Form 8.3 - Platform Specialty Products Corporation

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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) Full name of discloser:   Millennium International Management LP
(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) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:    
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

  3 September 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”

  YES

If YES, specify which:

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:

US72766Q1058

   

 

  Interests   Short positions
  Number   %   Number   %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:           1,298,191   0.616
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:                
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                

TOTAL:

          1,298,191   0.616

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:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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 security   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit (USD)
US72766Q1058   Purchase   300   17.99
US72766Q1058   Purchase   600   18.00
US72766Q1058   Purchase   900   18.01
US72766Q1058   Purchase   4000   18.02
US72766Q1058   Purchase   7100   18.03
US72766Q1058   Purchase   2600   18.04
US72766Q1058   Purchase   2862   18.05
US72766Q1058   Purchase   7600   18.06
US72766Q1058   Purchase   5738   18.07
US72766Q1058   Purchase   5202   18.08
US72766Q1058   Purchase   3500   18.09
US72766Q1058   Purchase   2100   18.10
US72766Q1058   Purchase   4460   18.11
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1100   18.12
US72766Q1058   Purchase   500   18.13
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1209   18.14
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1300   18.15
US72766Q1058   Purchase   400   18.16
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1300   18.17
US72766Q1058   Purchase   700   18.18
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1300   18.19
US72766Q1058   Purchase   9365   18.20
US72766Q1058   Purchase   2656   18.21
US72766Q1058   Purchase   5543   18.22
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1534   18.23
US72766Q1058   Purchase   2789   18.24
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1501   18.25
US72766Q1058   Purchase   600   18.26
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1200   18.27
US72766Q1058   Purchase   200   18.28
US72766Q1058   Purchase   700   18.29
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1500   18.30
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1300   18.31
US72766Q1058   Purchase   900   18.32
US72766Q1058   Purchase   2810   18.33
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1200   18.34
US72766Q1058   Purchase   300   18.35
US72766Q1058   Purchase   3300   18.36
US72766Q1058   Purchase   200   18.37
US72766Q1058   Purchase   2000   18.38
US72766Q1058   Purchase   700   18.39
US72766Q1058   Purchase   400   18.40
US72766Q1058   Purchase   400   18.41
US72766Q1058   Purchase   200   18.42
US72766Q1058   Purchase   700   18.43
US72766Q1058   Purchase   900   18.44
US72766Q1058   Purchase   500   18.45
US72766Q1058   Purchase   700   18.46
US72766Q1058   Purchase   400   18.47
US72766Q1058   Purchase   300   18.48
US72766Q1058   Purchase   700   18.49
US72766Q1058   Purchase   1900   18.50
US72766Q1058   Purchase   100   18.52
US72766Q1058   Purchase   100   18.55
US72766Q1058   Purchase   100   18.56
US72766Q1058   Purchase   100   18.58
US72766Q1058   Purchase   100   18.62
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.01
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.02
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.04
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.07
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.14
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.15
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.17
US72766Q1058   Sale   200   18.19
US72766Q1058   Sale   9600   18.20
US72766Q1058   Sale   406   18.21
US72766Q1058   Sale   900   18.22
US72766Q1058   Sale   200   18.23
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.28
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.34
US72766Q1058   Sale   300   18.40
US72766Q1058   Sale   190   18.48
US72766Q1058   Sale   100   18.56

(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 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”

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?   NO
Date of disclosure:   4 September 2015
Contact name:   Milos Naumovic
Telephone number:   +44 203 650 8203

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.

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 482971
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20150904T150950+0100

Contacts

Millennium Partners, L.P.

Contacts

Millennium Partners, L.P.