Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^* FRANKLIN MARTIN E	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Platform Specialty Products Corp [ PAH ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __ X __ Director __ X __ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP., 1450 CENTREPARK BLVD, SUITE 210	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/21/2018
(Street) WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 (City) (State) (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	12/21/2018		S		2419258	D ⁽¹⁾	$9.91 ⁽²⁾	2419500 ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	I ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	By MEF Holdings II, LLLP ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								2437449	I	By MEF Holdings, LLLP
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								10449987	I	By Mariposa Acquisition, LLC
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								243110	I	By RSMA, LLC

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)			11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	On December 21, 2018, the reporting person sold the LP Interest (as defined in footnote 3 below) to MEF Holdings, LLLP ("MEF LLLP") for an installment note as further described in footnote 2 below. The reporting person is the indirect general partner and holder of all general partnership interests of MEF LLLP.
(2)	The reported per share price was determined by applying the mean of the highest and lowest quoted selling prices of the shares on the date of the transaction. Such reported price per share and the principal amount of the installment note evidencing the purchase price of the LP Interest is subject to any and all valuation discounts applicable to the determination of the fair market value of the LP Interest for federal gift tax purposes as of the date of the transaction, to be determined pursuant to a third-party appraisal.
(3)	Prior to the sale transaction reported herein, through one or more indirect transfers for estate planning purposes, all of which were exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") pursuant to Rule 16a-13 promulgated thereunder, the reporting person transferred all of his interest in the shares previously reported as owned by the reporting person through his revocable trust which were then held by the revocable trust to a newly formed limited liability limited partnership, MEF Holdings II, LLLP ("MEF II LLLP"), of which the reporting person was, at the time of such transfers, the indirect general partner and holder of all general partnership interests of MEF II LLLP and the indirect sole limited partner and holder of all limited partnership interests of MEF II LLLP (such limited partnership interests being the "LP Interest").
(4)	Following the sale transaction reported herein, the reporting person will continue to control the general partner of MEF II LLLP. As a result of the foregoing, the reporting person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 16 of the Exchange Act) of the shares held by MEF II LLLP, to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:
The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. EXPLANATORY NOTE: THE TRANSACTIONS REPORTED ON THIS FORM 4 RELATE TO TRANSFERS MADE FOR ESTATE PLANNING PURPOSES. THESE TRANSACTIONS DID NOT IMPACT THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF SHARES OVER WHICH THE REPORTING PERSON HAS THE POWER TO VOTE OR TO DIRECT TO VOTE OR THE POWER TO DISPOSE OR TO DIRECT THE DISPOSITION.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FRANKLIN MARTIN E C/O PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP. 1450 CENTREPARK BLVD, SUITE 210 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401	X	X

Signatures
/s/ John E. Capps as Attorney-in-Fact for Martin E. Franklin		12/26/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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