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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 12, 2015.

 

       

 

Meeting Information

  BROADCOM CORPORATION       Meeting Type:                Annual Meeting
        For holders as of:           March 16, 2015
        Date:  May 12, 2015            Time:  10:00 a.m., Local Time
        Location:    Broadcom Corporation
                              5300 California Avenue
                              Irvine, CA 92617
 

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BROADCOM CORPORATION

5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE

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                      www.broadcom.com/investors.

 

     

 

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  Voting Items  
    1.     To elect the following persons to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders and/or until their successors are duly elected and qualified:
        Nominees:
        1a.     Robert J. Finocchio, Jr.
        1b.     Nancy H. Handel
        1c.     Eddy W. Hartenstein
        1d.     Maria M. Klawe, Ph.D.
        1e.     John E. Major
        1f.     Scott A. McGregor
        1g.     William T. Morrow
        1h.     Henry Samueli, Ph.D.
        1i.     Robert E. Switz
  2.     Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers described in the proxy statement.
 

 

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To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015.

 

 

To act on such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.

 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the nominees listed above and a vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.

 

 

 

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