UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

Platform Specialty Products Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

72766Q 105 (Common Stock)

(CUSIP Number)

Mariposa Acquisition, LLC

5200 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 855

Miami, Florida 33126

Attn: Martin E. Franklin

(561) 447-2510

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

March 13, 2014

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of § 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box   ¨.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.
See § 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 72766Q 105 Page 2 of 5 Pages

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Mariposa Acquisition, LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a)  ¨        (b)  ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)     OO
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)  ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER     0
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER     7,257,142*
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     0
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     7,257,142*
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     7,257,142*
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)  ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)     6.7%*
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)     OO

* See Item 5.

SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 72766Q 105 Page 3 of 5 Pages

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Martin E. Franklin
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a)  ¨        (b)  ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)     OO
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)  ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     United Kingdom
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER     0
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER     7,257,142*
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     0
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     7,257,142*
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     7,257,142*
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)  ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)     6.7%*
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)     IN

* See Item 5.

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) amends the Statement on Schedule 13D (this “Statement”) with respect to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Platform Specialty Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 5200 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 855, Miami, Florida 33126. Unless specifically amended hereby, the disclosure set forth in the Schedule 13D shall remain unchanged. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Paragraphs (a) - (b) and (c) of Item 5 of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

(a) - (b) As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons beneficially own and have shared power to vote, or to direct the vote, and shared power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, an aggregate of 7,257,142 shares of Common Stock. This amount consists of (i) 6,197,142 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 1,060,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the Issuer that are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into the same number of shares of Common Stock. In the aggregate, such 7,257,142 shares of Common Stock represent 6.7% of all outstanding shares of Common Stock (calculated based on 106,424,750 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of March 5, 2014 (as disclosed in the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 5, 2014) and assuming the issuance of the shares underlying the warrants exercised by the Reporting Persons (as described in (c) below) and the conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, but without including any exercise of warrants or conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by any other person). Mr. Franklin owns, directly or indirectly, 61.32% of Mariposa, representing 3,800,087 shares of Common Stock and 649,992 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The information set forth in Item 4 of this Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

(c) On March 13, 2014, the Reporting Persons exercised 2,649,999 warrants to purchase 883,333 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share of Common Stock.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the Reporting Person’s knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: March 14, 2014	MARIPOSA ACQUISITION, LLC
	By:	/s/ Desiree DeStefano
	Name:	Desiree DeStefano
	Title:	President
	/s/ Martin E. Franklin
	Martin E. Franklin