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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): January 10, 2025

 

 

Broadcom Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38449   35-2617337
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3421 Hillview Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94304

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(650) 427-6000

(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)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value   AVGO   The NASDAQ Global Select Market

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 8.01

Other Events.

On January 6, 2025, Broadcom Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., acting for themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $3,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, consisting of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.800% senior notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.050% senior notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.200% senior notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes” and together with the 2028 Notes and the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”).

The Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-280715) (the “Registration Statement”), dated July 8, 2024. On January 8, 2025, the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”), containing the final terms of the Notes pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the Act. The Notes were sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and were issued pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement. The Notes are governed by the Indenture, dated July 12, 2024 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated January 10, 2025 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.

The 2028 Notes will mature on April 15, 2028, the 2030 Notes will mature on April 15, 2030 and the 2032 Notes will mature on April 15, 2032. The Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations. The Notes will not be guaranteed by any of the Company’s subsidiaries and will therefore be structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries.

The Company expects to use the net proceeds received from the issuance of the Notes for general corporate purposes and for repayment of debt.

Please refer to the Prospectus Supplement dated January 6, 2025 for additional information regarding the Notes offering and the material terms and conditions of the Notes. The foregoing summary of the Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of (i) the Underwriting Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1; (ii) the Base Indenture, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 12, 2024, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1; (iii) the Supplemental Indenture attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2; and (iv) the forms of Notes attached hereto as Exhibits 4.3 through 4.5, inclusive, each of which are incorporated by reference herein.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

 1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated January 6, 2025, by and among Broadcom Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (acting for themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters named therein).
 4.1    Indenture, dated July 12, 2024, between Broadcom Inc. and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Broadcom Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-38449) filed with the SEC on July 12, 2024).
 4.2    Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated January 10, 2025, between Broadcom Inc. and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
 4.3    Form of 4.800% Note due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K).
 4.4    Form of 5.050% Note due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K).
 4.5    Form of 5.200% Note due 2032 (included in Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K).
 5.1    Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated January 10, 2025, with respect to the Notes.
23.1    Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K).
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).


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.

Date: January 10, 2025

 

Broadcom Inc.
By:  

/s/ Kirsten M. Spears

Name:   Kirsten M. Spears
Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer