Form 8.3 - COLFAX CORPORATION

Form 8.3 - COLFAX 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)   Identity of the person whose positions/dealings   Barclays PLC.
  are being disclosed:  
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

COLFAX 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: 5 October 2011
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are YES:
they today disclosing, under the Code in respect CHARTER INTERNATIONAL PLC
  of any other party to this offer?  

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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: 51,137 0.12% 289,984 0.67%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 10,074 0.02% 0 0.00%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 266,666 0.61% 266,666 0.61%
           
(4) TOTAL:
327,877 0.75% 556,650 1.28%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 45 19.8900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 19.9400 USD
ORD Purchase 200 20.1100 USD
ORD Purchase 300 20.0600 USD
ORD Purchase 300 20.2066 USD
ORD Purchase 400 20.1675 USD
ORD Purchase 440 19.8713 USD
ORD Purchase 448 19.9167 USD
ORD Purchase 500 19.7924 USD
ORD Purchase 600 19.8733 USD
ORD Purchase 900 19.9566 USD
ORD Purchase 963 20.2661 USD
ORD Purchase 1,000 19.6800 USD
ORD Purchase 1,200 20.1005 USD
ORD Purchase 1,730 19.8834 USD
ORD Purchase 1,800 19.8562 USD
ORD Purchase 1,900 19.8784 USD
ORD Purchase 2,000 20.1230 USD
ORD Purchase 2,021 20.1385 USD
ORD Purchase 2,500 20.1537 USD
ORD Purchase 3,223 20.2939 USD
ORD Purchase 4,302 19.7347 USD
ORD Purchase 5,571 20.3729 USD
ORD Purchase 11,988 20.2885 USD
ORD Purchase 16,685 20.0800 USD
ORD Sale 45 19.8900 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.6900 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.7000 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.8700 USD
ORD Sale 100 19.8800 USD
ORD Sale 100 20.1000 USD
ORD Sale 100 20.2100 USD
ORD Sale 200 20.1100 USD
ORD Sale 200 20.3000 USD
ORD Sale 300 20.2666 USD
ORD Sale 500 19.7924 USD
ORD Sale 500 20.1113 USD
ORD Sale 600 19.6600 USD
ORD Sale 600 19.8733 USD
ORD Sale 600 20.1005 USD
ORD Sale 963 20.2661 USD
ORD Sale 1,730 19.8834 USD
ORD Sale 1,800 19.8562 USD
ORD Sale 2,000 19.6800 USD
ORD Sale 2,186 20.1816 USD
ORD Sale 2,188 19.9448 USD
ORD Sale 2,308 20.2976 USD
ORD Sale 2,402 19.7733 USD
ORD Sale 9,646 20.2975 USD
ORD Sale 34,200 20.1491 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

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) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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) Exercising

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  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)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

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”

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  

YES

Date of disclosure:  

6 Oct 2011

Contact name:   Geoff Smith
Telephone number:   020 7116 2913

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.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings   Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:  
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose COLFAX CORPORATION
relevant securities this from relates:  

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
ORD Put Options Written -133,333 11.7820 European 20 Oct 2011
ORD Put Options Written -133,333 12.6300 European 6 Jan 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 133,333 14.7280 European 20 Oct 2011
ORD Call Options Purchased 133,333 15.7900 European 6 Jan 2012

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences (“CFDs”) or spread bets.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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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