SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE TO-I ------------- (AMENDMENT NO. 8) TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D) OR 13(E)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ARRIS GROUP, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Subject Company (Issuer)) ARRIS GROUP, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Names of Filing Persons (Offeror)) Certain Outstanding Options to Purchase ARRIS Group, Inc. Common Stock, par value $.01 per share -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 04269Q100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) (Underlying Common Stock) Lawrence A. Margolis ARRIS GROUP, INC. 11450 Technology Circle Duluth, Georgia 30097 Telephone: (678) 473-2000 Copy To: A. Scott Fruechtemeyer, Esq. Troutman Sanders LLP 600 Peachtree Street, Suite 5200 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Telephone: (404) 885-3000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons) CALCULATION OF FILING FEE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transaction Valuation* Amount of Filing Fee $13,170,797 $1,066** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only. This amount assumes that options to purchase 6,226,306 shares of common stock of ARRIS Group, Inc. will be exchanged and cancelled pursuant to this offer. The amount of the filing fee is calculated in accordance with Section 13(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is based on the product of (i) the approximate aggregate value of such options as of June 25, 2003 ($13,170,797), which is calculated based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model, multiplied by (ii) $80.90 per each $1.0 million of the value of the transaction. ** Previously paid. [] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identifying the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. Amount Previously Paid: Filing Party: -------------- ---------------- Form or Registration No.: Date Filed: -------------- ---------------- [] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates: [] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. [X] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. [] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. [] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. [X] INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT This Amendment No. 8 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO-I relating to our offer to exchange certain options for shares of restricted stock upon the terms and subject to the conditions in the Offer to Exchange dated June 27, 2003. This Amendment No. 8 reports the results of the offer and amends and supplements the Schedule TO-I originally filed on June 27, 2003, and amended in certain respects on July 7, 2003, July 9, 2003, July 10, 2003, July 14, 2003, July 17, 2003, July 24, 2003 and July 25, 2003. The responses to the items of the Schedule TO-I, as amended, are hereby amended and supplemented as follows: ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION. Item 4 of the Schedule TO-I is hereby amended to add the following sentences: The offer expired at 12:00 Midnight, Eastern Time, on Friday, July 25, 2003. Subject to the terms and conditions of the offer, ARRIS Group, Inc. accepted for cancellation options to purchase approximately 4,703,793 shares of its common stock, and granted approximately 1,496,813 restricted shares of its common stock in exchange. The grants of restricted stock were effective July 28, 2003. Employees tendered approximately 78% of the shares of common stock underlying the options eligible to be exchanged under the program. ITEM 12. EXHIBITS. Item 12 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following exhibit: (a)(10) Text of e-mail communication to be delivered to option exchange participants. SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. ARRIS GROUP, INC. Date: July 28, 2003 By: /s/ David B. Potts -------------------------------- David B. Potts, Senior Vice President of Finance EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a)(10) Text of e-mail communication to be delivered to option exchange participants.