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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): March 31, 2020 (March 30, 2020)

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)

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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
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.001 par value		AVGOP		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 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On March 30, 2020, Broadcom Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Holders of the Company’s shares of common stock voted on the following matters:

(1)	To elect 9 members to the Company’s board of directors;

(2)	To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 1, 2020;

(3)	Non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

For each of these proposals a quorum was present. The votes cast in connection with such matters were as follows:

(1)	Election of Directors:

		Name		For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
(a)		Hock E. Tan			334,366,504				1,814,907				1,423,928				30,000,827
(b)		Henry Samueli			333,491,316				2,678,787				1,435,236				30,000,827
(c)		Eddy W. Hartenstein			324,185,791				11,899,265				1,520,283				30,000,827
(d)		Diane M. Bryant			335,309,758				836,185				1,459,396				30,000,827
(e)		Gayla J. Delly			335,999,089				141,461				1,464,789				30,000,827
(f)		Raul J. Fernandez			335,805,517				178,876				1,620,946				30,000,827
(g)		Check Kian Low			334,306,130				1,829,166				1,470,043				30,000,827
(h)		Justine F. Page			335,970,396				122,188				1,512,755				30,000,827
(i)		Harry L. You			335,209,674				915,272				1,480,393				30,000,827

(2)	Ratify appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP:

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
362,450,273		3,521,756		1,634,137		0

(3)	Non-binding Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers:

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
268,960,881		66,898,206		1,746,252		30,000,827

Each of the director nominees was elected and each of proposals 2 and 3 was approved by the Company’s stockholders.

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, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 31, 2020