Barclays PLC : Form 8.3 - COLFAX CORPORATION

Form 8.3 - COLFAX CORPORATION

Released: 10/01/2012

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 are being disclosed:		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
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree		COLFAX 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:		9 January 2012
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?		YES: CHARTER INTERNATIONAL PLC

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:		220,048		0.50%		480,370		1.10%
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		333,047		0.76%		0		0.00%
(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
(4)		TOTAL:
				553,095		1.27%		480,370		1.10%

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:

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		100		30.0400 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		30.3400 USD
ORD		Purchase		100		30.3900 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		29.9600 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		29.9900 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		30.2150 USD
ORD		Purchase		200		30.4550 USD
ORD		Purchase		300		30.0333 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		30.1825 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		30.3425 USD
ORD		Purchase		400		30.5125 USD
ORD		Purchase		496		30.1105 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		30.0692 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		30.1780 USD
ORD		Purchase		500		30.4396 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		30.1400 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		30.1766 USD
ORD		Purchase		600		30.2650 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		29.9162 USD
ORD		Purchase		800		30.3600 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,000		30.3440 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,300		30.3941 USD
ORD		Purchase		1,900		30.2000 USD
ORD		Purchase		3,474		30.4176 USD
ORD		Purchase		10,000		29.1064 USD
ORD		Purchase		28,594		30.0928 USD
ORD		Purchase		39,602		29.5600 USD
ORD		Sale		20		29.4900 USD
ORD		Sale		65		30.3200 USD
ORD		Sale		80		29.5000 USD
ORD		Sale		100		30.0400 USD
ORD		Sale		200		30.2150 USD
ORD		Sale		200		30.3400 USD
ORD		Sale		200		30.3450 USD
ORD		Sale		200		30.5850 USD
ORD		Sale		250		29.6520 USD
ORD		Sale		300		30.1400 USD
ORD		Sale		300		30.3866 USD
ORD		Sale		350		29.9471 USD
ORD		Sale		400		29.8700 USD
ORD		Sale		400		30.3425 USD
ORD		Sale		500		30.0692 USD
ORD		Sale		500		30.4396 USD
ORD		Sale		800		30.3955 USD
ORD		Sale		1,000		30.4210 USD
ORD		Sale		1,100		30.0933 USD
ORD		Sale		1,735		30.3982 USD
ORD		Sale		1,800		29.5688 USD
ORD		Sale		1,800		30.3511 USD
ORD		Sale		2,500		29.6273 USD
ORD		Sale		2,666		30.0669 USD
ORD		Sale		2,800		30.2514 USD
ORD		Sale		4,817		30.0894 USD
ORD		Sale		5,500		30.3466 USD
ORD		Sale		6,787		30.1345 USD
ORD		Sale		6,803		30.0532 USD
ORD		Sale		28,653		30.0901 USD
ORD		Sale		39,602		29.5600 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?		NO
Date of disclosure:		10 Jan 2012
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 [e-mail]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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