Edgar Filing: Platform Specialty Products Corp

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 ^*

Â Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/23/2014

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

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

888 SEVENTH AVENUE,Â 42ND FLOOR

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

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

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

(Street)

NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10019

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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	29,166,665	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants to purchase Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ⁽⁵⁾	05/22/2013	10/31/2016	Common Shares	4,166,667	$ 11.5	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10019	Â	Â X	Â	Â
PS Management GP, LLC 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10019	Â	Â X	Â	Â
ACKMAN WILLIAM A 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10019	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., By: PS Management GP, LLC, its General Partner, By: /s/ William A. Ackman, William A. Ackman, Managing Member		01/24/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
PS MANAGEMENT GP, LLC, By: /s/ William A. Ackman, Managing Member		01/24/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ William A. Ackman, Managing Member		01/24/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	In addition to Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Pershing Square Capital"), this Form 3 is being filed jointly by PS Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("PS Management"), and William A. Ackman, a citizen of the United States of America (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"), each of whom has the same business address as Pershing Square Capital and may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in securities reported by it on this Form 3 (the "Subject Securities").
(2)	Pershing Square Capital advises the accounts of Pershing Square, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("PS"), Pershing Square II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("PS II"), Pershing Square International, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (together with its wholly-owned subsidiary PSRH, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, "PS International"), and Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd., a limited liability company incorporated in Guernsey ("PSH" and together with PS, PS II and PS International, the "Pershing Square Funds").
(3)	Pershing Square Capital, as the investment adviser to the Pershing Square Funds, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Subject Securities for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As the general partner of Pershing Square Capital, PS Management may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Subject Securities for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a). By virtue of William A. Ackman's position as Chief Executive Officer of Pershing Square Capital and managing member of PS Management, William A. Ackman may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Subject Securities for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a).
(4)	Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Subject Securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(5)	12,500,001 warrants. Each three warrants entitles the holder on exercise to buy one share of Common Stock for $11.50.

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