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):   July 22, 2014

Broadcom Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
California 000-23993 33-0480482
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
5300 California Avenue, Irvine, California   92617
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (949) 926-5000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) In connection with Broadcom Corporation’s (the "Company") previously announced exit from its cellular baseband business and its associated restructuring, each of Robert A. Rango, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Platforms Solutions, and Robert L. Tirva, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer), will be departing from the Company effective September 26, 2014 to pursue other opportunities. Their departures are amicable and no new compensatory arrangements were entered into in connection with these pending departures.


(c) On July 23, 2014 Cindy A. Fiorillo was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer). In this role, Ms. Fiorillo will be responsible for financial planning and strategic analysis, overseeing all accounting policies, transaction processing, financial reporting, and global real estate. Ms. Fiorillo, age 48, joined the Company in April 2010 as Vice President of Financial and Strategic Planning and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance in 2011. She was previously employed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. from January 1992 to January 2010, where she held a broad range of finance and accounting positions including Assistant Corporate Controller, Vice President, Finance, Financial Planning and Operations, and most recently Vice President of Finance, Internal Audit. Ms. Fiorillo received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and her Master of Science in Accounting from Western New England University.

Ms. Fiorillo has not entered into, and no amendments were made to, any material plans, contracts or arrangements in connection with her added responsibilities.






SIGNATURES

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 Corporation
          
July 23, 2014   By:   /s/ Eric K. Brandt
       
        Name: Eric K. Brandt
        Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer