X0306 4 2014-03-07 0 0001590714 Platform Specialty Products Corp PAH 0001336528 Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019 0 0 1 0 0001336477 PS Management GP, LLC 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019 0 0 1 0 0001056513 ACKMAN WILLIAM A 888 SEVENTH AVENUE 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10019 0 0 1 0 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2014-03-07 4 X 0 4166665 11.50 A 33333330 I See footnotes Warrants to purchase Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 11.50 2014-03-07 4 X 0 12500001 D 2013-05-22 2016-10-31 Common Stock 0.333 0 I See footnotes In addition to Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Pershing Square Capital"), this Form 4 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 4 (the "Subject Securities"). 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"). 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). Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Subject Securities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. 12,500,001 warrants. Each three (3) warrants entitles the holder on exercise to buy one (1) share of Common Stock for $11.50. PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., By: PS Management GP, LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ William A. Ackman, William A. Ackman, Managing Member 2014-03-11 PS MANAGEMENT GP, LLC, By: /s/ William A. Ackman, Managing Member 2014-03-11 /s/ William A. Ackman, Managing Member 2014-03-11