EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-208848) (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 29,400 total shares of the Companys ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, pursuant to the Broadband Parent Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, 52,350 total shares of the Companys ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, pursuant to the ARRIS Group, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, 56,200 total shares of the Companys ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, pursuant to the ARRIS Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, 42,100 total shares of the Companys ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, pursuant to the ARRIS Group, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, 3,477,029 total shares of the Companys ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, pursuant to the BigBand Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, and 1,000,000 total shares of the Companys ordinary shares, £0.01 nominal value per share, pursuant to the ARRIS Group, Inc. Employee Savings 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.
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