0001415889-16-006836.txt : 20160815 0001415889-16-006836.hdr.sgml : 20160815 20160815161919 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-16-006836 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160815 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20160815 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160815 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARRIS International plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001645494 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 981241619 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37672 FILM NUMBER: 161832998 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3871 LAKEFIELD DRIVE CITY: SUWANEE STATE: GA ZIP: 30024 BUSINESS PHONE: (678)473-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3871 LAKEFIELD DRIVE CITY: SUWANEE STATE: GA ZIP: 30024 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ARRIS International Ltd DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150617 8-K 1 form8k-08152016_010811.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 15, 2016
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ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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England and Wales
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
001-37672
(Commission
File Number)
98-1241619
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
3871 Lakefield Drive
Suwanee, Georgia
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
30024
(Zip Code)
 
  

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (678) 473-2000
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
Effective August 15, 2016, the Board of Directors of ARRIS International plc (“ARRIS” or the “Company”) appointed Andrew M. Barron as a director to serve until the 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.  Mr. Barron will also serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.

Since 2014, Mr. Barron, age 51, has served as Chairman of Com Hem Holding AB, a communications company providing TV, telephony and high-speed Internet access to homes and businesses in Sweden.  Mr. Barron also served as Chairman of Primacom, a German cable company, in 2015, helping lead its sale to Tele Columbus.  Mr. Barron joined Virgin Media in 2008 and served as Chief Operating Officer from 2010 until 2013.  Prior to Virgin Media, Mr. Barron held executive positions with a number of cable and satellite companies throughout the world, including Modern Times Group MTG AB (where he served as Chief Operating Officer) and UPC (now Liberty Global – where he served as Managing Director – UPC Media), as well as The Walt Disney Company Europe, where he was an Executive Vice President.  Since 2013 Mr. Barron has also served as a member of the Executive Board of Cable Europe, a trade association that connects leading broadband cable TV operators and their national trade associations throughout the European Union.

 

 
 
 

SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
       
 
ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC

By:   /s/ Patrick W. Macken
         Patrick W. Macken
         Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Date: August 15, 2016