Exhibit 99.1
Richard M. Heimann (State Bar No. 063607)
Joy A. Kruse (State Bar No. 142799)
Nancy Chung (State Bar No. 225584)
Mikaela Bernstein (State Bar No. 261301)
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN
& BERNSTEIN, LLP
275 Battery Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: (415) 956-1000
Facsimile: (415) 956-1008
Email: rheimann@lchb.com
Email: jakruse@lchb.com
Email: nchung@lchb.com
Email: mbernstein@lchb.com
Lead Counsel for the Derivative Plaintiffs
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WESTERN DIVISION
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IN RE BROADCOM CORP.
DERIVATIVE
LITIGATION
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Master File No.
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CORRECTED AMENDED NOTICE OF PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT OF SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE
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EXHIBIT A-1
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TO:
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ANY PERSON WHO OWNED BROADCOM CORPORATION COMMON STOCK ON AUGUST 20, 2009 (CURRENT
BROADCOM SHAREHOLDER)
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PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY
THIS NOTICE RELATES TO THE PENDENCY AND PROPOSED
PARTIAL SETTLEMENT OF THIS SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE
LITIGATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.1 and an Order of the
United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division (the
Court), that a proposed settlement (the Settlement) has been reached among the Federal
Derivative Plaintiffs, on behalf of nominal defendant Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom or the
Company), Broadcoms Special Litigation Committee, certain of the Individual Defendants, and
Broadcom in the above-captioned derivative litigation (the Federal Derivative Action). The
Federal Derivative Action has been brought derivatively on behalf of Broadcom to remedy the harm
allegedly caused to the Company by the defendants alleged violations of Federal and State law and
breaches of fiduciary duties.
The Settling Defendants are David A. Dull, George L. Farinsky, Aurelio E. Fernandez, Bruce E.
Kiddoo, John E. Major, Scott A. McGregor, Scott J. Poteracki, Alan E. Ross, Robert E. Switz and
Werner F. Wolfen. The Non-Settling Defendants are Henry T. Nicholas III, William J. Ruehle and
Henry Samueli. Claims are also being released by Broadcom, the Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs
and all Current Broadcom Shareholders against Martin Colombatto, Myron S. Eichen and/or his estate,
Maureen Grzelakowski, Nancy Handel, Timothy Lindenfelser and Vahid Manian.
The benefits to the Company of the proposed Settlement, which is subject to Court approval,
include payments by Broadcoms directors and officers liability insurers to Broadcom and other
consideration totaling more than $118,000,000.
A hearing (the Settlement Hearing) will be held on December 14, 2009 at
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10:00 a.m. by the Court at the United States Courthouse, 312 North Spring Street, Courtroom 8,
Los Angeles, California to determine: (i) whether the Settlement of the Federal Derivative Action
on the terms and conditions provided for in the Stipulation is fair, reasonable and adequate to the
Current Broadcom Shareholders and to Broadcom and should be approved by the Court; and (ii) whether
a Judgment as provided in V.A.(9) of the Stipulation should be entered herein.
The Settling Defendants have denied, and continue to deny, and have contested and continue to
contest each and every allegation of liability and wrongdoing on their part, and assert that they
have strong factual and legal defenses to all claims alleged against them in the Consolidated
Amended Derivative Complaint and that such claims are without merit. Without admitting any
wrongdoing or liability on their part whatsoever, the Settling Defendants nevertheless are willing
to enter into the Settlement provided for herein in order fully and finally to settle and dispose
of all claims that have been or could have been asserted against them in the Federal Derivative
Action and to avoid the continuing burden, expense, inconvenience and distraction of protracted
litigation.
I.
THE DERIVATIVE ACTIONS AND THE SPECIAL LITIGATION COMMITTEE
A.
The Consolidated Federal Derivative Action
On and after May 25, 2006, L.A. Murphy, Yen Shei and Alfred Ronconi filed three derivative
actions in the Central District of California:
Murphy v. McGregor, et al.
, Case No. CV-06-3252-R
(May 25, 2006);
Shei v. McGregor et al.
, Case No. CV-06-0663-R (July 17, 2006); and
Ronconi v.
Dull, et al.
, Case No. CV-06-0771-R (August 18, 2006). On June 23, 2006, an action initially filed
in Orange County Superior Court was removed to this Court and was captioned
Jin, et al. v.
Broadcom, et al.
, Case No. CV-06-0573-R. By an order dated August 16, 2006, this Court
consolidated Murphy and Shei under the caption
In re Broadcom Corporation Derivative Litigation
,
Master File No. CV-06-3252-R (CWx). On
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August 18, 2006, plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Amended Derivative Complaint. By an order
dated October 16, 2006, the Court consolidated
Jin
and
Ronconi
with
In re Broadcom Corporation
Derivative Litigation
, Master File CV-06-3252-R (CWx), and appointed Richard M. Heimann of Lieff,
Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP to serve as lead counsel (Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs
Counsel). On November 3, 2006, plaintiffs filed their Consolidated Amended Derivative Complaint
(the Amended Complaint).
The Amended Complaint names Broadcom as a nominal defendant, and asserts claims against
certain of the Individual Defendants for alleged violations of Sections 10(b), 14(a), and 20(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, breaches of fiduciary duty, abuse of control, gross
mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, rescission, constructive fraud,
insider trading, violations of California Corporations Code §§ 25402 and 25403, and an accounting
and constructive trust. The Amended Complaint alleges, among other things, that the named
Individual Defendants intentionally manipulated certain of Broadcoms stock option grant dates
between 1997 and May 2003 in order to enrich themselves at the expense of Broadcom and Broadcom
shareholders. The Amended Complaint further alleges that the claimed manipulation of grant dates
caused Broadcom to issue false and misleading statements with the SEC, as more fully set forth
therein.
The Amended Complaint further alleges that the named Individual Defendants conduct caused
Broadcom to expend significant sums of money, including but not limited to, legal fees and expenses
in connection with internal investigations and lawsuits, and seeks damages to compensate Broadcom
for those expenditures.
The Settling Defendants deny any and all allegations of wrongdoing.
B.
The State Derivative Actions
On June 23, 2006, Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation Retiree Medical Benefits Trust filed a
putative derivative action, purportedly on behalf of
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Broadcom, against certain of the Individual Defendants in Orange County Superior Court. On
July 18, 2006, Andrew Servais filed a substantially-similar putative derivative complaint, again
purportedly on behalf of Broadcom, against the same Individual Defendants named in
Pirelli
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state court consolidated the two cases on August 11, 2006, and the state court plaintiffs filed a
Consolidated Complaint on September 18, 2006, naming all of the Individual Defendants. That
consolidated case, known as
In re Broadcom Corp. Derivative Litigation
, Lead Case No. 06CC00124,
pending in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange, before the Honorable
Ronald L. Bauer, together with any other derivative lawsuit filed in state court arising out of,
based upon or related to the allegations, transactions, facts, matters or occurrences,
representations or omissions involved, set forth, or referred to in any of the claims in the
Federal Derivative Action, constitutes the State Derivative Action.
On January 8, 2007, the state Court entered an order staying prosecution of the State
Derivative Action.
C.
The Special Litigation Committee
In May 2007, Broadcoms Board of Directors established a special litigation committee (SLC)
to decide what course of action Broadcom should pursue in respect of the claims asserted in this
Federal Derivative Action and the State Derivative Action. The SLC retained counsel to assist it.
D.
The Settlement Efforts
For approximately sixteen months, the Federal Derivative Plaintiffs, Broadcom, the Settling
Defendants, and Broadcoms directors and officers liability insurance carriers engaged in extensive
negotiations regarding a potential settlement of the Federal Derivative Action. To that end,
various of those parties participated in multiple mediation sessions in Los Angeles, San Francisco
and New York with Judge Daniel Weinstein (Ret.), a highly skilled and experienced mediator, and the
Court-appointed Special Master, John Francis Carroll. As a
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result of these settlement discussions and mediations, the Settling Parties ultimately agreed
to the terms contained in a detailed Stipulation and Agreement of Partial Settlement dated August
20, 2009 (the Stipulation).
E.
Benefits to Broadcom from the Settlement
Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs Counsel engaged in arms-length negotiations with counsel
for the Settling Defendants and Released Persons with a view to achieving the benefits set forth
herein. Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs Counsel and the Special Litigation Committee believe
that the Settlement provides an excellent outcome for Broadcom based upon the claims asserted
against the Settling Defendants, the evidence developed, and the recoverable damages that might be
proven at trial. The monetary recovery provides the Company with substantial means to fund the
cost of litigating and/or resolving the Federal Class Action and, therefore, benefits the Companys
current shareholders. Based on their analysis, Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs Counsel and the
Special Litigation Committee have concluded that the terms and conditions of the Settlement are
fair, reasonable and adequate to the Company and its shareholders, and in their best interests, and
have agreed to partially settle the claims asserted in the Federal Derivative Action pursuant to
the terms and provisions of the Stipulation, after considering: (i) the substantial benefits that
the Company and its shareholders will receive from the settlement of the Federal Derivative Action;
(ii) the attendant risks of continued litigation against the Settling Defendants, especially in
complex actions such as this Federal Derivative Action, as well as the difficulties and delays
inherent in such litigation; and (iii) the desirability of permitting the Settlement to be
consummated, as provided by the terms of the Stipulation. Broadcom has acknowledged the substantial
benefits conferred on it by the Settlement.
F.
The Settling Defendants Denials of Wrongdoing
The Settling Defendants deny any wrongdoing, and nothing in the Stipulation shall be construed
or deemed to be evidence of, or an admission or concession on
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the part of Broadcom or any Settling Defendant or any Released Person, or as evidence, of the
truth or validity of any of the allegations in the Federal Derivative Action, or of any liability,
fault, or wrongdoing of any kind or any infirmity in the defenses that the Settling Defendants
could have asserted. The Settling Defendants assert that they complied with all applicable laws
and regulations, deny that they have committed any act or omitted to perform any act that gives
rise to any liability and/or violation of securities law or breach of fiduciary duties, and state
that they are entering into this Settlement to eliminate the burden and expense of further
litigation. The Settling Defendants do not dispute, however, that the Federal Derivative Action is
being voluntarily settled upon the advice of counsel, and that the terms of the Settlement are
fair, adequate and reasonable. The Stipulation shall not be construed or deemed to be a concession
by any party of any infirmity in, or validity of, the claims asserted in either the Federal
Derivative Action or the State Derivative Action.
II.
TERMS OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
The full terms and conditions of the Settlement are embodied in the Stipulation, which is on
file with the Court. The following is only a summary of the Stipulation.
A.
Payments to Broadcom on Behalf of the Released Persons
Broadcom will receive payments totaling $118,000,000 (the Settlement Amount). Each of the
Released Persons is an insured under Broadcoms directors and officers liability insurance policies
having a policy period of September 15, 2005 to September 15, 2006. As part of the consideration
for the Settlement, the Released Persons relinquished their rights under the policies and agreed
that Broadcom will receive from the Insurers reimbursements ultimately totaling $118,000,000
pursuant to the terms of the Insurance Agreement, which is attached
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as an exhibit to the Stipulation.
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Payments from the Insurers pursuant to the Insurance Agreement shall be made into the
Settlement Fund, which shall be governed by the Escrow Agreement, which is also attached as an
exhibit to the Stipulation. As set forth more fully in the Escrow Agreement and the Insurance
Agreement, the Settlement Fund shall be created within thirty (30) calendar days after preliminary
approval of the Stipulation by the Court, and shall be disbursed upon the Courts final approval of
the Stipulation (notwithstanding any appeals or potential appeals), as ordered by the Court.
B.
Compromise of Insurance Disputes
The Released Persons and the Insurers exchanged releases relating to Broadcoms directors and
officers liability insurance policies, as provided in the Insurance Agreement. The Non-Settling
Defendants retain all rights as against the Insurers under Broadcoms directors and officers
liability insurance policies, and the Insurers reserve all of their rights as to the Non-Settling
Defendants. Broadcom will indemnify the Insurers for claims by the Non-Settling Defendants as
provided in Section 4 of the Insurance Agreement.
C.
Other Consideration: Repricing and Cancellation of Stock Options
Broadcom repriced and/or terminated certain outstanding stock options granted to Settling
Defendant David A. Dull, a former Broadcom Treasurer, and a former Broadcom Manager of Financial
Reporting, for total forfeitures valued at approximately $846,030.92.
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As set forth more fully in Section 2.G of the Insurance
Agreement, should Broadcom recover a sum greater than $15,000,000 in the
Federal Derivative Action or the State Derivative Action, together, from the
Non-Settling Defendants, then Federal Insurance Company shall be repaid
$500,000 of its contribution to the Settlement Fund. In this event, the
Settlement Amount shall be equal to $117,500,000.
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D.
Contribution Bar and Judgment Reduction
In accordance with § 21D(f)(7) of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15
U.S.C. § 78u-4(f)(7), each of the Released Persons, by virtue of the Judgment, shall be discharged
from all claims for contribution brought by other Persons. The Judgment and bar order, included in
an exhibit to the Stipulation, will constitute the final discharge of all obligations to the
Federal Derivative Plaintiffs, Broadcom shareholders and Broadcom of the Released Persons arising
out of, based upon or related to the Federal Derivative Action, except for any discovery
obligations the Released Persons may have. The Judgment will bar all future claims for
contribution arising out of, based upon or related to the Released Claims by any Person against the
Released Persons, and by the Released Persons against any Person.
In addition to the contribution bar, any subsequent judgment against any of the Non-Settling
Defendants (a Subsequent Judgment) will be reduced by the greater of the Settlement Amount or an
amount that corresponds to the total percentage of responsibility of the Settling Defendants and
the Settling State Defendants.
E.
Covenant Not to Execute
The benefit obtained by Broadcom for any Subsequent Judgment will not include any judgment
reduction pursuant to Section II.D. or any amount that Broadcom is required to indemnify the
Insurers pursuant to Section 4 of the Insurance Agreement. If Broadcom is legally unable to
satisfy its indemnification obligation to the Insurers, the Company will not execute on any
judgment as to which Broadcom is unable to satisfy its indemnity obligations to the Insurers under
the Insurance Agreement.
F.
Stay of Shareholder Litigation Pending the Outcome of Criminal Cases
The Settling Parties fully support and will submit to the Court the proposed
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orders attached as exhibits to the Stipulation, staying all proceedings and discovery in the
Federal Derivative Action and the Class Action (save for proceedings relating to the Stipulation
and the Settlement or any future settlement in either action) until the trials of Henry T. Nicholas
III and William J. Ruehle in
United States of America v. Henry T. Nicholas, III, et al.
, Case No.
SACR-08-00139-CJC, have been resolved, either through verdict, dismissal or entry of guilty pleas.
If stays of all proceedings and discovery in the Federal Derivative Action and the Class Action
(save for proceedings relating to the Stipulation and the Settlement or any future settlement in
either action) are not entered, Broadcom will have until five (5) business days from the receipt of
a ruling denying either stay, or written notice of such circumstances, to withdraw from the
Settlement with the Federal Derivative Plaintiffs and the Insurers, thus terminating the Settlement
with the Federal Derivative Plaintiffs and the Insurers as to all Released Persons.
III.
RELEASES
The full terms of the dismissal and release of claims are set forth in the Stipulation. The
following is only a summary.
Upon the Courts entry of the Judgment, Broadcom, the Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs and
all Current Broadcom Shareholders will release the Released Claims against the Released Persons,
both as defined below. Moreover, the Judgment to be entered upon approval of the Settlement will
preclude the filing of any action purporting to litigate the Released Claims against the Released
Persons. Upon the Courts entry of the Judgment, each of the Settling Defendants will release the
Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs, each and all of the Current Broadcom Shareholders, Lead Federal
Derivative Plaintiffs Counsel and all counsel for plaintiffs in the Federal Derivative Action from
all claims arising out of, based upon or related to the institution, prosecution, assertion,
settlement or resolution of the Federal Derivative Action and/or the Released Claims. Upon the
Courts entry of the Judgment, each of the Settling Defendants will release
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Broadcom from all claims arising out of, based upon or related to the institution,
prosecution, assertion, settlement or resolution of the Federal Derivative Action and/or the
Released Claims, except the Settling Defendants are not releasing Broadcom from any claims or
causes of action for indemnification and/or advancement of attorneys fees and expenses.
Released Claims means any and all claims, debts, demands, rights or causes of action or
liabilities (including, but not limited to, any claims for negligence, gross negligence,
recklessness, intentional conduct, damages, interest, and any other costs, expenses or liability),
without regard to the subsequent discovery or existence of such different or additional facts,
including both known claims and Unknown Claims (as defined below) whether based on federal, state,
local, statutory or common law or any other law, rule or regulation, whether fixed or contingent,
suspected or unsuspected, whether or not concealed or hidden, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or
un-liquidated, at law or in equity, matured or un-matured: (i) that have been asserted in either
the Federal Derivative Action or the State Derivative Action by any of the plaintiffs in those
actions, or any of their attorneys, against any of the Released Persons; or (ii) that could have
been, or in the future could be, asserted in the Federal Derivative Action or the State Derivative
Action against any of the Released Persons arising out of, based upon or related to the
allegations, transactions, facts, matters or occurrences, representations or omissions involved,
set forth, or referred to in any of the complaints filed in the Federal Derivative Action or the
State Derivative Action. Released Claims does not include (i) any claims against any Released
Person arising out of, based upon or related to Broadcoms indemnification or advancement of fees
or expenses incurred after the date the Court makes its final determination that the Settlement
should be approved and dismisses the Federal Derivative Action with prejudice as against the
Settling Defendants; (ii) any direct claims asserted in the Class Action; (iii) any claims against
Ernst & Young LLP; or (iv) any claims against any of the Non-
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Settling Defendants or Nancy Tullos.
Released Persons means the Settling Defendants, the Settling State Defendants, the Nominal
Defendant and the Related Parties. Related Parties means any Settling Defendants or Settling
State Defendants or Nominal Defendants past or present directors, officers, employees, partners,
agents, attorneys, personal or legal representatives, consultants, experts, predecessors,
successors, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, joint ventures, assigns, general or limited partners
or partnerships, limited liability companies, spouses, heirs, executors, estates, administrators,
related or affiliated entities, any entity in which any Settling Defendant, Settling State
Defendant or Nominal Defendant has a controlling interest, any members of any Settling Defendants
or Settling State Defendants immediate family, any trust of which any Settling Defendant, Settling
State Defendant or the Nominal Defendant is the settlor or which is for the benefit of any Settling
Defendants or Settling State Defendants family, and all officers, directors and employees of
Broadcoms current and former subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Related Parties
does not include any of the Non-Settling Defendants, Nancy Tullos or Ernst & Young LLP.
Unknown Claims means any Released Claims which the Settling Parties and their Related
Parties, the Released Persons and their Related Parties, or each of the current Broadcom
shareholders do not know or suspect to exist in his, her or its favor at the time of the release of
the Released Persons and the Related Parties which, if known by him, her or it, might have affected
his, her or its settlement with, and release of, the Released Persons or the Related Parties or
might have affected his, her or its decision not to object to this Settlement. With respect to any
and all Released Claims, and although the Settlement provides for a specific release of the
Settling Defendants, the Settling Parties stipulated and agreed that, upon the Courts entry of the
Judgment, the Settling Parties and the Related Parties and each of the current Broadcom
shareholders shall be deemed to have, and by operation of
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the Judgment shall have, waived the provisions, rights and benefits of California Civil Code §
1542, which provides:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES
NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF
EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE
MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
The Settling Parties and the Related Parties shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the
Judgment shall have, waived any and all provisions, rights and benefits conferred by any law of any
jurisdiction, state or territory of the United States, or principle of common law, which is
similar, comparable or equivalent to California Civil Code § 1542. The Settling Parties and the
Related Parties may hereafter discover facts in addition to or different from those which he, she
or it now knows or believes to be true with respect to the Released Claims but the Settling Parties
and the Related Parties upon the Courts entry of the Judgment, shall be deemed to have, and by
operation of the Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever settled and released any and all
Released Claims known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, contingent or non-contingent, accrued
or unaccrued, whether or not concealed or hidden, which now exist, or heretofore have existed upon
any theory of law or equity now existing or coming into existence in the future, including, but not
limited to, conduct which is negligent, intentional, with or without malice, or a breach of any
duty, law or rule, without regard to the subsequent discovery or existence of such different or
additional facts. The Settling Parties and the Related Parties shall be deemed by operation of the
Judgment to have acknowledged that the foregoing waivers were separately bargained for and are key
elements of the Settlement of which the release is a part.
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IV.
PLAINTIFFS COUNSELS ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPENSES
As set forth more fully in the Stipulation, the Stipulation provides for the payment by
Broadcom of $11,500,000 as attorneys fees, expenses and costs of plaintiffs counsel in connection
with the Settlement and their prosecution of the Federal Derivative Action, subject to Court
approval.
V.
THE HEARING AND YOUR RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDERS
A hearing will be held on December 14, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. before the Honorable Manuel L.
Real, United States District Judge, at the United States Courthouse, 312 North Spring Street, Los
Angeles, California, for the purpose of determining: (i) whether the Settlement of the Federal
Derivative Action on the terms and conditions provided for in the Stipulation, is fair, reasonable
and adequate to the Current Broadcom Shareholders and to Broadcom and should be approved by the
Court; and (ii) whether a Judgment as provided for in V.A.(9) of the Stipulation should be
entered herein. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the Court at the hearing or any
adjourned session thereof without further notice other than by announcement of such adjournment.
Any current beneficial owner of the shares of Broadcom common stock may appear at the hearing
and be heard as to whether the proposed Settlement should be approved,
provided, however
, that no
such beneficial owner shall be heard unless, on or before November 9, 2009 his, her or its
objection or opposition is made in writing and is filed with the Court at the address shown below,
together with copies of any supporting papers and briefs upon which he, she or it intends to rely
and a sworn statement attesting to the date of purchase by such beneficial owner of his, her or its
Broadcom common stock and his, her or its continued ownership thereof. In addition, such
beneficial owner shall show due proof of service, on or before the aforesaid date, of copies of
such objection or opposition, supporting papers and briefs, and proof of purchase and continued
ownership of Broadcom common stock upon each of the following:
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CLERK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WESTERN DIVISION
312 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
Richard M. Heimann
Joy A. Kruse
Nancy Chung
Mikaela Bernstein
Embarcadero Center West
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs Counsel
BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, NESSIM, DROOKS & LINCENBERG
Terry W. Bird
Peter J. Shakow
1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067-2561
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KAYE SCHOLER LLP
Jeffrey S. Gordon
Robert Barnes
Gina Guerra
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6048
Attorneys for the Special Litigation Committee
IRELL & MANELLA LLP
Layn R. Phillips
David Siegel
Daniel P. Lefler
Glenn K. Vanzura
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276
Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Broadcom Corporation
Any Broadcom shareholder who does not make his, her or its objection or opposition in the
manner provided herein shall be deemed to have waived any and all objections and opposition, and
shall be forever foreclosed from making any objection to the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy
of the proposed Settlement.
VI.
DISMISSAL & RELEASE
Should the Settlement be approved by the Court following the Settlement Hearing, the Court
will enter a Final Order and Judgment that:
1. Approves the Settlement as fair, reasonable and adequate to Broadcom and its shareholders;
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2. Releases and discharges each of the Released Persons from any and all liability with
respect to the Released Claims;
3. Permanently bars and enjoins the institution or prosecution against the
Released Persons of any action asserting or relating in any way to the Released Claims.
VII.
EXAMINATION OF PAPERS AND INQUIRIES
For a more detailed statement of the matters involved in this Federal Derivative Action,
reference is made to the pleadings, to the Stipulation and to all other papers publicly filed in
the Federal Derivative Action, which may be inspected at the Office of the Clerk for the United
States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, 312 North Spring
Street, Los Angeles, California, during regular business hours of each business day.
Any inquiry concerning the Federal Derivative Action should be addressed to a representative
of Lead Federal Derivative Plaintiffs Counsel: Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP,
Embarcadero Center West, 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111-3339.
PLEASE DO NOT ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO THE COURT
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AMENDED NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE ACTION AND HEARING
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