MIAMI, March 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH) announced today that Platform intends to release its full year 2013 financial results after the close of market on Thursday, March 27, 2014.

Platform will host a webcast/dial-in conference call to discuss its full year 2013 financial results at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2014. Participants on the call will include Martin E. Franklin, Chairman; Daniel H. Leever, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Frank J. Monteiro, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

To listen to the call by telephone, please dial (855) 357-3116 (domestic) or (484) 365-2867 (international) and provide the Conference ID: 15736469. The call will be simultaneously webcast at www.platformspecialtyproducts.com.

A replay of the call and webcast will be available for three weeks shortly after completion of the live call at www.platformspecialtyproducts.com.

About Platform

Platform is a global producer of high-technology specialty chemical products and provider of technical services. The business involves the manufacture of a broad range of specialty chemicals, created by blending raw materials, and the incorporation of these chemicals into multi-step technological processes. These specialty chemicals and processes together encompass the products sold to customers in the electronics, metal and plastic plating, graphic arts, and offshore oil production and drilling industries. More information on Platform is available at www.platformspecialtyproducts.com.

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