Edgar Filing: Platform Specialty Products Corp

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

LEEVER DANIEL H

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Platform Specialty Products Corp [PAH]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
CEO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP.,, 5200 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, SUITE 855

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/2014

(Street)

MIAMI, FL 33126

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	02/28/2014		C⁽¹⁾		878,762	A	$ 11	878,762	I	401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Exchange obligation of MacDermid shares (call equivalent)

$ 11

02/28/2014

C⁽¹⁾

878,762 ⁽²⁾

⁽²⁾

Common Stock

878,762

$ 0

401(k) Plan

Convertible Shares of Platform Delaware Holdings, Inc.

⁽³⁾

Common Stock

7,468,466

By Tartan Holding, LLC ⁽³⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LEEVER DANIEL H C/O PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP., 5200 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, SUITE 855 MIAMI, FL 33126	X		CEO

Signatures

/s/ Daniel H. Leever		03/04/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-6.
(2)	Pursuant to an irrevocable election made by the reporting person, the reporting person had the obligation to exchange his beneficial ownership interest in shares of common stock and preferred stock of MacDermid, Incorporated, an indirect subsidiary of the Issuer, held by the MacDermid, Incorporated Profit Sharing and Employee Savings Plan (the "Plan"), for a beneficial ownership interest in the Common Stock of the Issuer upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by an Exchange Agreement between the Issuer and the Plan fiduciaries.
(3)	Represents shares of common stock of Platform Delaware Holdings, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("PDH"), held by Tartan Holdings, LLC ("Tartan"). The shares of PDH common stock are convertible, at the option of the holder, into a like number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer at any time after the earlier of (i) October 31, 2014 or (ii) a change of control of the Issuer. Mr. Leever is the sole manager of Tartan and may be considered to have beneficial ownership of Tartan's interests in PDH. Mr. Leever disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares in which he does not have a pecuniary interest.

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