Form 8.3 - ARRIS GROUP INC NEW
BARCLAYS PLC
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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Full name of discloser: | Â | Barclays PLC. | |
 |  |  | |||
(b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | ||||
 | positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): |  | |||
(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | ARRIS GROUP INC NEW | |||
 | relevant securities this form relates: |  | |||
(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: | 23 April 2015 | |||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: | |||
 | disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | PACE PLC |
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
(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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | |||||||
Interests | Â | Short Positions | |||||||||
 |  | Number |  | (%) | Number |  | (%) | ||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 54,556 | 0.04% | 171,579 | 0.12% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
217,465 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 26,500 | 0.02% | 24,700 | 0.02% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
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TOTAL: | 298,521 | 0.20% | 196,279 | 0.13% |
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), 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 employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: | Â |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Number of | Â | Price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5 | 37.2440 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6 | 37.2550 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 48 | 36.8900 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 68 | 36.8100 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 70 | 36.9900 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 36.5900 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 36.7800 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 103 | 37.2791 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 36.9700 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 37.0750 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 300 | 36.9461 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 348 | 36.9446 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 422 | 37.0561 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 500 | 37.0700 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 600 | 36.6563 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 600 | 36.6883 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 600 | 37.2541 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 762 | 36.7393 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 800 | 36.9099 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,000 | 37.1590 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 37.1054 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,146 | 36.9497 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,500 | 36.8453 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,403 | 37.2741 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,206 | 37.0754 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,236 | 37.0028 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,800 | 37.0084 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,300 | 36.6314 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,255 | 36.9705 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,300 | 36.9504 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,600 | 36.8360 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 12,700 | 36.9950 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 14,300 | 36.9690 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 17,852 | 36.8112 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 26,801 | 36.9431 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 28,860 | 36.8846 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 30,029 | 36.7536 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 33,800 | 30.5400 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 37,990 | 36.8396 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 58,400 | 36.9372 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 64,223 | 36.6803 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 72,600 | 36.9828 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 142,111 | 36.9528 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 146,075 | 36.9838 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 188,764 | 36.6538 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 36.2600 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 36.6350 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 36.9000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 36.9550 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 37.2700 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 37.3900 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 37.4000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 37.4100 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 170 | 37.0000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 36.7800 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 37.3200 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 37.0150 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 37.0300 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 37.2733 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 348 | 36.9446 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 348 | 36.9447 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 37.1075 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 556 | 36.9109 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 587 | 36.9361 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 36.6563 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 36.6883 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 37.2541 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 697 | 37.1277 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 36.8828 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 902 | 36.8644 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 37.1515 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,075 | 37.0997 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,200 | 36.4266 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,200 | 36.9325 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 36.9877 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 37.3050 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 37.3065 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,531 | 37.0084 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,650 | 37.0036 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,700 | 37.0400 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,200 | 37.1804 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,700 | 37.0918 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,900 | 37.0582 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,089 | 36.7684 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,900 | 37.1351 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,820 | 37.0477 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,100 | 37.1509 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,494 | 36.9929 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,800 | 37.0767 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,000 | 37.0618 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,200 | 36.9318 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,900 | 37.0940 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,500 | 37.1962 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 9,572 | 37.0861 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,460 | 37.0183 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 12,700 | 36.9950 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 13,661 | 36.7627 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,400 | 37.0095 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 17,291 | 36.9749 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 17,511 | 37.1193 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 24,700 | 36.8600 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 24,994 | 36.9737 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 28,751 | 36.8800 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 33,800 | 30.5400 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 40,720 | 36.9688 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 42,000 | 36.9806 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 52,800 | 36.9697 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 55,769 | 36.9072 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 75,322 | 36.9609 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 340,980 | 36.7227 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of | Â | Product | Â | Nature of dealing | Â | Number of | Â | Price per | |
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
ORD | SWAP Expires 28/10/2016 | Long | 11,800 | 37.0549 USD | |||||
ORD | SWAP Expires 28/07/2015 | Long | 71,934 | 30.9450 USD |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | Expiry | Â | 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 | Call Options | Purchasing | 100 | 30 USD | American | 20 Nov 2015 | 7.3000 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchasing | 300 | 32.5 USD | American | 19 Jun 2015 | 4.1000 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchasing | 100 | 37.5 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 1.0000 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 100 | 30 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 6.8000 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 100 | 32.5 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 4.4000 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 9,400 | 35 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 2.8909 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 200 | 35 USD | American | 19 Jun 2015 | 3.2800 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 800 | 37.5 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 1.4250 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 1,400 | 37.5 USD | American | 19 Jun 2015 | 1.7500 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 5,300 | 40 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 0.4867 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 3,800 | 40 USD | American | 19 Jun 2015 | 0.8105 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Purchasing | 100 | 27.5 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 0.1000 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Selling | 2,000 | 25 USD | American | 21 Aug 2015 | 0.5000 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Selling | 600 | 30 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 0.1250 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Selling | 100 | 35 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 0.5500 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Selling | 2,500 | 35 USD | American | 21 Aug 2015 | 1.8500 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Selling | 4,200 | 37.5 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 2.0345 USD |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Â |
Product description
e.g. call option |
 | Exercising/ exercised against |  | Number of securities |  | Exercise price per unit |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Â |
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion |
 | Details |  | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “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†|
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | Â | YES | |
Date of disclosure: | 24 Apr 2015 | ||
Contact name: | Jay Supaya | ||
Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 |
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Â | Barclays PLC. | |
are being disclosed: | Â | ||
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | ARRIS GROUP INC NEW | ||
relevant securities this from relates: | Â |
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
Class | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | Expiry | |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||
relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||
security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||
option | |||||||||||||
 |  |  | relates |  |  |  | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Purchased | -2,100 | 27.5000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Purchased | -2,100 | 27.5000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Purchased | -900 | 30.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 2,100 | 25.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 1,800 | 25.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 300 | 30.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 100 | 35.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 4,200 | 37.5000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 700 | 25.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 13,500 | 30.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 100 | 30.0000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 1,500 | 32.5000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 300 | 32.5000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 1,800 | 35.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 100 | 35.0000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -500 | 22.5000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -100 | 25.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -600 | 27.5000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -900 | 32.5000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -6,100 | 35.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -200 | 35.0000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -700 | 37.5000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -1,400 | 37.5000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -5,300 | 40.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -3,800 | 40.0000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 |
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 cash-settled derivatives.
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.