EXHIBIT 99.1

Platform Specialty Products Corporation Announces Full Year 2013 Financial Results

- Combined net sales climb to nearly $750 million for the full year

- Combined As Adjusted EBITDA rises 11% to $180 million on the strength of record Combined As Adjusted gross profit margins

MIAMI, March 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH) ("Platform," the "Company" or the "Successor" company) announced today its full year 2013 financial results.

Full Year 2013 GAAP Highlights:

Predecessor Period (includes MacDermid, Incorporated's results from January 1, 2013 through October 31, 2013):

• Net sales were $627.7 million.
• Gross profit was $322.8 million, representing a gross margin of 51.4%.
• Net income was $13.5 million.

Successor Period (includes the period from Platform's inception on April 23, 2013 through December 31, 2013):

• Net sales were $118.3 million.
• Gross profit was $35.7 million, representing a gross margin of 30.2%.
• Net loss was $195.6 million.
• Loss per diluted share was $2.10.

Full Year 2013 Non-GAAP Combined Highlights¹:

• Combined organic net sales growth was 2%, or approximately $15 million, climbing from $731.2 million in 2012 to $746.0 million in 2013.
• Reported gross margin was 48.1% for 2013 compared to 48.6% for the same period 2012. As adjusted margin rose to 51.3% for 2013 compared to 48.6% for the same period 2012.
• Reported net loss was $181.0 million compared to net income of $46.0 million for the same period 2012. As adjusted net income increased 14.4% to $89.6 million compared to $78.3 million for the same period 2012.
• Loss per diluted share was $1.96 in 2013. As adjusted earnings per diluted share reached $0.68.
• As Adjusted EBITDA reached a record high of $180.1 million in 2013, up approximately 11% from $162.4 million in 2012.

Daniel H. Leever, Platform's Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "the inception of Platform and our initial acquisition of MacDermid in 2013 laid the foundation for what we believe will be an exciting and long-term growth story. Our hallmark investment exemplified what we believe to be a disciplined approach to acquisitions, one that we plan to continue to employ as we build a portfolio of market-leading specialty chemicals businesses. At the same time, we remain acutely focused on driving operational excellence and organic growth in the core business. Supported by our 'asset-lite, high-touch' model, our strategic efforts to introduce new generation, higher-margin products as well as our ongoing focus on product innovation helped us to deliver a strong set of financial results in 2013, which we believe will be important to help us fuel growth going forward."

Frank J. Monteiro, Platform's Chief Financial Officer, added, "in 2013, our focus on operational execution, along with our successful efforts to improve our product mix and continuously enhance our value proposition to our customers, helped us achieve higher revenue growth as well as solid adjusted gross margins, adjusted earnings and cash flow from operations. We believe our pipeline of opportunities will allow us to maintain this positive momentum in 2014, and our sound financial footing affords us the flexibility to pursue both our organic and acquisitive growth initiatives."

This press release includes GAAP financials that show MacDermid, Incorporated as the "Predecessor" and Platform as the "Successor" as well as the additional Combined non-GAAP "As Adjusted" P&L and related reconciliation to the GAAP numbers. We did not own MacDermid for any of the "Predecessor" period or for the entirety of the "Successor" period. Accordingly, our full year 2013 financial results are presented for the "Predecessor" and "Successor" periods, which correspond to the periods preceding (January 1, 2013 through October 31, 2013) and succeeding (April 23, 2013 through December 31, 2013) the acquisition, respectively. We are presenting our results for the combined full year 2013 period for comparative purposes, using the non-GAAP mathematical sum of the results reported for the Successor and Predecessor periods, which we believe provides a more complete understanding of our operational results and a meaningful comparison of our performance between periods. This financial information may not reflect the actual financial results we would have achieved absent the acquisition of MacDermid, Incorporated and may not be predictive of future financial results.

GAAP Financial Results

GAAP financial results for Platform, or the "Successor" company, include the period from Platform's inception on April 23, 2013 through December 31, 2013.

GAAP financial results for MacDermid, Incorporated ("MacDermid" or the "Predecessor" company) are prior to the close of the acquisition on October 31, 2013 (the "Acquisition"). Given Platform had no operations prior to the close of the Acquisition, the Successor's results are driven by MacDermid's performance following the close of the Acquisition on October 31, 2013.

Non-GAAP Financial Results

Combined Net Sales

On a combined basis, Platform reported net sales of $746.0 million for the full year 2013, representing 2.0% organic growth compared to $731.2 million in net sales for MacDermid in 2012, driven mainly by growth in the Performance Materials segment. Net sales to targeted strategic end markets, which represent upstream opportunities in current markets or opportunities to enter markets adjacent to those Platform currently serves, were approximately 10% of combined net sales for 2013. The Company continues to introduce new products to market as well as to modify existing products, often at the request of, or in collaboration with, its customers. Combined net sales in the Performance Materials segment were $574.5 million, representing 2.7% year over year growth driven by the Company's focus on the automotive and smart phone/tablet solutions. 

The Graphic Solutions segment reported combined net sales of $171.4 million for 2013, in line with the Predecessor's Graphic Solutions sales in 2012, driven by increased sales in primary flexographic printing product lines, offset by anticipated declining sales in the publication plates product line.

Combined Gross Profit

Combined gross profit for the full year 2013 was $358.5 million, representing a combined gross margin of 48.1%. Excluding a one-time charge relating to the elimination of manufacturer's profit in inventory, combined as adjusted gross profit was $382.7 million, 7.8% higher compared to the Predecessor's gross profit in 2012. Combined as adjusted gross margin was 51.3%.  

Combined Operating Expenses

Combined operating expenses were $462.3 million for the full year 2013 compared to $240.0 million in 2012. However, excluding one-time charges primarily related to the Acquisition, combined operating expenses would have been $216.1 million in 2013, an increase of 4.3% compared to the Predecessor's adjusted operating expenses of $207.1 million in 2012.

Combined Net Income (Loss)

Combined net loss was $181.0 million for the year ended 2013 compared to net income of $46.0 million in 2012. Excluding one-time charges primarily related to the Acquisition, combined as adjusted net income for the full year 2013 was $89.6 million, representing a 14.4% increase from the Predecessor's net income of $78.3 million in 2012. On a combined basis, as adjusted earnings per diluted share for 2013 was $0.68.

Combined Adjusted EBITDA

Combined as adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the full year 2013 was $180.1 million, up 11% compared to the Predecessor's adjusted EBITDA of $162.4 million in 2012.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation

Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation table attached hereto and the schedules accompanying this release for a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures, including combined adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, cash conversion and diluted earnings per share, to GAAP measures.

Conference Call

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, 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.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws and is intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Platform's adjusted earnings per share, expected or estimated revenue, the outlook for Platform's markets and the demand for its products, estimated sales, segment earnings, net interest expense, income tax provision, restructuring and other charges, cash flows from operations, consistent profitable growth, free cash flow, future revenues and gross operating and adjusted EBITDA margin improvement requirement and expansion, organic net sales growth, bank debt covenants, the success of new product introductions, growth in costs and expenses, the impact of commodities and currencies and Platform's ability to manage its risk in these areas, and the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring and other unusual items, including Platform's ability to successfully complete as well as integrate and obtain the anticipated results and synergies from its consummated and future acquisitions. These projections and statements are based on management's estimates and assumptions with respect to future events and financial performance, and are believed to be reasonable, though are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially from those projected as a result of certain factors. A discussion of factors that could cause results to vary is included in Platform's periodic and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Platform undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

¹ In this press release, non-GAAP pro forma consolidated amounts include the Predecessor's (MacDermid) amounts combined with the Company's amounts.

—FINANCIAL TABLES TO FOLLOW—

"Adjustments" relate to items that are adjusted from the "GAAP Combined" results to arrive at the "As Adjusted" results for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

The financial tables presented herein and this narrative include GAAP financials that show MacDermid, Incorporated ("MacDermid") as the "Predecessor" and Platform as the "Successor" as well as the additional Combined non-GAAP "As Adjusted" Income Statement and related reconciliation to the GAAP numbers. We did not own MacDermid for any of the "Predecessor" period or for the entirety of the "Successor" period. Accordingly, our full year 2013 financial results are presented for the "Predecessor" and "Successor" periods, which correspond to the periods preceding (January 1, 2013 through October 31, 2013) and succeeding (April 23, 2013 through December 31, 2013) the acquisition of MacDermid (the "Acquisition"), respectively. We are presenting our results for the combined full year 2013 period for comparative purposes, using the non-GAAP mathematical sum of the results reported for the Successor and Predecessor periods, which we believe provides a more complete understanding of our operational results and a meaningful comparison of our performance between periods.

For the Year ended December 31, 2013

Adjustments to cost of sales included $23.9 million of non-cash manufacturer's profit in inventory representing a purchase accounting adjustment to the inventory acquired with the Acquisition and $0.3 million of reorganization expenses.

Adjustments to selling technical, general and administrative expense primarily included:

• $32.1 million of Predecessor's and the Company's transaction costs related to the Acquisition;
• $31.3 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets;
• $9.3 million of Predecessor's equity based compensation expense;
• $2.2 million of reorganization costs primarily associated with the closure of an international operation designed to result in cost savings;
• $6.3 million reversal of one-time retirement plan curtailment gains recorded as a result of changes in the calculation of benefits due to freezing the defined benefit plan in conjunction with the Acquisition; and
• $1.1 million to mark the contingent consideration to fair value.

Other operating expense adjustments include:

• $172 million one-time, non-cash charge related to preferred stock dividend rights;
• $0.3 million transaction costs related to the Acquisition included in research and development; and
• $4.4 million of restructuring costs.

Adjustment to interest expense is to reflect the elimination of interest expense related to debt not assumed in the Acquisition and addition of interest expense assuming the debt assumed in the Acquisition had been outstanding for the full year.

Adjustments to other non-operating expenses include elimination of the loss on extinguishment of debt and the write-off of deferred financing fees related to both MacDermid's recapitalization in June 2013 and the Acquisition. 

Adjustments to other income relates to non-cash gain on valuation of foreign debt. 

Also, included in the adjustments to net income for the year ended December 31, 2013 is the tax provision adjustment of $42.9 million, which reflects the normalization of the adjusted pre-tax income to the Company's 2013 estimated 33% effective tax rate, a reversal of the $22.5 million of dividends payments related to the Predecessor's accounting for the Acquisition and a reversal of the loss attributable to the non-controlling interest also resulting from the Acquisition.

The As Adjusted diluted weighted average shares outstanding used for the calculation of "As Adjusted earnings per share" assumes conversion and issuance of all outstanding warrants, conversion of exchange rights held by selling stockholders of MacDermid, shares issued in connection with the 401k Exchange, common shares equivalent of preferred dividend rights, and vested stock options.

For the Year ended December 31, 2012

Adjustments to selling technical, general and administrative expense primarily included:

• $27.1 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets;
• $4.2 million of one-time costs related to Predecessor's incomplete initial public offering and acquisition activities; and
• $1.2 million of one-time severance charges not included in restructuring expenses. 

Other operating expense adjustments include $0.3 million of restructuring costs.

Adjustment to interest expense is to reflect the elimination of interest expense related to debt not assumed in the Acquisition and addition of interest expense assuming the debt assumed in the Acquisition had been outstanding for the full year.

Adjustment to other income primarily relates to non-cash gain on valuation of foreign debt. 

Also, included in the adjustments to net income for the year ended December 31, 2012 is the tax provision adjustment of $13.9 million, which reflects the normalization of the adjusted pre-tax income to the Company's 2012 estimated 33% effective tax rate and a reversal of the $44.6 million of dividends payments related to the Predecessor's accounting.

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