeror/offeree)

Connected to Platform Specialty Products Corporation
(e) Date dealing undertaken: 19 October 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”

NO

If YES, specify which:

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

Class of relevant security:    

 

Interests   Short positions
Number   % Number   %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 595,314 0.28 1,242,725 0.59
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 1,242,725 0.59 592,878 0.28
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00 0 0.00

TOTAL:

1,838,039 0.87 1,835,603 0.87

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).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

(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 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

(i) Party to an offer or person acting in concert (except for a principal trader in the same group as a connected adviser)

Class of relevant security   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit (in USD)
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 100 12.6500
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 100 12.2500
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 200 12.6400
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 200 12.6050
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 400 12.5200
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 600 12.5167
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 600 12.6317
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 700 12.5986
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 800 12.5400
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 1,000 12.5440
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 1,331 12.4985
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 1,400 12.5243
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 1,700 12.5012
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 1,942 12.4712
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 1,970 12.4966
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 2,730 12.4576
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 3,300 12.5002
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 3,500 12.3602
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 4,700 12.3962
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 4,978 12.3737
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 5,300 12.4283
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 6,200 12.3760
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 7,000 12.3399
USD 0.01 Common Stock Purchase 28,770 12.4371
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 78 12.2450
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 100 12.5500
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 131 12.4700
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 168 12.2600
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 200 12.4800
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 200 12.4900
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 300 12.4233
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 400 12.4875
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 400 12.4138
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 400 12.4925
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 400 12.3777
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 500 12.4280
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 600 12.4917
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 600 12.2933
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 744 12.5208
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 800 12.4601
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 1,300 12.4723
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 1,500 12.4427
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 1,600 12.5000
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 1,600 12.4031
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 2,000 12.3247
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 2,456 12.5104
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 3,000 12.6353
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 4,200 12.4955
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 4,370 12.4655
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 6,200 12.3244
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 8,200 12.3571
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 10,800 12.3963
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 12,600 12.3791
USD 0.01 Common Stock Sale 13,842 12.5031

(ii) Principal trader where the sole reason for the connection is that the principal trader is in the same group as a connected adviser

Class of relevant security   Purchases/ sales   Total number of securities   Highest price per unit paid/received   Lowest price per unit paid/received

(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 party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person:

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 party to the offer or person acting in concert 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

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)  

NO

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

NO

Date of disclosure:   20 October 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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Companies

Barclays (BARC)
UK 100

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