30th Oct 2015 15:00
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: | 29 October 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: | 19,315 | 0.01% | 698,770 | 0.48% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 816,170 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 9,500 | 0.01% | 18,300 | 0.01% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 844,985 | 0.58% | 717,070 | 0.49% | |||||||
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 | 63 | 28.0900 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 28.0890 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 108 | 28.2011 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 192 | 28.1900 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 28.2450 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 244 | 28.1995 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 28.1620 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 567 | 28.1297 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,742 | 28.2491 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,930 | 28.0800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,588 | 28.4274 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,439 | 28.2148 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,000 | 28.2662 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 13,887 | 28.2112 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,519 | 28.4105 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 17,863 | 27.5048 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 22,690 | 28.2350 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 24,996 | 28.1983 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 46,838 | 28.4126 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 47,447 | 28.2684 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 53,092 | 28.2000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 54,700 | 28.3161 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 59,400 | 28.2289 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 63,400 | 28.2485 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 73,450 | 28.3634 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 96,510 | 28.1530 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 144,393 | 28.2588 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 28.2500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 192 | 28.2159 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 28.1700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 28.2400 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 377 | 28.0800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 28.3000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 28.1037 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 28.3108 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 28.2185 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 811 | 28.1507 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 860 | 28.2603 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 28.0880 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 28.1278 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,100 | 28.1771 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,500 | 28.1712 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,665 | 28.1880 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,878 | 28.2232 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,683 | 28.2699 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,370 | 28.2991 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,095 | 28.2568 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,087 | 28.2316 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,200 | 28.2534 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18,600 | 27.9064 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 22,100 | 28.2698 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 23,192 | 27.9612 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 23,499 | 28.2718 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,092 | 28.2009 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 37,300 | 28.2047 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 38,800 | 28.3080 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 55,157 | 28.1012 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 60,800 | 28.2518 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 61,552 | 28.1986 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 105,992 | 28.2000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 237,193 | 28.3465 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: | 30 Oct 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 [email protected]. 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 “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 | -1,100 | 30.0000 | American | 18 Dec 2015 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -1,400 | 27.5000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 700 | 30.0000 | American | 20 Nov 2015 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -15,800 | 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 |
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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