UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): January 11, 2017
Broadcom Limited
Broadcom Cayman L.P.
(Exact name of registrants as specified in its charter)
| Singapore Cayman Islands |
001-37690 333-205938-01 |
98-1254807 98-1254815 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| Broadcom Limited 1 Yishun Avenue 7 Singapore 768923 Broadcom Cayman L.P. c/o Broadcom Limited 1 Yishun Avenue 7 Singapore 768923 |
N/A | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrants’ telephone number, including area code (65) 6755-7888
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
In a press release issued on January 11, 2017, Broadcom Limited (“Broadcom”) announced that two of its subsidiaries, Broadcom Corporation and Broadcom Cayman Finance Limited (together, the “Co-Issuers”), priced their offering of $2.75 billion in aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Notes due 2020, $3.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2022, $2.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2024 and $4.8 billion in aggregate principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027. The Co-Issuers intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to repay indebtedness outstanding under Broadcom’s credit facility and to pay related fees and expenses. The securities are being sold in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated January 11, 2017. | |
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference to such filing. The information in this report, including the exhibit hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Broadcom Limited | ||||||
| Date: January 11, 2017 | By: | /s/ Thomas H. Krause, Jr. | ||||
| Thomas H. Krause, Jr. | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| Broadcom Cayman L.P., by its general partner Broadcom Limited | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Thomas H. Krause, Jr. | |||||
| Thomas H. Krause, Jr. | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated January 11, 2017. | |