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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January&nbsp;11, 2019 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">35-2617337</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;&nbsp;230.405 of this
chapter) or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> the Securities Exchange Act of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1934&nbsp;(&#167;&nbsp;240.12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> this chapter). </P>
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growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
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Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>New Director Appointment</U> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Effective January&nbsp;11, 2019, the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of Broadcom Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) appointed Diane M.
Bryant as an independent director of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Bryant, age 56, served as the&nbsp;Chief Operating Officer of Google Cloud
(cloud computing services) from 2017 to 2018, where she focused on accelerating the scale and reach of Google Cloud&#146;s business, including optimization of the global supply chain, acceleration of customer adoption,&nbsp;and development of
next-generation information technology solutions.&nbsp;Prior to Google Cloud,&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Bryant&nbsp;spent 32 years at Intel Corporation, most recently serving as&nbsp;Group President of Intel&#146;s Data Center Group, the worldwide organization
that develops server, storage and network platforms for the digital services economy, in 2017, having led that group since 2012, and serving as Intel&#146;s Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, responsible for corporate-wide
information technology solutions and services that enable Intel&#146;s business, from 2008 to 2012. Ms.&nbsp;Bryant also serves on the board of directors of United Technologies Corporation (&#147;UT&#148;) and on the U.C. Davis Chancellor&#146;s
Board of Advisors and U.C. Davis College of Engineering Board of Advisors. Ms.&nbsp;Bryant&#146;s qualifications to serve on the Board include her more than three decades of experience and executive leadership in the semiconductor industry, in
enterprise IT solution development and deployment, and in advancing cloud computing services worldwide.&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Bryant also brings public company board experience, having served on the UT board, and its audit and finance committees, for over
two years. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Bryant will participate in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director compensation
arrangements generally applicable to all of the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> directors. Under the terms of those arrangements, as currently in effect, Ms.&nbsp;Bryant received an initial restricted share unit
award with a value of $55,000 on January&nbsp;11, 2019, her first date of service as a director, which will vest in full on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the first anniversary of the grant date and (ii)&nbsp;the date on which the Company&#146;s annual
meeting of stockholders immediately following the grant date is held, subject to her continuing service on the vesting date. The number of shares subject to this award was determined by dividing the value of the award by the average of the
Company&#146;s per share closing market prices, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, over the 30 calendar days immediately preceding January&nbsp;11, 2019. In addition, Ms.&nbsp;Bryant will be entitled to receive the annual cash and equity
compensation payable to other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> directors of the Company. Details regarding the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director compensation program are set forth in the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;6, 2018. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>Director Retirement </U></I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;11, 2019, Donald Macleod, age 70, notified the Board that he will not be standing for
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election</FONT> as a director at the Company&#146;s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr.&nbsp;Macleod&#146;s departure from the Board is not due to any disagreement between him and the Company.
Mr.&nbsp;Macleod continues to serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation and Executive Committees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>Committee Changes </U></I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Effective January&nbsp;11, 2019, the Board appointed Eddy W. Hartenstein as the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
(in place of James V. Diller who will continue to serve as a member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee), and Ms.&nbsp;Bryant and Check K. Low, a current director, as members of the Compensation Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>Board and Committee Refreshment </U></I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The director appointment and changes to committee composition discussed above, and the appointment of Harry L. You to the Board and Audit
Committee on January&nbsp;8, 2019, were made with a view to refreshing the Board&#146;s capabilities and perspective in its oversight role, consistent with the evolving strategic focus of the Company in technology infrastructure, and are in addition
to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Board and committee leadership changes announced in the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on December&nbsp;6, 2018. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): January 11, 2019
BROADCOM INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
001-38449
35-2617337
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1320 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California
95131
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(408)
433-8000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this
chapter) or
Rule 12b-2 of
the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of
this chapter).
Emerging growth company  ☐
If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act.  ☐
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
New Director Appointment
Effective January 11, 2019, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Broadcom Inc. (the "Company") appointed Diane M.
Bryant as an independent director of the Company.
Ms. Bryant, age 56, served as the Chief Operating Officer of Google Cloud
(cloud computing services) from 2017 to 2018, where she focused on accelerating the scale and reach of Google Cloud's business, including optimization of the global supply chain, acceleration of customer adoption, and development of
next-generation information technology solutions. Prior to Google Cloud, Ms. Bryant spent 32 years at Intel Corporation, most recently serving as Group President of Intel's Data Center Group, the worldwide organization
that develops server, storage and network platforms for the digital services economy, in 2017, having led that group since 2012, and serving as Intel's Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, responsible for corporate-wide
information technology solutions and services that enable Intel's business, from 2008 to 2012. Ms. Bryant also serves on the board of directors of United Technologies Corporation ("UT") and on the U.C. Davis Chancellor's
Board of Advisors and U.C. Davis College of Engineering Board of Advisors. Ms. Bryant's qualifications to serve on the Board include her more than three decades of experience and executive leadership in the semiconductor industry, in
enterprise IT solution development and deployment, and in advancing cloud computing services worldwide. Ms. Bryant also brings public company board experience, having served on the UT board, and its audit and finance committees, for over
two years.
Ms. Bryant will participate in the
non-employee
director compensation
arrangements generally applicable to all of the Company's
non-employee
directors. Under the terms of those arrangements, as currently in effect, Ms. Bryant received an initial restricted share unit
award with a value of $55,000 on January 11, 2019, her first date of service as a director, which will vest in full on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date and (ii) the date on which the Company's annual
meeting of stockholders immediately following the grant date is held, subject to her continuing service on the vesting date. The number of shares subject to this award was determined by dividing the value of the award by the average of the
Company's per share closing market prices, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, over the 30 calendar days immediately preceding January 11, 2019. In addition, Ms. Bryant will be entitled to receive the annual cash and equity
compensation payable to other
non-employee
directors of the Company. Details regarding the Company's
non-employee
director compensation program are set forth in the
Company's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2018.
Director Retirement
On January 11, 2019, Donald Macleod, age 70, notified the Board that he will not be standing for
re-election
as a director at the Company's 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Macleod's departure from the Board is not due to any disagreement between him and the Company.
Mr. Macleod continues to serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation and Executive Committees.
Committee Changes
Effective January 11, 2019, the Board appointed Eddy W. Hartenstein as the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
(in place of James V. Diller who will continue to serve as a member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee), and Ms. Bryant and Check K. Low, a current director, as members of the Compensation Committee.
Board and Committee Refreshment
The director appointment and changes to committee composition discussed above, and the appointment of Harry L. You to the Board and Audit
Committee on January 8, 2019, were made with a view to refreshing the Board's capabilities and perspective in its oversight role, consistent with the evolving strategic focus of the Company in technology infrastructure, and are in addition
to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Board and committee leadership changes announced in the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on December 6, 2018.
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.
BROADCOM INC.
Date: January 14, 2019
By:
/s/ Thomas H. Krause, Jr.
Name:      Thomas H. Krause, Jr.
Title:        Chief Financial Officer