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BRCM-EX10.23_2013.12.31-10K

EXHIBIT 10.23
OFFICER SEVERANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPANT

BROADCOM CORPORATION
NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK OPTION

Notice is hereby given of the following option grant (the “Option”) to purchase shares of the Common Stock of Broadcom Corporation (the “Corporation”):
	
		
	Optionee:
	 

	Grant Date:
	 

	Vesting Commencement Date:
	 

	Exercise Price:
	$ per share

	Number of Option Shares:
	 

	Expiration Date:
	 

	Type of Option:
	Incentive Stock Option or Non-Statutory Stock Option

Exercise Schedule: The Option shall become exercisable in forty-eight (48) successive equal monthly installments upon Optionee’s completion of each additional month of Service over the forty-eight (48) month period measured from the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. In no event shall the Option become exercisable for any additional Option Shares after Optionee’s cessation of Service.

Optionee understands and agrees that the Option is granted subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Broadcom Corporation 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”). Optionee further agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the terms of the Option as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A. Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the official prospectus for the Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. A copy of the Plan is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the Corporation’s principal offices. The Option shall also be governed by the terms of the special officer severance program to which the Optionee is a party that will provide Optionee with certain additional benefits in the event Optionee’s employment with the Corporation terminates under certain prescribed circumstances.

No Employment or Service Contract. Nothing in this Notice or in the attached Stock Option Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon Optionee any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) or of Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Optionee’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

Definitions. All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the attached Stock Option Agreement.

Date:        

Broadcom Corporation         
Optionee 
By:             
Address 
        

Attachments:  A — Stock Option Agreement; B — Plan Summary and Prospectus 

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BROADCOM CORPORATION 
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

RECITALS 

A. The Board has adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the services of selected Employees, non-employee members of the Board or of the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary and consultants and other independent advisors who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

B. Optionee is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or a Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s grant of an option to Optionee.

C. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows: 

1. Grant of Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee, as of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares specified in the Grant Notice. The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.

2. Option Term. This option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 7.

3. Limited Transferability. This option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or by the laws of inheritance  following Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during Optionee’s lifetime, only by Optionee. However, if this option is designated a Non-Statutory Option in the Grant Notice, then this option may, in connection with the Optionee’s estate plan, be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to one or more members of the Optionee’s immediate family or to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of Optionee and/or one or more such family members. The assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to such assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for this option immediately prior to such assignment.

4. Dates of Exercise. This option shall become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant Notice. As the option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5 or 7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, should the Optionee elect to exercise this option during any period during which the Optionee is under investigation by the 

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Corporation for Misconduct, then any Option Shares acquired by the Optionee as a result of such exercise and/or the net proceeds of any sale or sales of those acquired Option Shares (the gross sale proceeds less the Exercise Price and any applicable withholding taxes due the Corporation and broker commissions) during such period shall be held by the Corporation in escrow until such time as the investigation is satisfactorily completed.

5. Cessation of Service/Termination of Option. The option term specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:

(a) Should Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason (other than death, Permanent Disability or Misconduct) while holding this option, then Optionee shall have a period of three (3) months (commencing with the date of such cessation of Service) during which to exercise this option, but in no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.

(b) Should Optionee cease Service by reason of his or her death, then this option, to the extent outstanding at that time but not otherwise vested and exercisable for all the Option Shares, shall immediately vest and become exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully-vested shares. The personal representative of Optionee’s estate or the person or persons to whom this option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or in accordance with the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death or any person to whom this option is transferred during Optionee’s lifetime pursuant to Paragraph 3, as the case may be, shall have the right to exercise this option.  However, such right shall lapse, and this option shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (ii) the Expiration Date.

(c) Should Optionee cease Service by reason of Permanent Disability,  then this option, to the extent outstanding at that time but not otherwise vested and exercisable for all the Option Shares, shall immediately vest and become exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully-vested shares. Optionee (or any person to whom this option is transferred during Optionee’s lifetime pursuant to Paragraph 3) shall have a period of twelve (12) months measured from the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise this option. In no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.

(d) The applicable post-Service exercise period in effect for this option pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5 shall automatically be extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any interval within that otherwise applicable post-Service exercise period during which the exercise of this option or the immediate sale of the Option Shares acquired hereunder cannot be effected in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but in no event shall such an extension result in the continuation of this option beyond the Expiration Date.

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(e) During the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested Option Shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, including any Option Shares that vest on an accelerated basis upon Optionee’s cessation of Service by reason of death or Permanent Disability. Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested Option Shares for which the option has not been exercised. Except as otherwise provided in the Severance Agreement (as defined in Paragraph 6 below) or as otherwise specifically authorized by the Plan Administrator pursuant to an express written agreement with Optionee, no additional Option Shares shall vest, whether pursuant to the normal exercise/vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 7, following Optionee’s cessation of Service.

(f) Should Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct or should Optionee engage in Misconduct at any time Optionee holds this option,  then this option shall terminate immediately and cease to remain outstanding.

6.  Officer Severance Agreement.  Optionee is also a participant in the Corporation’s special officer severance program pursuant to the terms of the letter agreement between the Corporation and Optionee dated August 9, 2010, as may be amended from time to time (the “Severance Agreement”).  The Severance Agreement sets forth certain terms and conditions under which Optionee’s equity or equity-based awards from the Corporation, including this option, may vest in whole or in part on an accelerated basis in connection with Optionee’s cessation of Employee status under various specified circumstances.  In addition, the post-Service exercise period for this option may also, subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the Severance Agreement, be extended under certain specified circumstances until the earlier of (A) the end of the twenty-four (24)-month period measured from the date of Optionee’s cessation of Employee status or (if later) the end of the one-month period measured from each installment date on which this option become exercisable, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Severance Agreement, or (B) the Expiration Date of this option. The terms and provisions of the Severance Agreement, as they apply to this option, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement and shall have the same force and effect as if expressly set forth in this Agreement.  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of the Severance Agreement, the provisions of the Severance Agreement shall be controlling.
  7.  Special Acceleration of Option. 

(a) This option to the extent outstanding at the time of a Change in Control but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall NOT become exercisable on an accelerated basis if and to the extent: (i) this option is, in connection with the Change in Control, to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) this option is to be replaced with a cash retention program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on the Option Shares for which this option is not 

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otherwise at that time exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for the subsequent vesting and payout of that spread in accordance with the same option exercise/vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice and the special acceleration provisions of Paragraphs 5(b) and 5(c) of this Agreement. However, if none of the foregoing conditions apply to this option at the time of Change in Control, then this option shall automatically accelerate so that such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of that Change in Control, become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.

(b) Immediately following the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent this option is assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with the Change in Control or is otherwise to continue in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.

(c) If this option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or is otherwise to continue in full force and effect, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control transaction, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of this option, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control transaction, provided the substituted common stock is readily tradable on an established United States securities exchange.

(d) This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

8. Adjustment in Option Shares. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the total number and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price.  The adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate to reflect such change, and those adjustments shall be final, binding and conclusive. 

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9. Shareholder Rights. The holder of this option shall not have any shareholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and any required withholding taxes and become a holder of record of the purchased shares.

10. Manner of Exercising Option. 

(a) To exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:

(i) Execute and deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise for the Option Shares for which the option is exercised or comply with such other procedures as the Corporation may establish for notifying the Corporation of the exercise of this option for one or more Option Shares, except as provided in Section 10(a)(ii)(D).

(ii) Pay the aggregate Exercise Price (and, with respect to subsection (D) below, any applicable withholding taxes) for the purchased shares in one or more of the following forms:

(A) cash or check made payable to the Corporation; 

(B) shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date and held by Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) for any requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes; 

(C) through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (I) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm(1) to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise, and (II) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm on the settlement date to complete the sale; or

(D) if Optionee ceases Service for any reason other than death, Permanent Disability or Misconduct, and the entire exercise period applicable to this option remaining after such cessation of Service falls within a market blackout period which the Corporation may impose from time to time, through an automatic exercise of this option and share withholding procedure, pursuant to which any portion of this option which has not been exercised previously shall be automatically exercised on the last business day of such exercise period and the Corporation shall automatically 

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withhold on such day a number of Shares subject to this option having a Fair Market Value (measured as of the exercise date) equal to (i) the aggregate exercise price of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which this option is being exercised and (ii) the amount necessary to satisfy any applicable withholding taxes; provided, that that subject to Section 9(c) below, such automatic exercise shall only occur if the Fair Market Value per share on the last business day of the exercise period of this option is equal to or greater than 101% of the exercise price per share of this option and, provided, further, that the Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to revoke or amend this Section 10(a)(ii)(D) at any time without the consent of Optionee.

Except to the extent the procedure set forth in either Section 10(a)(ii)(C) or Section 10(a)(ii)(D) is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price must accompany the Notice of Exercise delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.

(iii) Furnish to the Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.

(iv) Subject to Section 9(a)(ii)(D) above, if applicable, make appropriate arrangements with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) for the satisfaction of all Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the option exercise.

(b) As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares, with the appropriate legends affixed thereto.

(c) In no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.

   11.  Authorized Leave of Absence/Change of Status.  Optionee shall not be deemed to have ceased Service while on a leave of absence authorized by the Corporation, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Appendix to this Agreement with respect to the date on which Optionee is deemed to have a Separation from Service.  Except as otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Leave of Absence Policy for Equity Award Programs  (“LOA Policy”), as may be in effect and may be amended from time to time, while on a statutorily protected or other Corporation-approved leave of absence, as set forth in the LOA Policy, this option to purchase Option Shares shall continue to vest for such period of time, and shall terminate and be forfeited by Participant at such time, as set forth in the LOA Policy.

12.    Parachute Payment.  In the event the accelerated vesting of this option would otherwise constitute a parachute payment under Code Section 280G, then the applicable parachute 

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payment provisions of the Severance Agreement shall govern the Optionee’s rights and entitlements.
13. Compliance with Laws and Regulations. 

(a) The exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.

(b) The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained. The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.

14. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraphs 3 and 7, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and Optionee, Optionee’s assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee’s estate.

15. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line on the Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

16. Construction. This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to interpret and construe any term or provision of the Plan or this Agreement, and such interpretation shall be binding on all persons having an interest in this option.

17. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

18. Mandatory Arbitration. ANY AND ALL DISPUTES OR CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN OPTIONEE AND THE CORPORATION ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR OTHERWISE CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OPTION EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, PERFORMANCE OR TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE 

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SETTLED EXCLUSIVELY BY BINDING ARBITRATION TO BE HELD IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE OPTIONEE IS (OR HAS MOST RECENTLY BEEN) EMPLOYED BY THE CORPORATION (OR ANY PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY) AT THE TIME OF SUCH ARBITRATION. THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY (i) THE NATIONAL RULES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES THEN IN EFFECT OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION AND (ii) THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL HAVE THE SAME, BUT NO GREATER, REMEDIAL AUTHORITY AS WOULD A COURT HEARING THE SAME DISPUTE. THE DECISION OF THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE FINAL, CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING ON THE PARTIES TO THE ARBITRATION AND SHALL BE IN LIEU OF THE RIGHTS THOSE PARTIES MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH DECISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CORRECTION, CONFIRMATION OR VACATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS AND STANDARDS OF APPLICABLE LAW GOVERNING THE JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARDS. THE PREVAILING PARTY IN SUCH ARBITRATION, AS DETERMINED BY THE ARBITRATOR, AND IN ANY ENFORCEMENT OR OTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS, SHALL BE ENTITLED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE OTHER PARTY FOR ALL OF THE PREVAILING PARTY’S COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES. HOWEVER, THE ARBITRATOR’S COMPENSATION AND OTHER FEES AND COSTS UNIQUE TO ARBITRATION SHALL IN ALL EVENTS BE PAID BY THE CORPORATION. JUDGMENT SHALL BE ENTERED ON THE ARBITRATOR’S DECISION IN ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, EITHER PARTY MAY IN AN APPROPRIATE MATTER APPLY TO A COURT PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8, OR ANY COMPARABLE STATUTORY PROVISION OR COMMON LAW PRINCIPLE, FOR PROVISIONAL RELIEF, INCLUDING A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PROCEEDINGS AND RESULTS, INCLUDING THE ARBITRATOR’S DECISION, SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.

19. Excess Shares. If the Option Shares covered by this Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock which may without shareholder approval be issued under the Plan, then this option shall not become exercisable with respect to those excess shares, unless shareholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

20. Additional Terms Applicable to an Incentive Option. In the event this option is designated an Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the following terms and conditions shall also apply to the grant:

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(a) This option shall cease to qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the extent) this option is exercised for one or more Option Shares: (A) more than three (3) months after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee for any reason other than death or Total and Permanent Disability or (B) more than twelve (12) months after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee by reason of Total and Permanent Disability. For such purpose Total and Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to continue for a consecutive period of twelve (12) months or more.

(b) No installment under this option shall qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the extent) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant Date) of the Common Stock for which such installment first becomes exercisable hereunder would, when added to the aggregate value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the Common Stock or other securities for which this option or any other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate. Should such One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation be exceeded in any calendar year, this option shall nevertheless become exercisable for the excess shares in such calendar year as a Non-Statutory Option.

(c) Should the exercisability of this option be accelerated upon a Change in Control, then this option shall qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option only to the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant Date) of the Common Stock for which this option first becomes exercisable in the calendar year in which the Change in Control occurs does not, when added to the aggregate value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the Common Stock or other securities for which this option or one or more other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate. Should the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation be exceeded in the calendar year of such Change in Control, the option may nevertheless be exercised for the excess shares in such calendar year as a Non-Statutory Option.

(d) Should Optionee hold, in addition to this option, one or more other options to purchase Common Stock which become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year as this option, then for purposes of the foregoing limitations on the exercisability of such options as Incentive Options, this option and each of those other options shall be deemed to become first exercisable in that calendar year on the basis of the chronological order in which they were granted, except to the extent otherwise provided under applicable law or regulation.

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EXHIBIT 10.23
OFFICER SEVERANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPANT

APPENDIX

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement: 

		
	A.
	Agreement shall mean this Stock Option Agreement. 

		
	B.
	Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors. 

C. Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

(i)    a shareholder-approved merger, consolidation or other reorganization, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the successor corporation are immediately after such transaction, beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned Broadcom’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,
(ii)     a shareholder-approved sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of Broadcom’s assets, 
(iii)    the closing of any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which any person or any group of persons comprising a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), other than Broadcom or a person that, prior to such transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, Broadcom, becomes directly or indirectly (whether as a result of a single acquisition or by reason of one or more acquisitions within the twelve (12)-month period ending with the most recent acquisition) the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing (or convertible into or exercisable for securities possessing) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of Broadcom’s securities (as measured in terms of the power to vote with respect to the election of Board members) outstanding immediately after the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions, whether the transaction or transactions involve a direct issuance from Broadcom or the acquisition of outstanding securities held by one or more of Broadcom’s existing shareholders, or
(iv)    a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such 

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period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination. 

E. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

F. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock. 

G. Corporation shall mean Broadcom Corporation, a California corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Broadcom Corporation, which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

H. Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

I. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the option shall have been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 10 of the Agreement.

J. Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price per Option Share as specified in the Grant Notice.

K. Expiration Date shall mean the date on which the option expires as specified in the Grant Notice.

L. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or the Nasdaq Global Market), then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after- hours trading begins) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or the Nasdaq Global Market) on the date in question, as such price is reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or the Nasdaq Global Market). If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any other Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading begins) on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

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M. Grant Date shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified in the Grant Notice.

N. Grant Notice shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option, in written or electronic format, accompanying the Agreement, pursuant to which Optionee has been informed of the basic terms of the option evidenced hereby.

O. Incentive Option shall mean an option that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

P. Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss  Optionee or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan or this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Misconduct.

Q. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

R. Notice of Exercise shall mean the notice of exercise in form and substance as prescribed by the Corporation.

S. Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option as specified in the Grant Notice.

T. Optionee shall mean the person to whom the option is granted as specified in the Grant Notice.

U. Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

V. Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to perform his or her duties with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) on a full‐time basis for one hundred eighty (180) consecutive business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness that is (i) determined to be total and permanent by two (2) physicians selected by the Corporation or its insurers and reasonably acceptable to Optionee or Optionee’s legal representative, and (ii) entitles Optionee to the payment of long-term disability benefits from the Corporation’s long-term disability plan.  The process for determining  Optionee’s Permanent Disability in accordance with the foregoing shall be completed no later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which Optionee’s Service terminates by reason of the physical or mental 

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impairment triggering the determination process or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following such termination of Service.   

		
	W.
	Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2012 Stock Incentive Plan. 

X. Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

Y. Section 16 Insider shall mean an officer or director of the Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Z. Service shall mean the Optionee’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor.  Service (as defined herein) shall include continued employment or service through any pre-termination notice period that is applicable to the Optionee serving in any of the foregoing capacities.  For purposes of the Award, the Optionee shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) the Optionee no longer performs services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the performance of services shall include continued employment through the period of time occurring during any pre-termination notice period that is applicable to such Optionee or (ii) the entity for which the Optionee is performing such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though the Optionee may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

AA. Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

BB. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

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EXHIBIT 10.24
ANNUAL AWARD NON-EMPLOYEE BOARD MEMBER

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

Dear ___________________: 

Broadcom Corporation (the “Corporation”) is pleased to present you with the documentation for your award of Restricted Stock Units (the “Units”) under the Director Automatic Grant Program in effect under the Corporation’s 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Units will entitle you to receive shares of the Corporation’s Class A common stock (the “Common Stock”) in a series of quarterly installments over your period of continued Service.
 
The Units are a non-voting bookkeeping device used under the Plan solely to determine the share issuances eventually to be made to you as and when the Units vest. Each Unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock on the applicable vesting date of that Unit. Unlike a typical stock option grant, the shares will be issued to you for your continued Service over the vesting period, without any cash payment required from you. 

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in the body of this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix.

This Agreement sets forth the number of Units and underlying number of shares of Common Stock subject to your award, the applicable vesting schedule for those Units and underlying shares, the dates on which your vested shares will be issued to you and the remaining terms and conditions governing your award (the “Award”).
	
		
	Award Date:
	______________________, 20__

	Number of Units Subject to Award:
	_____ Units representing an equal number of shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”)

	Vesting Schedule:
	The Units will vest in four (4) successive equal quarterly installments over your period of continued Service measured from the Award Date. Provided you continue in such Service, the first three such quarterly vesting dates will occur on August 5, 20____, November 5, 20____ and February 5, 20____, respectively,  and the final quarterly vesting date will occur upon your  continuation in Service through the earlier of May 5, 20____ or the day immediately preceding the date of the first annual meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders following the Award Date. The Units will also be subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the applicable provisions of Paragraphs 1 and 6 below.

	Issuance Schedule:
	The Shares will be issued immediately as the Units vest incrementally in accordance with the foregoing Vesting Schedule, but in no event later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which the applicable vesting date occurs or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following such vesting date.

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Other important features of your Award are as follows: 

1.     Forfeitability.     The vesting schedule requires your continued Service over the applicable vesting schedule as a condition to the vesting of your Units and the rights and benefits under this Agreement. Service for only a portion of a quarterly vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle you to any proportionate vesting  of the Shares allocated to that quarter or avoid or mitigate the forfeiture of your Shares that will occur upon the cessation of your Service prior to vesting in those Shares. 

However, all the Shares subject to your Award will vest in full should your Service terminate by reason of your death or Permanent Disability, and those vested Shares shall be issued to you on the tenth business day following such termination of Service or as soon as administratively practicable following such termination of Service, but in no event later than the later of (i) the close of the calendar year in which such termination of Service occurs or (ii) the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following such termination of Service. 

Should you cease to serve as a Board member for any other reason prior to vesting in all the Units subject to your Award, your Award will be cancelled with respect to those unvested Units (and the underlying Shares) on the first date you are no longer a Board member, and you will cease to have any right or entitlement to receive any Shares under those cancelled Units.

2.     Transferability. Prior to your actual receipt of the Shares in which you vest under your Award, you may not transfer any interest in your Award, your Units or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those Units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, your right to receive any Shares which have vested under your Units at or prior to your death but which remain unissued at the time of your death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of your will or trust or the laws of inheritance or to your designated beneficiary following your death. You may also direct the Corporation to re-issue the stock certificates for any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable under your Award to one or more designated family members or a trust established for yourself and/or your family members. You may make such a beneficiary designation or certificate directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

3.     Shareholder Rights. The Units create no fiduciary duty to you, and shall create only a contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation to issue Shares, subject to vesting and other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. The Units shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind.

You will not have any shareholder rights, including voting rights or dividend rights, with respect to the Shares subject to your Award until you become the record holder of 

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those Shares upon their actual issuance to you following the Corporation’s collection of any applicable withholding taxes. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 4, no adjustments will be made for dividends or other rights of a holder for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance of the stock certificate evidencing the Shares.

Issuance of the underlying Shares in settlement of the corresponding Units that vest hereunder shall be in complete satisfaction of those vested Units.

4.     Adjustments. Should any change be made to the Common Stock subject to your Award by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of the outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments will be made by the Plan Administrator to the number and/or class of securities issuable hereunder and the number and/or class of securities that vest pursuant to the Vesting Schedule set forth above to reflect that change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.  The determination of the Plan Administrator will be final, binding and conclusive.  In the event of a Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over, the provisions of Paragraph 6 will be controlling.

5.     Federal Income Taxation. You will recognize ordinary income for federal income tax purposes on each date the Shares subject to your Award vest, whether pursuant to the normal Vesting Schedule above or the special acceleration provisions of Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 6 of this Agreement. The amount of your taxable income on each such vesting date will be equal to the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on that date times the number of Shares in which you vest on that date.

6.     Change in Control/Hostile Take-Over. Should a Change in Control transaction or a Hostile Take-Over occur during your period of Service, any Units at the time subject to your Award will vest immediately prior to the consummation of that Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over.  The Shares subject to those vested Units will be issued within fifteen (15) business days following the effective of such Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over.  Alternatively, the Shares subject to those vested Units may be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other shareholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over, and such consideration per Share will be distributed to you within fifteen (15) business days following the effective date of such Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over. 

7.     Securities Law Compliance. The Corporation will use its reasonable commercial efforts to assure that all Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement are registered under the federal securities laws. However, no Shares will be issued pursuant to your Award if such issuance would otherwise constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws or regulations or the requirements of the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is at the time listed. The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory 

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body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any Shares hereunder shall defer the Corporation’s obligation with respect to the issuance of such Shares until such approval shall have been obtained.

8.     Transfer Restriction. None of the issued Shares may be sold or transferred in contravention of (i) any market blackout periods the Corporation may impose from time to time or (ii) the Corporation’s insider trading policies to the extent applicable to you from time to time.

9.     Benefit Limit. In the event the accelerated vesting and issuance of the Shares subject to your Award would otherwise constitute a parachute payment under Code Section 280G, the accelerated vesting and issuance of those Shares shall be subject to reduction to the extent necessary to assure that the number of Shares which vest and are issued to you on such accelerated basis will be limited to the greater of (i) the number of Shares which can vest and be issued on such an accelerated basis without triggering a parachute payment under Code Section 280G or (ii) the maximum number of Shares which can vest and be issued on such accelerated basis to provide you with the greatest after-tax amount of such accelerated vesting and issuance of the Shares subject to your Award after taking into account any excise tax you incur under Code Section 4999 with respect to those accelerated Shares and any other benefits or payments to which you may be entitled in connection with any change in control or ownership of the Corporation.

10.     Notice. Any notice to be given or delivered to the Corporation relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices. Any notice to be given or delivered to you relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to you at the address indicated below your signature line on the last page of this Agreement or such other address of which you later advise the Corporation in writing. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

11.     Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns and upon you and the legal representatives, heirs and the legatees of your estate.

12.     Construction. This Agreement and the Award evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to interpret and construe any term or provision of the Plan or this Agreement, and such interpretation shall be binding on all persons having an interest in the Award.

13.     Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws rules.

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     14.     No Impairment of Rights.  This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise make changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.  In addition, this Agreement shall not in any way be construed or interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the right of the Corporation or its shareholders to remove you from the Board at any time in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

15.     MANDATORY ARBITRATION. ANY AND ALL DISPUTES OR CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN YOU AND THE CORPORATION ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR OTHERWISE CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, PERFORMANCE OR TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE SETTLED EXCLUSIVELY BY BINDING ARBITRATION TO BE HELD IN ORANGE COUNTY. THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY (i) THE NATIONAL RULES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES THEN IN EFFECT OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION AND (ii) THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL HAVE THE SAME, BUT NO GREATER, REMEDIAL AUTHORITY AS WOULD A COURT HEARING THE SAME DISPUTE. THE DECISION OF THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE FINAL, CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING ON THE PARTIES TO THE ARBITRATION AND SHALL BE IN LIEU OF THE RIGHTS THOSE PARTIES MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH DECISION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CORRECTION, CONFIRMATION OR VACATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS AND STANDARDS OF APPLICABLE LAW GOVERNING THE JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARDS. THE PREVAILING PARTY IN SUCH ARBITRATION, AS DETERMINED BY THE ARBITRATOR, AND IN ANY ENFORCEMENT OR OTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS, SHALL BE ENTITLED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE OTHER PARTY FOR ALL OF THE PREVAILING PARTY’S COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEY’S FEES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF THE CORPORATION IS NOT THE PREVAILING PARTY, THE ARBITRATOR’S COMPENSATION, FEES AND COSTS SHALL BE PAID BY THE CORPORATION IF SUCH COMPENSATION, FEES AND COSTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY THE CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. JUDGMENT SHALL BE ENTERED ON THE ARBITRATOR’S DECISION IN ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, EITHER PARTY MAY IN AN APPROPRIATE MATTER APPLY TO A COURT PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8, OR ANY COMPARABLE STATUTORY PROVISION OR COMMON LAW PRINCIPLE, FOR PROVISIONAL RELIEF, INCLUDING A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE 

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PROCEEDINGS AND RESULTS, INCLUDING THE ARBITRATOR’S DECISION, SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.

16.     Remaining Terms. The remaining terms and conditions of your Award are governed by the Plan, and your Award is also subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations that may from time to time be adopted under the Plan. The official prospectus summarizing the principal features of the Plan is provided with this Agreement.

Please review the prospectus carefully so that you fully understand your rights and benefits under your Award and the limitations, restrictions and vesting provisions applicable to the Award. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall be controlling.    

Please execute the Acknowledgment section below to indicate your acceptance of the terms and conditions of your Award.

Broadcom Corporation 

BY:  ________________        

TITLE: ___________________________________

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I hereby acknowledge reading and understanding the prospectus for the Plan and this Agreement.  I further acknowledge and accept the foregoing terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit award evidenced hereby. I also acknowledge and agree that the foregoing sets forth the entire understanding between the Corporation and me regarding my entitlement to receive the shares of the Corporation’s Class A common stock subject to such award and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements on that subject.  

SIGNATURE:  __________________________________         

ADDRESS:      ______________________    

___________________________

DATED:  ________________________,  20_    

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EXHIBIT 10.24
ANNUAL AWARD NON-EMPLOYEE BOARD MEMBER

APPENDIX

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement: 

Agreement shall mean this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. 

Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors. 

Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

(i)     a shareholder-approved merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or

(ii)     a shareholder-approved sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or

(iii)     the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation’s shareholders.

Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

Common Stock shall mean the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock. 

Corporation shall mean Broadcom Corporation, a California corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Broadcom Corporation, which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

Eligible Director shall mean a Board member who is not, at the time of such determination, an employee of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) and who is accordingly eligible to participate in the Director Automatic Grant Program in accordance with the eligibility provisions of the Plan.

Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. 

      Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall mean  the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular hours trading (i.e., before after-hours trading begins) on the date in question on the Stock Exchange on which the Common Stock is at that time primarily traded, as such price is officially quoted on such exchange.  If there is no reported sale of Common Stock on such Stock Exchange on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the exchange on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
  
   Hostile Take-Over shall mean either of the following events effecting a change in control or ownership of the Corporation: 

     (i)    the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation’s shareholders which the Board does not recommend such shareholders to accept, or

   (ii)    a change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, comprising individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

Permanent Disability shall mean your inability to perform your usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.

Service shall mean your performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Eligible Director, Employee, consultant or independent advisor.  Service (as defined herein) shall include continued employment or service through any pre-

 

termination notice period that is applicable to the you serving in any of the foregoing capacities.  For purposes of this Agreement, you shall be deemed to cease Service immediately upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) you no longer perform services in any of the foregoing capacities for the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the performance of services shall include continued employment through the period of time occurring during any pre-termination notice period that is applicable to you or (ii) the entity for which you are performing such services ceases to remain a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, even though you may subsequently continue to perform services for that entity.

Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global or Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange.

Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

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