As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2019
Registration No. 333-208846
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
England and Wales |
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98-1241619 |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
Incorporation or Organization) |
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Identification No.) |
3871 Lakefield Drive |
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Suwanee, Georgia |
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30024 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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ARRIS International plc 2011 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Patrick W. Macken
ARRIS International plc
3871 Lakefield Drive
Suwanee, Georgia 30024
(Name and address of agent for service)
(678) 473-2000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
W. Brinkley Dickerson, Jr.
Troutman Sanders LLP
600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 3000
(404) 885-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Accelerated filer o |
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Non-accelerated filer o |
Smaller reporting company o |
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Emerging growth company o |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. o
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-208846) (the Registration Statement) filed by ARRIS International plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the Company or ARRIS), on January 4, 2016. The Registration Statement registered 28,993,098 total shares of the Companys ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, pursuant to the ARRIS International plc 2011 Stock Incentive Plan.
On November 8, 2018, the Company entered into a bid conduct agreement with CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (CommScope), pursuant to which CommScope has agreed to acquire all of the issued and to be issued ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, of ARRIS for $31.75 per ordinary share pursuant to a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement (the Acquisition).
As a consequence of the Acquisition, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities under its existing registration statements on Form S-8, including the Registration Statement. Accordingly, and in accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely to deregister any and all securities previously registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Suwanee, State of Georgia, on April 4, 2019.
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/s/ Bruce McClelland |
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Bruce McClelland |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Note: No other person is required to sign this post-effective amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.