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: | 18 June 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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 28,678 | 0.02% | 173,323 | 0.12% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
125,000 | 0.09% | 740,183 | 0.51% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 14,900 | 0.01% | 36,500 | 0.03% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
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TOTAL: | 168,578 | 0.12% | 950,006 | 0.65% |
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 | 9 | 32.0400 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 32.1000 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 101 | 32.1400 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 32.0700 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 202 | 32.1202 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 300 | 32.0066 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 387 | 31.9457 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 400 | 32.1350 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 420 | 32.0821 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 500 | 31.9986 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 500 | 32.1399 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 665 | 32.0656 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,111 | 32.0898 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,400 | 32.1476 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,780 | 32.1702 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,601 | 32.0632 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,076 | 32.1055 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,500 | 32.0593 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 7,765 | 31.9783 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 8,000 | 32.0978 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,467 | 32.0704 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,500 | 32.0402 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,176 | 32.0401 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 32.1300 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 32.0700 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 32.1700 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 32.1719 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 240 | 32.0402 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 32.0766 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 32.0950 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 32.1600 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 32.1766 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 32.1500 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400 | 32.1725 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 419 | 31.9253 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 571 | 32.0667 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 581 | 32.0500 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 32.0733 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 32.0800 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 32.1350 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 600 | 32.1683 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 681 | 32.0798 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 32.0271 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 700 | 32.1000 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 872 | 32.0660 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 880 | 32.1702 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 898 | 32.0892 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,050 | 32.1561 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,067 | 31.9600 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 32.0961 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 32.0914 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 32.1123 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,582 | 32.0196 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,666 | 32.0729 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,763 | 32.0551 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,026 | 31.9347 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,205 | 32.0951 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,500 | 32.0805 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,800 | 32.0983 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,478 | 32.0365 USD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,958 | 32.0401 USD |
b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | Â |
Product description
e.g. CFD |
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position |
 | Number of reference securities |  | Price per unit |
(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 | Selling | 500 | 30 USD | American | 19 Jun 2015 | 2.1200 USD | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Selling | 100 | 50 USD | American | 17 Jul 2015 | 0.5000 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: | 19 Jun 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.
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 | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Purchased | -1,000 | 32.5000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 1,800 | 25.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 7,000 | 30.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Put Options | Written | 4,900 | 40.0000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 700 | 25.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 100 | 30.0000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 100 | 35.0000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 300 | 37.5000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -300 | 32.5000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -1,500 | 32.5000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -200 | 35.0000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -4,000 | 35.0000 | American | 17 Jul 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -9,700 | 35.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -1,400 | 37.5000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -12,100 | 37.5000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -3,800 | 40.0000 | American | 19 Jun 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -300 | 40.0000 | American | 21 Aug 2015 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -100 | 50.0000 | American | 17 Jul 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.
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