Form 8.3 - COLFAX CORPORATION

Released: 05/01/2012

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed: BARCLAYS PLC
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

COLFAX CORPORATION

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

4 January 2012

(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

YES:

CHARTER INTERNATIONAL PLC

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security: ORD
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 193,708 0.44% 513,825 1.18%
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 308,047 0.70% 0 0.00%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 88,889 0.20% 88,889 0.20%
(4) TOTAL:
590,644 1.35% 602,714 1.38%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
ORD Purchase 37 28.3900 USD
ORD Purchase 76 27.9500 USD
ORD Purchase 100 27.7000 USD
ORD Purchase 100 27.7100 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.0500 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.0600 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.2400 USD
ORD Purchase 100 28.3000 USD
ORD Purchase 164 28.3600 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.7350 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.7500 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.8100 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.8750 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.8850 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.9200 USD
ORD Purchase 200 28.0800 USD
ORD Purchase 200 28.1100 USD
ORD Purchase 300 27.8800 USD
ORD Purchase 400 28.0700 USD
ORD Purchase 400 28.1025 USD
ORD Purchase 500 28.0280 USD
ORD Purchase 700 28.2428 USD
ORD Purchase 742 27.8269 USD
ORD Purchase 900 28.0033 USD
ORD Purchase 1,100 27.7572 USD
ORD Purchase 1,300 27.8815 USD
ORD Purchase 1,500 27.9800 USD
ORD Purchase 1,929 27.9374 USD
ORD Purchase 2,042 27.8887 USD
ORD Purchase 2,500 27.8128 USD
ORD Purchase 2,575 27.9011 USD
ORD Purchase 3,000 27.9541 USD
ORD Purchase 3,141 28.0962 USD
ORD Purchase 6,400 27.9642 USD
ORD Purchase 24,970 27.9692 USD
ORD Purchase 39,491 TRANSFER
ORD Sale 76 27.9500 USD
ORD Sale 100 28.0500 USD
ORD Sale 100 28.0600 USD
ORD Sale 100 28.2700 USD
ORD Sale 100 28.3000 USD
ORD Sale 111 27.6500 USD
ORD Sale 200 27.7350 USD
ORD Sale 200 27.7500 USD
ORD Sale 200 27.8750 USD
ORD Sale 200 27.8850 USD
ORD Sale 200 27.9750 USD
ORD Sale 200 28.2400 USD
ORD Sale 300 27.8800 USD
ORD Sale 400 27.9200 USD
ORD Sale 500 28.0280 USD
ORD Sale 500 28.2380 USD
ORD Sale 541 28.2092 USD
ORD Sale 600 27.8900 USD
ORD Sale 600 27.9233 USD
ORD Sale 600 27.9800 USD
ORD Sale 700 27.8814 USD
ORD Sale 742 27.8946 USD
ORD Sale 900 28.0033 USD
ORD Sale 1,100 28.1145 USD
ORD Sale 2,042 27.7774 USD
ORD Sale 2,200 27.9795 USD
ORD Sale 6,400 27.9642 USD
ORD Sale 12,104 27.9236 USD
ORD Sale 24,970 27.9685 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities Price per unit

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price date money
relevant selling, securities per unit paid/
security varying etc to which received
option per unit
relates
ORD Purchasing 44,444 12.63 USD Europe 6 Jan 2012 00:00:00 TRANSFER
ORD Selling 44,444 15.79 USD Europe 6 Jan 2012 00:00:00 TRANSFER

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details Price per unit (if applicable)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? YES
Date of disclosure: 5 Jan 2012
Contact name: Geoff Smith
Telephone number: 020 7116 2913

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of person whose open positions are being disclosed:

Barclays PLC.

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

COLFAX CORPORATION

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
relates
ORD Put Options Written -88,889 12.6300 European 6 Jan 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 88,889 15.7900 European 6 Jan 2012

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences ("CFDs") or spread bets.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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