Exhibit 99.4
Broadcom Corporation
Offer to Exchange
$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.500% Senior Notes due 2013
(CUSIPs 111320AA5 and US111320AA55)
for
$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.500% Senior Notes due 2013
(CUSIP 111320AB3)
that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as Amended
and
$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Notes due 2015
(CUSIPs 111320AC1 and US111320AC12)
for
$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Notes due 2015
(CUSIP 111320AD9)
that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as Amended
Pursuant to the Prospectus, dated , 2011
THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2011, UNLESS THE COMPANY EXTENDS OR EARLIER TERMINATES THE EXCHANGE OFFERS. IF THE COMPANY EXTENDS THE EXCHANGE OFFERS, THE TERM “EXPIRATION DATE” MEANS THE LATEST TIME AND DATE TO WHICH THE EXCHANGE OFFERS ARE EXTENDED. TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
Broadcom Corporation (the “Company”) is offering to exchange (i) an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000 1.500% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013 New Notes”), that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of the Company’s outstanding unregistered 1.500% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013 Old Notes”) issued on November 1, 2010 and (ii) an aggregate principal amount of up to $400,000,000 2.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “2015 New Notes,” and together with the 2013 New Notes, the “New Notes”), that have been registered under the Securities Act, for a like principal amount of its outstanding unregistered 2.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “2015 Old Notes,” and together with the 2013 Old Notes, the “Old Notes”), issued on November 1, 2010, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. The Exchange Offers are being made to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2010, by and among the Company and the initial purchasers referred to therein.
We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Old Notes regarding the Exchange Offers. For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold Old Notes registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:
1. Prospectus dated , 2011;
2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of your clients;
3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange Offers if certificates for Old Notes are not immediately available or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis;
4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Old Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Exchange Offers;
5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on SubstituteForm W-9; and
6. Return envelopes addressed to Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offers.
YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2011, UNLESS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED BY THE COMPANY. IF THE COMPANY EXTENDS THE EXCHANGE OFFERS, THE TERM “EXPIRATION DATE” MEANS THE LATEST TIME AND DATE TO WHICH THE EXCHANGE OFFERS ARE EXTENDED. OLD NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
To participate in the Exchange Offers, a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or Agent’s Message (as defined in the Letter of Transmittal) in lieu thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, should be sent to the Exchange Agent and certificates representing the Old Notes should be delivered to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.
If a registered holder of Old Notes desires to tender Old Notes, but such Old Notes are not immediately available, or time will not permit such holder’s Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the Expiration Date, or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offers — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”
The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the beneficial owners of Old Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes applicable to the exchange of Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers, except as set forth in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
Any inquiries you may have with respect to the procedure for tendering Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offers, or requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offers, at its address and telephone number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.
Very truly yours,
BROADCOM CORPORATION
NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFERS, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
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