8-K 1 d562929d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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: April 9, 2018

 

 

Broadcom Inc.

(Exact name of registrants as specified in its 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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 433-8000

 

 

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:

 

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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) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On April 9, 2018, Broadcom Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), became a guarantor of the Notes (as defined below) and entered into supplemental indentures with the Issuers and the Trustee (each as defined below), dated as of April 9, 2018 (the “Supplemental Indentures”), to (a) that certain Indenture dated as of January 19, 2017 (as amended or supplemented as of the date hereof, the “January 2017 Indenture”), among Broadcom Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as issuer (“Broadcom Corporation”), Broadcom Cayman Finance Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, as co-issuer (“Cayman Finance” and, together with Broadcom Corporation, the “Issuers”), Broadcom Limited, a public company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (“Broadcom Limited”), as a guarantor, Broadcom Cayman L.P., an exempted limited partnership registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands, acting through the Company, its general partner, as a guarantor (“Broadcom Cayman LP”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in respect of the Issuers’ 2.375% Senior Notes due 2020, the Issuers’ 3.000% Senior Notes due 2022, the Issuers’ 3.625% Senior Notes due 2024 and the Issuers’ 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (collectively, the “January 2017 Notes”) and (b) that certain Indenture, dated as of October 17, 2017 (as amended or supplemented as of the date hereof, the “October 2017 Indenture” and, together with the January 2017 Indenture, the “Indentures” and each an “Indenture”), among the Issuers, Broadcom Limited, Broadcom Cayman LP and the Trustee in respect of the Issuers’ 2.200% Senior Notes due 2021, the Issuers’ 2.650% Senior Notes due 2023, the Issuers’ 3.125% Senior Notes due 2025 and the Issuers’ 3.500% Senior Notes due 2028 (collectively, the “October 2017 Notes” and, together with the January 2017 Notes, the “Notes”). In addition, Broadcom Cayman LP was released from its guarantee of the Notes under each of the Indentures in accordance with their terms.

The foregoing is only a brief description of the Supplemental Indentures and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Supplemental Indentures, copies of which is filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Description

4.1    Supplemental Indenture to the January 2017 Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2018.
4.2    Supplemental Indenture to the October 2017 Indenture, dated as of April 9, 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: April 9, 2018

   

By: 

 

/s/ Thomas H. Krause, Jr.

     

Thomas H. Krause, Jr.

     

Chief Financial Officer