Form 8.3 - ARRIS GROUP INC
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 | |||
 | 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: | 24 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 | ORD | |||||||||
 | Interests |  | Short Positions | ||||||||
 |  | Number |  | (%) | Number |  | (%) | ||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 4,292 | 0.00% | 174,989 | 0.12% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
229,265 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 46,800 | 0.03% | 44,300 | 0.03% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(4) | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 280,357 | 0.19% | 219,289 | 0.15% |
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 | 1 | 35.7900 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5 | 35.7530 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 35.7700 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 115 | 35.9826 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 35.6100 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 35.6250 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 242 | 35.9813 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 503 | 35.5276 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 560 | 35.7600 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 696 | 35.7335 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 700 | 35.6414 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,500 | 35.7716 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,016 | 35.6633 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,049 | 35.5316 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,100 | 35.7070 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,754 | 35.8733 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,432 | 35.6348 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,400 | 35.6325 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,981 | 35.8295 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,100 | 35.5868 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,812 | 35.8087 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,900 | 35.7058 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,532 | 35.6195 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,800 | 37.3000 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 14,309 | 35.7016 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 18,052 | 35.6421 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 21,177 | 35.7978 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 23,750 | 35.7479 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 24,149 | 35.6555 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 28,400 | 35.6413 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 29,600 | 35.6590 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 276,025 | 35.7305 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 31 | 35.9900 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 41 | 35.5100 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 64 | 35.7700 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 84 | 35.9800 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 35.7300 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 115 | 35.9826 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 35.6100 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 35.6250 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 35.7900 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 264 | 35.7613 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 35.6400 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 309 | 35.7088 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 324 | 35.7444 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 338 | 35.7798 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 348 | 35.7335 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 35.6525 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 467 | 35.7284 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 482 | 35.5975 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 35.5300 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 35.6760 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 35.8120 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 599 | 35.7600 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 35.6256 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 800 | 35.8003 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 800 | 35.8500 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 801 | 35.7765 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 35.5890 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 35.7201 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 35.7869 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,956 | 35.8644 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,094 | 35.7721 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,107 | 35.6537 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,440 | 35.7337 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,700 | 35.6855 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,113 | 35.7288 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,822 | 35.8019 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,900 | 35.7067 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,393 | 35.6466 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,600 | 35.6163 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 9,600 | 35.9659 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 11,800 | 37.3000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,100 | 35.7107 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,920 | 35.7887 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 15,500 | 35.6120 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 15,570 | 35.5685 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 16,346 | 35.5887 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 20,066 | 35.8291 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 26,600 | 35.6369 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 39,900 | 35.6615 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 50,181 | 35.7406 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 83,510 | 35.7150 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 166,949 | 35.7206 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 31/10/2016 | Long | 11,800 | 35.6550 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 | 21,000 | 37.5 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 0.5710 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 20,300 | 35 USD | American | 15 May 2015 | 1.6217 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? | YES |
Date of disclosure: | 27 Apr 2015 |
Contact name: | RAJESH MUTHANNA |
Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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.
143221.01
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 | |
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 | Purchased | 20,300 | 37.5000 | American | 15 May 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 | -26,400 | 35.0000 | American | 15 May 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -200 | 35.0000 | American | 19 Jun 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.