UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2013
ARRIS Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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| Delaware | | 000-31254 | | 58-2588724 |
| (State of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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| 3871 Lakefield Drive, Suwanee, Georgia | | 30024 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(678) 473-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report date)
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
As previously announced, in connection with the acquisition by ARRIS Group, Inc. (“ARRIS”) of the Motorola Home business from General Instrument Holdings, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Google Inc., ARRIS entered into a debt financing commitment letter with Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Royal Bank of Canada, pursuant to which these institutions have committed, subject to the conditions stated in the commitment letter, to arrange and provide to ARRIS $2.175 billion in senior secured credit facilities (the “Credit Facilities”).
ARRIS intends to provide to potential lenders under the Credit Facilities, among other information, historical financial information with respect to the Motorola Home business for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, a copy of which is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
This Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d)Exhibits
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| 99.1 | | Historical Financial Information with respect to the Motorola Home Business |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| ARRIS Group, Inc. |
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| By: | | /s/ David B. Potts |
| | David B. Potts Executive Vice President and CFO |
Date: March 15, 2013
