S-8 1 s_8.htm S-8 FOR BROADCOM INC

Registration No. 333-


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________
BROADCOM INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
______________________

     
Delaware
 
35-2617337
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

1320 Ridder Park Drive
San Jose, California 95131
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
_____________________

 Bay Dynamics, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
______________________

Mark Brazeal
Rebecca Boyden
c/o Broadcom Inc.
1320 Ridder Park Drive
San Jose, California 95131
(408) 433-8000
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

_____________________




Copy To:
Amr Razzak
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
525 University Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301
Telephone: (650) 328-4600
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                         
   
Title of Securities
to be Registered
 
Amount
to be
Registered (1)
   
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
   
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
   
Amount of
Registration Fee
 
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Broadcom Inc., a Delaware corporation, issuable in respect of the Bay Dynamics, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan
   
573
(2)
 
$
156.67
(3)
 
$
89,771.91(3
)
 
$
11.66
 
   

(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also automatically cover any additional shares of common stock of Broadcom Inc. which may become issuable under the Bay Dynamics, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Assumed Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock.

(2)
Represents 573 shares of common stock subject to outstanding unvested options under the Assumed Plan, which will be available for issuance pursuant to certain outstanding and unvested stock option awards that Broadcom assumed in connection with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 19, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Bay Dynamics, Inc., CA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom Inc., Burney Acquisition Sub, Inc. and Shareholder Representative Services LLC.

(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise price for shares subject to the outstanding unvested in-the-money options granted pursuant to the Assumed Plan.





EXPLANATORY NOTE

On December 19, 2019, CA Inc. (“CA”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom Inc. (“Broadcom” or the “Registrant”), Burney Acquisition Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), Bay Dynamics, Inc. (“Bay Dynamics”) and Shareholder Representative Services LLC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Merger Sub was merged with and into Bay Dynamics, with Bay Dynamics continuing after the Merger as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant.  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, among other things, the Registrant assumed the Bay Dynamics, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Assumed Plan”) and certain outstanding and unvested options (the “Assumed Awards”).  The Assumed Awards are subject to the same terms and conditions that were applicable to them under the Assumed Plan, except that (i) the Assumed Awards relate to shares of common stock of the Registrant and (ii) the number of shares of common stock of the Registrant subject to the Assumed Awards and their corresponding exercise prices was the result of an adjustment based upon the Conversion Ratio (as defined in the Merger Agreement).  The aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Registrant to be subject to such Assumed Awards will be 573. The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement to register such shares under the Securities Act.

PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance with Form S-8 and Rule 428(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the SEC, either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Exchange Act.

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
In this Registration Statement, Broadcom Inc. is sometimes referred to as “Registrant,” “we,” “us” or “our.”

Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC (only to the extent “filed” and not “furnished” in accordance with SEC rules):

(a) Annual Report of Broadcom Inc. on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2019, filed with the SEC on December 20, 2019;

(b) Broadcom Inc.’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2019 (except with respect to information furnished under Item 7.01 and related exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01) and December 12, 2019 (except with respect to information furnished under Item 2.02 and related exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01); and

(c) The description of Broadcom Inc.’s common stock which is contained in Exhibit 4.3 to Broadcom Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 20, 2019, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or related exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K that is deemed to be furnished and not filed under such provisions.





Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.
Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any such threatened, pending or completed action by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise) only against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent the appropriate court finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.

The amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Registrant (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provides that its directors and officers will be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law as it now exists or may in the future be amended, against all expenses, liabilities and loss incurred in connection with their service as a director or officer on behalf of the corporation.

As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for such liability as is expressly not subject to limitation under the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended to further limit or eliminate such liability.

The Registrant has also entered into certain indemnification agreements with its directors and officers. The indemnification agreements provide the Registrant’s directors and officers with further indemnification, to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL.

As permitted by Section 145(g) of the DGCL, the Registrant also maintains a directors’ and officers’ insurance policy which insures the directors and officers of the Registrant against liability asserted against such persons in such capacity whether or not such directors or officers have the right to indemnification pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the amended and restated bylaws of the Registrant or otherwise.

Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8.
Exhibits.

See Index to Exhibits herein.





Item 9.
Undertakings.

The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.





EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
   
4.1
 
5.1
 
23.1
 
Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
 
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement)





SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on December 30, 2019.


 
BROADCOM INC.
 
 
By:
/s/ Thomas H. Krause, Jr.
 
Thomas H. Krause, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer





SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Hock E. Tan, Thomas H. Krause, Jr. and Mark Brazeal, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the others, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
     
/s/ Hock E. Tan
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 30, 2019
 Hock E. Tan
     
/s/ Thomas H. Krause, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
December 30, 2019
 Thomas H. Krause, Jr.
     
 /s/ Kirsten M. Spears
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
December 30, 2019
 Kirsten M. Spears
     






 /s/ Henry Samueli, Ph. D
Chairman of the Board of Directors

 Henry Samueli, Ph. D.   December 30, 2019
 
/s/ Diane M. Bryant
 
Director
 
Diane M. Bryant


   December 30, 2019
     
 /s/ Gayla J. Delly
Director

 Gayla J. Delly  December 30, 2019
 

   
 /s/ Eddy Hartenstein
Director
December 30, 2019
 Eddy Hartenstein
 

   
/s/ Check Kian Low
Director
December 30, 2019
 Check Kian Low
 

   
/s/ Peter J. Marks
Director
December 30, 2019
 Peter J. Marks
 
/s/ Justine F. Page
 
Director
 
Justine F. Page

December 30, 2019
 
 
/s/ Harry L. You

Director
 
 Harry L. You

December 30, 2019