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): October 16, 2017

 

 

ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

England and Wales   001-37672   98-1241619
(State of Incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3871 Lakefield Drive

Suwanee, Georgia

  30024
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (678) 473-2000

 

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

As previously reported, on November 2, 2016, Broadcom Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of the Republic of Singapore, Broadcom Corporation, a California corporation (“Broadcom”), Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Brocade”), and Bobcat Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended to date, the “Merger Agreement”). On December 18, 2016, Broadcom assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Merger Agreement and transferred all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub to LSI Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Seller”). The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Brocade (the “Merger”), with Brocade as the surviving corporation. As a result of the Merger, Brocade will become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Seller.

As previously reported, on February 22, 2017, ARRIS International plc (the “Company”), Seller and Broadcom, entered into a Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions in the Agreement, including the consummation of the Merger, ARRIS will acquire the Ruckus Wireless and ICX Switch Business (the “Network Edge Business”) of Brocade (the “Transaction”).

As reported by Brocade and Broadcom, on October 2, 2017, following further discussions with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), Broadcom and Brocade withdrew and re-filed their joint voluntary notice to CFIUS under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, to allow more time for review and discussion with CFIUS in connection with the Merger (the “Merger Notice”). CFIUS agreed to proceed directly to a 45-day investigation period, thereby shortening the customary 75-day CFIUS review period. As a result of the continued review by CFIUS of the proposed Merger, on October 12, 2017, Broadcom, Brocade and ARRIS withdrew and re-filed their joint voluntary notice to CFIUS with respect to the Transaction (the “Transaction Notice”) since completion of the Transaction is predicated upon completion of the Merger and the Parties wish to more closely align the review timetables for these two CFIUS cases.    Similar to the Merger Notice, CFIUS has agreed to proceed directly to a 45-day investigation period with respect to the Transaction Notice.

The parties have been and will continue to be actively engaged with CFIUS during its review of the Transaction, remain fully committed to the Transaction and will continue to work diligently and cooperatively to close the Transaction. There can be no assurances, however, that CFIUS will ultimately agree that the parties may proceed with the Transaction.

To allow for the additional CFIUS review period, on October 16, 2017, the Company and Seller entered into an amendment to the Agreement (the “Amendment”) to extend the end date of the Agreement until December 15, 2017. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report and other communications regarding the Transaction contain forward-looking statements concerning the expected timing for closing of the Transaction. Forward-looking statements generally may be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “estimates,” “projects,” “targets,” “forecasts,” “outlook,” “impact,” “potential,” “confidence,” “improve,” “optimistic,” “deliver,” “comfortable,” “trend” and “seeks,” or the negative of such terms or other variations on such terms or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the proposed Merger will not be completed and the possibility that the proposed subsequent acquisition of the Network Edge Business by ARRIS will not be completed, whether as a result of the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals, to satisfy any of the other conditions to the transactions or otherwise. These factors are not intended to be an all-encompassing list of risks and uncertainties. Additional information regarding these and other factors can be found in ARRIS’s reports filed with the SEC, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. By their nature, forward-looking statements


involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. The factors described in the context of such forward-looking statements in this release could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although it is believed that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove correct and persons reading this document are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as at the date hereof. ARRIS expressly disclaims any obligation to update or correct these forward-looking statements except as required by law.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events

The information provided in response to Item 1.01 of this Current Report with respect to the refiling of the Transaction Notice with CFIUS is incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

2.1    First Amendment to the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 16, 2017, by and among ARRIS International plc and LSI Corporation


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.

 

ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:  

/s/ Patrick W. Macken

  Patrick W. Macken
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

Date: October 16, 2017

Exhibit 2.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

STOCK AND ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (this “ Amendment ”) TO STOCK AND ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into to be effective as of this 16 th day of October, 2017, by and among LSI Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Seller ”), and ARRIS International plc, a company incorporated in England and Wales (“ Purchaser ”). Purchaser and Seller are each referred to herein as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .” Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

WHEREAS , the Parties and, solely for purposes of Section 9.2 thereof, Broadcom Corporation, a California corporation, are parties to that certain Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of February 22, 2017 (as amended or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “ Purchase Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend and modify the Purchase Agreement in certain respects;

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as described below and amend the Purchase Agreement as follows:

1.     Outside Date . Section 7.1(b) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(b)    by either Party by notice to the other Party if the Closing shall not have been consummated on or prior to December 15, 2017 (such date, the “ Outside Date ”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to either Party whose failure to perform in all material respects any of its obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date;

2.     Conflicting Terms; Limitation of Amendment . In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control. Except as otherwise set forth herein, all terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

3.     Governing Law . This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.


4.     Counterparts . This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Amendment shall become effective when each Party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Party. Until and unless each Party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Party hereto, this Amendment shall have no effect, and no Party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication). The exchange of a fully executed Amendment (in counterparts or otherwise) by electronic transmission in .PDF format or by facsimile shall be sufficient to bind the Parties to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

LSI CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas H. Krause, Jr.

Name:   Thomas H. Krause, Jr.
Title:   President and Secretary
ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:  

/s/ Patrick W. Macken

Name:   Patrick W. Macken
Title:   SVP, General Counsel

 

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