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): June 1, 2018

 

 

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)

Registrants telephone number, including area code:  (678) 473-2000

 

 

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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.

On June 1, 2018, the Board of Directors of ARRIS International plc (ARRIS or the Company) appointed Barton Y. Shigemura as a director of the Company to serve until the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.  Mr. Shigemura will also serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.


Mr. Shigemura, age 59, is President and CEO of RioRey, a position he has held since July 2015.  RioRey designs, develops and manufactures comprehensive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) prevention, detection and investigation solutions in the cyber security industry.  Prior to joining RioRey, from June 2012 through December 2014, Mr. Shigemura served as Executive Chairman of DataGardens, a software company focused on the development of industry leading Disaster Recovery as a Service software.  DataGardens was acquired by CenturyLink in 2014.  

 



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: June 1, 2018