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<div><a name="sAB2CA1A746ADB169D7ABEFDD52E92DB0"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:4px;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">December 13, 2016</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;"><img src="a8kformimage1a21.jpg" alt="a8kformimage1a21.jpg" style="height:93px;width:536px;"></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:97.33840304182509%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:34%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">001-36272</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">37-1744899</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(State or other jurisdiction</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">of incorporation)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Commission File Number)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:97.33840304182509%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;"></td><td style="width:50%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">1450 Centrepark Boulevard</font></div><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Suite 210</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">West Palm Beach, Florida</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">33401</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Zip Code)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Registrant's telephone number, including area code: &#160; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(561) 207-9600</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Not Applicable</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:10px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:97.90874524714829%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="sFF3024575F9FA9452449EFDD530AF2A9"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01. Other Events.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 12, 2016, Platform Specialty Products Corporation ("Platform") and its subsidiary MacDermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc., entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release, dated as of September 9, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#1f497d;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">as amended (the "Settlement Agreement"),&#160;with Permira Advisers LLC, Nalozo S.&#224;.r.l. and Nalozo L.P. (collectively,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#ff0000;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">the "Permira Entities").&#160; In accordance with the Settlement Agreement,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#ff0000;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Platform elected to exercise the alternative settlement mechanism and, on December 13, 2016, settled all of its obligations with respect to its Series B convertible preferred stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") and the related make-whole payment obligation, as described in the Settlement Agreement, in exchange for a cash payment of $460 million to one or more of the Permira Entities and the issuance of 5.5 million shares of Platform&#8217;s common stock upon conversion of the corresponding shares of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation of the Series B Preferred Stock, with the remaining shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be canceled and retired.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Following the cancellation and retirement of the remaining Series B Preferred Stock, no shares of Series B Preferred Stock will remain outstanding.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The foregoing description of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Settlement Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Platform&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 12, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div><a name="sC826B0DE9956C4EA8318EFDD536571CB"></a></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:16px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:99.4140625%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:47%;"></td><td style="width:1%;"></td><td style="width:52%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORPORATION</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Registrant)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">December 13, 2016</font></div><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Date)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">/s/ John E. 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Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
________________________________________________________
FORM 8-K
________________________________________________________
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 13, 2016
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-36272
37-1744899
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1450 Centrepark Boulevard
Suite 210
West Palm Beach, Florida
33401
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(561) 207-9600
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
[   ]
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[   ]
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[   ]
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[   ]
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01. Other Events.
As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 12, 2016, Platform Specialty Products Corporation ("Platform") and its subsidiary MacDermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc., entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release, dated as of September 9, 2016
,
as amended (the "Settlement Agreement"), with Permira Advisers LLC, Nalozo S.à.r.l. and Nalozo L.P. (collectively,
the "Permira Entities").  In accordance with the Settlement Agreement,
Platform elected to exercise the alternative settlement mechanism and, on December 13, 2016, settled all of its obligations with respect to its Series B convertible preferred stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") and the related make-whole payment obligation, as described in the Settlement Agreement, in exchange for a cash payment of $460 million to one or more of the Permira Entities and the issuance of 5.5 million shares of Platform's common stock upon conversion of the corresponding shares of Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation of the Series B Preferred Stock, with the remaining shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be canceled and retired.
Following the cancellation and retirement of the remaining Series B Preferred Stock, no shares of Series B Preferred Stock will remain outstanding.
The foregoing description of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Settlement Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Platform's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 12, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
December 13, 2016
(Date)
/s/ John E. Capps
John E. Capps
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary