Form 8.3 - ARRIS GROUP INC

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 “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a)   Full name of discloser:   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: 10 September 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:   ORD
  Interests   Short Positions
    Number   (%) Number   (%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 41,993 0.03% 398,508 0.27%
           

(2)

 

Cash-settled derivatives:
125,000 0.09% 414,359 0.28%
           

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 9,500 0.01% 16,900 0.01%
           
 

(4)

TOTAL: 176,493 0.13% 829,767 0.56%

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:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 100 27.6900 USD
ORD Purchase 100 27.7790 USD
ORD Purchase 128 27.6600 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.7950 USD
ORD Purchase 200 27.7800 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 27.6603 USD
ORD Purchase 1,400 27.7077 USD
ORD Purchase 2,038 27.8000 USD
ORD Purchase 2,705 27.7183 USD
ORD Purchase 3,090 27.6767 USD
ORD Purchase 3,100 27.7130 USD
ORD Purchase 5,150 27.6855 USD
ORD Purchase 6,862 27.6716 USD
ORD Purchase 9,300 27.6858 USD
ORD Purchase 18,681 27.6593 USD
ORD Purchase 23,145 27.6925 USD
ORD Purchase 25,074 27.6798 USD
ORD Purchase 58,463 27.7056 USD
ORD Sale 100 27.4500 USD
ORD Sale 100 27.7300 USD
ORD Sale 100 27.6500 USD
ORD Sale 128 27.6600 USD
ORD Sale 200 27.6100 USD
ORD Sale 300 27.7797 USD
ORD Sale 498 27.6838 USD
ORD Sale 600 27.7717 USD
ORD Sale 800 27.6650 USD
ORD Sale 1,400 27.6392 USD
ORD Sale 1,403 27.6181 USD
ORD Sale 1,500 27.6936 USD
ORD Sale 1,501 27.8000 USD
ORD Sale 1,520 27.6965 USD
ORD Sale 2,376 27.6116 USD
ORD Sale 2,661 27.7064 USD
ORD Sale 2,700 27.6853 USD
ORD Sale 3,900 27.6791 USD
ORD Sale 4,802 27.6973 USD
ORD Sale 5,400 27.6907 USD
ORD Sale 6,700 27.6876 USD
ORD Sale 6,862 27.6716 USD
ORD Sale 7,374 27.7061 USD
ORD Sale 7,800 27.6683 USD
ORD Sale 25,694 27.6927 USD
ORD Sale 33,885 27.6905 USD
ORD Sale 37,490 27.7013 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. CFD

  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 of relevant security   Product description e.g. call option   Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.   Number of securities to which option relates   Exercise price per unit   Type

e.g. American, European etc.

  Expiry date   Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security   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   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: 11 Sep 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 “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings   Barclays PLC.
are being disclosed:  
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose ARRIS GROUP INC
relevant securities this from relates:  

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
ORD Call Options Written -1,300 27.5000 American 20 Nov 2015
ORD Call Options Purchased 700 30.0000 American 20 Nov 2015
ORD Call Options Written -13,100 37.5000 American 20 Nov 2015
ORD Put Options Written 4,900 40.0000 American 20 Nov 2015
ORD Call Options Purchased 3,900 32.5000 American 20 Nov 2015
ORD Call Options Written -2,500 30.0000 American 16 Oct 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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