| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/04/2016 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ARRIS International plc [ ARRS ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 01/14/2016 | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock(1) | 2,006 | D | |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Restricted stock (T) 150330(1) | (2) | (3) | Common Stock | 9,030 | 0 | D | |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents shares of ARRIS International plc ("New ARRIS") acquired in connection with a transaction (the "Combination") pursuant to which each of ARRIS Group, Inc. ("ARRIS") and Pace plc ("Pace") was acquired by New ARRIS. Under the terms of the Combination (a) New ARRIS acquired Pace pursuant to a scheme of arrangement under UK law and (b) a newly formed subsidiary of New ARRIS merged with and into ARRIS, with ARRIS as the surviving corporation in the merger (the "Merger") and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of New ARRIS. At the effective time of the Merger, each ARRIS common share was cancelled and converted into the right to receive one New ARRIS ordinary share, and each Pace ordinary share was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 132.5 pence in cash and 0.1455 shares of New ARRIS. |
| 2. Represents a restricted stock grant which vests in four equal annual installments beginning one year from the grant date. |
| 3. This restricted stock grant does not have a date of expiration, but will fully vest pursuant to the predetermined vesting schedule. |
| /s/ Patrick W. Macken | 02/19/2016 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
