FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   MONTEIRO FRANK 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/22/2014 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Platform Specialty Products Corp [PAH] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP., 5200 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, SUITE 855 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CFO 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) MIAMI, FL 33126 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2,000 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Obligation to exchange shares of MacDermid, Incorporated	  (1)	  (1)	Common Stock	11,329	$ 11	I	By MacDermid, Incorporated Profit Sharing and Employee Savings Plan (1)
Convertible Shares of Platform Delaware Holdings, Inc.	  (2)	  (2)	Common Stock	283,117	$ (2)	I	By Tartan Holdings, LLC (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MONTEIRO FRANK C/O PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP. 5200 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, SUITE 855 MIAMI, FL 33126	Â	Â	  CFO	Â

Signatures

/s/ Frank J. Monteiro		01/22/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents a beneficial ownership interest in shares of common stock and preferred stock of MacDermid, Incorporated, an indirect subsidiary of the Issuer, held by the MacDermid, Incorporated Profit Sharing and Employee Savings Plan ("Plan") which will be exchanged for shares of the Issuer's Common Stock upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by an Exchange Agreement between the Issuer and the Plan fiduciaries pursuant to an irrevocable election by Mr. Monteiro.
(2)	The reporting person holds membership interests in Tartan Holdings, LLC ("Tartan"). Tartan holds 7,468,466 shares of the common stock of Platform Delaware Holdings, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("PDH"). Shares of PDH common stock are convertible, at the option of the holder, into a like number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer at any time after the earlier of (i) October 31, 2014 or (ii) a change of control of the Issuer.

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