21st Dec 2015 15:03
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: | 18 December 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: | 85,071 | 0.06% | 177,500 | 0.12% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 651,419 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 17,100 | 0.01% | 28,200 | 0.02% | |||||||
| TOTAL: | 753,590 | 0.51% | 205,700 | 0.14% | |||||||
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 | 29.5050 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 29.5300 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 29.5100 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 29.5200 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 101 | 29.3724 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 104 | 29.5000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 115 | 29.4973 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 115 | 29.4948 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 29.5250 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 29.4650 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 300 | 29.5216 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 300 | 29.4933 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 29.4900 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 470 | 29.2707 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 29.4657 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 29.4942 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 700 | 29.4771 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,200 | 29.4758 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,300 | 29.4084 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,400 | 29.4807 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,772 | 29.4082 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,700 | 29.4785 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,726 | 29.3935 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,946 | 29.4761 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,989 | 29.4485 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,516 | 29.4794 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,945 | 29.2800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,965 | 29.4025 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,310 | 29.4212 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,896 | 29.4295 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 10,981 | 29.4336 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1 | 29.3300 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 25 | 29.3800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 70 | 29.2750 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 76 | 29.3700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 115 | 29.4948 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 29.4750 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 29.5050 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 331 | 29.5012 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 29.2700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 29.4283 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 764 | 29.3528 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 782 | 29.2777 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 888 | 29.2973 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 29.4865 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,415 | 29.4354 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,617 | 29.3937 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,900 | 29.4346 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,895 | 29.4006 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,745 | 29.2800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13,146 | 29.4780 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18,122 | 29.4425 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18,542 | 29.4340 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 | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | 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 | Put Options | Selling | 5,000 | 30 USD | American | 18 Dec 2015 | 0.7000 USD |
(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: | 21 Dec 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 [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.
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 | Put Options | Written | 5,400 | 30.0000 | American | 18 Dec 2015 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -1,200 | 30.0000 | American | 18 Dec 2015 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -100 | 25.0000 | American | 20 May 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 3,800 | 30.0000 | American | 20 May 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | -8,000 | 32.5000 | American | 20 May 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 7,700 | 30.0000 | American | 15 Jan 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -6,600 | 32.5000 | American | 20 May 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Written | 200 | 27.5000 | American | 15 Jan 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -200 | 27.5000 | American | 20 May 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -12,100 | 32.5000 | American | 15 Jan 2016 |
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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