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accession: "0001193125-22-161016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVGO"
cik: "0001730168"
company_name: "Broadcom Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:50:22.033744+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Broadcom to acquire VMware for $142.50/share or 0.252 Broadcom shares per VMware share

## Summary
- Consideration: $142.50 cash or 0.252 Broadcom shares per VMware share, subject to 50% proration between cash and stock.
- Expected close in Broadcom's fiscal year 2023; subject to regulatory approvals and VMware stockholder vote.
- Michael Dell (40.2% owner) and Silver Lake (10% owner) entered voting agreements to support the deal.
- Termination fees: VMware pays $1.5B (or $750M if before July 5, 2022) in certain break scenarios; Broadcom pays $1.5B if regulatory issues.
- Broadcom secured a $32B senior unsecured bridge loan commitment for the transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-161016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVGO
- cik: 0001730168
- company_name: Broadcom Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312522161016/0001193125-22-161016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312522161016/d525235d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-161016.txt

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