Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

FIRST AMENDMENT

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2011 (this
“Amendment”), to the Existing Credit Agreement is among BROADCOM CORPORATION, a
California corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer (all
capitalized terms used herein and defined in Section 1.1 are used herein as
therein defined).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are all parties
to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2010 (as amended or otherwise
modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”, and as
amended by this Amendment and as the same may be further amended, supplemented,
amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree to amend the Existing
Credit Agreement, and the Lenders are willing, on the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth, to agree to the amendment set forth below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Certain Definitions. The following terms when used in this
Amendment shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

“Amendment” is defined in the preamble.

“Amendment Effective Date” is defined in Article III.

“Borrower” is defined in the preamble.

“Credit Agreement” is defined in the first recital.

“Existing Credit Agreement” is defined in the first recital.

SECTION 1.2. Other Definitions. Capitalized terms for which meanings are
provided in the Existing Credit Agreement are, unless otherwise defined herein
or the context otherwise requires, used in this Amendment with such meanings.

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ARTICLE II

AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Subject to the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in accordance with this Article II.

SECTION 2.1. Amendments to Section 1.01. Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a) The definition of “Applicable Rate” is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum,
based upon the Debt Rating as set forth below:

Applicable Rate

 

Pricing Level

   Senior Unsecured Debt
Rating (S&P/Moody’s)    Commitment
Fee   Eurodollar Rate
Committed
Loans and
Letters of Credit   Base Rate Loans

        1

   A+/A1 or better    0.060%   0.625%   0.000%

        2

   A/A2    0.070%   0.750%   0.000%

        3

   A-/A3    0.080%   0.875%   0.000%

        4

   BBB+/Baa1    0.100%   1.000%   0.000%

        5

   BBB/Baa2    0.150%   1.250%   0.250%

        6

   BBB-/Baa3 or worse    0.200%   1.500%   0.500%

(b) The definition of “Maturity Date” is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

“Maturity Date” means November 19, 2016; provided that if such date is not a
Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

SECTION 2.2. Amendment to Section 7.04. Section 7.04 of the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Fundamental Changes. On or after the Closing Date, (a) in the case of the
Borrower, merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person,
or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or
in favor of any Person, or (b) in the case of any Subsidiary, merge, dissolve,
liquidate or consolidate with or into another Person if such merger,
dissolution, liquidation or consolidation would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a
series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower
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Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), taken as a whole, to or
in favor of any Person, except that, in each case, so long as no Event of
Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower or any Subsidiary may
merge with any other Person; provided that (i) in the case of any merger
involving the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving
Person, and (ii) in the case of any merger involving a Subsidiary, the
continuing or surviving Person shall be or shall become a Subsidiary.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

SECTION 3.1. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment
Effective Date”) when the Administrative Agent shall have received the
following:

(a) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed and delivered on behalf of the
Borrower and the Lenders;

(b) a favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to
the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, which
opinion shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent; and

(c) payment, for the account of the Lenders, of an upfront fee of 5.0 basis
points on each Lender’s Commitment.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 4.1. Cross-References. References in this Amendment to any Article or
Section are, unless otherwise specified, to such Article or Section of this
Amendment.

SECTION 4.2. Loan Document Pursuant to Existing Credit Agreement. This Amendment
is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and shall
(unless otherwise expressly indicated therein) be construed, administered and
applied in accordance with all of the terms and provisions of the Existing
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, including Article X thereof.

SECTION 4.3. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Amendment shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns.

SECTION 4.4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding
upon all parties, their successors and assigns, and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of any executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

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SECTION 4.5. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 4.6. Full Force and Effect; Limited Amendment. Except as expressly
amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants,
conditions and other provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Loan
Documents shall remain unchanged and shall continue to be, and shall remain, in
full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. The amendment
set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein to the
provision expressly amended herein and shall not be deemed to be an amendment
to, waiver of, consent to or modification of any other term or provision of the
Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or of any transaction or
further or future action on the part of any Borrower which would require the
consent of the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the Loan
Documents.

SECTION 4.7. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Lenders to execute
and deliver this Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the
Lenders on the Amendment Effective Date that no Default or Event of Default
exists and all statements set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 of
the Credit Agreement are true and correct as of such date, except to the extent
that any such statement expressly relates to an earlier date (in which case such
statement was true and correct on and as of such earlier date).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:     BROADCOM CORPORATION     By:   /s/ Scott McGregor     Name:  
Scott McGregor     Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer     By:   /s/
Eric Brandt     Name:   Eric Brandt     Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT – BROADCOM]

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:    

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

Administrative Agent

    By:   /s/ Joan Mok     Name:   Joan Mok     Title:   Vice President

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LENDERS:    

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C

Issuer and Swing Line Lender

    By:   /s/ Sugeet Manchanda Madan     Name:   Sugeet Manchanda Madan    
Title:   Director

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT – BROADCOM]

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    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender     By:   /s/ Ling Li     Name:  
Ling Li     Title:   Vice President

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    CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender     By:   /s/ Avrum Spiegel     Name:   Avrum
Spiegel     Title:   Vice President

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    MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender     By:   /s/ Sherrese Clarke    
Name:   Sherrese Clarke     Title:   Authorized Signatory

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT – BROADCOM]

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    UNION BANK, N.A., as a Lender     By:   /s/ Lance Zediker     Name:   Lance
Zediker     Title:   Vice President

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT – BROADCOM]