secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Broadcom Inc. (AVGO)
CIK:        0001730168
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-161016
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 1.00
Item codes: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Broadcom to acquire VMware for $142.50/share or 0.252 Broadcom shares per VMware share
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312522161016/0001193125-22-161016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312522161016/d525235d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-161016

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