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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.    )

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

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LOGO

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

(Company Registration Number 200510713C)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held on April 10, 2013

To our shareholders:

You are cordially invited to attend, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of, the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “2013 AGM”) of Avago Technologies Limited (“Avago” or “the Company”), which will be held at the offices of Avago’s principal U.S. subsidiary, Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., 350 West Trimble Road, San Jose, California 95131, U.S.A., at 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time, on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, for the following purposes:

As Ordinary Business

 

  1. To elect each of the following directors to the board of directors (the “Board”):

 

  (a) Mr. Hock E. Tan;

 

  (b) Mr. John T. Dickson;

 

  (c) Mr. James V. Diller;

 

  (d) Mr. Kenneth Y. Hao;

 

  (e) Mr. John M. Hsuan;

 

  (f) Ms. Justine F. Lien; and

 

  (g) Mr. Donald Macleod.

 

  2. To approve the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor for the fiscal year ending November 3, 2013, and to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board to fix PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s remuneration for services provided through our 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “2014 AGM”).

As Special Business

 

  3. To pass the following as an Ordinary Resolution:

RESOLVED THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 161 of the Singapore Companies Act, Chapter 50 (the “Singapore Companies Act”), and also subject to the provisions of that Act and our Articles of Association, authority be, and hereby is, given to our Board:

(a) to:

 

  (i) allot and issue ordinary shares in our capital; and/or

 

  (ii)

make or grant offers, agreements, options or other instruments (including the grant of awards or options pursuant to our equity-based incentive plans in effect as at the date of this resolution) that might or would require ordinary shares to be allotted and issued, whether


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  such allotment or issuance would occur during or after the expiration of this authority (including, but not limited to, the creation and issuance of warrants, rights, units, purchase contracts, debentures or other instruments (including debt instruments) convertible into ordinary shares),

at any time to and/or with such persons and upon such terms and conditions, for such purposes and for consideration as our directors may in their sole discretion deem fit, and with such rights or restrictions as our directors may think fit to impose and as are set forth in our Articles of Association; and

(b) to allot and issue ordinary shares in our capital pursuant to any offer, agreement, option or other agreement made, granted or authorized by our directors while this resolution was in effect, regardless of whether the authority conferred by this resolution may have ceased to be in effect at the time of the allotment and issuance,

and that such authority, if approved by our shareholders, shall continue in effect until the earlier of the conclusion of our 2014 AGM or the expiration of the period within which our 2014 AGM is required by law to be held.

 

  4. To pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

RESOLVED THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 76C and 76E of the Singapore Companies Act and also subject to the provisions of that Act and our Articles of Association:

(a) authority be, and hereby is, given to our Board to cause to be purchased or otherwise acquired issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, not exceeding in aggregate the number of issued ordinary shares representing 10% (or such other higher percentage as the Minister may by notification prescribe pursuant to the Singapore Companies Act) of the total number of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company outstanding as of (x) April 4, 2012 (the date of our last Annual General Meeting of Shareholders) or (y) the date of the passing of this resolution by shareholders, whichever is greater, at such price or prices as may be determined by our Board from time to time, up to the maximum purchase price described in paragraph (c) below, by way of:

 

  (i) market purchases on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted; and/or

 

  (ii) off-market purchases (if effected other than on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted) in accordance with any equal access scheme(s) as may be determined or formulated by our Board as they consider fit, which scheme(s) shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act, and otherwise in accordance with all other laws as may for the time being be applicable, and the regulations and rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted;

(b) unless varied or revoked by our shareholders in a general meeting, the authority conferred on our Board pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above may be exercised by our Board at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this resolution by shareholders and expiring on the earlier of:

 

  (i) the date on which our 2014 AGM is held; or

 

  (ii) the date by which our 2014 AGM is required by law to be held;

(c) the maximum purchase price (excluding brokerage, commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share purchased or acquired by us pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above, shall not exceed:

 

  (i) in the case of a market purchase of ordinary shares, the highest independent bid per share or the last independent transaction price per share, whichever is higher, of our ordinary shares quoted or reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market at the time the purchase is effected; and

 

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  (ii) in the case of an off-market purchase pursuant to an equal access scheme, 150% of the Prior Day Close Price, and for the above purposes, the term “Prior Day Close Price” means the closing price per share of our ordinary shares as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may, for the time being, be listed and quoted on the day immediately preceding the date of the making of the offer pursuant to the off-market purchase. The date of the making of the offer refers to the date on which we announce our intention to make an offer for the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares from holders of our ordinary shares, stating therein the purchase price (which shall not be more than the maximum purchase price calculated on the foregoing basis) for each ordinary share and the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the off-market purchase; and

(d) our directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorized to complete and do, or cause to be completed or done, all such acts and things (including executing such documents as may be required) as one or more may consider expedient or necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorized by this resolution.

As Ordinary Business

 

  5. To transact any other business as may properly be transacted at the 2013 AGM.

Notes About the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Singapore Statutory Financial Statements. At the 2013 AGM, our shareholders will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions regarding our Singapore audited accounts for the fiscal year ended October 28, 2012, together with the reports of the directors and auditors thereon, in compliance with the laws of Singapore. Shareholder approval of our Singapore audited accounts is not being sought by the proxy statement for the 2013 AGM (the “Proxy Statement”) and will not be sought at the 2013 AGM.

Proxy Materials on the Internet. We are pleased to take advantage of Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules that allow issuers to furnish proxy materials to some or all of their shareholders on the Internet. In accordance with Singapore law, our registered shareholders (shareholders of record who own our ordinary shares in their own name registered with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A.) will not be able to vote their shares over the Internet, but we will be providing this service to our beneficial holders (shareholders whose ordinary shares are held by a brokerage firm, a bank or other nominee). We believe these rules allow us to provide our shareholders with the information they need, while lowering the costs of delivery and reducing the environmental impact of our Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Eligibility to Vote at Annual General Meeting of Shareholders; Receipt of Notice. The Board has fixed the close of business on February 11, 2013, as the record date for determining those shareholders who will be entitled to receive copies of this notice and accompanying Proxy Statement or the Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials. However, only shareholders of record on April 10, 2013, will be entitled to vote at the 2013 AGM. If you have sold or transferred all of your ordinary shares of the Company, you should immediately forward this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card to the purchaser or transferee, or to the bank, broker or agent through whom the sale was effected, for onward transmission to the purchaser or transferee.

Quorum. The attendance, in person or by proxy, of at least a majority of our outstanding ordinary shares at the 2013 AGM is required to constitute a quorum. Accordingly, it is important that your shares be represented at the 2013 AGM, either in person or by proxy.

Proxies. A registered shareholder, or shareholder of record, entitled to attend and vote at the 2013 AGM is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend the meeting and vote on his or her behalf. A proxy need not also be a shareholder. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please complete, date and sign the enclosed

 

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proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope. If not delivered in person at the 2013 AGM, a proxy card must be received by us c/o Proxy Services, c/o Computershare Investor Services, P.O. Box 43101, Providence, RI 02940-5067, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the 2013 AGM. A shareholder of record may revoke his or her proxy at any time prior to the time it is voted. Shareholders of record who are present at the meeting may revoke their proxies and vote in person or, if they prefer, may abstain from voting in person and allow their proxies to be voted.

If you are a beneficial owner, you may vote by proxy over the Internet by following the instructions provided in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or, if you requested printed copies of the proxy materials by mail, you may vote by mail.

Mandatory Disclosure Regarding Share Purchase Mandate Funds. Only funds legally available for purchasing or acquiring ordinary shares in accordance with our Articles of Association and applicable laws of Singapore will be used to repurchase our ordinary shares if Proposal 4 (renewal of our Share Purchase Mandate) is approved. In the event that we elect to purchase or acquire any of our ordinary shares, depending on the number of ordinary shares repurchased or acquired and then current market, business and other relevant conditions, we may use our internal sources of funds and/or external borrowings to finance any such purchases or acquisitions. The amount of funds required for us to purchase or acquire our issued ordinary shares, and the impact on our financial position will depend on the number of ordinary shares we purchase or acquire and the price at which we make such purchases. Our directors do not propose to exercise the Share Purchase Mandate in a manner and to such an extent that would materially affect our working capital requirements and those of our subsidiaries.

 

Important Notice Regarding the Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of

Shareholders to be held on April 10, 2013:

The notice of meeting, Proxy Statement and annual report to shareholders are available at

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=203541&p=proxy.

By Order of the Board,

LOGO

Hock E. Tan

Director, Chief Executive Officer and President

February 20, 2013

You should read the entire accompanying Proxy Statement carefully prior to voting.

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR

2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF OUR SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

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INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS

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VOTING RIGHTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

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PROPOSAL 1:

  

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION

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PROPOSAL 2:

  

APPROVAL OF THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM AND INDEPENDENT SINGAPORE AUDITOR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO FIX ITS REMUNERATION

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PROPOSAL 3:

  

ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ORDINARY SHARE ALLOTMENTS AND ISSUANCES

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PROPOSAL 4:

  

ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO RENEW THE SHARE PURCHASE MANDATE

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS, DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

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HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

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SINGAPORE STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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OTHER MATTERS

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APPENDIX A: SINGAPORE STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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APPENDIX B: DRIVING DIRECTIONS

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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF OUR SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

We strongly encourage our shareholders to conserve natural resources, as well as significantly reduce our printing and mailing costs, by signing up to receive shareholder communications via e-mail. With electronic delivery, we will notify you when our annual reports and proxy statements are available on the Internet. Electronic delivery can also help reduce the number of bulky documents in your personal files and eliminate duplicate mailings. To sign up for electronic delivery:

 

  1. If you are a registered holder (i.e. you hold your Avago ordinary shares in your own name through our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services), visit: www-us.computershare.com/investor/ to enroll.

 

  2. If you are a beneficial holder (i.e. your shares are held by a broker, bank or other nominee), the voting instruction form provided by most banks or brokers will contain instructions for enrolling in electronic delivery.

Your electronic delivery enrollment will be effective until you cancel it. If you have questions about electronic delivery, please call our Investor Relations department at +1 (408) 435-7400.

INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS

 

Important Notice Regarding the Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 10, 2013:

The notice of meeting, proxy statement and annual report to shareholders are available at

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=203541&p=proxy.

 

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PROXY STATEMENT

for the

2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

of

SHAREHOLDERS

of

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

To Be Held on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)

at the offices of Avago’s principal U.S. subsidiary, Avago Technologies U.S. Inc.,

350 West Trimble Road, San Jose, California 95131, U.S.A.

We are making this Proxy Statement available in connection with the solicitation by the board of directors of Avago (the “Board”) of proxies to be voted at the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “2013 AGM”), or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Notice”). Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Proxy Statement to “Avago”, “the Company”, “we”, “our”, “us” and similar terms are to Avago Technologies Limited.

Proxy Mailing. This Proxy Statement, the enclosed Proxy Card and the Notice were first made available on or about February 20, 2013 to shareholders of record as of February 11, 2013.

Costs of Solicitation. We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies. We intend to retain Georgeson Inc., an independent proxy solicitation firm, to assist us in soliciting proxies for an estimated fee of $7,000 plus reimbursement of reasonable expenses. We and/or our agents, including certain of our officers, directors and employees, may solicit proxies by mail, telephone, e-mail, fax or in person. No additional compensation will be paid to our officers, directors or regular employees for such services. We will reimburse banks, brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in sending proxy materials to and soliciting proxies from beneficial holders of our ordinary shares.

Our Registered Office. The mailing address of our registered office is 1 Yishun Avenue 7, Singapore 768923. Please note, however, that any shareholder communications should be directed to the attention of our General Counsel at the offices of Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., 350 W. Trimble Road, Building 90, San Jose, California 95131, U.S.A.

Financial Statements; Presentation. In accordance with the laws of Singapore, our Singapore statutory financial statements are provided with this Proxy Statement. Except as otherwise stated herein, all monetary amounts in this Proxy Statement have been presented in U.S. dollars.

VOTING RIGHTS AND SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

The close of business on February 11, 2013, is the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of the 2013 AGM. All of our ordinary shares issued and outstanding on April 10, 2013 are entitled to be voted at the 2013 AGM, and shareholders of record on April 10, 2013 will have one vote for each ordinary share so held on the matters to be voted upon. As of February 14, 2013, we had 246,251,335 ordinary shares issued and outstanding.

Proxies. Ordinary shares represented by proxies in the accompanying form, which are properly executed and received by us in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice, will be voted by the individuals named therein—Hock E. Tan, Douglas R. Bettinger and Patricia H. McCall (together, the “Proxy Holders”)—at the 2013 AGM in accordance with the shareholders’ instructions set forth in the proxy. A proxy holder need not also be a shareholder.


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If you sign and return your proxy but do not indicate how your shares are to be voted, then shares represented by proxies will be voted by the Proxy Holders in accordance with the Board’s recommendations: FOR the election of the Board nominees named in Proposal 1; and FOR each of Proposals 2 to 4.

Management does not know of any matters to be presented at the 2013 AGM other than those set forth in this Proxy Statement and in the Notice accompanying this Proxy Statement, nor have we received notice of any matter by the deadline prescribed by Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Rule 14a-4(c). Without limiting our ability to apply the advance notice provisions in our Articles of Association with respect to the procedures that must be followed for a matter to be properly presented at an annual general meeting, if other matters should properly come before the 2013 AGM, the Proxy Holders will vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

Any shareholder of record entitled to attend and vote at the 2013 AGM, has the right to revoke his or her proxy at any time prior to voting at the 2013 AGM by (i) submitting a subsequently dated proxy, which, if not delivered in person at the meeting, must be received by us c/o Proxy Services, c/o Computershare Investor Services LLC, P.O. Box 43101, Providence, RI 02940-5067, no later than 48 hours before the appointed time of the meeting, or (ii) by attending the meeting and voting in person.

If your ordinary shares are held in “street name” through a broker, bank, or other nominee, you have the right to instruct your broker, bank or other nominee on how to vote the shares in your account. Your broker, bank or nominee will send you a voting instruction form for you to use to direct how your shares should be voted. If you wish to change or revoke your voting instructions, you will need to contact the registered holder of your ordinary shares and follow their instructions. If you are not the shareholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the 2013 AGM unless you obtain a legal proxy from the broker, bank or other nominee that holds your shares, giving you the right to vote the shares instead of the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares. If your shares are held in the name of a broker, trust, bank or other nominee, in order to be admitted to the 2013 AGM you will also need to bring a letter or recent account statement from that broker, bank or other nominee that confirms that you are the beneficial owner of those shares, as well as a picture identification, such as a valid driver’s license or passport, for purposes of personal identification.

Quorum. Representation at the 2013 AGM, in person or by proxy, of at least a majority of all issued and outstanding ordinary shares is required to constitute a quorum.

Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes. Abstentions and “broker non-votes” are considered present and entitled to vote at the 2013 AGM, for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present. A “broker non-vote” occurs when a bank, broker or other nomine holding shares on behalf of a beneficial owner may not vote ordinary shares held by it because it (1) has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of those shares and (2) lacks discretionary voting power to vote those shares. Under our Articles of Association, for a proposal being voted on as an ordinary resolution, abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. A broker non-vote is treated as not being entitled to vote on the relevant proposal and is not counted for purposes of determining whether a proposal has been approved.

If you are a beneficial owner, your bank, broker or other nominee is entitled to vote your shares on “routine” matters, even if it does not receive voting instructions from you. Routine matters include all of the proposals to be voted on at the 2013 AGM, other than Proposal 1 (the election of directors).

Required Vote. With respect to Proposal 1 (the election of directors), nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of the ordinary shares present in person or represented by proxy at the 2013 AGM and entitled to vote shall be elected, provided that such number of affirmative votes shall not be less than at least a majority of the ordinary shares held by the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the 2013 AGM and entitled to vote on the proposal.

 

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The affirmative vote of shareholders holding at least a majority of the ordinary shares held by the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the 2013 AGM and entitled to vote is required to approve Proposal 2 (the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor), and to approve the ordinary resolutions contained in Proposal 3 (authorization of ordinary share allotments and issuances) and Proposal 4 (renewal of the share purchase mandate).

Voting Procedures and Tabulation. We have appointed a representative of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as the inspector of elections to act at the 2013 AGM and to make a written report thereof. Prior to the 2013 AGM, the inspector will sign an oath to perform his or her duties in an impartial manner and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector will ascertain the number of ordinary shares outstanding and the voting power of each, determine the ordinary shares represented at the 2013 AGM and the validity of proxies and ballots, count all votes and ballots, and perform certain other duties. The determination of the inspector as to the validity of proxies will be final and binding.

 

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PROPOSAL 1:

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

General

Pursuant to the Singapore Companies Act, Chapter 50 (the “Singapore Companies Act”) and our Articles of Association, our Board must have at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Singapore. Pursuant to our Articles of Association, our Board may consist of no more than 13 directors. Our Board currently consists of eight members and each of our directors is elected annually. On January 22, 2013, Mr. Clammer informed the Board that he will not be standing for re-election at the 2013 AGM and that he intends to step down from the Board at the 2013 AGM, upon the completion of his current term. The Board has decided that no other nominee for election will be named in Mr. Clammer’s place at the 2013 AGM. As a result, seven directors are being nominated for re-election at the 2013 AGM.

Director Nominees

Directors are elected at each annual general meeting of shareholders and hold office until their successors are duly elected or qualified. Upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board has nominated the seven individuals below for election as directors, each of whom is currently a director of the Company. The Board expects that each of the nominees listed below will be available to serve as a director. Shareholders may not vote their proxies for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named below.

In considering whether the director nominees have the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, taken as a whole, to serve as directors of the Company, in light of the Company’s business and structure, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board focused primarily on the information discussed in each of the director nominee’s biographical information set forth below. The Board believes that each nominee has relevant experience, personal and professional integrity, the ability to make independent, analytical inquiries, experience with and understanding of our business and business environment and willingness and ability to devote adequate time to Board duties. We also believe that our directors together have the skills and experience to form a board that is well suited to oversee the Company.

The following table sets forth certain information concerning the nominees for directors of the Company as of February 20, 2013.

 

Hock E. Tan

Age 61

President, Chief
Executive Officer
Director since
March 2006

  Mr. Tan has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since March 2006. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of directors of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (“IDT”). Prior to becoming chairman of IDT, Mr. Tan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc. (“ICS”), from June 1999 to September 2005. Prior to ICS, Mr. Tan was Vice President of Finance with Commodore International, Ltd. from 1992 to 1994, and previously held senior management positions with PepsiCo, Inc. and General Motors Corporation. Mr. Tan served as managing director of Pacven Investment, Ltd., a venture capital fund in Singapore from 1988 to 1992, and served as managing director for Hume Industries Ltd. in Malaysia from 1983 to 1988. Mr. Tan’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his role as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, his extensive career in the technology industry in general and in the semiconductor industry in particular, including service as the chairman of the board of directors of a publicly-traded semiconductor company, and his extensive knowledge of the Company’s business developed over the course of his career at Avago.

 

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John T. Dickson

Age 66

Director since

January 2012

  Mr. Dickson served as Executive Vice President and head of Operations of Alcatel-Lucent from May 2010 to January 2012. Mr. Dickson is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Agere Systems, Inc., a position he held from August 2000 to October 2005. Prior to joining Agere, Mr. Dickson held positions as the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent’s Microelectronics and Communications Technologies Group, Vice President of AT&T Corporation’s integrated circuit business unit, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SHOgraphics, Inc, as well as senior roles with ICL, plc, and Texas Instruments, Inc. Mr. Dickson also serves as a director of KLA-Tencor Corporation and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. Within the past five fiscal years, he has served on the board of directors of National Semiconductor Corporation (April 2006 to September 2010) and Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (March 2001 to April 2009). Mr. Dickson’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his extensive experience in senior management and executive positions in the technology industry, both in Europe and the United States, and his experience as a director of other public and private companies.

James V. Diller

Age 77

Director since

April 2006

  Mr. Diller was a founder of PMC-Sierra, Inc., serving as PMC’s Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to July 1997 and President from 1983 to July 1993. Mr. Diller has been a director of PMC since its formation in 1983. Mr. Diller was Chairman of PMC’s board of directors from July 1993 until February 2000, when he became Vice Chairman. Mr. Diller also serves as a director of Intersil Corporation and is currently serving as Intersil’s interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Diller’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his more than 50 years of experience in semiconductor company management and oversight in positions such as Chief Executive Officer, President and General Manager and chairman of the board of directors, and his experience as a product development engineer.

Kenneth Y. Hao

Age 44

Director since

September 2005

  Mr. Hao is a Managing Director of Silver Lake Partners (“Silver Lake”). Prior to joining Silver Lake in 2000, Mr. Hao was an investment banker with Hambrecht & Quist for 10 years, most recently serving as a Managing Director in the Technology Investment Banking group. Mr. Hao previously served as a director of NetScout Systems, Inc. from November 2007 until September 2008. Mr. Hao has spent his career investing in and advising technology companies. Mr. Hao’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his depth of experience in financial and investment matters and his familiarity with a broad range of companies in technology industries.

John Min-Chih Hsuan

Age 60

Director since

February 2011

  Mr. Hsuan’s career has spanned over 30-years in the semiconductor industry. He spent over 20 years with United Microelectronics Corporation, and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer, and as Chairman of its board of directors, from 1991 until 2003, and as Vice Chairman of its board of directors from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Hsuan also serves on the boards of directors of a number of publicly-traded semiconductor and technology companies in Taiwan and in Canada, and currently serves as the Emeritus Vice Chairman of United Microelectronic Corporation. Mr. Hsuan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering and an Honorary Ph.D. Degree from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, and has been awarded a substantial number of patents in the Unites States and Taiwan. Mr. Hsuan qualifications to serve on the Board include his extensive semiconductor industry background and senior management experience, including global operations management and strategy, as well as his technical engineering expertise.

 

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Justine F. Lien

Age 50

Director since

June 2008

  Ms. Lien served as the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance, Treasurer, and Secretary of Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc., from May 1999 to September 2005 when ICS merged with Integrated Device Technologies, Inc., following which Ms. Lien retired. She joined ICS in 1993 holding titles including Director of Finance and Administration and Assistant Treasurer. Ms. Lien served as a director of Techwell, Inc. from January 2006 until July 2010, where she also served as the chairperson of the audit committee. Ms. Lien holds a B.A. degree in accounting from Immaculata College and an M.T. degree in taxation from Villanova University, and is a certified management accountant. Ms. Lien’s qualifications to serve on the Board include her career in senior financial management positions with, and on the board of directors of, semiconductor companies, and her education and training as an accounting professional.

Donald Macleod

Age 64

Director since

November 2007

  Mr. Macleod joined National Semiconductor Corporation in February 1978 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from November 2009 to September 2011, when National Semiconductor Corporation was acquired by Texas Instruments Incorporated. He served as National Semiconductor Corporation’s President and Chief Operating Officer from the beginning of 2005 until November 2009, and before that he held various other executive and senior management positions at the company including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Macleod served as the Chairman of the board of directors of National Semiconductor Corporation from May 2010 to September 2011. Mr. Macleod also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Intersil Corporation. Mr. Macleod’s qualifications to serve on the Board include his more than 30 years of experience in senior management and executive positions in the semiconductor industry, both in Europe and in the United States, and his accounting and finance qualifications and experience.

Mr. Hsuan is our Singapore resident director. Due to the Singapore Companies Act requirement that we have at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Singapore in office at all times, in the event that Mr. Hsuan is not re-elected at the 2013 AGM, he will continue in office after the 2013 AGM as a member of the Board until his qualifying successor (i.e. a Singapore resident director) is appointed.

In the event that a director resigns from the Board or otherwise becomes unwilling or unable to serve after the mailing of this Proxy Statement but before the 2013 AGM, our intention would be to make a public announcement of such resignation and either leave such Board seat vacant or appoint a substitute nominee. If such Board seat were left vacant, this would reduce the number of director nominees to be elected at the 2013 AGM. Votes received in respect of such director would not be counted in such circumstances. In the event that we instead propose to elect a different director nominee at the 2013 AGM to fill any such vacancy, it is intended that the shares represented by the proxy will be voted for such substitute nominee as may be designated by the Board.

There are no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers.

The Board recommends a vote FOR the election of each of the director nominees listed above to the Board.

 

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Board of Directors

Our Articles of Association give our Board general powers to manage our business. The Board oversees and provides policy guidance on our strategic and business planning processes, oversees the conduct of our business by senior management and is principally responsible for the succession planning for our key executives, including our President and Chief Executive Officer.

Our Board held a total of 11 meetings during the fiscal year ended October 28, 2012 (“Fiscal Year 2012”). During Fiscal Year 2012, all directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of our Board together with the total number of meetings held by all committees of our Board on which he or she served, counting only those meetings during which such person was a member of our Board and of the respective committee, except for Mr. Hsuan. Our non-employee directors and our independent directors meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management participation.

Our Board has adopted a policy that encourages each director to attend the annual general meetings of our shareholders, but attendance is not required. All but two of our eight directors attended our 2012 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Director Independence

Our Board has undertaken a review of the independence of each director and considered whether any director has a material relationship with us that could compromise his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. The Board has made the determination that transactions or relationships between the Company and an entity where a director of the Company serves as a non-employee director and/or is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly of less than 10% of such entity, or where a director of the Company serves on a non-employee advisory board of, or in a non-employee advisory capacity to, such an entity are presumed immaterial for the purposes of assessing a director’s independence.

In reviewing the directors’ independence, with respect to Mr. Hao, the Board considered that payments received from Silver Lake during each of their last three respective fiscal years were less than 1% of the Company’s and Silver Lake’s respective consolidated net revenues for such years. The Board also considered that (i) investment funds affiliated with Silver Lake, together with investment funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (“KKR”), controlled a majority of the Company’s shares until December 2010 and together beneficially owned approximately 9% of the Company’s shares prior to their sale in December 2012, and (ii) were party to a Shareholder Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement with the Company until January 2013 when they were terminated. With respect to Mr. Dickson, the Board considered that (i) from May 2010 to January 2012 Mr. Dickson was an executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent, with which the Company does business, on an arms’ length basis, (ii) payments that the Company made to, or received from, Alcatel-Lucent during each of their three respective fiscal years preceding Mr. Dickson’s appointment to the Board were less than 1% of either company’s respective consolidated net revenues for such years and (iii) at the time of his appointment to the Board, and during the three fiscal years preceding such appointment, Mr. Dickson owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Alcatel-Lucent.

As a result of its review, our Board has determined that Messrs. Dickson, Diller, Hao, Hsuan and Macleod and Ms. Lien, representing six of our seven directors nominated for election, are currently “independent directors” as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Director Retirement Age

Under Sections 153(2) and (6) of the Singapore Companies Act, the office of a director of a public company becomes vacant at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of shareholders first held after such director attains the age of 70 years, and any re-appointment of such director must be approved by our shareholders by ordinary resolution.

 

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Directors With Significant Job Change

The Board has adopted a policy that requires any director who retires from his or her present employment, or who materially changes his or her position, to submit an offer of resignation as a director to the Board. The Board will then evaluate whether the individual should continue to sit on the Board in light of his or her new occupational status and decide whether or not to accept the director’s offer of resignation.

Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Management

The Board believes that at the present time Avago and its shareholders are best served by a Board leadership structure in which the roles of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board are held by different individuals. Under this structure our Chief Executive Officer is generally responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Company and for the day-to-day leadership of the Company’s operations. The Chairman provides strong independent leadership to assist the Board in fulfilling its role of overseeing the management of Avago and its risk management practices, approves the agenda for meetings of the Board and presides over Board meetings and over the meetings of our non-management and independent directors in executive session. Currently, Mr. Tan serves as our President and Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Diller, an independent director, serves as Chairman of our Board.

The Board is responsible for overseeing the management of risks facing the Company, both as a whole and through its committees. The Board regularly reviews and discusses with management information regarding our operations, liquidity and credit, as well as the risks associated with each. The Audit Committee reviews and discusses with management significant financial, legal and regulatory risks and the steps management takes to monitor, control and report such exposures. It also oversees the Company’s periodic enterprise-wide risk evaluations conducted by management. The Compensation Committee oversees management of risks relating to the Company’s compensation plans and programs for executives and employees in general. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee oversees management of risks associated with Board governance, director independence and conflicts of interest. Additional details regarding the responsibilities of each of these committees is discussed in more detail below, under the heading “Board Committees”. The committees report regularly to the Board on matters relating to the specific areas of risk the committees oversee. Members of management periodically report on the Company’s risk management policies and practices to the relevant Board committees and to the full Board.

Board Committees

Our Board has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The table below provides the current membership for each of the committees and the number of meetings held by each committee during Fiscal Year 2012.

 

Director

   Audit
Committee
    Compensation
Committee
    Nominating
and Corporate
Governance
Committee
 

James V. Diller

     X        X     

John T. Dickson*

       X        X (C) 

John Hsuan

         X   

Justine F. Lien

     X (C)        X   

Donald Macleod

     X        X (C)   

Number of meetings in Fiscal Year 2012

     11        5        4   

 

(C) Denotes the Chairperson of the committee.
* Mr. Dickson joined the Board on January 18, 2012.

 

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The functions performed by these committees, which are set forth in more detail in their respective charters, are summarized below. The charters of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are available in the “Investors—Governance” section of our website (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=203541&p=irol-govHighlights). Shareholders may also request a copy in print from: Investor Relations, c/o Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., 350 West Trimble Road, Building 90, San Jose, CA 95131, U.S.A.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee is currently comprised of Ms. Lien and Messrs. Diller and Macleod. The Audit Committee is responsible for assisting our Board with its oversight responsibilities regarding the following:

 

   

the quality and integrity of our financial statements and internal controls;

 

   

the appointment, compensation, retention, qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and

 

   

related party transactions.

The members of our Audit Committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market. Our Board has determined that Mr. Macleod is an audit committee financial expert as defined under the applicable rules of the SEC and has the requisite financial sophistication as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Ms. Lien and Messrs. Diller and Macleod are independent directors as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable standards of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee is currently comprised of Messrs. Macleod, Dickson and Diller. The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining our executives’ base compensation and incentive compensation, including designing (in consultation with management or the Board) and recommending to the Board for approval and evaluating, our compensation plans, policies and programs, administering our stock option and other equity based plans and approving the terms of equity-based grants pursuant to those plans. The Compensation Committee has the full authority to determine and approve the compensation of our chief executive officer in light of relevant corporate performance goals and objectives. Messrs. Macleod, Dickson and Diller are independent directors as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable standards of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is currently comprised of Ms. Lien and Messrs. Dickson and Hsuan. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying qualified candidates to become directors, recommending to the Board candidates for all directorships, overseeing the annual evaluation of the Board and its committees and taking a leadership role in shaping the corporate governance of the Company. Ms. Lien and Messrs. Dickson and Hsuan are independent directors as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates under a written charter that satisfies the applicable standards of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider candidates for director who are recommended by its members, by other Board members and members of our management, as well as those identified by any third-party search firms retained by it to assist in identifying and evaluating possible candidates. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will also consider recommendations for director candidates submitted by our shareholders if they meet the specific criteria set forth under “Shareholder Nominations to our Board of Directors” below. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate and recommend to the Board qualified candidates for election, re-election or appointment to the Board, as applicable.

When evaluating director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to ensure that the Board has the requisite skills, experience and expertise and that its members consist of persons with appropriately diverse and independent backgrounds. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider all aspects of a candidate’s qualifications in the context of the needs of the Company, including: personal and professional integrity, ethics and values; experience and expertise as an officer in corporate management; experience in the Company’s industry and international business and familiarity with the Company; experience as a board member of another publicly traded company; practical and mature business judgment; the extent to which a candidate would fill a present need on the Board; and the other ongoing commitments and obligations of the candidate. However, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not have any minimum criteria for director candidates. Consideration of new director candidates will typically involve a series of internal discussions, review of information concerning candidates and interviews with selected candidates. Mr. Dickson, who joined the Board in January 2012, was first suggested as a prospective Board candidate by a non-management director of the Company and Mr. Dickson was then evaluated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee according to its practice described above.

Shareholder Communications With Our Board

Shareholders may communicate with our Board at the following address:

The Board of Directors

Avago Technologies Limited

c/o General Counsel

Avago Technologies U.S. Inc.

350 West Trimble Road, Building 90

San Jose, CA 95131

U.S.A.

Communications are distributed to the Board or to any individual director, as appropriate, depending on the facts and circumstances outlined in the communication. Communications that are unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly unsuitable will be excluded, with the provision that any communication that is excluded will be made available to any director upon request.

Shareholder Nominations to Our Board of Directors

Under our Articles of Association, no person other than a director retiring at a general meeting is eligible for appointment as a director at any general meeting of shareholders, without the recommendation of the Board for election, unless (a) in the case of a member or members who in aggregate hold(s) more than 50% of the total number of our issued and paid-up shares (excluding treasury shares), not less than 10 days, or (b) in the case of a member or members who in aggregate hold(s) more than five percent of the total number of our issued and paid-up shares (excluding treasury shares), not less than 120 days, before the date of the notice provided to members in connection with the general meeting, a written notice signed by such member or members (other than the person to be proposed for appointment) who (i) are qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given, and (ii) have held shares representing the prescribed threshold in (a) or (b) above, for a continuous period of at least one year prior to the date on which such notice is given, is lodged at our registered office in Singapore. Such a notice must also include the consent to serve as a director of the person nominated.

 

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Shareholders can recommend qualified candidates for our Board to the Board by submitting recommendations to our General Counsel, c/o Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., 350 West Trimble Road, Building 90, San Jose, CA 95131, U.S.A. Submissions that include the following requirements will be forwarded to the Board for review and consideration:

 

   

the candidate’s name and business address;

 

   

a resume or curriculum vitae describing the candidate’s qualifications, which clearly indicates that he or she has the necessary experiences, skills, and qualifications to serve as a director;

 

   

a statement as to whether or not, during the past ten years, the candidate has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding minor traffic violations) and, if so, the dates, the nature of the conviction, the name or other disposition of the case, and whether the individual has been involved in any other legal proceeding during the past ten years;

 

   

a statement from the candidate that he or she consents to serve on the Board if elected; and

 

   

a statement from the person submitting the candidate that he or she is the registered holder of ordinary shares, or if the shareholder is not the registered holder, a written statement from the record holder of the ordinary shares (usually a broker or bank) verifying that at the time the shareholder submitted the candidate that he or she was a beneficial owner of ordinary shares.

Qualified director candidates suggested by shareholders will be evaluated in the same manner as any other candidate for election to the Board (other than those standing for re-election).

Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

Our Board has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct that is applicable to all members of the Board, executive officers and employees, including our chief executive officer, chief financial officer and principal accounting officer. The Code of Ethics and Business Conduct is available in the “Investors—Governance” section of our website (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=203541&p=irol-govHighlights) under “Code of Ethics and Business Conduct”. Shareholders may also request a copy in print from: Investor Relations, c/o Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., 350 West Trimble Road, Building 90, San Jose, CA 95131, U.S.A.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The current members of our Compensation Committee, Messrs. Macleod, Dickson and Diller (and Mr. Clammer, who served on our Compensation Committee until December 2011) are not, and have never been, officers or employees of our company. During Fiscal Year 2012, none of our executive officers served on the board of directors or compensation committee of any other entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of our Board or our Compensation Committee. Mr. Clammer is affiliated with KKR and was initially designated by KKR to serve on our Compensation Committee pursuant to a Shareholder Agreement among the Company, KKR, Silver Lake and the other parties thereto. Please see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” starting on page 51 for more information regarding this agreement and the other arrangements we have entered into with KKR and Silver Lake.

Risk Assessment and Compensation Practices

Our management has reviewed the Company’s compensation policies and practices for our employees as they relate to our risk management and reported its findings to the Compensation Committee. Management has concluded that our compensation policies and practices (described in more detail under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation” below) balance short and long-term goals and awards, as well as the mix of the cash and equity components. Based upon this review, we believe the elements of our compensation programs do not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk-taking, and are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company in the future.

 

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This Proxy Statement, including the preceding paragraph, contains forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events. Forward-looking statements contained in this Proxy Statement should be considered in light of the many uncertainties that affect our business and specifically those factors discussed from time to time in our public reports filed with the SEC, such as those discussed under the heading, “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal Year 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”), and as may be updated in subsequent SEC filings.

Compensation Consultant

The Compensation Committee has retained Compensia, Inc. (“Compensia”) as its compensation consultant to advise the committee on executives’ and directors’ compensation. Compensia has not provided and does not provide any other services to the Company that are not at the direction of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has assessed the independence of Compensia pursuant to SEC rules and concluded that no conflict of interest exists that would prevent Compensia from serving as an independent consultant to the Compensation Committee.

Director Share Ownership Guidelines

At the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, our Board implemented share ownership guidelines for non-employee directors, effective January 2011. The ownership guidelines encourage our non-employees directors to hold a minimum of 7,500 of our ordinary shares or such number of shares having a fair market value equal to three times the annual cash retainer paid to non-employee directors for service on our Board (which would currently amount to $150,000), whichever is less. The guidelines encourage our non-employee directors to reach this goal within five years of the date the Board approved the guidelines or the date of their appointment or election to our Board, whichever is later, and to hold at least such minimum value in shares for as long as he or she serves on our Board.

 

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DIRECTORS’ COMPENSATION

Under the laws of Singapore, our shareholders must approve all cash compensation paid to our non-employee directors. We do not compensate our management directors for their service on the Board or any committee of the Board.

Non-Employee Directors’ Compensation

Our shareholders approved the current cash compensation arrangements for our non-employee directors (which are those directors not employed by us or any subsidiary) at our 2012 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“2012 AGM”). We currently pay the following annual cash compensation to our non-employee directors as follows, payable quarterly:

 

     Current Annual Fees  
     Non-Employee
Directors
     Independent
Non-Employee
Directors
 

Board membership (other than Chairperson of the Board)

   $ 50,000       $ 50,000   

Chairperson of the Board

     —        $ 80,000   

Committee membership (other than committee chairperson)

     —        $ 10,000   

Chairperson of the Audit Committee

     —        $ 25,000   

Chairperson of the Compensation Committee

     —        $ 15,000   

Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

     —        $ 12,500   

Our non-employee directors also receive certain equity awards in consideration for their service on our Board, as set forth in more detail below. Non-employee directors are also reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses related to their attendance at Board and committee meetings. Non-employee directors do not receive any non-equity incentive compensation, or participate in any pension plan or deferred compensation plan.

Our Board previously approved the following equity compensation for our non-employee directors, effective September 2011.

 

   

Upon appointment to the Board, each new non-employee director shall receive an initial equity grant with a notional target fair market value of $450,000 on the date of grant, comprised 50% of stock options and 50% of restricted share units (“RSUs”), with such awards vesting one-third annually over three years (an “Initial Award”), subject to the director’s continued service on the Board.

 

   

Commencing in the fourth year of service, each non-employee director shall receive an annual equity grant with a notional target fair market value of $150,000 on the date of grant, to be granted on the date of each Annual General Meeting of Shareholders occurring in and after the director’s fourth year of service, subject to the director’s re-election at such meeting (“Annual Award”). Non-employee directors may elect to receive an Annual Award either 100% in stock options or 50% in stock options and 50% in RSUs (a “Split Annual Award”). Annual Awards vest in full one year from the date of grant, subject to the director’s continued service on the Board.

To determine the number of shares to be awarded to a non-employee director pursuant to such grants, the notional target fair market value of the grant ($450,000 or $150,000 depending on whether it is an Initial Award or an Annual Award) is divided by the Black Scholes value of an option to purchase one ordinary share (calculated using the average of the closing market prices, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, over the 30 calendar days immediately preceding the date of grant) (the “Notional Share Amount”). For Initial Awards and for Split Annual Awards, half of this Notional Share Amount represents the number of shares that will be issued pursuant to options. The remaining half of the Notional Share Amount is then divided by three to determine the number of RSUs that will be granted. Due, primarily, to the fact that the ratio of the fair market value of an RSU to the Black Scholes value of an option share is not always three to one, the actual aggregate

 

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grant date fair market value of an Initial Award or a Split Annual Award may be greater or less than the notional fair value of the award at the time of grant. For an Annual Award consisting solely of stock options, the Notional Share Amount represents the number of shares that will be issued pursuant to options.

The exercise price per share of a non-employee director’s options is equal to the fair market value of an ordinary share on the grant date, and a director’s options expire five years from the date of grant (or earlier if the optionee ceases to be a director). RSUs do not have an exercise price associated with them.

Directors’ Compensation for Fiscal Year 2012

The following table sets forth information regarding compensation earned by our non-employee directors during Fiscal Year 2012.

 

Name

   Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
     Stock
Awards(1)
     Option
Awards ($)(1)
     Dividends(2)     Total  

Adam H. Clammer

   $ 50,000       $ 95,134       $ 74,633       $ 28,000 (3)    $ 247,767   

John T. Dickson(4)

   $ 53,750       $ 216,266       $ 262,923         —       $ 532,939   

James V. Diller

   $ 100,000       $ 95,134       $ 74,633       $ 100,800 (5)    $ 370,567   

Kenneth Y. Hao

   $ 50,000       $ 95,134       $ 74,633       $ 28,000 (6)    $ 247,767   

John M. Hsuan

   $ 60,000         —          —          —       $ 60,000   

Justine F. Lien

   $ 85,625       $ 95,134       $ 74,633         —       $ 255,392   

Donald Macleod

   $ 73,750       $ 95,134       $ 74,633         —       $ 243,517   

 

(1) Columns represent the grant date fair value of RSU awards, or option awards, as applicable, granted in Fiscal Year 2012, determined in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic Number 718 (“ASC 718”). The grant date fair value of RSU awards is based on the closing price of our ordinary shares on the date of grant. For a discussion of valuation assumptions used in the calculation of the grant date fair value of option awards, see Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 8 of our 2012 Form 10-K. The table below shows the aggregate number of ordinary shares underlying stock options and RSUs held by our non-employee directors as of October 28, 2012:

 

Name

   Number of Ordinary
Shares Underlying
Restricted Share Units (#)
     Number of Ordinary
Shares Underlying
Outstanding Stock Options (#)
 

Adam H. Clammer

     2,543         14,816   

John T. Dickson

     6,372         19,116   

James V. Diller

     2,543         14,816   

Kenneth Y. Hao

     2,543         14,816   

John M. Hsuan

     3,823         17,201   

Justine F. Lien

     2,543         37,630   

Donald Macleod

     2,543         24,816   

 

(2) Represents dividends paid on shares received upon exercise of options previously granted to the director as compensation, as dividends were not factored into the grant date fair value for the options because they were granted prior to our adoption of ASC 718. These option awards were accounted for under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and related interpretations and provided the required pro forma disclosures of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”.
(3) Shares on which dividends were paid are held by Mr. Clammer as Trustee for the Adam H Clammer & Katherine G Harbin 2007 Joint Revocable Trust.
(4) Mr. Dickson was appointed to the Board on January 18, 2012.
(5) Shares on which dividends were paid are held by Mr. Diller as Trustee for the James & June Diller Trust UA dated 7/20/77, for the June P. Diller Annuity trust – 2010B dated May 10, 2010 and for the James V. Diller Annuity Trust—2010B dated May 10, 2010.
(6) Pursuant to Mr. Hao’s arrangement with Silver Lake with respect to director compensation, dividends received by Mr. Hao on shares received by him from the exercise of options or the vesting of RSUs received as director compensation are required to be remitted to Silver Lake.

 

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PROPOSAL 2:

APPROVAL OF THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC

ACCOUNTING FIRM AND INDEPENDENT SINGAPORE AUDITOR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO FIX ITS REMUNERATION

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is our independent registered public accounting firm in the U.S. and audits our consolidated financial statements. During Fiscal Year 2012, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Singapore was our independent Singapore auditor of our Singapore statutory financial statements. Pursuant to section 205(2) and 205(4) of the Singapore Companies Act, any appointment after the Board’s initial appointment of our independent Singapore auditor, or its subsequent removal, requires the approval of our shareholders. The Audit Committee has approved, subject to shareholder approval, the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm and the independent Singapore auditor for the fiscal year ending November 3, 2013 (“Fiscal Year 2013”). Pursuant to Section 205(16) of the Singapore Companies Act, the remuneration of a company’s auditors shall be fixed by the shareholders in a general meeting or the shareholders may authorize directors to fix the remuneration. The Board believes that it is appropriate for the Audit Committee, as part of its oversight responsibilities, to fix the auditors’ remuneration. The Board is therefore also requesting that the shareholders authorize the Audit Committee to fix the auditors’ remuneration for service rendered through our 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “2014 AGM”). We expect a representative from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to be present at the 2013 AGM. This representative will have the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and is expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Set forth below are the aggregate fees charged to the Company for the services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, relating to Fiscal Year 2012 and the fiscal year ended October 30, 2011 (“Fiscal Year 2011”).

 

     Fiscal Year
2012
     Fiscal Year
2011
 
     ($ in thousands)  

Audit Fees

   $ 2,697       $ 3,063   

Audit-Related Fees

     88         —     

Tax Fees

     183         186   

All Other Fees

     4         4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,972       $ 3,253   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Audit Fees consist of fees for professional services provided in connection with the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, audit of internal control over financial reporting, the review of our quarterly consolidated financial statements, and audit services that are normally provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years, such as statutory audits. The fees also include services in connection with secondary offerings in December 2010, January 2011, February 2011, May 2011 and September 2011, including comfort letters, consents and review of documents filed with the SEC.

Audit-Related Fees consist of fees for assurance and related services by our independent registered public accounting firm that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements and not included in Audit Fees. In Fiscal Year 2012, these fees related to providing certification audits to the Singapore Economic Development Board in connection with our tax incentive arrangements in Singapore and consultations relating to the Company’s business development activities.

 

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Tax Fees consist of fees incurred for various tax transfer pricing studies in Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012, a U.S. federal and a state research and development credit study in Fiscal Year 2011 and research and development credit consultations in Fiscal Year 2012, respectively, and customs duty assistance in Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012.

All Other Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for permissible non-audit services. In Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012, these fees consisted of a license for specialized accounting research software.

In considering the nature of the services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Audit Committee determined that such services are compatible with the provision of independent audit services. The Audit Committee discussed these services with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and our management to determine that they are permitted under the rules and regulation concerning independent registered public accounting firms’ independence promulgated by the SEC to implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Except as stated above, there were no other fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012. The Audit Committee considers the provision of these services to be compatible with maintaining the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

The Audit Committee is responsible for selecting the independent registered public accounting firm to be employed by us to audit our financial statements, subject to approval by our shareholders of such appointment. The Audit Committee also assumes responsibility for the retention, compensation, oversight and termination of any independent auditor employed by us. All engagements with the Company’s independent registered accounting firm, regardless of amount, must be authorized in advance by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has delegated its pre-approval authority to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, provided that any matters approved in such manner are presented to the Audit Committee at its next meeting. Pursuant to the charter of the Audit Committee, committee approval of non-audit services (other than review and attest services) is not required, if such services fall within available exceptions established by the SEC. However, to date, the Audit Committee’s policy has been to approve all services provided by the Company’s independent registered accounting firm. The independent registered public accounting firm and our management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with the committee’s pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date.

During Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012, all services provided to us by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

The Board recommends a vote FOR the approval of the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor for Fiscal Year 2013 and authorization of the Audit Committee to fix its remuneration.

 

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PROPOSAL 3:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ORDINARY SHARE ALLOTMENTS AND ISSUANCES

We are incorporated in the Republic of Singapore. Under the laws of Singapore, our directors may issue ordinary shares and make offers or agreements or grant options that might or would require the issuance of ordinary shares only with the prior approval of our shareholders. We are submitting this proposal to authorize our Board to allot and issue our ordinary shares from time to time, as set forth in the Notice, because we are required to do so under the laws of Singapore before we can issue any ordinary shares in connection with our equity compensation plans, possible future strategic transactions, or public and private offerings.

If this proposal is approved, the authorization would be effective from the date of the 2013 AGM and continue until the earlier of (i) the conclusion of the 2014 AGM or (ii) the expiration of the period within which the 2014 AGM is required by the laws of Singapore to be held. The 2014 AGM is required to be held no later than 15 months after the date of the 2013 AGM. The laws of Singapore allow for an application to be made with the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority for an extension of up to an additional three months of the time in which to hold an annual general meeting of shareholders, which may be granted in the discretion of that Authority.

The Board believes that it is advisable and in the best interests of our shareholders for our shareholders to authorize the directors to issue ordinary shares and to make, enter into or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require the issuance of ordinary shares. In the future, the directors may need to issue shares or make agreements that would require the allotment and issuance of new ordinary shares. For example:

 

   

in connection with strategic transactions and acquisitions;

 

   

pursuant to public and private offerings of our ordinary shares, as well as instruments (including debt instruments) convertible into our ordinary shares; or

 

   

in connection with our equity compensation plans and arrangements.

Notwithstanding this general authorization to allot and issue our ordinary shares, we will be required to seek shareholder approval with respect to future issuances of ordinary shares, where required, under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, such as where we propose to issue ordinary shares that will result in a change in control of Avago or in connection with a transaction involving the issuance of ordinary shares representing 20% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares.

We expect that we will continue to issue ordinary shares and grant options, RSUs and other equity-based awards in the future under circumstances similar to those in the past. As of the date of this Proxy Statement, other than issuances of ordinary shares or agreements that would require the issuance of new ordinary shares in connection with our equity compensation plans and arrangements, we have no specific plans, agreements or commitments to issue any ordinary shares for which approval of this proposal is required. Nevertheless, the Board believes that it is advisable and in the best interests of our shareholders for our shareholders to provide this general authorization in order to avoid the delay and expense of obtaining shareholder approval at a later date, and to provide us with greater flexibility to pursue strategic transactions and acquisitions and raise additional capital through public and private offerings of our ordinary shares, as well as instruments convertible into our ordinary shares.

If this proposal is approved, our directors would be authorized to allot and issue, during the period described above, ordinary shares subject to our Articles of Association, applicable Singapore laws and the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. The issuance of a large number of ordinary shares (or instruments convertible into ordinary shares) could be dilutive to existing shareholders or reduce the trading price of our ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. If this proposal is not approved, we would not be permitted to issue ordinary shares (other than shares issuable on exercise or settlement of outstanding options, RSUs and other instruments convertible into or

 

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exercisable for ordinary shares or the like, which were previously granted when the previous shareholder approved share issue mandates were in force). If we are unable to rely upon equity as a component of compensation, we would have to review our compensation practices, and would likely have to substantially increase cash compensation to retain key personnel.

The Board recommends a vote FOR the resolution to authorize ordinary share allotments and issuances.

 

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PROPOSAL 4:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION TO RENEW THE SHARE PURCHASE MANDATE

Our purchases or acquisitions of our ordinary shares must be made in accordance with, and in the manner prescribed by, the Singapore Companies Act, the Nasdaq Stock Market rules and such other laws and regulations as may from time to time be applicable.

Singapore law requires us to obtain shareholder approval of a “general and unconditional share purchase mandate” if we wish to purchase or otherwise acquire our ordinary shares. We refer to this as the “Share Purchase Mandate” and it allows our directors to exercise their authority to purchase or otherwise acquire our outstanding ordinary shares on the terms of the Share Purchase Mandate.

Our shareholders approved a Share Purchase Mandate at our 2012 AGM, however, this Share Purchase Mandate will expire on the date of our 2013 AGM unless renewed. Accordingly, we are submitting this proposal to seek approval from our shareholders at the 2013 AGM to renew the Share Purchase Mandate. On April 4, 2012, following the conclusion of our 2012 AGM, the Board authorized the repurchase of up to 15 million of our outstanding ordinary shares in the aggregate, pursuant to the Share Purchase Mandate approved by shareholders at our 2012 AGM. This share repurchase program does not obligate us to repurchase any specific number of shares and may be suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice. During Fiscal Year 2012 we paid $110 million to repurchase 3.5 million of our ordinary shares, all of which were cancelled upon repurchase.

If approved by our shareholders at the 2013 AGM, the authority conferred by the renewed Share Purchase Mandate will, unless varied or revoked by our shareholders at a general meeting, continue in force until the earlier of the date of our 2014 AGM or the date by which the 2014 AGM is required by law to be held. The 2014 AGM is required to be held no later than 15 months after the date of the 2013 AGM (which period may be extended for up to an additional three months upon application by the Company to, and the approval of, the Singapore Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority).

The authority and limitations placed on our share purchases or acquisitions under the proposed Share Purchase Mandate, if renewed at the 2013 AGM, are summarized below:

Limit on Number of Ordinary Shares Allowed to be Purchased

During the period in which the renewed Share Purchase Mandate is effective, we may purchase or acquire that aggregate number of our ordinary shares which is equal to 10% of the total number of issued ordinary shares outstanding as of (a) April 4, 2012 (the date of our last annual general meeting of shareholders) or (b) the date of the passing of this resolution (expected to be April 10, 2013), whichever is greater. There were 244,705,275 of our ordinary shares outstanding as of April 4, 2012 and 246,251,335 of our ordinary shares outstanding as of February 14, 2013, the most recent practicable date.

Duration of Share Purchase Mandate

Purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares may be made, at any time and from time to time, on and from the date of approval by shareholders of the renewed Share Purchase Mandate up to the earlier of:

 

   

the date on which our next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is held or required by law to be held; or

 

   

the date on which the authority conferred by the Share Purchase Mandate is revoked or varied by our shareholders at a general meeting.

 

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Manner of Purchases or Acquisitions of Ordinary Shares

Purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares may be made by way of:

 

   

market purchases on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted, through one or more duly licensed dealers appointed by us for that purpose; and/or

 

   

off-market purchases (if effected other than on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may for the time being be listed and quoted) in accordance with an equal access prescribed by Singapore law.

If we decide to purchase or acquire our ordinary shares in accordance with an equal access scheme, our directors may impose any terms and conditions on such purchases as they see fit and as are in our interests, so long as the terms are consistent with the Share Purchase Mandate, the regulations and rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may then be listed and quoted), the Singapore Companies Act and other applicable laws. In addition, an equal access scheme must satisfy the following conditions:

 

   

offers for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares must be made to every person who holds ordinary shares to purchase or acquire the same percentage of their ordinary shares;

 

   

all of those persons must be given a reasonable opportunity to accept the offers made; and

 

   

the terms of all of the offers must be the same (except differences in consideration that result from offers relating to ordinary shares with (i) different accrued dividend entitlements, (ii) different amounts remaining unpaid and (iii) differences in the offers solely to ensure that each person is left with a whole number of ordinary shares).

Purchase Price

The purchase price (excluding brokerage commission, applicable goods and services tax and other related expenses of the purchase or acquisition) to be paid for an ordinary share will be determined by our directors. The maximum purchase price to be paid for the ordinary shares, as determined by our directors must not exceed:

 

   

in the case of a market purchase, the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of our ordinary shares quoted or reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares for the time being are listed or quoted, at the time the purchase is effected; and

 

   

in the case of an off-market purchase pursuant to an equal access scheme, 150% of the “Prior Day Close Price” of our ordinary shares, which means the closing price of an ordinary share as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or, as the case may be, any other stock exchange on which our ordinary shares may, for the time being, be listed and quoted on the day immediately preceding the date on which we announce our intention to make an offer for the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares from holders of our ordinary shares, stating therein the purchase price (which shall not be more than the maximum purchase price calculated on the foregoing basis) for each ordinary share and the relevant terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the off-market purchase.

Sources of Funds

Only funds legally available for purchasing or acquiring ordinary shares in accordance with our Articles of Association and applicable laws of Singapore shall be used. In the event that we elect to purchase or acquire any of our ordinary shares, depending on the number of ordinary shares repurchased or acquired and then current market, business and other relevant conditions, we may use our internal sources of funds and/or external borrowings to finance any such purchases or acquisitions. Our directors do not propose to exercise the Share

 

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Purchase Mandate in a manner and to such an extent that would materially affect our working capital requirements and those of our subsidiaries.

Under the Singapore Companies Act, any payment made in consideration of the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares may be made out of our capital or profits. Acquisitions or purchases made out of capital or profits are permissible only so long as Avago is solvent. Pursuant to section 76F(4) of the Singapore Companies Act, a company is solvent if (a) it is able to pay its debts in full at the time of the payment made in consideration of the purchase or acquisition (or the acquisition of any right with respect to the purchase or acquisition) of ordinary shares and will be able to pay its debts as they fall due in the normal course of business during the 12-month period immediately following the date of such payment; and (b) the value of the company’s assets is not less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and will not, after giving effect to the proposed purchase or acquisition, become less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities).

Status of Purchased or Acquired Ordinary Shares

The ordinary shares that we purchase or acquire will be deemed cancelled immediately on purchase or acquisition, and all rights and privileges attached to those ordinary shares will expire on cancellation. The total number of issued shares will be diminished by the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired by us.

We will cancel and destroy certificates, if applicable, in respect of purchased or acquired ordinary shares as soon as reasonably practicable following settlement of any purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares.

Financial Effects

Our net tangible assets will be reduced by the purchase price of any ordinary shares purchased or acquired and cancelled. We do not anticipate that the purchase or acquisition of our ordinary shares in accordance with the renewed Share Purchase Mandate would have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

The financial effects on us arising from purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares which may be made pursuant to the Share Purchase Mandate will depend on, among other things, whether the ordinary shares are purchased or acquired out of our profits and/or capital, the number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired, and the price paid for the ordinary shares.

Under the Singapore Companies Act, purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares by us may be made out of our profits and/or our capital. Where the consideration paid by us for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares is made out of our profits, such consideration (excluding brokerage, commission, goods and services tax and other related expenses) will correspondingly reduce the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by us. Where the consideration that we pay for the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares is made out of our capital, the amount available for the distribution of cash dividends by us will not be reduced.

Rationale for the Share Purchase Mandate

We believe that renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate at the 2013 AGM will benefit our shareholders by providing our directors with appropriate flexibility to cause the repurchase of our ordinary shares if our directors believe that such repurchases would be in the best interests of our shareholders. Our decision to repurchase our ordinary shares from time to time will depend on our continuing assessment of then-current market conditions, our need to use available cash to finance our operations, acquisitions and other strategic transactions, the level of our debt, and the terms and availability of financing.

 

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Take-Over Implications

If, as a result of our purchase or acquisition of our issued ordinary shares, a shareholder’s proportionate interest in our voting capital increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition under The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers, Appendix 2. If such increase results in a change of effective control, or, as a result of such increase, a shareholder or a group of shareholders acting in concert obtains or consolidates effective control of our company, such shareholder or group of shareholders acting in concert could become obliged to make a take-over offer for our company under Rule 14 of The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers.

The circumstances under which shareholders (including directors or a group of shareholders acting together) will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer can be found under Rule 14 and Appendix 2 of the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers. The effect of Appendix 2 is that, unless exempted, shareholders will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer under Rule 14 if, as a result of us purchasing or acquiring our issued ordinary shares, the voting rights of such shareholders (and parties acting in concert with them) would increase to 30% or more, or if such shareholders (and parties acting in concert with them) hold between 30% and 50% of our voting rights, the voting rights of such shareholders (and parties acting in concert with them) would increase by more than 1% in any period of six months. Shareholders who are in doubt as to their obligations, if any, to make a mandatory take-over offer under The Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers as a result of any share purchase by us should consult the Securities Industry Council of Singapore and/or their professional advisers at the earliest opportunity.

The Board recommends a vote FOR the resolution to renew the Share Purchase Mandate.

 

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Executive Officers

The following table sets forth certain information about our executive officers as of February 20, 2013.

 

Name

   Age     

Position

Hock E. Tan

     61       President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Douglas R. Bettinger

     45       Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Boon Chye Ooi

     59       Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Bryan T. Ingram

     48       Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division

Patricia H. McCall

     58       Vice President and General Counsel

Hock E. Tan has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since March 2006. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of directors of Integrated Device Technology, Inc., or IDT. Prior to becoming chairman of IDT, Mr. Tan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc., or ICS, from June 1999 to September 2005. Prior to ICS, Mr. Tan was Vice President of Finance with Commodore International, Ltd. from 1992 to 1994, and previously held senior management positions with PepsiCo, Inc. and General Motors Corporation. Mr. Tan served as managing director of Pacven Investment, Ltd., a venture capital fund in Singapore from 1988 to 1992, and served as managing director for Hume Industries Ltd. in Malaysia from 1983 to 1988.

Douglas R. Bettinger has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2008. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Bettinger served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Xilinx, Inc. From 2004 to 2007, he was Chief Financial Officer at 24/7 Customer, a privately-held company. Mr. Bettinger was at Intel Corporation from 1993 to 2004, where he served in several senior-level finance and manufacturing operations positions, including Corporate Planning and Reporting Controller, and Malaysia Site Operations Controller.

Boon Chye Ooi has served as our Senior Vice President, Global Operations since January 2009. From November 2003 until 2008, Mr. Ooi was at Xilinx, Inc., where he was responsible for all worldwide manufacturing operations, most recently as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Prior to Xilinx, Mr. Ooi spent 25 years at Intel Corporation, where he served in a variety of positions.

Bryan T. Ingram has served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division since November 2007 and prior to that as Vice President of that division since December 2005. Prior to the closing of our acquisition of the Semiconductor Products Group (“SPG”) of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (the “SPG Acquisition”), Mr. Ingram was the Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division of SPG. He has held various other positions with Hewlett-Packard Company and Agilent Technologies, Inc. Mr. Ingram joined Hewlett-Packard Company in 1990.

Patricia H. McCall has served as our Vice President and General Counsel since March 2007. She served as Director of Litigation at Adobe Systems from 2006 to 2007. Prior to this, Ms. McCall served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of ChipPAC Inc. from January 2003 to August 2004, when ChipPAC Inc. merged with ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. in August 2004. Ms. McCall served as the Senior Vice President Administration, General Counsel and Secretary of ChipPAC Inc. from November 2000 to January 2003. From November 1995 to November 2000, Ms. McCall was at National Semiconductor Corporation, most recently as Associate General Counsel, and prior to that was a partner at the law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. Ms. McCall is also a Barrister in England.

Our executive officers are appointed by, and serve at the discretion of, our Board. There are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers.

 

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Executive Summary

Our Compensation Committee reviews and approves compensation for all our executives.

We have in place a compensation strategy for our executives which focuses on both individual and Company performance. Compensation of our executives is structured around the achievement of near-term corporate targets (fiscal year metrics) and longer-term business objectives and strategies. The Compensation Committee is responsible for evaluating and administering all of our compensation programs and practices to ensure that they properly compensate, reward and drive corporate performance while remaining competitive with comparable semiconductor companies operating in the same or similar markets. The Compensation Committee reviews and approves all compensation policies, including executive base salaries, bonuses and equity incentive compensation.

Our named executive officers (“NEOs”) for Fiscal Year 2012 were Hock E. Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Douglas R. Bettinger, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Boon Chye Ooi, Senior Vice President, Global Operations, Bryan T. Ingram, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division, and Patricia H. McCall, Vice President and General Counsel.

2012 Financial Results and Link to Pay Decisions

 

   

In Fiscal Year 2012, we achieved modest year-over-year growth:

 

   

Revenue increased $28 million or 1.2% over Fiscal Year 2011, primarily due to strength in our wireless communications target market, largely offset by weakness in our industrial target market.

 

   

Non-GAAP income from operations increased $15 million or 2.1% over Fiscal Year 2011, with non-GAAP earnings per diluted share increasing 2.6% year-over-year.

 

   

The Company’s financial condition continues to be robust; we generated $452 million in free cash flow (cash flow from operations less capital expenditures) during Fiscal Year 2012 and increased our cash position from $829 million at the end of Fiscal Year 2011 to $1.084 billion at the end of Fiscal Year 2012.

 

   

Payouts under our annual cash incentive bonus program depend on our operational and financial performance. We set ourselves ambitious performance goals for Fiscal Year 2012, and although our overall financial results improved slightly compared to Fiscal Year 2011, many of the target attainment levels for these goals were not fully achieved. This affected our annual cash incentive payouts accordingly:

 

   

Although we achieved 91% of our non-GAAP operating income target and 92% of our revenue goal, for Fiscal Year 2012, we only achieved 13% of our revenue growth target for the year and these were below the minimum thresholds set for cash incentive payouts based on these corporate metrics.

 

   

Attainment levels for business unit/function performance targets were mixed, with some targets being missed and others met or exceeded.

 

   

This resulted in cash incentive payouts ranging between 0% and 72% of target for the NEOs (assuming a performance multiplier of 100%) under our annual cash incentive bonus program.

 

   

Total cash compensation for our NEOs (the sum of base salary and annual incentive bonus payouts) was considerably lower than Fiscal Year 2011 levels:

 

   

Base salaries for our NEOs were increased by 5% or less in Fiscal Year 2012, with the exception of Mr. Tan who received a pay increase of 7.1%.

 

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Target annual cash bonus levels for Fiscal Year 2012 were set at the same levels as in Fiscal Year 2011. However, as several of our performance goals for Fiscal Year 2012 were not achieved, the aggregate amount paid to our NEOs under our annual cash incentive bonus program decreased from $3.4 million for Fiscal Year 2011 to $0.7 million for Fiscal Year 2012.

 

   

Our long-term equity awards in Fiscal Year 2012 consisted of a combination of service-based options and RSUs, as in Fiscal Year 2011, in order to incentivize, and more competitively position us to retain, our executives:

 

   

Messrs. Bettinger and Ooi and Ms. McCall received equity grants in Fiscal Year 2012.

 

   

Messrs. Tan and Ingram did not receive any equity awards in Fiscal Year 2012, as they received equity grants in Fiscal Year 2011.

In this Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, we discuss the material elements of our compensation programs and policies, including program objectives and reasons why we pay each element of our executives’ compensation. Following this discussion, you will find a series of tables containing more specific details about the compensation earned by, or awarded to, our NEOs. This discussion focuses principally on compensation and practices relating to the NEOs for our Fiscal Year 2012.

Objectives and Philosophy of Our Executive Compensation Program

Our compensation program for executives is designed to achieve the following:

 

   

attract and retain qualified, experienced and talented executives, in a highly competitive market for executive talent;

 

   

motivate and reward executives whose skills, knowledge and performance are critical to the on-going success of our Company;

 

   

encourage executives to focus on the achievement of corporate and financial performance goals and metrics by aligning the incentive reward program to the achievement of both functional/divisional goals and corporate goals; and

 

   

align the interests of our executives with those of our shareholders. A significant portion of total compensation paid to our executives is in the form of equity grants that vest over their years of service. We use equity grants as a long term retention strategy that aims to align the interests of our executives with shareholders by tying a significant portion of each executive’s compensation to returns realizable by our shareholders.

Equity grants are a long-term retention tool for key executives intended to reflect the value we place on their contribution to our Company. The Compensation Committee approves all equity grants made to executives. Equity grants to our executives currently consist of options to acquire ordinary shares and/or RSUs, which we began to award in Fiscal Year 2011. Equity grants are typically awarded in connection with their commencement of employment with us, in connection with a promotion or in connection with the assignment of increased responsibilities or for ongoing retention and incentive purposes. When allocating equity, the Compensation Committee looks at each executive’s level of experience and expertise and overall value to our Company, as well as how much vested and unvested equity an executive holds.

Our Compensation Committee has adopted a compensation philosophy that is intended to keep total cash compensation (base salary plus cash incentive reward) of our executives competitive with compensation for similarly situated executives both at other companies within our peer group and with companies included in the market salary surveys it reviews (as discussed below). We view total cash compensation (including incentive cash compensation) as competitive when it is within approximately the 25th-75th percentiles, dependent on the area of responsibility relative to product development, sales, or support functions. The Compensation Committee

 

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believes that total cash compensation within this range of the market provides us a competitive position for attracting and retaining executives. However, our Compensation Committee bases its compensation decisions on the needs of the Company and an executive’s level of expertise, experience and marketability and will make exceptions to the above philosophy when it determines it is necessary to attract or retain an executive with the experience and skills desirable for a particular position, to provide additional incentive to an executive to achieve the Company’s goals or to maintain internal parity among executives with similar levels of responsibilities. As a result, actual total cash compensation paid to an executive may be outside of these reference points.

When reviewing compensation against market practices, the Compensation Committee uses industry-based market compensation survey data, to which we refer in this Proxy Statement as “market salary surveys”, from the following data sources:

 

   

Radford Global Technology Survey;

 

   

Radford Global Sales Survey; and

 

   

Mercer High Tech Salary Survey (Asia).

The companies the Compensation Committee used in January 2012 as a point of reference for reviewing and setting executive compensation for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2012, to which we refer in this Proxy Statement as our “peer group companies”, and those that participate in the market salary surveys, are:

 

   

Altera Corporation;

 

   

Analog Devices, Inc.;

 

   

Atmel Corporation;

 

   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.;

 

   

Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd.;

 

   

International Rectifier Corporation;

 

   

Linear Technology Corporation;

 

   

LSI Logic Corporation;

 

   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.;

 

   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.;

 

   

Microchip Technology Incorporated.;

 

   

NVIDIA Corporation;

 

   

ON Semiconductor Corporation;

 

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. and

 

   

Xilinx, Inc.

In January 2012, our Compensation Committee reviewed our peer group companies for the purposes of identifying the appropriate peer group. The selection criteria for the peer group are companies in the semiconductor industry, with similar business focus, comparability across annual revenue (generally 0.5 to 2.0 times that of the Company) and market capitalization (generally 0.3 to 3.0 times that of the Company). The peer group used for our market comparisons for 2012 was broadly the same as the peer group used for 2011, except for the addition by the Compensation Committee of the following three companies: Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd., International Rectifier Corporation and NVIDIA Corporation which were deemed appropriate peers based on the established selection criteria. The Committee also removed the following four companies: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, Finisar Corporation, and Intersil Corporation, which have revenue and market cap

 

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below the selection criteria; and National Semiconductor Corporation which was acquired by Texas Instruments in September 2011. In March 2012, our Compensation Committee reviewed market survey data for the revised peer group for the purpose of setting 2012 compensation for our executives. Relative to the above peer group, our revenues for the four quarters preceding February 2012 ranked at the 60th percentile and our market capitalization (as of February 2012) ranked at the 67th percentile.

While the Compensation Committee reviews benchmark compensation data for, and compensation practices at, peer companies to inform its decision-making process, it does not set compensation components to meet specific benchmarks. The Compensation Committee uses peer-group data and market salary surveys as points of reference so that it can set total compensation levels that it believes are reasonably competitive, but also believes that over-reliance on benchmarking can result in compensation that is unrelated to the value delivered by our executives. In addition, peer group data and market salary surveys do not always contain data for positions and responsibilities exactly comparable to those of our executives, and different survey data can be inconsistent. While compensation levels may differ among executives on competitive factors, and the role, responsibilities and performance of each specific executive, there are not material differences in the compensation philosophies, objectives or policies for our executives, including NEOs. We do not maintain a formal policy regarding internal pay parity, but it may be considered as a factor in determining compensation where applicable.

The Compensation Committee retains Compensia as its compensation consultant. As the independent consultant to the Committee, Compensia prepares the assessment of executive compensation based on market data, including data from our peer group companies. Compensia has not provided, and does not provide, any other services to the Company that are not at the direction of the Compensation Committee.

Components of Our Executive Compensation Program

The components of our executive compensation program are:

 

   

annual base salary;

 

   

annual (fiscal year) cash incentive program;

 

   

equity incentive (grants of options to purchase ordinary shares and RSUs);

 

   

perquisites; and

 

   

severance and change-in-control benefits.

Annual Cash Compensation

Base Salary

Our Compensation Committee believes that a competitive base salary is a necessary element of any compensation program designed to attract, engage and retain key executives. Base salaries provide fixed, baseline compensation and are set at levels that are intended to be within a competitive range with similar positions at our peer group companies. The base salaries of all our executives are reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee against positions of similar size and scope in our peer group companies.

Annual adjustments to an executive’s base salary take into account:

 

  (i) economic and business conditions and outlook;

 

  (ii) individual performance throughout the prior fiscal year (based on the achievement of divisional goals used in the annual cash incentive bonus plan, fiscal responsibility and senior leadership ability);

 

  (iii) the actual pay rate of our executives as compared to market pay rates from the market salary surveys; and

 

  (iv) internal parity, where applicable.

 

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Our Compensation Committee reviews and considers many factors in determining individual performance for the purposes of adjusting base salaries including such measures as unit or division performance against budget, achievement of unit or division sales goals, new product introductions and corporate strategy implementation. The process for internal parity where applicable involves comparing executives in peer roles to ensure that base salaries are comparable based on function, scope and responsibilities of the role and taking into account the executive’s experience, technical knowledge and expertise.

The Compensation Committee conducts the annual salary review process for executives in the middle of the fiscal year, with changes to salaries becoming effective in July. In March 2012, the Compensation Committee undertook a market review of executive compensation, using market survey data for 2011 prepared by Compensia, and approved market-based salary increases resulting in base salaries for the NEOs (commencing July 2012) as follows:

 

Name

   Base Salary
(USD) Effective
July 1, 2011
     2011 Base Salary As
a Percentile of Base
Salaries at Comparator
Companies(1)
   Base Salary
(USD) Effective
July 1, 2012
     2012 Base Salary As
a Percentile of Base
Salaries at Comparator
Companies(1)

Hock E. Tan

   $ 700,000       33rd Percentile    $ 750,000       50th Percentile

Douglas R. Bettinger

   $ 400,000       35th Percentile    $ 408,000       40th Percentile

Boon Chye Ooi(2)

   $ 546,957       >75th Percentile    $ 539,577       >75th Percentile

Bryan T. Ingram

   $ 400,000       45th Percentile    $ 420,000       50th Percentile

Patricia H. McCall

   $ 350,000       50th Percentile    $ 360,500       60th Percentile

 

(1) Based on market survey data for 2011 (the most recent period then available) prepared by Compensia.
(2) Mr. Ooi’s cash compensation is paid in Singapore Dollars. Mr. Ooi’s base salary was increased from $675,000 to $688,500 in local currency. For the purposes of this table, salary amounts paid to Mr. Ooi in Singapore Dollars were converted back to U.S. Dollars using the Accounting Rate for June 2011 (1.2341 Singapore Dollars to the U.S. Dollar) and June 2012 (1.276 Singapore Dollars to the U.S. Dollar), as applicable. The “Accounting Rate” for any month is the exchange ratio of the number of Singapore Dollars to one U.S. Dollar for the last business day of the preceding fiscal month, as reported by Bloomberg L.P.

Mr. Ooi’s experience and expertise in the US and internationally were major factors considered in his starting base salary. His global senior executive role located in Singapore has a limited number of survey incumbents for comparison, which results in the higher position of his salary compared to the available market data.

The NEOs’ base salaries were increased by 5% or less (in local currency), except for Mr. Tan whose base salary was increased by 7.1%, based on the Compensation Committee’s assessment of the market survey data, and in light of the NEOs’ experience, performance at the Company and total direct compensation being awarded to each executive. The Compensation Committee believes that a significant portion of an executive’s total compensation should be dependent upon the Company’s performance. Our Chief Executive Officer may recommend increasing the base salary of an executive at any time throughout the course of the year if a change in the scope of the executive’s role and responsibilities warrants an increase. In limited circumstances, our Chief Executive Officer may propose that an executive’s base salary be adjusted in response to a competitive threat or competitive labor market conditions. The Compensation Committee approves any salary adjustments that are made during the fiscal year for executives.

Annual Cash Incentive Program

We maintain a performance-based annual cash incentive bonus plan for all of our executive management and one for all other employees. The plans are reviewed and approved on an annual basis by our Compensation Committee. Company goals and business metrics are also reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee. Our performance based annual cash incentive plan for executives is designed to encourage and

 

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motivate the Chief Executive Officer to achieve corporate level goals and other executives to achieve both corporate level and functional/divisional level goals, thereby positively contributing to the growth and performance of the Company. The structure of the plan for Fiscal Year 2012 was the same as for Fiscal Year 2011. The plan included a target bonus amount expressed as a percentage of base salary for each NEO, which could be achieved by meeting corporate and divisional or functional goals, and could be increased or decreased based on individual performance. The formula used to calculate an executive’s performance-based bonus under the plan is as follows:

 

Bonus

Amount

  =  

Bonus Target

Percentage

(participation

rate)

  x  

Annual Bonus

Eligible Earnings

(base salary paid

during the fiscal

year)

  x  

Group Performance

Factor

(may range from

50% - 150%)

  x  

Individual

Performance Factor

(may range from

50% - 150%)

All bonuses paid under the plan are paid to the NEOs in cash, with the exception of the Chief Executive Officer in certain circumstances. The plan permits a portion of the bonus payable to the Chief Executive Officer to be paid in the form of an equity award. In the event the Compensation Committee assigns the Chief Executive Officer an Individual Performance Factor (discussed in more detail below) greater than 100%, the Compensation Committee may elect to pay the difference between the dollar amount of the Chief Executive Officer’s actual bonus amount and the dollar amount of the Chief Executive Officer’s bonus calculated using a performance factor of 100% in the form of an equity award under the Avago Technologies Limited 2009 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2009 Plan”). The type and terms of any such equity award would be determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee believes that this feature allows it to further incentivize our Chief Executive Officer to focus on the mid- to long-term performance of the Company and to further provide for value creation for the Company’s shareholders.

Bonus Target Percent

Rates at which our executive officers participate in the performance based annual cash incentive bonus plan are expressed as a percent of base salary. The Compensation Committee sets the rate of participation for our executives based on its assessment of the executive’s experience and ability to influence corporate results. In addition, the Committee also reviews competitive market data from the market salary surveys for our peer group companies as a point of reference in making this determination; however, no benchmarking against that data occurs. In particular, the Compensation Committee set the participation rates based on each executive’s experience in his or her role with our Company and the level of responsibility held by each executive, which the Compensation Committee believes directly correlates to his or her ability to influence corporate results. The NEO’s target rates of participation for Fiscal Year 2012 were the same as in 2011. Each NEO’s target bonus amount can be calculated by multiplying his or her participation rate times his or her base salary and is included in the table entitled “Summary Bonus Table” below.

Group Performance

Group performance for each executive, other than our Chief Executive Officer, consists of corporate performance and division/function performance, with each component equally weighted at 50%. Division/function performance metrics may also include, among other things, metrics for direct expenses incurred by the division or function for which an NEO is responsible. Our Chief Executive Officer’s group performance is measured solely using corporate performance since our Chief Executive Officer has overall responsibility for our Company. A component of performance must be achieved at the minimum level of performance before it is taken into account in calculating an executive’s bonus amount. Achieving the minimum level of performance for a particular component (other than direct expenses) results in 50% attainment while achieving the maximum level of performance results in 150% attainment for such component, with performance between these levels resulting in an attainment percentage based on linear interpolation. For direct expense performance targets only, achieving

 

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the minimum level of performance will result in 80% attainment while achieving the maximum level of performance will result in 120% attainment for such component, with performance between these levels resulting in attainment percentages based on linear interpolation.

The corporate goals for Fiscal Year 2012 were revenue growth as compared to Fiscal Year 2011 and non-GAAP income from operations, and each carried an equal weighting of 50% of corporate performance. The target for revenue growth for Fiscal Year 2012 was 9.4%, as compared to Fiscal Year 2011 and the target for non-GAAP income from operations was $792 million. The goals were set by the Compensation Committee, with input from management and were designed to be difficult to attain and to require substantial effort by management to achieve. In December 2012, the Compensation Committee determined that we achieved Fiscal Year 2012 revenue growth of 1.2%, which was less than the minimum level of performance for achievement specified in the plan, resulting in 0% attainment of this goal. The Compensation Committee also determined that we achieved non-GAAP income from operations for Fiscal Year 2012 of $719 million, which was less than the minimum level of performance for achievement specified in the plan, resulting in an attainment of this goal at 0%.

Non-GAAP income from operations of $719 million for Fiscal Year 2012 is calculated from our consolidated audited financial statements in our 2012 Form 10-K by adding to our $582 million GAAP income from operations $77 million related to the amortization of acquisition-related intangibles ($56 million reported as amortization of intangible assets as part of cost of products sold and $21 million reported in amortization of intangible assets as part of operating expenses), $53 million related to share-based compensation expense ($6 million reported as part of cost of products sold and $47 million reported as part of operating expenses), and $7 million related to restructuring charges ($2 million reported as part of cost of products sold and $5 million reported as part of operating expenses).

The Compensation Committee determines an executive’s division/functional performance percentage based on the achievement of goals by the division/function overseen by the executive. The Compensation Committee sets divisional/functional goals and their weightings annually, based on its assessment of the business requirements of the particular division/function to which the goals relate and the relative importance of the goals to the division/function. Each of the divisional goals, and its respective weighting, for our NEOs is described in the “Summary Bonus Table” below. Each divisional/function goal is set by the Compensation Committee to be difficult to attain and to require substantial effort on behalf of the division and the executive in charge of the division or function to achieve. In December 2012, the Compensation Committee determined that divisional/functional goals had been achieved at the levels set forth in the “Summary Bonus Table” below.

Individual Performance

Individual performance is applied as a multiplier to the bonus amount calculated based on group performance. Individual performance is approved by the Compensation Committee based on recommendations from the Chief Executive Officer for each executive other than the Chief Executive Officer. In determining individual performance, the Compensation Committee considers the requirements of the executive’s position including the achievement of the divisional goals set forth in the Summary Bonus Table below, fiscal responsibility as determined by the Compensation Committee with input from the Chief Executive Officer, the executive’s senior leadership capability, and how each of these factors impacts the overall performance of the executive’s division and/or function. Based on their respective levels of performance and individual contribution, the Compensation Committee assigns each executive an individual performance multiplier, of between 50% and 150%. Executives, who consistently meet or exceed the requirements of the position, as determined by the Compensation Committee, will receive a bonus multiplier of between 100% and 150%. Executives who meet some, but not all, of the requirements of the position or for whom the Compensation Committee believes that improvement is needed will receive a bonus multiplier of between 50% and less than 100%. The Compensation Committee may adjust our executives’ individual performance multiplier upwards or downwards in its sole discretion, based on any criteria it determines appropriate.

 

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For Fiscal Year 2012, the Compensation Committee (with input from our Chief Executive Officer, other than with respect to himself) determined that each of our NEOs should receive an individual performance multiplier of between 90% and 150%, based on attainment of the bonus metrics set forth in the “Summary Bonus Table” below for their respective divisions/functions.

Discretionary Bonuses

Each year, our Compensation Committee may supplement the performance-based cash incentive plan awards earned by our NEOs with discretionary bonuses which are awarded based on our Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations, other than with respect to himself, and the Compensation Committee’s assessment of individual contributions. In Fiscal Year 2012, our Compensation Committee awarded a discretionary bonus of $60,000 to Mr. Ingram due to the exceptional contribution of the Wireless Semiconductor Division to the Company’s overall financial results for Fiscal Year 2012, and Mr. Ingram’s commitment to the Company and his leadership of that division.

Summary Bonus Table

With respect to each NEO, corporate and divisional/functional goals for Fiscal Year 2012 were set and achieved, and bonuses were paid under our annual cash incentive bonus plan, as follows:

 

Name

  Bonus
Target
Percent
   

Fiscal Year 2012 Bonus Metric

  Fiscal Year
2012
Weighting
as a
Percentage
of Bonus
Target
    Fiscal
Year
2012
Achievement
    Fiscal Year 2012
Payout
in Dollars
and as a
Percentage of
Bonus Eligible
Earnings
 

Hock E. Tan

    150   Avago Revenue Growth     50     0  

President and Chief Executive Officer

    Avago Operating Profit     50     0  
   

Total Weighted Fiscal Year

2012 Attainment

    100     0   $ 0(0%)   

Douglas R. Bettinger

    75   Avago Revenue Growth     25     0  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

    Avago Operating Profit     25     0  
    Direct Expenses     50     120  
   

Total Weighted Fiscal Year

2012 Attainment

    100     60   $ 162,997(40.5%)   

Boon Chye Ooi

    75   Avago Revenue Growth     25     0  

Senior Vice President, Global Operations

    Avago Operating Profit     25     0  
    Cost Management     20     0  
    Direct Expenses     10     120  
    Inventory Management     10     150  
    Customer Service     10     150  
   

Total Weighted Fiscal Year

2012 Attainment

    100     42   $ 192,151(34.7%)   

Bryan T. Ingram

    75   Avago Revenue Growth     25     0  

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division (WSD)

    Avago Operating Profit     25     0  
    WSD Design Wins     16.7     150  
    WSD Revenue     16.7     98  
    WSD Contribution Profit     16.7     0  
   

Total Weighted Fiscal Year

2012 Attainment

    100     41.4   $ 188,997(46.5%)   

 

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Name

  Bonus
Target
Percent
   

Fiscal Year 2012 Bonus Metric

  Fiscal Year
2012
Weighting
as a
Percentage
of Bonus
Target
    Fiscal
Year
2012
Achievement
    Fiscal Year 2012
Payout
in Dollars
and as a
Percentage of
Bonus Eligible
Earnings
 

Patricia H. McCall

    50   Avago Revenue Growth     25     0  

Vice President and General Counsel

    Avago Operating Profit     25     0  
    Direct Expenses     50     120  
   

Total Weighted Fiscal Year

2012 Attainment

    100     60   $ 127,163(36.0%)   

Equity Incentive Compensation

Our Compensation Committee believes that long term, sustainable growth and performance is best facilitated through a culture of executive stock ownership that encourages long term investment and engagement by our executive management. The aim is also to align executive performance and behaviors to create a culture conducive to shareholder investment.

Our Compensation Committee approves all equity awards granted to executive officers. The size of initial and any subsequent grants for executives takes into account past equity grants, the executive’s position and level, other compensation and the value the executive brings to the Company based on their technical experience, expertise and leadership capabilities. In determining whether to grant an executive additional equity, the Compensation Committee will also review the amount of vested and unvested equity that an executive holds and the fair market value of the unvested equity compared to the executive’s base salary. The philosophy behind equity awards is to provide the executive with a strong incentive to remain with and build value in the Company over an extended period of time. As in prior years, for Fiscal Year 2012 we did have a set annual equity award program for our executives. Historically the Compensation Committee reviewed each executive’s equity position annually, but did not necessarily grant an award to an executive each year. In November 2012, the Compensation Committee determined that we will move to an annual equity award program for our employees and executives, starting in Fiscal Year 2013, to more closely align our equity award program with market practice. Equity awards to executives may be proposed by our Chief Executive Officer from time to time, and any grants are made by the Compensation Committee.

Equity awards to executives typically consist of both stock options and RSUs, in order to provide an additional element to encourage long-term retention of executives, and new stock options awarded to employees have a term of seven years (instead of a historical term of 10 years). Equity awards granted to executives under the 2009 Plan generally vest in two equal installments, with options vesting on the third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant and RSUs vesting at approximately the end of the third and fourth years after grant.

2012 Equity Grants

In March 2012 the Compensation Committee awarded equity grants to the following NEOs:

 

Name

   Options
(Number of Shares)
     RSUs
(Number of Shares)
 

Douglas R. Bettinger

     50,000         16,667   

Boon Chye Ooi

     100,000         33,334   

Patricia H. McCall

     50,000         16,667   

In deciding to make these awards, the Compensation Committee considered the amount of unvested equity held by the executive, and the fact that the majority of the existing equity awards held by Ms. McCall and Mr. Ooi, would vest in 2013 and/or 2014, as well as the importance of retaining these executives. In determining

 

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the size of the awards, the Compensation Committee considered the fair market value of the unvested equity already held by each executive compared to the executive’s base salary, as well as market data for our peer group companies. The Compensation Committee also took into account the performance of the Company and the fact that no equity awards had been granted to Ms. McCall and Mr. Ooi in Fiscal Year 2011.

Pre-IPO Equity Grants

Options to purchase ordinary shares that were granted to executives prior to our initial public offering on August 6, 2009 (“IPO”) are governed by the Equity Incentive Plan for Executive Employees of Avago Technologies Limited and Subsidiaries (the “Executive Plan”), which is administered by the Compensation Committee. Generally, options granted under the Executive Plan vest in equal annual installments over five years based 50% upon the passage of time and 50% on our financial performance, as measured using non-GAAP operating income, subject in each case to continued employment with Avago. The annual operating income target used for performance-based options is income (loss) from operations calculated in accordance with GAAP, but adjusted to exclude amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, share-based compensation, restructuring and asset impairment charges, acquired in-process research and development, (gain)/loss on extinguishment of debt, management and transaction fees payable to the Sponsors or their affiliates, and (income) loss from and (gain) loss on discontinued operations and other items eligible for exclusion. The Compensation Committee determined that non-GAAP operating income provides a better overall measure of our financial performance among periods than operating income calculated in accordance with GAAP would otherwise provide because the amounts not included in the non-GAAP operating income target are either non-recurring, in which case such amounts do not reflect the results of continuing operations for which our Compensation Committee wants our executives to be accountable, or, if recurring, are not related to our operating performance or are amounts over which our Compensation Committee believes our executives do not have control. For example, the Compensation Committee excludes share-based compensation from the operating income target because these expenses are not reflective of our operating performance, our share options typically do not require cash settlement by us and the share-based compensation expenses are often the result of complex calculations using an option pricing model that estimates share-based awards’ fair value based on factors such as volatility and risk-free interest rates that are beyond the control of our executives. The operating income targets have been set at levels our Compensation Committee has determined are challenging and will require substantial effort on the part of our executives and the Company in order to be attained. Pursuant to their initial terms, performance-based options that do not become exercisable in a given year may be earned in future years, up to the fifth year following the date of grant, if performance in any future year exceeds the target for such year (“Catch-up Vesting”). Generally, the exercise price of options granted under the Executive Plan was equal to the fair market value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant as determined by our Compensation Committee or the Board.

In July 2009, the Compensation Committee approved an amendment of the performance-based options held by Messrs. Tan, Bettinger and Ingram to remove the operating income performance-based vesting requirements and extend the vesting period. The amended options will vest two years after the date such options could first have vested had the performance targets for such options been achieved, provided that these individuals remain employed by us through the applicable vesting date. The Compensation Committee determined that the removal of performance-based vesting requirements was appropriate in light of our then current financial projections, which were lower than when the original performance targets were set, and the uncertainty then present in the global economy. In making its determination, the Compensation Committee heavily weighted the importance of providing these individuals with incentives to continue with us following our IPO. In addition, the Compensation Committee amended all other outstanding performance-based options to provide that if performance targets for a particular year were not met the options will vest two years after the date the options could first have vested had the performance targets for such options been achieved, subject to any earlier Catch-Up Vesting, provided that the employee remains employed by us through the applicable vesting date.

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GAAP operating income target for Fiscal Year 2012, attainment of which would result in 100% vesting of performance-based options for the year, was $650 million. In December 2012, our Compensation Committee determined our performance-based options should vest at 100% based on Fiscal Year 2012 performance, since our actual non-GAAP income from operations was $719 million for Fiscal Year 2012, calculated as described above, representing an attainment of over 100% of targeted performance (with targeted performance calculated as the difference between the minimum non-GAAP operating threshold and the non-GAAP operating target).

NEO Share Ownership Guidelines

In August 2012, the Committee approved the following share ownership guidelines for NEOs, based on market and peer group data and upon consultation with, and advice from Compensia: (i) the Chief Executive Officer should hold a minimum of 70,000 of our ordinary shares or ordinary shares having a fair market value equal to three times the Chief Executive Officer’s annual base salary, whichever is less, and (ii) each other NEO should hold a minimum of 15,000 of our ordinary shares or ordinary shares having a fair market value equal to one times such NEO’s annual base salary, whichever is less.

NEOs are expected to reach this goal within five years of the date on which the guidelines were adopted or the date on which they become a NEO, whichever is later, and to hold at least such minimum value in ordinary shares for so long as he or she is a NEO. Shares held in a trust or other estate-planning vehicle established by a NEO, which continue to be beneficially owned by such NEO under SEC rules, count toward the NEO achieving the applicable guideline level of share ownership. Outstanding vested option awards held by a NEO count toward achieving the applicable guideline level of share ownership at a rate of 50%, i.e. two vested option shares will count as one ordinary share equivalent. Outstanding unvested equity awards do not count toward achieving the applicable guideline level of share ownership.

The Compensation Committee will evaluate, in its discretion, whether exceptions should be made in the case of any executive who, due to his or her unique financial circumstances or other special circumstances, would incur a hardship by complying with these share ownership guidelines.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Executives employed by our participating subsidiaries, including our NEOs, may also participate in our Employee Share Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). The ESPP provides eligible employees with the opportunity to acquire ordinary shares of the Company through periodic payroll deductions, at a discounted price, based on a six-month look-back period. The ESPP is structured as a qualified employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The ESPP requires participants to hold shares for a minimum of six months after any purchase date, unless they cease to be eligible to participate in the ESPP in which case the shares become freely tradable, subject to our applicable securities laws and our insider trading policy.

Termination-Based Compensation

Separation compensation is determined by Company policy and any specific arrangements detailed in the executive’s employment agreement. Severance payments are typically comprised of a cash payment in lieu of salary, bonuses and/or coverage of health benefits for a limited period of time and, in some cases, option and RSU vesting acceleration. In addition to employment agreement provisions, the vesting of options granted under the Executive Plan accelerate with respect to 10% of the shares subject to the options if an executive is terminated in connection with the sale of his or her division. Our Compensation Committee must approve any exceptions to severance payments including any additional cash payments and any variance from the Executive Plan regarding the treatment of options. Executives who are terminated from Avago are required to sign a general release of all claims against Avago to receive any severance benefits.

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NEOs based on its review of severance practices at our peer group companies and as the result of arms’ length negotiations at the time our executives enter into employment with us, at the time they are requested to take on additional responsibilities or from time to time if deemed necessary or desirable to achieve parity with other NEOs. The level of benefits varies from executive to executive based on the level of responsibility of the executive and accommodations made through arms’ length negotiations.

The table below sets forth the severance benefits payable to each NEO under his or her respective employment agreement, offer letter or severance agreement, upon a termination of employment without cause or for good reason or in the event of death or disability, in each case, apart from a change in control. Each executive must provide a full release of claims in order to be eligible for his or her full severance payment.

 

Name

   Continued
Base Salary
     Bonus(1)     Health Benefits
Continuation
Coverage
 

Hock E. Tan

     12 months         100     —     

Douglas R. Bettinger

     9 months         50     6 months   

Boon Chye Ooi

     6 months         50     6 months   

Bryan T. Ingram

     9 months         50     6 months   

Patricia H. McCall

     9 months         50     6 months   

 

(1) Bonus payments are calculated using the lesser of the executive’s prior year’s actual bonus or prior year’s target bonus.

The table below sets forth the severance benefits payable to each NEO under his or her respective employment agreement, offer letter or severance agreement, upon a termination of employment without cause or for good reason or in the event of death or disability, in each case, within 12 months following a change in control (or in the case of Mr. Tan, three months before or 12 months following a change in control). Vesting of equity held by our NEOs will only accelerate following a change in control if there is a qualifying termination of employment, as described above, which is commonly referred to as a “double trigger”. Each executive must provide a full release of claims in order to be eligible for his or her full severance payment.

 

Name

   Continued
Base Salary
     Bonus(1)     Health Benefits
Continuation
Coverage
     Option and
RSU Vesting
Acceleration(2)
 

Hock E. Tan

     24 months         200     —          12 months   

Douglas R. Bettinger

     12 months         100     12 months         12 months   

Boon Chye Ooi

     12 months         100     12 months         12 months   

Bryan T. Ingram

     12 months         100     12 months         12 months   

Patricia H. McCall

     12 months         100     12 months         12 months   

 

(1) Bonus payments are calculated using the lesser of the executive’s prior year’s actual bonus or prior year’s target bonus.
(2) Accelerated vesting is limited to time-based equity awards, which would otherwise vest solely upon the executive’s continued employment.

For more detailed descriptions of the benefits provided to our NEOs upon a termination of employment, please see “Executive Compensation—Employment, Severance and Change of Control Agreements with Named Executive Officers” below.

Other Compensation

U.S.-based executives may also participate in the Avago Technologies U.S. Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan. For a description of the Deferred Compensation Plan, see footnote 1 of the 2012 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Table.

 

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The Compensation Committee approves providing perquisites to our executives on a case-by-case and limited basis. The Compensation Committee will provide a perquisite to an NEO when it is necessary to attract or retain the executive officer. In Fiscal Year 2012, the following executives received perquisites:

 

Name

 

Perquisites

Hock E. Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer   Reimbursement for travel to his residence in Pennsylvania.
Boon Chye Ooi, Senior Vice President, Global Operations   Reimbursement of tax preparation service fees and annual home leave travel expenses.

Shareholder Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

At our 2011 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, our shareholders voted, in non-binding advisory votes (i) to approve the compensation of our NEOs and (ii) in favor of having a non-binding shareholder vote on executive compensation once every three years. The Compensation Committee reviewed the result of the shareholders’ advisory vote on executive compensation. In light of the approval by a substantial majority of our shareholders of the compensation programs described in our 2011 proxy statement (representing over 95% of the shares represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote), the Compensation Committee did not implement changes to our executive compensation programs as a result of the shareholders’ advisory vote. The compensation for each of the Company’s NEOs for Fiscal Year 2012 reflects the Compensation Committee’ philosophy that executives’ compensation be linked to Company and personal performance. Our next non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of our NEOs will occur at our 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Tax and Accounting Considerations

While the Compensation Committee and our Board generally consider the financial, accounting and tax implications of its executive compensation decisions, neither element has been a material consideration in the compensation awarded to our NEOs historically. In addition, the Compensation Committee and our Board have considered the potential future effects of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code on the compensation paid to our executive officers. Section 162(m) disallows a tax deduction for any publicly held corporation for individual compensation exceeding $1 million in any taxable year for our Chief Executive Officer and each of the other NEOs (other than our Chief Financial Officer), referred to as “covered employees”, unless compensation is performance-based. Our Compensation Committee has not previously taken the deductibility limit imposed by Section 162(m) into consideration in setting compensation. However, the Compensation Committee will continue to evaluate the effects of the Section 162(m) and related U.S. Treasury regulations and the advisability of qualifying its executive compensation for deductibility of such compensation. To maintain flexibility in compensating executive officers in a manner designed to promote varying corporate goals, the Compensation Committee has not adopted a policy that all compensation payable to a covered employee must be deductible under Section 162(m).

Hedging Prohibitions

As noted above, a core element of our compensation philosophy is to align the interests of executive officers with those of shareholders by providing appropriate long-term incentives. In furtherance of this philosophy, our insider trading policy prohibits our executives from pledging or margining Avago securities or trading in derivative securities related to our securities.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information about compensation earned by our NEOs during Fiscal Year 2012, Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2010. Our NEOs consist of our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer, and each of our three other most highly compensated executive officers serving at the end of Fiscal Year 2012.

 

Name and Principal Position(s)

  Fiscal
Year
    Salary
($)
    Bonus
($)
    Stock
Awards
($)(1)
    Option
Awards
($)(2)
    Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(3)
    All Other
Compensation
($)
    Total
($)
 

Hock E. Tan

    2012        716,346        —          —          —          —          36,694 (4)      753,040   

President and Chief Executive Officer

    2011        700,000        —          6,478,000        7,415,710        1,626,380        34,181        16,254,271   
    2010        681,252        —          —          —          1,529,572        41,695        2,252,519   

Douglas R. Bettinger

    2012        402,615        —          588,512        724,419        162,997        14,765 (5)      1,893,308   

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

    2011        389,962        —          269,906        308,988        437,934        14,700        1,421,490   
    2010        376,250        100,000        —          —          392,778        10,338        879,366   

Boon Chye Ooi

    2012        554,547 (6)      —          1,177,024        1,448,839        192,151 (6)      9,504 (7)      3,382,065   

Senior Vice President, Global Operations

    2011        511,873        —          —          —          520,706        17,599        1,050,178   
    2010        497,548        —          —          —          530,928        15,218        1,043,694   

Bryan T. Ingram

    2012        406,539        60,000 (8)      —          —          188,997        15,000 (5)      670,536   

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division

    2011        389,962        —          1,619,500        1,853,928        560,225        14,700        4,438,315   
    2010        372,402        106,754        —          —          395,410        9,819        884,385   
               

Patricia H. McCall

    2012        353,433        —          588,512        724,419        127,163        15,600 (9)      1,809,127   

Vice President and General Counsel

    2011        343,308        —          —          —          230,304        15,300        588,912   
    2010        331,749        50,000        —          —          178,278        11,259        571,286   

 

(1) Represents the grant date fair value of RSU awards granted in Fiscal Year 2012, determined in accordance with ASC 718. The amounts in this column do not reflect compensation actually received by the NEO or the actual value that will be recognized by the NEO.
(2) Represents the grant date fair value of options granted in each fiscal year of the grant, determined in accordance with ASC 718. The amounts in this column do not reflect compensation actually received by the NEO or the actual value that will be recognized by the NEO. For a discussion of valuation assumptions used in the calculations, see Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 8 of our 2012 Form 10-K.
(3) Represents amounts paid for each applicable fiscal year under our annual cash incentive program for executive employees. Please see plan description in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Annual Cash Compensation—Annual Cash Incentive Program for Executive Employees” above.
(4) Represents $21,694 in expense reimbursements for travel to Mr. Tan’s residence in Pennsylvania and a $15,000 401(k) employer match.
(5) Represents a 401(k) employer match.
(6) For the purposes of this table, salary amount and incentive paid to Mr. Ooi in Singapore Dollars for Fiscal Year 2012 were converted to U.S. Dollars using the Accounting Rate for October 2012, the last month of our fiscal year. The Accounting Rate for October 2012 was 1.2247 Singapore Dollars to the U.S. Dollar as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
(7) Represents $5,079 in reimbursement for annual home leave travel expenses and $4,425 in reimbursement of tax preparation service fees in the United States and Malaysia. The annual home leave travel expenses of 15,548 Malaysian Ringgits and tax preparation service fees in Malaysia of 405 Malaysian Ringgits, were converted to U.S. Dollars using the using the Accounting Rate for October 2012 of 3.061 Malaysian Ringgits to the U.S. Dollar, as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
(8) Represents a $60,000 discretionary cash bonus paid to Mr. Ingram based on his leadership of the Wireless Semiconductor division and its significant contribution to the Company’s overall financial performance during the year.
(9) Represents a $15,000 401(k) employer match and a $600 credit for not enrolling in a medical plan.

 

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Grant of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2012

The following table sets forth information regarding grants of incentive awards during Fiscal Year 2012 to each of our NEOs.

 

Name

  Grant
Date
    Estimated Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan
Awards(1)
    All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or
Units (#)
    All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
(#)
    Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
    Grant Date
Fair Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards
($)
 
    Threshold
($)
    Target
($)(2)
    Maximum
($)
         

Hock E. Tan

      134,315        1,074,519        2,417,668           

Douglas R. Bettinger

      18,873        301,961        611,472           
    3/6/2012              16,667            588,512 (3) 
    3/6/2012                50,000        35.31        724,419 (4) 

Boon Chye Ooi

      10,398        415,910        917,082           
    3/6/2012              33,334            1,177,024 (3) 
    3/6/2012                100,000        35.31        1,448,839 (4) 

Bryan T. Ingram

      12,730        304,904        686,034           

Patricia H. McCall

      11,045        176,716        357,851           
    3/6/2012              16,667            588,512 (3) 
    3/6/2012                50,000        35.31        724,419 (4) 

 

(1) Represents estimated potential payouts under our 2012 Annual Performance Bonus Plan for Executives including the NEOs. The threshold amount for Mr. Hock E. Tan is 12.5% of his target bonus amount, calculated based on the achievement of a single corporate goal at 50% of the target for such goal and using the minimum individual performance multiplier. The threshold amount for each of Messrs. Ingram and Ooi is 4.18% and 2.50%, respectively, of their target bonus amount and for Mr. Bettinger and Ms. McCall is 6.25% of their target bonus amounts, in each case, calculated based on the achievement of a single divisional goal at 50% of the target for such goal and using the minimum individual performance multiplier. The maximum bonus payable is 225% of the target bonus amount, which assumes maximum (150%) performance for each corporate and divisional goal and uses the maximum individual performance multiplier (150%).
(2) Mr. Hock E. Tan’s target bonus for Fiscal Year 2012 was 150% of his base salary. Messrs. Bettinger, Ingram, and Ooi’s target bonus participation rate was 75% of their respective base salaries and Ms. McCall’s target bonus was 50% of her base salary.
(3) Represents the grant date fair value of the RSU awards, determined in accordance with ASC 718.
(4) Represents the grant date fair value of the options determined in accordance with ASC 718. For a discussion of valuation assumptions used in the calculations, see Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 8 of our 2012 Form 10-K.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2012 Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth information about stock options and stock awards outstanding on October 28, 2012, the last day of Fiscal Year 2012, of each of our NEOs.

 

    Option Awards     Restricted Share Unit
(RSU) Awards
 

Name

  Vesting
Reference Date
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Un-exercisable
    Equity
Incentive
Plan

Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
    Option
Exercise
Price
($)
    Option
Expiration
Date
    Number of
Shares or
Units of Stock
That Have
Not Vested
(#)(1)
    Market Value
of
Shares or Units
of Stock that
Have Not
Vested
(#)(2)
 

Hock E. Tan

    12/1/2005        285,002        285,000 (3)      —          5.00        4/12/2016        —          —     
    3/3/2009        120,000        120,000 (4)      —          10.00        3/2/2019        —          —     
    8/5/2009        150,000        150,000 (5)      —          15.00        8/4/2019        —          —     
    3/8/2011        —          600,000 (5)      —          32.39        3/7/2018        200,000 (5)    $ 6,766,000   

Douglas R. Bettinger

    8/4/2008        —          120,000 (6)      —          10.68        8/3/2018        —          —     
    8/5/2009        —          25,000 (5)      —          15.00        8/4/2019        —          —     
    3/8/2011        —          25,000 (5)      —          32.39        3/7/2018        8,333 (5)    $ 281,905   
    3/6/2012        —          50,000 (5)      —          35.31        3/5/2019        16,667 (5)    $ 563,845   

Boon Chye Ooi

    1/15/2009        —          70,000 (7)      70,000 (7)      8.12        1/14/2019        —          —     
    3/6/2012        —          100,000 (5)      —          35.31        3/5/2019        33,334 (5)    $ 1,127,689   

Bryan T. Ingram

    12/1/2005        —          25,834 (8)      —          5.00        11/30/2015        —          —     
    12/1/2005        —          6,250 (9)      —          5.00        4/23/2016        —          —     
    11/1/2007        —          71,668 (10)      —          10.22        10/31/2017        —          —     
    3/3/2009        —          24,000 (4)      —          10.00        3/2/2019        —          —     
    8/5/2009        50,000       75,000 (5)      —          15.00        8/4/2019        —          —     
    3/8/2011        —          150,000 (5)      —          32.39        3/7/2018        50,000 (5)    $ 1,691,500   

Patricia H. McCall

    3/23/2007        70,000        —          —          10.22        6/4/2017        —          —     
    2/22/2008        16,000        2,000 (7)      2,000 (7)      10.22        2/21/2018        —          —     
    3/3/2009        30,000        20,000 (4)      —          10.00        3/2/2019        —          —     
    8/5/2009        25,000        25,000 (5)      —          15.00        8/4/2019        —          —     
    3/6/2012        —          50,000 (5)      —          35.31        3/5/2019        16,667 (5)    $ 563,845   

 

(1) This column represents RSU awards granted in Fiscal Year 2012 under our 2009 Plan. The RSU awards vest in two equal installments on the seventh business day of the second month of the company’s first fiscal quarter of the third and fourth years.
(2) Represents the closing price of a share of our common stock ($33.83) as quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of October 26, 2012, the last trading day of Fiscal Year 2012, multiplied by the number of shares that have not vested.
(3) Options to purchase 285,000 shares will vest on each of the seventh anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date subject to Mr. Tan’s continued employment with Avago.
(4) Options vest at the rate of 20% of the shares subject thereto on each anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date subject to the executive’s continued employment with Avago.
(5) Awards vest in two equal installments with options vesting on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the Vesting Reference Date and RSUs vesting at approximately the end of the third and fourth years after grant, in each case subject to the executive’s continued employment with Avago.
(6) Options to purchase 30,000 shares vest on the sixth and seventh anniversaries of the Vesting Reference Date and options to purchase 60,000 shares vest on the fifth anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date subject to Mr. Bettinger’s continued employment with Avago.
(7) Options vest 50% based upon the passage of time and the optionee’s continued employment with Avago and 50% based upon achieving specified financial targets, in each case, at a rate of 20% per year over five years on each anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date. Performance-based options that do not vest if performance targets for a particular future year are not met will vest two years after the date such options could first have vested had the performance targets for such options been achieved, subject to any earlier Catch-Up Vesting.
(8) Options to purchase 25,834 shares vest on seventh anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date subject to Mr. Ingram’s continued employment.
(9) Options to purchase 6,250 shares vest on the seventh anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date, subject to Mr. Ingram’s continued employment.

 

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(10) Options to purchase 35,834 shares vest on the fifth anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date; and options to purchase 17,917 shares vest on each of the sixth and seventh anniversary of the Vesting Reference Date, in each case, subject to Mr. Ingram’s continued employment.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal Year 2012

The following table shows information regarding the exercise of options to purchase our ordinary shares during the year ended October 28, 2012. No stock awards (RSUs) held by our NEOs vested during Fiscal Year 2012.

 

     Option Awards  

Name

   Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise
(#)
     Value
Realized
on
Exercise
($)
 

Hock E. Tan

     —           —     

Douglas R. Bettinger

     85,000         2,045,900   

Boon Chye Ooi

     70,000         1,647,100   

Bryan T. Ingram

     104,917         2,654,226   

Patricia H. McCall

     —           —     

2012 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation

The following table sets forth information regarding contributions and earnings under the Avago Technologies U.S. Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan during Fiscal Year 2012.

 

Name

   Executive
Contributions
in Fiscal Year
2012
($)(1)
     Registrant
Contributions
in Fiscal Year
2012
($)(1)
     Aggregate
Earnings
in Fiscal
Year 2012
($)(2)
     Aggregate
Withdrawals /
Distribution
($)
     Aggregate
Balance at
October 28,
2012
($)
 

Douglas R. Bettinger

     —           —           2,932         —           23,426   

Bryan T. Ingram

     —           —           1,436         —           18,063   

Patricia H. McCall

     225,147        —           41,835         —           302,210   

 

(1) The Avago Technologies U.S. Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan is a non-qualified Plan under the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from the reporting and fiduciary requirements of ERISA. The Plan is designed to allow the participants to defer a specified percentage of their base salary, commissions and/or bonuses in a manner similar to the way in which the Avago Technologies U.S. Inc. 401(k) plan operates, but without regard to the maximum deferral limitations imposed on 401(k) plans by the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the Company may make discretionary contributions to participant accounts. As required by applicable law, participation in the Deferred Compensation Plan is limited to a group of our employees who have an annual base salary plus targeted commissions of at least $175,000, which group includes each of our U.S. based NEOs.

Amounts deferred by each participant pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan are held in a “rabbi” trust. The trust protects the assets from the effects of a change in management control or takeover, but not against insolvency for bankruptcy of the company. Amounts invested by each participant under the Deferred Compensation Plan are periodically adjusted for earnings and/or losses at a rate that is equal to one or more of the measurement funds elected by a participant. Currently, the measurement funds consist of the following: Fidelity Retirement US Treasury Money Market Fund, T. Rowe Price Short Term Bond Fund, PIMCO Total Return Fund Institutional Class, Mainstay ICAP Equity Fund-Class I, Spartan 500 Index- Institutional Class, Fidelity Contra Fund-Class K, Nuveen Winslow Large-Cap Growth Fund Class I, Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund-Class K, Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery Fund Class Institutional Class, Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value Fund Institutional, Templeton Foreign Fund Advisor Class, Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Signal Shares, Fidelity Freedom Index Income Fund Class

 

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W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2000 Fund Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2005 Fund Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2010 Fund-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2015 Fund-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index Fund 2020-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2025 Fund-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2030 Fund-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2035 Fund-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2040 Fund-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2045 Fund-Class W and Fidelity Freedom Index 2050 Fund-Class W, Fidelity Freedom Index 2055 Fund-Class W.

Distributions are made in accordance with elections filed by participants at the time of their initial deferrals and distributions occur in a lump sum upon death or total disability and in a lump sum or installments upon a participant’s choice of in-service or separation of service. Distributions are also made in the event of a change in control of our Company.

(2) Amounts reflected are not included in the Fiscal Year 2012 “Summary Compensation Table” because the earnings are not “above-market”. These amounts include dividends, interest and change in market value.

Employment, Severance and Change of Control Agreements with Named Executive Officers

Hock E. Tan

We entered into an offer letter with Hock E. Tan, our President and Chief Executive Officer, on March 28, 2006, which was amended and restated on July 17, 2009. Mr. Tan’s offer letter provides that Mr. Tan will be a member of our Board and that he will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans made available to executive officers, is entitled to enter into an indemnification agreement and must enter into our standard agreement regarding confidential information and proprietary developments.

Mr. Tan’s offer letter provides Mr. Tan with severance in the event of the termination of his employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation by him for good reason, provided that, in each case, Mr. Tan executes and does not revoke a general release of all claims against us and our affiliates within 60 days following his termination of employment. If the termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or resignation for good reason takes place within the three months prior to or the 12 months following a change in control, we must provide Mr. Tan with (a) continued salary payments for 24 months following his termination or resignation, (b) an amount equal to 200% of the lesser of Mr. Tan’s prior year’s bonus or target bonus, in both (a) and (b), payable in 24 monthly installments, and (c) 12 months accelerated vesting for those equity awards held by Mr. Tan which would otherwise vest based upon the passage of time and his continued employment. If the termination of employment without cause or resignation for good reason takes place more than three months prior to or more than 12 months following a change in control, Mr. Tan is entitled to (a) continued salary payments for 12 months following his termination or resignation and (b) an amount equal to the lesser of his prior year’s bonus or target bonus, in both (a) and (b), payable in 12 monthly installments.

Douglas R. Bettinger

We entered into an offer letter with Douglas R. Bettinger, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, on July 4, 2008. Mr. Bettinger’s offer letter agreement provides that he will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans made available to executive officers, is entitled to enter into an indemnification agreement and must enter into the standard agreement regarding confidential information and proprietary developments.

Mr. Bettinger’s offer letter provides him with severance in the event of the termination of his employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation by him for good reason, provided that, in each case, Mr. Bettinger executes and does not revoke a general release of all claims against us and our affiliates within 60 days of any such termination. If the termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or resignation for good reason takes place within 12 months following a change in control, we must provide Mr. Bettinger with (a) 12 months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (b) an amount equal to 100% of the lesser of Mr. Bettinger’s prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in 12 monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (c) 12 months accelerated vesting for those equity awards held by Mr. Bettinger which would otherwise vest

 

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based upon the passage of time and his continued employment, and (d) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Mr. Bettinger and any covered dependents for 12 months, or, if earlier, until Mr. Bettinger is covered under similar plans of a new employer. If Mr. Bettinger’s termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation for good reason takes place prior to or more than 12 months following a change in control, Mr. Bettinger is entitled to (a) nine months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (b) an amount equal to the lesser of 50% of his prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in nine monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, and (c) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Mr. Bettinger and any covered dependents for six months, or, if earlier, until Mr. Bettinger is covered under similar plans of a new employer.

Boon Chye Ooi

We entered into an offer letter with Boon Chye Ooi, our Senior Vice President of Operations, on December 10, 2008, effective as of January 5, 2009. Mr. Ooi’s offer letter provides Mr. Ooi with two business class round-trip airfares from Singapore, once per calendar year, intended for U.S. home leave, and assistance with preparation of taxation returns and tax-equalization payment. Mr. Ooi’s offer letter also provides that he will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans made available to executive officers in Singapore, is entitled to enter into an indemnification agreement and he must enter into the standard agreement regarding confidential information and proprietary developments.

Mr. Ooi’s offer letter provides him with severance in the event of the termination of his employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation by him for good reason, provided that, in each case, Mr. Ooi executes and does not revoke a general release of all claims against us and our affiliates within 60 days of any such termination. If the termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or resignation for good reason takes place within 12 months following a change in control, we must provide Mr. Ooi with (a) 12 months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (b) an amount equal to 100% of the lesser of Mr. Ooi’s prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in 12 monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (c) 12 months accelerated vesting for those equity awards held by Mr. Ooi which would otherwise vest based upon the passage of time and his continued employment, and (d) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Mr. Ooi and any covered dependents for 12 months, or, if earlier, until Mr. Ooi is covered under similar plans of a new employer. If Mr. Ooi’s termination of employment without cause or resignation for good reason takes place prior to or more than 12 months following a change in control, Mr. Ooi is entitled to (a) six months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (b) an amount equal to the lesser of 50% of his prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in six monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, and (c) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Mr. Ooi and any covered dependents for six months, or, if earlier, until Mr. Ooi is covered under similar plans of a new employer.

Bryan T. Ingram

Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an employment agreement with Bryan T. Ingram on October 30, 2007, effective as of November 1, 2007, which was amended and restated on July 17, 2009. Mr. Ingram’s employment agreement provides that Mr. Ingram will be our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division. Mr. Ingram’s employment agreement provided that he will be eligible for equity incentive awards and to participate in all employee benefit plans made available to similarly situated employees.

We also entered into a Severance Benefits Agreement with Mr. Ingram, effective March 9, 2011, which provides Mr. Ingram with severance in the event of the termination of his employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation by him for good reason, provided that, in each case, Mr. Ingram executes and

 

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does not revoke a general release of all claims against us and our affiliates within 60 days of any such termination. If the termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or resignation for good reason takes place within 12 months following a change in control, we will provide Mr. Ingram with (a) 12 months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (b) an amount equal to 100% of the lesser of Mr. Ingram’s prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in 12 monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (c) 12 months accelerated vesting for those equity awards held by Mr. Ingram which would otherwise vest based upon the passage of time and his continued employment, and (d) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Mr. Ingram and any covered dependents for 12 months, or, if earlier, until Mr. Ingram is covered under similar plans of a new employer. If Mr. Ingram’s termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation for good reason takes place other than in connection with a change in control, Mr. Ingram is entitled to (a) nine months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, (b) an amount equal to the lesser of 50% of his prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in nine monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following his separation from us, and (c) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Mr. Ingram and any covered dependents for six months, or, if earlier, until Mr. Ingram is covered under similar plans of a new employer.

Patricia H. McCall

We entered into an offer letter with Patricia H. McCall, our Vice President and General Counsel, on March 20, 2007. Ms. McCall’s offer letter agreement provides that she will be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans made available to executive officers, is entitled to enter into an indemnification agreement and she must enter into the standard agreement regarding confidential information and proprietary developments.

We also entered into a Severance Benefit Agreement with Ms. McCall effective December 18, 2008. Ms. McCall’s Severance Benefit Agreement provides her with severance in the event of the termination of her employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation by her for good reason, provided that, in each case, Ms. McCall executes and does not revoke a general release of all claims against us and our affiliates within 60 days of any such termination. If the termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or resignation for good reason takes place within 12 months following a change in control, we must provide Ms. McCall with (a) 12 months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following her separation from us, (b) an amount equal to 100% of the lesser of Ms. McCall’s prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in 12 monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following her separation from us, (c) 12 months accelerated vesting for those equity awards held by Ms. McCall which would otherwise vest based upon the passage of time and her continued employment, and (d) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Ms. McCall and any covered dependents for 12 months, or, if earlier, until Ms. McCall is covered under similar plans of a new employer. If Ms. McCall’s termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation for good reason takes place prior to or more than 12 months following a change in control, Ms. McCall is entitled to (a) nine months of continued salary payments commencing on the sixtieth day following her separation from us, (b) an amount equal to the lesser of 50% of her prior year’s bonus or target bonus payable in nine monthly installments commencing on the sixtieth day following her separation from us, and (c) the payment of continued health, dental and vision insurance premiums for Ms. McCall and any covered dependents for six months, or, if earlier, until Ms. McCall is covered under similar plans of a new employer.

Potential Severance Payments and Benefits Upon Certain Terminations

The following table reflects the potential payments and benefits to which the NEOs would be entitled under their agreements as described under “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Termination-Based Compensation” above in the event of a termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation with good reason taking place not in connection with a change in control. The amounts presented

 

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in the table assume a termination date of October 28, 2012 and that all eligibility requirements contemplated by the NEO’s respective agreements or our Company’s policies and practices, as applicable, were met.

 

Name

   Cash
Severance
Base
Salary ($)
     Cash
Severance
Bonus ($)
     Health
Benefits
Continuation
Coverage ($)(1)
     Total ($)  

Hock E. Tan

     750,000         1,125,000         —           1,875,000   

Douglas R. Bettinger

     306,000         153,000         11,846         470,846   

Boon Chye Ooi(2)

     269,788         202,341         961         473,090   

Bryan T. Ingram

     315,000         157,500         11,764         484,264   

Patricia H. McCall

     270,375         90,125         —           360,500   

 

(1) Represents the cost of Company-subsidized continued benefits, based on our current costs to provide such coverage.
(2) All amounts paid to Mr. Ooi upon any termination will be paid in Singapore Dollars, converted from U.S. Dollars, where applicable, using the Accounting Rate for the month in which such termination occurs.

Potential Severance Payments and Benefits Upon Certain Terminations in Connection with Change in Control

The following table reflects the potential payments and benefits to which the NEOs would be entitled under their employment agreements or our Company’s policies and practices as described under “Termination-Based Compensation” above in the event of a termination of employment without cause, because of death or disability or a resignation for good reason taking place within twelve months following a change in control (or in the case of Mr. Tan three months before or 12 months following a change in control). The amounts presented in the table assume a termination date of October 28, 2012 and that all eligibility requirements contemplated by the NEO’s respective agreements and our Company’s policies and practices, as applicable, were met.

 

Name

  Cash
Severance
Base Salary ($)
    Cash
Severance
Bonus ($)
    Health
Benefits
Continuation
Coverage ($)(1)
    Value of Option
Acceleration ($)(2)
    Value of RSU
Acceleration ($)
    Total ($)  

Hock E. Tan

    1,500,000        2,250,000        —          12,470,850        —          16,220,850   

Douglas R. Bettinger

    408,000        306,000        23,692        1,859,750        —          2,597,442   

Boon Chye Ooi(3)

    539,577        404,683        1,923        1,799,700        —          2,745,883   

Bryan T. Ingram

    420,000        315,000        23,529        3,469,232        —          4,227,761   

Patricia H. McCall

    360,500        180,250        —          803,490        —          1,344,240   

 

(1) Represents the cost of Company-subsidized continued benefits based on our current costs to provide such coverage.
(2) Represents the difference between the exercise price of each unvested option that is accelerated and $33.83, the closing market price per ordinary share, as quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of October 26, 2012 (the last trading day of Fiscal Year 2012).
(3) All amounts paid to Mr. Ooi upon any termination will be paid in Singapore Dollars, converted from U.S. Dollars, where applicable, using the Accounting Rate for the month in which such termination occurs.

 

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

We have four equity compensation plans that have been approved by our shareholders: the Executive Plan, the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan for Senior Management Employees of Avago Technologies Limited and Subsidiaries (the “Senior Management Plan” and together with the Executive Plan, the “Prior Plans”), the 2009 Plan and the ESPP. Upon the conclusion of our IPO, we ceased to make grants under the Prior Plans.

The following table sets forth the number and weighted-average exercise price of ordinary shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights, and the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under all of our equity compensation plans, at October 28, 2012.

 

Plan Category

   Number of Ordinary
Shares to be Issued upon
Exercise of Outstanding
Options, Warrants and
Rights
(a)(1)
     Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
(b)
    Number of Ordinary
Shares Remaining Available
for Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column (a))
(c)
 

Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders

     20,770,701       $ 22.44 (2)      20,508,209 (3) 

Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders

     —           —          —     

Total

     20,770,701       $ 22.44 (2)      20,508,209 (3) 

 

(1) Represents 19,868,705 shares subject to outstanding options and 901,996 shares that may be issued upon vesting of outstanding RSUs.
(2) 901,996 shares issuable upon vesting of RSUs have been excluded from the calculation of the weighted average exercise price because they have no exercise price associated with them.
(3) Reflects 11,068,612 shares available for grant under the 2009 Plan, including ordinary shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plans that are cancelled, forfeited or lapse unexercised on or after July 27, 2009 (the date the 2009 Plan became effective), which shares become available for future issuance under the 2009 Plan, and 9,439,597 shares available for issuance under the ESPP. The 2009 Plan incorporates an evergreen formula pursuant to which the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan increases on the first day each fiscal year, starting in Fiscal Year 2012. The amount of such increase is equal to the least of (a) 6 million shares, (b) 3% of the ordinary shares outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (c) such smaller number of shares as determined by our Board. In accordance with this formula, on October 29, 2012 (the first day of our Fiscal Year 2013), the maximum number of shares remaining available for future issuance under the 2009 Plan increased by 6,000,000, which is not reflected in the table. The ESPP also incorporates an evergreen formula pursuant to which the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP increases on the first day each fiscal year, starting in Fiscal Year 2012. The amount of such increase is equal to the least of (a) 2 million shares, (b) 1% of the ordinary shares outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (c) such smaller number of shares as determined by our Board. The Board determined not to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the ESPP for Fiscal Year 2013.

 

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining executive base compensation and incentive compensation and approving the terms of equity grants pursuant to our equity incentive plans. The Compensation Committee has the full authority to determine and approve the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer in light of relevant corporate performance goals and objectives.

This report, filed in accordance with Item 407(e)(5) of Regulation S-K, should be read in conjunction with the other information relating to executive compensation, which is contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement and is not repeated here.

In this context, the Compensation Committee hereby reports as follows:

 

  1. The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K.

 

  2. Based upon such review and the related discussions referenced above, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Submitted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors:

Donald Macleod, Chairperson

John T. Dickson

James V. Diller

 

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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

The Audit Committee is responsible for assisting the Board with its oversight responsibilities regarding the following:

 

   

the quality and integrity of the Company’s financial statements and internal controls;

 

   

the appointment, compensation, retention, qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and

 

   

related party transactions.

In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the Company’s financial statements for Fiscal Year 2012 with the Company’s management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, with and without management present, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting. The Audit Committee also discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, Vol. 1, AU Section 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T. The Audit Committee also received the written disclosures and the letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with that firm. The Audit Committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. All audit and non-audit services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm during Fiscal Year 2012 were pre-approved by our Audit Committee in accordance with established procedures.

Based on the Audit Committee’s review and discussions noted above, as well as such other matters deemed relevant and appropriate by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements for Fiscal Year 2012 be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal Year 2012, for filing with the SEC.

The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors have approved, subject to shareholder approval, the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor for Fiscal Year 2013.

Submitted by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

Justine F. Lien, Chairperson

James V. Diller

Donald Macleod

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS,

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table sets forth information about the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares at February 14, 2013 for:

 

   

each named executive officer;

 

   

each of our directors;

 

   

each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our ordinary shares; and

 

   

all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons and entities named in the tables below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all ordinary shares that they beneficially own, subject to applicable community property laws.

Ordinary shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of February 14, 2013 and RSUs that vest within 60 days of February 14, 2013 are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

In the table below, percentage ownership is based on 246,251,335 ordinary shares outstanding as of February 14, 2013.

 

     Shares Beneficially Owned(1)  

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

   Number of Shares      Percent  

5% Shareholders:

     

Capital World Investors(2)

     30,070,920         12.2

333 South Hope Street

     

Los Angeles, CA 90071

     

Capital Research Global Investors(3)

     17,052,400         6.9

333 South Hope Street

     

Los Angeles, CA 90071

     

The Growth Fund of America, Inc.(4)

     16,208,820         6.6

333 South Hope Street

     

Los Angeles, CA 90071

     

BlackRock, Inc.(5)

     13,386,170         5.4

40 East 52nd Street

     

New York, NY 10022

     

Prudential Financial, Inc.(6)

     12,307,801         5.0

751 Broad Street

     

Newark, NJ 07102

     

 

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     Shares Beneficially Owned(1)  

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

   Number of Shares      Percent  

Named Executive Officers and Directors:

     

Hock E. Tan(7)

     600,002         *   

Douglas R. Bettinger(8)

     7,482         *   

Boon Chye Ooi(9)

     71,988         *   

Bryan T. Ingram(10)

     12,000         *   

Patricia H. McCall(11)

     156,326         *   

Adam H. Clammer(12)

     69,754         *   

John T. Dickson(13)

     10,495         *   

James V. Diller(14)

     199,754         *   

Kenneth Y. Hao(15)

     69,754         *   

John M. Hsuan(16)

     15,289         *   

Justine F. Lien(17)

     20,173         *   

Donald Macleod(18)

     59,754         *   

All 12 directors and executive officers as a group(19)

     1,292,771         *

  

 

* Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%.

 

(1) Shares shown in the table above include shares held in the beneficial owner’s name or jointly with others, or in the name of a bank, nominee or trustee for the beneficial owner’s account.

 

(2) Number of shares based solely on information reported by Capital World Investors on the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 13, 2013, reporting ownership as of December 31, 2012. According to such Schedule 13G/A, Capital World Investors has sole voting power and sole dispositive power over these shares. Ownership percentage assumes the shareowner continued to own the number of shares reflected in the table above on February 14, 2013.

 

(3) Number of shares based solely on information reported by Capital Research Global Investors on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 12, 2013, reporting ownership as of December 31, 2012. According to such Schedule 13G, Capital Research Global Investors has sole voting power and sole dispositive power over these shares. Ownership percentage assumes the shareowner continued to own the number of shares reflected in the table above on February 14, 2013.

 

(4) Number of shares based solely on information reported by The Growth Fund of America, Inc. on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 13, 2013, reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2012. According to such Schedule 13G, The Growth Fund of America, Inc., which is advised by Capital Research and Management Company, disclaims voting power over these shares, except in certain circumstances, and disclaims dispositive power over these shares. According to such Schedule 13G, these shares may also be reflected in the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by Capital World Investors (see footnote (2) above) and/or the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by Capital Research Global Investors (see footnote (3) above). Ownership percentage assumes the shareowner continued to own the number of shares reflected in the table above on February 14, 2013.

 

(5) Number of shares based solely on information reported by BlackRock, Inc. on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 30, 2013, reporting ownership as of December 31, 2012. According to such Schedule 13G, BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power and sole dispositive power over these shares. Ownership percentage assumes the shareowner continued to own the number of shares reflected in the table above on February 14, 2013.

 

(6)

Number of shares based solely on information reported by Prudential Financial, Inc. on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 13, 2013, reporting beneficial ownership of shares through its indirect subsidiaries: The Prudential Insurance Company of America (63,100 shares); Jennison Associates LLC (12,229,429 shares); and Quantitative Management Associates LLC (15,272 shares), in each case as of December 31, 2012. According to such Schedule 13G, Prudential Financial, Inc. has sole voting power and

 

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  sole dispositive power over 242,014 of these shares, shared voting power over 6,871,201 of these shares and shared dispositive power over 12,065,787 of these shares. Ownership percentage assumes the shareowners continued to own the number of shares reflected in the table above on February 14, 2013.

 

(7) Shares shown in the table above consist of shares that Mr. Tan has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options.

 

(8) Shares shown in the table above include 5,543 shares held by Mr. Bettinger as Trustee for the Bettinger Family Revocable Trust, dated June 6, 2007.

 

(9) Shares shown in the table above include 70,000 shares that Mr. Ooi has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options.

 

(10) Shares shown in the table above consist of shares that Mr. Ingram has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options.

 

(11) Shares shown in the table above include 155,000 shares that Ms. McCall has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options.

 

(12) Shares shown in the table above include 14,816 shares that Mr. Clammer has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options and 2,543 shares that Mr. Clammer has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the vesting of RSUs, as well as 50,000 shares held by Mr. Clammer as Trustee for the Adam H Clammer & Katherine G Harbin 2007 Joint Revocable Trust. Mr. Clammer is an executive of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and/or one or more of its affiliates.

 

(13) Shares shown in the table above include 6,371 shares that Mr. Dickson has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options and 2,000 shares held by Mr. Dickson as Trustee for the Dickson Family Trust U/A Dated 10/24/2006.

 

(14) Shares shown in the table above include (i) 34,145 shares held by Mr. Diller as Trustee for the James V. Diller Annuity Trust—2010B Dated May 10, 2010, (ii) 53,566 shares held by Mr. Diller as Trustee for the June P. Diller Annuity Trust—2010B Dated May 10, 2010, (iii) 92,289 shares held by the James & June Diller Trust UA dated 7/20/77, (iv) 14,816 shares that Mr. Diller has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options and (v) 2,543 shares that he has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the vesting of RSUs.

 

(15) Shares shown in the table consist of (i) 52,395 shares acquired by Mr. Hao upon the exercise of share options and the vesting of RSUs granted to Mr. Hao and (ii) 14,816 shares that he has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options and 2,543 shares that he has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the vesting of RSUs. Pursuant to Mr. Hao’s arrangement with Silver Lake with respect to director compensation, upon the sale of shares received by him from the exercise of options or the vesting of RSUs, the proceeds of such sale are expected to be remitted to Silver Lake. Accordingly, Mr. Hao disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

 

(16) Shares shown in the table above include 11,467 shares that Mr. Hsuan has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options.

 

(17) Shares shown in the table above include 17,630 shares that Ms. Lien has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options and 2,543 shares that she has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the vesting of RSUs.

 

(18) Shares shown in the table above include 14,816 shares that Mr. Macleod has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options and 2,543 shares that he has the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the vesting of RSUs.

 

(19) Shares shown in the table above include 931,734 shares that directors and executive officers have the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the exercise of share options and 12,715 shares that directors and executive officers have the right to acquire within 60 days after February 14, 2013 upon the vesting of RSUs.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related Party Transactions

Other than compensation and other arrangements described above under “Director Compensation”, “Executive Compensation” and as set forth below, since October 31, 2011, there was not, nor is there currently planned, any transaction or series of similar transactions to which we were or will be a party:

 

   

in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $120,000; and

 

   

in which any director, nominee, executive officer, holder of more than 5% of our ordinary shares or any member of their immediate family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

We refer to these types of transactions as “related party transactions”.

Second Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement

In connection with the closing of the SPG Acquisition in December 2005, we entered into a shareholder agreement with Silver Lake and KKR the Equity Investors, which agreement was amended in August 2009 in connection with our IPO. The Second Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement, referred to in this Proxy Statement as the Shareholder Agreement provided Silver Lake and KKR (together, the “Sponsors”), Seletar Investments Pte Ltd (“Seletar”) Geyser Investment Pte. Ltd. (“Geyser”) and certain other persons, (collectively with the Sponsors referred to as the “Equity Investors”). The Shareholder Agreement provided the Sponsors with certain rights relating to membership of our Board and its committees, provided the Equity Investors with various other rights and protections and imposed certain obligations and restrictions, such as share transfer restrictions, on the Equity Investors.

In December 2011, we entered into the Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement and Waiver under the Registration Rights Agreement with the Equity Investors, pursuant to which, among other things, Seletar, Geyser, Capstone Equity Investors LLC and Integral Capital Partners VII, L.P. were released from the transfer restrictions in, and they ceased to have the various rights and protections under, the Shareholder Agreement. In January 2013, we entered into a Termination of the Second Amended and Restated Shareholder Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement with Silver Lake, KKR and the remaining Equity Investors (the “Termination Agreement”) to terminate the Shareholder Agreement, other than with respect to the indemnification and certain ministerial provisions contained therein.

Registration Rights Agreement

We were party to a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which provided the Equity Investors with certain rights to require us to register the resale of their ordinary shares under the Securities Act.

Pursuant to the Amendment Agreement discussed above, Seletar, Geyser, Capstone Equity Investors LLC and Integral Capital Partners VII, L.P. previously waived all rights to have our ordinary shares held by them registered pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement was terminated in January 2013, other than with respect to the indemnification and certain ministerial provisions contained therein.

Procedures for Approval of Related Party Transactions

As provided by our Audit Committee Charter, the Audit Committee must review all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and all such transactions must be approved by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee may delegate to one or more designated members of the committee the authority to pre-approve related party transactions, provided such approvals are presented to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled

 

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meeting. In approving or rejecting the proposed agreement, our Audit Committee considers the relevant facts and circumstances available and deemed relevant to the Audit Committee, including, but not limited to the risks, costs and benefits to us, the terms of the transaction, the availability of other sources for comparable services or products, and, if applicable, the impact on a director’s independence. Our written Code of Ethics and Business Conduct requires that directors, officers and employees make appropriate disclosure of potential conflicts of interest situations to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the Audit Committee, in the case of directors and officers, and their supervisor, who will then seek authorization from our compliance officer, in the case of employees.

Other Relationships

From time to time in the ordinary course of business, on an arm’s length basis, we purchase from, and/or sell to, certain entities where one of the Company’s directors also serves or served as a director of that entity. During Fiscal Year 2012 these entities were eSilicon Corporation and KLA-Tencor Corporation, on whose respective boards John T. Dickson serves as a director, and Wistron Corporation, of which John M. Hsuan serves as a director.

Other portfolio companies of the Sponsors have from time to time entered into, and may continue to enter into, arrangements with us to purchase our products or to sell products to us in the ordinary course of business, and on an arms’ length basis. Such transactions have in the past resulted, and may in the future result, in revenues to, or amounts payable by, the Company in excess of $120,000 annually, but are not material to us or such other company.

SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Under the securities laws of the United States, our directors, executive officers and any persons holding more than ten percent of our ordinary shares (“Reporting Persons”), are required to report, to the SEC and to the Nasdaq Stock Market, their initial ownership of our ordinary shares and other equity securities and any subsequent changes in that ownership, and to furnish us with copies of all these reports they file. As a matter of practice, an administrative staff member assists our executive officers and directors in preparing initial ownership reports and reporting ownership changes, and typically files these reports on their behalf.

Based solely on our review of the copies of such reports received by us or written representations from certain Reporting Persons that no Forms 3, 4 or 5 were required, we believe that during Fiscal Year 2012, all Reporting Persons complied with all applicable filing requirements.

HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

Some banks, brokers and other nominee record holders may be participating in the practice of “householding” proxy statements and annual reports. This means that only one copy of our proxy materials and our 2012 Form 10-K may have been sent to multiple shareholders in your household, unless we have received contrary instructions from one or more shareholders in your household. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of either document to you if you request one by writing or calling as follows: c/o Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, 350 W. Trimble Road, Building 90, San Jose, California 95131, U.S.A., Telephone: +1 (408) 435-7400. If you want to receive separate copies of our proxy materials or annual reports in the future, or if you are receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one copy for your household, you should contact your bank, broker or other nominee record holder, or you may contact us at the above address and phone number.

 

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SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR THE 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, some shareholder proposals may be eligible for inclusion in our 2013 proxy statement. Any such shareholder proposals must be submitted, along with proof of ownership of our ordinary shares in accordance with Rule 14a-8(b)(2), to Avago Technologies U.S. Inc., located at 350 W. Trimble Road, Building 90, San Jose, CA 95131, U.S.A., Attention: General Counsel. We must receive all submissions no later than October 23, 2013. We strongly encourage any shareholder interested in submitting a proposal to contact our General Counsel in advance of this deadline to discuss the proposal, and shareholders may want to consult knowledgeable counsel with regard to the detailed requirements of applicable securities laws. Submitting a shareholder proposal does not guarantee that we will include it in our proxy statement. Our Board will review any shareholder proposals. These shareholder proposals may be included in our proxy statement for the 2014 AGM so long as they are provided to us on a timely basis and satisfy the other conditions set forth in applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. Shareholder proposals are also subject to the requirements of the Singapore Companies Act, as described in the following paragraph. The proxies designated by us will have discretionary authority to vote on any matter properly presented by a shareholder for consideration at the 2014 AGM unless notice of such proposal is received by the applicable deadlines prescribed by the Singapore Companies Act.

In addition, under Section 183 of the Singapore Companies Act, only registered shareholders representing not less than 5% of the total voting rights or registered shareholders representing not fewer than 100 registered shareholders having an average paid up sum of at least $500 Singapore Dollars each may, at their expense, request that we include and give notice of their proposal for the 2014 AGM. Subject to satisfaction of the requirements of Section 183 of the Singapore Companies Act, any such requisition must be signed by all the shareholders making the request and be deposited at our registered office in Singapore, 1 Yishun Avenue 7, Singapore 768923, at least six weeks prior to the date of the 2014 AGM in the case of a request requiring notice of a resolution, or at least one week prior to the date of the 2014 AGM in the case of any other request.

Under our Articles of Association, no person other than a director retiring at a general meeting is eligible for appointment as a director at any general meeting of shareholders, without the recommendation of the Board for election, unless (a) in the case of a member or members who in aggregate hold(s) more than 50% of the total number of our issued and paid-up shares (excluding treasury shares), not less than ten days, or (b) in the case of a member or members who in aggregate hold(s) more than five percent of the total number of our issued and paid-up shares (excluding treasury shares), not less than 120 days, before the date of the notice provided to members in connection with the general meeting, a written notice signed by such member or members (other than the person to be proposed for appointment) who (i) are qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given, and (ii) have held shares representing the prescribed threshold in (a) or (b) above, for a continuous period of at least one year prior to the date on which such notice is given, is lodged at our registered office in Singapore. Such a notice must also include the consent to serve as a director of the person nominated.

 

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

We incorporate by reference the following sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal Year 2012:

 

   

Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”;

 

   

Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”; and

 

   

Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

The information contained under the captions “Compensation Committee Report” and “Audit Committee Report” in this Proxy Statement shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any filings under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act, or be subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference into any such filing.

SINGAPORE STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Our Singapore audited accounts, prepared in conformity with the provisions of the laws of Singapore, and the accompanying directors report (together, the “Singapore Statutory Financial Statements”) and the auditors’ reports thereon are required under Singapore law to be provided to shareholders for discussion (but not approval) at the 2012 AGM, and have therefore been provided as Appendix A to this Proxy Statement solely to satisfy this requirement. Neither the Singapore Statutory Financial Statements nor the auditors’ report thereon shall be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any filings under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act, or be subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference into any such filing.

 

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OTHER MATTERS

Our management does not know of any matters to be presented at the 2013 AGM other than those set forth herein and in the Notice accompanying this Proxy Statement. If any other matters are properly presented for a vote, the enclosed proxy confers discretionary authority to the individuals named as proxies to vote the shares represented by proxy, as to those matters.

Accompanying this Proxy Statement is our 2012 Form 10-K. Copies of our Proxy Statement and 2012 Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC, are also available free of charge on our website at www.avagotech.com or you can request a copy free of charge by calling Investor Relations at +1 (408) 435-7400 or toll-free at (855) 591-5745 (within the United States).

Upon request, we will furnish without charge to each person to whom this Proxy Statement is delivered a copy of any exhibit listed in our 2012 Form 10-K. You may request a copy of this information, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at:

Avago Technologies Limited

Attn: Investor Relations

c/o Avago Technologies U.S. Inc.

350 West Trimble Road, Building 90

San Jose, California 95131 U.S.A.

Telephone: (855) 591-5745 (toll-free within the United States) or +1 (408) 435-7400

Email: investor.relations@avagotech.com

To ensure timely delivery of any materials requested prior to the date of the 2013 AGM, you should request such materials no later than March 27, 2013.

By Order of the Board,

 

LOGO

Hock E. Tan

Director, Chief Executive Officer and President

February 20, 2013

San Jose, California

 

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APPENDIX A

SINGAPORE STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

(Incorporated in Singapore)

ANNUAL REPORT

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

INDEX

 

     Page  

Directors’ Report

     A-1   

Statement by Directors

     A-16   

Independent Auditor’s Report

     A-17   

Consolidated Statements of Operations

     A-18   

Balance Sheets

     A-19   

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     A-20   

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

     A-21   

Notes to the Financial Statements

     A-22   

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

The directors present their report to the members together with the audited consolidated financial statements of Avago Technologies Limited and its subsidiaries (“we”, or the “Group”) for the financial year ended October 28, 2012 and the unconsolidated balance sheet of Avago Technologies Limited (the “Company”) as at October 28, 2012.

Directors

The directors of the Company in office at the date of this report are as follows:

Adam H. Clammer

Donald Macleod

Hsuan Min Chih (a.k.a John Hsuan)

James V. Diller

John T. Dickson (appointed on January 18, 2012)

Justine F. Lien

Kenneth Y. Hao

Hock E. Tan

Arrangements to Enable Directors to Acquire Shares and Debentures

Neither at the end of nor at any time during the financial year was the Company a party to any arrangement whose object was to enable the directors of the Company to acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares in, or debentures of, the Company or any other body corporate, other than as disclosed under “Equity Awards”.

Directors’ Interests in Shares or Debentures

 

(a) According to the register of directors’ shareholdings, none of the directors holding office at the end of the financial year had any interest in the shares or debentures of the Company or its related corporations, except as follows:

 

     Holdings in which director Is
deemed to have an Interest
 
      As of
October 28,
2012
    As of
October 30,
2011
 

Avago Technologies Limited

    

(No. of Ordinary Shares)

    

Adam H. Clammer

     52,395 (1)      50,000   

Donald Macleod

     42,395 (2)      30,000   

James V. Diller

     182,395 (3)      180,000   

John Hsuan

     1,911 (4)      —     

John T. Dickson

     2,000 (5)      —     

Justine F. Lien

     —          —     

Kenneth Y. Hao

     11,285,149 (6)      11,282,754   

Hock E. Tan

     —          —     

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

     Holdings in which director Is
deemed to have an Interest
 
      As of
October 28,
2012
    As of
October 30,
2011
 

Avago Technologies Limited

    

(Share Options and RSUs* Outstanding)

    

Adam H. Clammer

     17,359 (7)      9,581   

Donald Macleod

     27,359 (8)      29,581   

James V. Diller

     17,359 (9)      9,581   

John Hsuan

     21,024 (10)      22,935   

John T. Dickson

     25,488        —     

Justine F. Lien

     40,173 (11)      30,000   

Kenneth Y. Hao

     17,359 (12)      9,581   

Hock E. Tan

     1,910,002 (13)      1,910,002   

 

  * Restricted Share Units
  (1) Mr. Clammer is an executive of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and/or one or more of its affiliates. Includes 2,395 shares that were acquired by Mr Clammer upon vesting of restricted share units (“RSUs”) during the financial year ended October 28, 2012 and which are held in electronic form in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depositary Trust Company.
  (2) Includes 12,395 shares that were acquired by Mr. Macleod upon the exercise of options and the vesting of RSUs during the financial year ended October 28, 2012 and which are held in electronic form in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depositary Trust Company.
  (3) Represents 2,395 shares that were acquired by Mr. Diller upon the vesting of RSUs during the financial year ended October 28, 2012 and 180,000 shares held in family trusts of which Mr. Diller is a trustee. 58,051 of these shares are held in electronic form in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depositary Trust Company.
  (4) Represents shares acquired by Mr. Hsuan upon vesting of RSUs during the financial year ended October 28, 2012 and which are held in electronic form in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depositary Trust Company.
  (5) Represents shares acquired by Mr. Dickson in open market purchases during the financial year ended October 28, 2012 and which are held in electronic form in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depositary Trust Company.
  (6) Shares shown in the table above held as at October 28, 2012 consist of (i) 9,698,592 shares directly held by Silver Lake Partners II Cayman, L.P. (“SLP II Cayman”), (ii) 27,734 shares directly held by Silver Lake Technology Investors II Cayman, L.P. (“SLTI II Cayman”), (iii) 1,506,428 shares directly held by Avago Investment Partners Limited Partnership (“AIP”) (iv) 50,000 shares acquired by Mr. Hao upon the exercise of options, and which are held in electronic form in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depositary Trust Company and (v) 2,395 shares acquired by Mr. Hao upon vesting of RSUs during the financial year ended October 28, 2012, and which are held in electronic form in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depositary Trust Company.

For ease of reference, SLP II Cayman and SLTI II Cayman are collectively referred to as the “Silver Lake Funds” in this footnote. Silver Lake Technology Associates II Cayman, L.P. (“SLTA II Cayman”), is the general partner of SLP II Cayman. Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP II, Ltd. is (a) the general partner of each of SLTA II Cayman and SLTI II Cayman and (b) a member of

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

Avago Investment G.P., Limited. In such capacities, SLTA II Cayman may be deemed to beneficially own the ordinary shares directly held by SLP II Cayman, and Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP II, Ltd. may be deemed to beneficially own the ordinary shares directly held by the Silver Lake Funds and AIP, but SLTA II Cayman and Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP II, Ltd. disclaim such beneficial ownership. As a director of Silver Lake (Offshore) AIV GP II, Ltd., Mr. Hao may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the ordinary shares held directly or indirectly by the Silver Lake Funds and AIP, but he disclaims beneficial ownership of such ordinary shares.

Pursuant to Mr. Hao’s arrangement with Silver Lake with respect to director compensation, upon the sale of shares received by him from the exercise of options or the vesting of RSUs, the proceeds of such sale are expected to be remitted to Silver Lake. Accordingly, Mr. Hao disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

 

  (7) Mr. Clammer has the right to acquire 7,186 of these shares within 60 days after October 28, 2012 upon the exercise of share options.
  (8) Mr. Macleod has the right to acquire 17,186 of these shares within 60 days after October 28, 2012 upon the exercise of share options.
  (9) Mr. Diller has the right to acquire 7,186 of these shares within 60 days after October 28, 2012 upon the exercise of share options.
  (10) Mr. Hsuan has the right to acquire 5,733 of these shares within 60 days after October 28, 2012 upon the exercise of share options.
  (11) Ms. Lien has the right to acquire 20,000 of these shares within 60 days after October 28, 2012 upon the exercise of share options.
  (12)

Mr. Hao has the right to acquire 7,186 of these shares within 60 days after October 28, 2012 upon the exercise of share options. As stated in footnote (6) above, Mr. Hao disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

  (13) Mr. Tan has the right to acquire 840,002 of these shares within 60 days after October 28, 2012 upon the exercise of share options.

 

(b) According to the register of directors’ shareholdings, directors holding office at the end of the financial year had interests in options to subscribe for ordinary shares of the Company (as set forth under “Share options and RSUs outstanding” in (a) above) granted pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plans as set out below under the caption “Equity Awards”.

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

The following table shows for the financial year ended October 28, 2012, certain information regarding options granted to, and held at the end of the financial year by the Company’s directors.

 

     Individual Grant  

Name

   Number of
Remaining
Securities

Underlying
Options

Granted as
at End of
Financial
Year
    % of Total
Equity Awards
Outstanding as
at End of
Financial Year
     Exercise
or  Base
Price
Per Share
     Expiration
Date
 
                  U.S.$         

Adam H. Clammer

     7,186        0.03         31.49         03/29/2016   
     7,630 (1)      0.04         37.41         04/03/2017   

Donald Macleod

     10,000        0.05         10.22         02/21/2013   
     7,186        0.03         31.49         03/29/2016   
     7,630 (1)      0.04         37.41         04/03/2017   

James V. Diller

     7,186        0.03         31.49         03/29/2016   
     7,630 (1)      0.04         37.41         04/03/2017   

John Hsuan

     17,201        0.08         34.04         02/13/2016   

John T. Dickson

     19,116 (1)      0.09         33.94         01/16/2017   

Justine F. Lien

     30,000        0.14         10.68         07/30/2013   
     7,630 (1)      0.04         37.41         04/03/2017   

Kenneth Y. Hao

     7,186        0.03         31.49         03/29/2016   
     7,630 (1)      0.04         37.41         04/03/2017   

Hock E. Tan

     570,002        2.74         5.00         04/12/2016   
     240,000        1.16         10.00         03/02/2019   
     300,000        1.44         15.00         08/04/2019   
     600,000        2.89         32.39         03/07/2018   

 

Name

   Number of
Securities

Underlying RSUs
Granted
     % of Total
Equity Awards
Outstanding as
at End of
Financial Year
     Vesting
Date
 

Adam H. Clammer(1)

     2,543         0.01         04/04/2013   

Donald Macleod(1)

     2,543         0.01         04/04/2013   

James V. Diller(1)

     2,543         0.01         04/04/2013   

John Hsuan

     1,911         0.01         02/14/2013   
     1,913         0.01         02/14/2014   

John T. Dickson(1)

     2,214         0.01         01/18/2013   
     2,214         0.01         01/18/2014   
     2,214         0.01         01/18/2015   

Justine F. Lien(1)

     2,543         0.01         04/04/2013   

Kenneth Y. Hao(1)

     2,543         0.01         04/04/2013   

Hock E. Tan

     100,000         0.48         03/11/2014   
     100,000         0.48         03/10/2015   

 

(1) Granted during the financial year ended October 28, 2012.

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

Directors’ Contractual Benefits

Since the end of the previous financial year, no director has received or become entitled to receive a material benefit by reason of a contract made by the Company or its subsidiaries with the director or with a firm of which he is a member or with a company in which he has a substantial financial interest, except for compensation paid by the Company to the director for services as a director and as disclosed in Note 14 of the accompanying financial statements and in this report, and except that Mr. Tan has an employment relationship with the Group, and has received remuneration in that capacity.

Equity Awards

Summary of Equity Plans

The Company previously adopted the Equity Incentive Plan for Executive Employees of Avago Technologies Limited and Subsidiaries (the “Executive Plan”) and the Equity Incentive Plan for Senior Management Employees of Avago Technologies Limited and Subsidiaries (the “Senior Management Plan”) and together with the Executive Plan, the “Pre-IPO Equity Incentive Plans”), which authorized the grant of options and share purchase rights covering up to 30 million ordinary shares of the Company.

Under the Pre-IPO Equity Incentive Plans, awards generally expire ten years following the date of grant unless granted to a non-employee, in which case the awards generally expire five years following the date of grant and were granted at a price equal to the fair market value at the time of the grant. Since the initial public offering of the Company’s ordinary shares on August 6, 2009 (the “IPO”) in the United States, the Company has ceased making further grants under the Pre-IPO Equity Incentive Plans.

In July 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) adopted, and the Company’s shareholders approved, the Avago Technologies Limited 2009 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2009 Plan” and together with the Pre-IPO Equity Incentive Plans, the “Equity Incentive Plans”), to authorize the grant of options, share appreciation rights, RSUs, dividend equivalents, performance awards, and other share-based awards. 20 million ordinary shares were initially reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan, subject to automatic annual increases starting in financial year 2012. The amount of the annual increase is equal to the least of (a) 6 million shares, (b) 3% of the ordinary shares outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding financial year and (c) such smaller number of ordinary shares as determined by the Board. However, no more than 90 million ordinary shares may be issued upon the exercise of equity awards issued under the 2009 Plan. On October 31, 2011 (the first day of the financial year ended October 28, 2012), the number of shares available for issuance under the 2009 Plan increased by 6,000,000 shares pursuant to this automatic increase provision.

Options issued to employees under the 2009 Plan prior to March 2011 generally expire ten years following the date of grant. With effect from March 2011, options issued to employees under the 2009 Plan will generally expire seven years after the date of grant. Options awarded to non-employees under this plan generally expire after five years.

Options issued under the 2009 Plan generally vest over a four year period from the date of grant and are granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value on the date of grant. Any share options cancelled or forfeited under the Pre-IPO Equity Incentive Plans that are cancelled, forfeited or lapse unexercised become available for issuance under the 2009 Plan.

In July 2009, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s shareholders approved the Avago Technologies Employee Share Purchase Plan (this plan, as amended, the “ESPP”) to allow eligible employees of

 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

the Company and its participating subsidiaries to purchase ordinary shares at semi-annual intervals, with their accumulated payroll deductions, at a discounted price, based on a six-month look-back period. 8 million ordinary shares are initially reserved for issuance under the ESPP, subject to automatic annual increases starting in financial year 2012. The amount of the annual increase is equal to the least of (a) 2 million shares, (b) 1% of the ordinary shares outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding financial year and (c) such smaller number of ordinary shares as determined by the Board. During the financial year ended October 28, 2012, 244,478 ordinary shares were purchased and issued pursuant to the ESPP.

Executive Plan

Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan for Executive Employees of Avago Technologies Limited and Subsidiaries

The Board initially adopted and the Company’s shareholders initially approved the Executive Plan on November 23, 2005. The Executive Plan, was amended and restated by the Board on April 14, 2006 and January 25, 2007 and was approved by the Company’s shareholders on April 11, 2007. The Executive Plan was also amended and restated by the Board on February 25, 2008.

Types of Awards. The Executive Plan provided for the grant of non-qualified options and share purchase rights to employees, consultants and other persons having a unique relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries.

Share Reserve. The Company had reserved an aggregate of 30 million ordinary shares for issuance under the Executive Plan and the Senior Management Plan. However, following the IPO no additional awards may be made under these plans.

Administration. The Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) administers the Executive Plan. The Compensation Committee has the authority to select the employees to whom options and/or share purchase rights were granted under the Executive Plan, the number of shares subject to those options or share purchase rights, and the terms and conditions of the options and share purchase rights. In addition, the Compensation Committee has the authority to construe and interpret the Executive Plan and to adopt rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Executive Plan that are consistent with the terms of the Executive Plan.

Amendment and Termination. The Executive Plan may be amended or modified by the Compensation Committee, and may be terminated by the Board.

Exercise. The exercise price of options and share purchase rights granted under the Executive Plan may be paid for in cash, or, with the consent of the Compensation Committee, with the ordinary shares of the Company, including ordinary shares acquired contemporaneously upon exercise.

Certain Events. Under the Executive Plan, the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that options granted under the plan cannot be exercised after the consummation of the merger or consolidation of the Company into another corporation, the exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for the securities of another corporation, the acquisition by another corporation of 80% or more of the Company’s then outstanding voting shares or the recapitalization, reclassification, liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or other adjustment or event which results in the Company’s ordinary shares being exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, in which case the Compensation Committee may further provide that the

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

options will become fully vested and exercisable prior to the completion of the change of control. The Compensation Committee may also provide that options remaining exercisable after such an event may only be exercised for the consideration received by shareholders in such event, or its cash equivalent. The Company shall in its discretion appropriately and equitably adjust the exercise price of an option in the event of a spin off or other substantial distribution of the Company’s assets. The Board initially adopted and the Company’s shareholders initially approved the Senior Management Plan on November 23, 2005. The Senior Management Plan was adopted and restated by the Board on April 14, 2006 and approved by the Company’s shareholders on April 11, 2007. The Senior Management Plan was also amended and restated by the Board on February 25, 2008 and amended in July 2009 and March 2011.

Senior Management Plan

Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan for Senior Management Employees of Avago Technologies Limited and Subsidiaries

Types of Awards. The Senior Management Plan provides for the grant of non-qualified options and share purchase rights to employees, consultants, other persons having a unique relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries and non-employee members of the Board. Options and share purchase rights granted to non-employee members of the Board were approved by the Company’s shareholders on April 14, 2007.

Share Reserve. The Company had reserved an aggregate of 30 million ordinary shares for issuance under the Senior Management Plan and the Executive Plan. However, following the IPO no additional awards may be made under these plans.

Administration. The Compensation Committee administers the Senior Management Plan. The Compensation Committee has the authority to select the employees to whom options and/or share purchase rights will be granted under the Senior Management Plan, the number of shares to be subject to those options or share purchase rights, and the terms and conditions of the options and share purchase rights. In addition, the Compensation Committee has the authority to construe and interpret the Senior Management Plan and to adopt rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Senior Management Plan that are consistent with the terms of the Senior Management Plan.

Amendment and Termination. The Senior Management Plan may be amended or modified by the Compensation Committee, and may be terminated by the Board.

Exercise. The exercise price of options and share purchase rights granted under the Senior Management Plan may be paid for in cash, or, with the consent of the Compensation Committee, with the ordinary shares of the Company, including ordinary shares acquired contemporaneously upon exercise.

Certain Events. Under the Senior Management Plan, the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that options granted under the plan cannot be exercised after the consummation of the merger or consolidation of the Company into another corporation, the exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for the securities of another corporation, the acquisition by another corporation of 80 or more of the Company’s then outstanding voting shares or the recapitalization, reclassification, liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or other adjustment or event which results in the Company’s ordinary shares being exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, in which case the Compensation Committee may further provide that the options will become fully vested and exercisable prior to the completion of the change of control. The Compensation Committee may also provide that options remaining exercisable after such an event

 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

may only be exercised for the consideration received by shareholders in such event, or its cash equivalent. The Company shall in its discretion appropriately and equitably adjust the exercise price of an option in the event of a spin off or other substantial distribution of the Company’s assets.

2009 Plan

Avago Technologies Limited 2009 Equity Incentive Award Plan

The Board adopted the 2009 Plan on July 27, 2009, and the Company’s shareholders approved the 2009 Plan on July 31, 2009.

Share Reserve. Under the 2009 Plan, 20 million ordinary shares were initially reserved for issuance pursuant to a variety of share-based compensation awards, including options, share appreciation rights, or SARs, restricted share awards, restricted share unit awards, deferred share awards, dividend equivalent awards, performance share awards, performance share unit awards, share payment awards, performance-based awards and other share-based awards plus the number of ordinary shares subject to options outstanding under the Executive Plan the Senior Management Plan, as of the effective date of the 2009 Plan that are forfeited in the future under such plans. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan will automatically increase on the first day of each financial year beginning in 2012 and ending in 2019, by an amount equal to the least of (i) 6 million shares, (ii) 3% of the ordinary shares outstanding (on an as converted basis) on the last day of the immediately preceding financial year and (iii) such smaller number of ordinary shares as determined by the Board; provided, however, no more than 90 million ordinary shares may be issued upon the exercise of incentive stock options. On October 31, 2011 (the first day of the financial year ended October 28, 2012), the number of shares available for issuance under the 2009 Plan increased by 6,000,000 shares pursuant to this automatic increase provision.

The following provisions will be in effect for the share reserve under the 2009 Plan:

 

   

to the extent that an award terminates, expires or lapses for any reason, any shares subject to the award at such time will be available for future grants under the 2009 Plan;

 

   

to the extent shares are tendered or withheld to satisfy the grant, exercise price or tax withholding obligation with respect to any award under the 2009 Plan, such tendered or withheld shares will be available for future grants under the 2009 Plan;

 

   

to the extent any restricted shares are forfeited by the holder, such shares will be available for future grants under the 2009 Plan;

 

   

the payment of dividend equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding awards will not be counted against the shares available for issuance under the 2009 Plan; and

 

   

to the extent permitted by applicable law or any exchange rule, shares issued in assumption of, or in substitution for, any outstanding awards of any entity acquired in any form of combination by the Company or any of its subsidiaries will not be counted against the shares available for issuance under the 2009 Plan.

Initially, there will be no limit on the number of shares that may be covered by share-based awards or the maximum aggregate dollar amount subject to cash-based performance awards granted to any individual during any calendar year. However, after a limited transition period, no individual may be granted share-based awards under the 2009 Plan covering more than 2 million shares or more than $3 million in cash in any calendar year. The limited transition period will expire on the earliest of:

 

   

the first material modification of the 2009 Plan;

 

   

the issuance of all of the ordinary shares reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan;

 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

   

the expiration of the 2009 Plan;

 

   

the first meeting of the Company’s shareholders at which members of the Board are to be elected that occurs after the close of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which the IPO occurred; or

 

   

such earlier date as may be required by Section 162(m) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).

Administration. The Compensation Committee administers the 2009 Plan. Subject to the terms and conditions of the 2009 Plan, the Compensation Committee has the exclusive authority to select the persons to whom awards are to be made, to determine the number of shares to be subject to awards and the terms and conditions of awards, and to make all other determinations and to take all other actions necessary or advisable for the administration of the 2009 Plan. The Compensation Committee is also authorized to adopt, amend or rescind rules relating to administration of the 2009 Plan. The Board may at any time remove the Compensation Committee as the administrator and re-vest in itself the authority to administer the 2009 Plan. The full Board administers the 2009 Plan with respect to awards to non-employee directors.

Eligibility. Options, share appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted shares and all other share-based and cash-based awards under the 2009 Plan may be granted to individuals who are then the Company’s officers, employees or consultants or are the officers, employees or consultants of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries. Such awards also may be granted to directors of the Company. Only employees may be granted incentive stock options (“ISOs”).

Awards. The 2009 Plan provides that the administrator may grant or issue options, SARs, restricted shares, RSUs, deferred shares, dividend equivalents, performance awards, share payments and other share-based and cash-based awards, or any combination thereof. Each award will be set forth in a separate agreement with the person receiving the award and will indicate the type, terms and conditions of the award.

 

   

Nonqualified Options (“NQOs”), will provide for the right to purchase ordinary shares at a specified price which may not be less than fair market value on the date of grant, and usually will become exercisable (at the discretion of the administrator) in one or more installments after the grant date, subject to the participant’s continued employment or service with us and/or subject to the satisfaction of corporate performance targets and individual performance targets established by the administrator. NQOs may be granted for any term specified by the administrator, but may not exceed ten years.

 

   

Incentive Stock Options will be designed in a manner intended to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code and will be subject to specified restrictions contained in the Code. Among such restrictions, ISOs must have an exercise price of not less than the fair market value of an ordinary share on the date of grant, may only be granted to employees, and must not be exercisable after a period of ten years measured from the date of grant. To the extent ISOs having an aggregate exercise price in an amount greater than $100,000 become exercisable by an individual in any calendar year, the options in excess of $100,000 will be treated as NQOs. In the case of an ISO granted to an individual who owns (or is deemed to own) at least 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of the Company’s shares, the 2009 Plan provides that the exercise price must be at least 110% of the fair market value of an ordinary share on the date of grant and the ISO must not be exercisable after a period of five years measured from the date of grant.

 

   

Restricted Shares may be granted to any eligible individual and made subject to such restrictions as may be determined by the administrator. Restricted shares, typically, may be forfeited for no consideration if the conditions or restrictions on vesting are not met. In general, restricted shares may

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

 

not be sold, or otherwise transferred, until restrictions are removed or expire. Purchasers of restricted shares, unlike recipients of options, generally will have voting rights and will have the right to receive dividends, if any, prior to the time when the restrictions lapse.

 

   

Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”) may be awarded to any eligible individual, typically without payment of consideration, but subject to vesting conditions based on continued employment or service or on performance criteria established by the administrator. Like restricted shares, RSUs may not be sold, or otherwise transferred or hypothecated, until vesting conditions are removed or expire. Unlike restricted shares, shares underlying RSUs will not be issued until the RSUs have vested, and recipients of RSUs generally will have no voting or dividend rights prior to the time when vesting conditions are satisfied.

 

   

Deferred Share Awards represent the right to receive ordinary shares on a future date. Deferred shares may not be sold or otherwise hypothecated or transferred until issued. Deferred shares will not be issued until the deferred share award has vested, and recipients of deferred shares generally will have no voting or dividend rights prior to the time when the vesting conditions are satisfied and the shares are issued. Deferred share awards generally will be forfeited, and the underlying shares will not be issued, if the applicable vesting conditions and other restrictions are not met.

 

   

Share Appreciation Rights may be granted in connection with options or other awards, or separately. SARs granted in connection with options or other awards typically will provide for payments to the holder based upon increases in the price of ordinary shares over a set exercise price. The exercise price of any SAR granted under the 2009 Plan must be at least 100% of the fair market value of an ordinary share on the date of grant. Except as required by Section 162(m) of the Code with respect to a SAR intended to qualify as performance-based compensation as described in Section 162(m) of the Code, there are no restrictions specified in the 2009 Plan on the exercise of SARs or the amount of gain realizable therefrom, although restrictions may be imposed by the administrator in the SAR agreements. SARs under the 2009 Plan will be settled in cash or ordinary shares, or in a combination of both, at the election of the administrator.

 

   

Dividend Equivalents represent the value of the dividends, if any, per share paid by us, calculated with reference to the number of shares covered by the options, SARs or other awards held by the participant. Dividend equivalents may be settled in cash or shares and at such times as determined by the Compensation Committee or the Board, as applicable.

 

   

Performance Awards may be granted by the administrator on an individual or group basis. Generally, these awards will be based upon specific performance targets and may be paid in cash or in ordinary shares or in a combination of both. Performance awards may include “phantom” share awards that provide for payments based upon the value of ordinary shares. Performance awards may also include bonuses that may be granted by the administrator on an individual or group basis and which may be payable in cash or in ordinary shares or in a combination of both.

 

   

Share Payments may be authorized by the administrator in the form of ordinary shares or an option or other right to purchase ordinary shares as part of a deferred compensation arrangement in lieu of all or any part of compensation, including bonuses, that would otherwise be payable in cash to the employee, consultant or non-employee director.

Change in Control. In the event of a change in control where the acquirer does not assume or replace awards granted under the 2009 Plan, awards issued under the 2009 Plan will be subject to accelerated vesting such that 100% of such award will become vested and exercisable or payable, as applicable. In addition, the administrator will also have complete discretion to structure one or more awards under the 2009 Plan to provide that such awards

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

will become vested and exercisable or payable on an accelerated basis in the event such awards are assumed or replaced with equivalent awards but the individual’s service with us or the acquiring entity is subsequently terminated within a designated period following the change in control event. The administrator may also make appropriate adjustments to awards under the 2009 Plan and is authorized to provide for the acceleration, cash-out, termination, assumption, substitution or conversion of such awards in the event of a change in control or certain other unusual or nonrecurring events or transactions. Under the 2009 Plan, a change in control is generally defined as:

 

   

the transfer or exchange in a single or series of related transactions by the Company’s shareholders of more than 50% of the Company’s voting shares to a person or group;

 

   

a change in the composition of the Board over a two-year period such that fifty percent or more of the members of the Board were elected through one or more contested elections;

 

   

a merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination in which the Company is involved, directly or indirectly, other than a merger, consolidation, reorganization or business combination which results in the Company’s outstanding voting securities immediately before the transaction continuing to represent a majority of the voting power of the acquiring company’s outstanding voting securities and after which no person or group beneficially owns 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after the transaction;

 

   

the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or

 

   

shareholder approval of the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

Non-Employee Director Awards. The 2009 Plan permits the Board to grant awards to the Company’s non-employee directors pursuant to a written non-discretionary formula established by the plan administrator.

Adjustments of Awards. In the event of any share dividend, share split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, spin-off, recapitalization, distribution of the Company’s assets to shareholders (other than normal cash dividends) or any other corporate event affecting the number of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares or the price of the Company’s ordinary shares that would require adjustments to the 2009 Plan or any awards under the 2009 Plan in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the potential benefits intended to be made available thereunder, the committee will make appropriate, proportionate adjustments to:

 

   

the aggregate number and type of shares subject to the 2009 Plan and any other plan terms denominated in shares;

 

   

the terms and conditions of outstanding awards (including, without limitation, any applicable performance targets or criteria with respect to such awards); and

 

   

the grant or exercise price per share of any outstanding awards under the 2009 Plan.

Amendment and Termination. The Board or the Compensation Committee (with the Board’s approval) may terminate, amend, or modify the 2009 Plan at any time and from time to time. However, the Company must generally obtain shareholder approval:

 

   

to increase the number of shares available under the 2009 Plan (other than in connection with certain corporate events, as described above);

 

   

to the extent required by applicable law, rule or regulation (including any applicable stock exchange rule).

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

Options may be amended to reduce the per share exercise price below the per share exercise price of such option on the grant date without shareholder approval.

Expiration Date. The 2009 Plan will expire on, and no option or other award may be granted pursuant to the 2009 Plan after ten years following the effective date of the 2009 Plan. Any award that is outstanding on the expiration date of the 2009 Plan will remain in force according to the terms of the 2009 Plan and the applicable award agreement.

ESPP

Avago Technologies Limited Employee Share Purchase Plan

The Board initially adopted the ESPP on July 27, 2009, and the Company’s shareholders approved, the ESPP on July 31, 2009. The ESPP was amended and restated by the Compensation Committee on June 2, 2010.

Share Reserve. 8 million ordinary shares are initially reserved for issuance under the ESPP. The number of ordinary shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase on the first day of each financial year, beginning in 2012, by an amount equal to the least of: (i) 1% of the outstanding ordinary shares outstanding on such date, (ii) 2 million ordinary shares or (iii) a lesser amount determined by the Board. On October 31, 2011 (the first day of the financial year ended October 28, 2012), the number of shares available for issuance under the ESPP increased by 2,000,000 shares pursuant to this automatic increase provision. The maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares which may be issued over the term of the ESPP is 24 million shares. In addition, no participant in the ESPP may be issued or transferred more than $25,000 of ordinary shares pursuant to awards under the ESPP per offering period and/or per calendar year.

Offering Periods. The ESPP is administered using a series of successive offering periods. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, each offering period will have a duration of six months. The initial offering period under the ESPP commenced on September 15, 2010.

Eligible Employees. The Company’s employees, and any employees of the Company’s subsidiaries that the Compensation Committee designates as participating in the ESPP, who are scheduled to work more than 20 hours per week for more than five calendar months per year who are employed as such five trading days prior to the start of an offering period may join an offering period on the start date of that period.

Payroll Deductions. A participant may contribute from 1% to 10% of his or her eligible compensation through payroll deductions, and the accumulated deductions will be applied to the purchase of shares on each semi-annual purchase date. The purchase price per share will be equal to 85% of the fair market value per share of the Company’s ordinary shares the first trading date of an offering period in which a participant is enrolled or, if lower, 85% of the fair market value per share on the semi-annual purchase date. Semi-annual purchase dates will occur on the last trading day of each offering period. However, not more than 2,500 shares may be purchased in total by any participant during any offering period. The Compensation Committee has the authority to change these limitations for any subsequent offering period.

Change in Control. Should the Company be acquired by merger or sale of substantially all of its assets or more than 50% of its voting securities, then all outstanding purchase rights may either be assumed by the acquirer or, if not assumed, will be exercised at an early purchase date prior to the effective date of the acquisition. The purchase price in effect for each participant will be equal to 85% of the fair market value per share of the Company’s ordinary shares on the first trading date of the offering period in which the participant is enrolled at the time the acquisition occurs or, if lower, 85% of the fair market value per share on the purchase date prior to the acquisition.

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

Other Plan Provisions. Employees may not transfer shares for six months after the date of purchase, unless they cease to be an eligible employee, in which case the shares may be sold at any time thereafter.

Amendment and Termination. The Board or the Compensation Committee may at any time amend, suspend or discontinue the ESPP. However, certain amendments may require shareholder approval.

Expiration Date. The ESPP will terminate no later than ten years after the date the Board initially approved it.

General

Under the Executive Plan, options generally vest at a rate of 20% per year based on the passage of time and attaining certain performance criteria, in each case subject to continued employment. Those options subject to vesting based on the passage of time may accelerate by one year upon certain terminations of employment. On July 20, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved a change in the vesting schedules associated with performance-based options to purchase 2.3 million ordinary shares issued and outstanding under the Executive Plan. The Compensation Committee approved the amendment of performance-based options held by certain members of the Group’s senior management team (including options to acquire 570,000 shares held by Mr. Tan) to provide that such options will no longer vest based on the attainment of performance targets but instead each portion of such options shall vest two years following the first date such portion could have vested had the performance goals for such portion been achieved, subject to the officer’s continued service with the Group through such vesting date. The performance-based options held by employees other than the executive officers referred to in the preceding sentence were amended to provide that any portion of such options that fail to vest based upon the attainment of a performance goal shall vest on the date two years following the first date such portion could have vested had such performance goal been attained, subject to the employee’s continued service with us through such vesting date.

The Compensation Committee made these changes to performance-based options in light of the Group’s then current financial projections, which were lower than when the performance goals for such options were last determined, the uncertainty present in the current global economy and the importance of retaining key employees to continue in employment with the Group following the IPO.

Under the Senior Management Plan, options generally vest at a rate of 20% per year based on the passage of time and continued employment.

Options issued to employees under the Executive Plan and the Senior Management Plan generally expire ten years following the date of grant. Options issued to employees under the 2009 Plan prior to March 2011 generally expire ten years following the date of grant. With effect from March 2011, options issued to employees under the 2009 Plan will generally expire seven years after the date of grant. Options awarded to non-employees under the Equity Incentive Plans generally expire five years following the date of grant. Options under the Equity Incentive Plans are granted at a strike price equal to the fair market value per share of the Company on the date of grant.

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

A summary of award activities under the Equity Incentive Plans is as set out below (in millions, except per share amounts):

 

     Awards outstanding  
     Awards
Available
for Grant
    Number
Outstanding
    Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
per Share ($)
 

Balance as of October 31, 2011

     10        19        17.93   

Annual increase in shares available for issuance, per equity incentive plan terms

     6        —          —     

Granted

     (5     5        34.79   

Exercised

     —          (3     13.24   

Cancelled

     1        (1     23.98   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of October 28, 2012

     12        20        22.45   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of October 31, 2010

     14        23        11.50   

Granted

     (5     5        32.42   

Exercised

     —          (8     7.59   

Cancelled

     1        (1     17.11   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of October 30, 2011

     10        19        17.93   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity Awards Outstanding

The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable share option awards as of October 28, 2012:

 

     Awards Outstanding      Awards Exercisable  

Exercise Prices

   Number
Outstanding
(in millions)
     Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual

Life
(in years)
     Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price

per Share
     Number
Exercisable
(in millions)
     Weighted-
Average
Exercise

Price
per Share
 

$0.00 – 10.00

     3         4.79         7.26         2         6.62   

$10.01 – 20.00

     5         5.95         13.10         3         12.52   

$20.01 – 30.00

     3         7.67         21.02         1         20.93   

$30.01 – 40.00

     9         5.94         33.87         1         32.77   
  

 

 

          

 

 

    

Total

     20         6.06         22.45         7         15.15   
  

 

 

          

 

 

    

RSU activity and the number of outstanding RSUs were not material for the financial year ended October 28, 2012.

 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT—(Continued)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

Independent Auditor

The independent auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, has expressed its willingness to accept re-appointment.

On behalf of the directors

 

/s/ James V. Diller    

   

/s/ Hock E. Tan    

James V. Diller     Hock E. Tan
Director     Director

24 January 2013

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

STATEMENT BY DIRECTORS

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

In the opinion of the directors,

 

(a) the unconsolidated balance sheet of the Company and the consolidated financial statements of the Group are drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the Group as at October 28, 2012 and of the results of the business, changes in equity and cash flows of the Group for the financial year then ended; and

 

(b) at the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

On behalf of the directors

 

/s/ James V. Diller    

   

/s/ Hock E. Tan    

James V. Diller

Director

   

Hock E. Tan

Director

24 January 2013

 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

(In compliance with the requirements of the Singapore Companies Act)

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Avago Technologies Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as of October 28, 2012, and related consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss) and consolidated statements of cash flows for the financial years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

Management is responsible for the preparation of financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act (the “Act”) and auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, and for devising and maintaining a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide a reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition; and that transactions are properly authorized and that they are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of true and fair profit and loss accounts and balance sheets and to maintain accountability of assets.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,

 

(a) the consolidated financial statements of the Group and the accompanying unconsolidated balance sheet of the Company are properly drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Act and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America so as to give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group and of the Company as at October 28, 2012, and the consolidated results, changes in equity and cash flows of the Group for the financial year ended on that date; and

 

(b) the accounting and other records required by the Act to be kept by the Company and by those subsidiaries incorporated in Singapore of which we are the auditors, have been properly kept in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Public Accountants and Certified Public Accountants

Singapore, 24 January 2013

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

     Group  
     October 28,
2012
    October 30,
2011
 
     (In millions,
except per
share data)
    (In millions,
except per
share data)
 

Net revenue

     2,364        2,336   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Costs of products sold:

    

Cost of products sold

     1,164        1,133   

Amortization of intangible assets

     56        56   

Restructuring charges

     2        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of products sold

     1,222        1,189   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross margin

     1,142        1,147   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

    

Research and development

     335        317   

Selling, general and administrative

     199        220   

Amortization of intangible assets

     21        22   

Restructuring charges

     5        4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     560        563   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from operations

     582        584   

Interest expense

     (1     (4

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —          (20

Other income, net

     4        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     585        561   

Provision for income taxes

     22        9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     563        552   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income per share:

    

Basic

     2.30        2.25   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     2.25        2.19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares:

    

Basic

     245        245   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     250        252   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends declared and paid per share

     0.56        0.35   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

BALANCE SHEETS

As of October 28, 2012

 

     Group      Company  
     October 28,
2012
    October 30,
2011
     October 28,
2012
    October 30,
2011
 
     (In millions,
except share
amounts)
    (In millions,
except share
amounts)
     (In millions,
except share
amounts)
    (In millions,
except share
amounts)
 

ASSETS

         

Current assets

         

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,084        829         6        7   

Trade accounts receivable, net

     341        328         —          —     

Inventory

     194        194         —          —     

Other current assets

     72        42         133        189   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     1,691        1,393         139        196   

Long-term assets

         

Property, plant and equipment, net

     503        316         —          —     

Goodwill

     180        177         —          —     

Intangible assets, net

     422        499         —          —     

Other long-term assets

     66        61         —          —     

Investment in subsidiary

     —          —           2,280        1,814   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     2,862        2,446         2,419        2,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

         

Current liabilities

         

Accounts payable

     248        221         —          —     

Employee compensation and benefits

     61        89         —          —     

Capital lease obligations—current

     1        2         —          —     

Other current liabilities

     36        38         —          4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     346        350         —          4   

Long-term liabilities

         

Capital lease obligations—non-current

     2        4         —          —     

Other long-term liabilities

     95        86         —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     443        440         —          4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

         

Shareholders’ equity

         

Ordinary shares, no par value; 245,477,491 shares and 245,962,320 shares issued and outstanding on October 28, 2012 and October 30, 2011, respectively

     1,479        1,479         1,479        1,479   

Retained earnings

     951        525         951        525   

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     (11     2         (11     2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     2,419        2,006         2,419        2,006   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     2,862        2,446         2,419        2,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

For the financial year ended October 28, 2012

 

    Ordinary Shares     Retained
Earnings
    Accumulated
Other

Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Total
Shareholders’
Equity
    Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
    Shares     Amount                          
          (In millions)     (In millions)     (In millions)     (In millions)     (In millions)  

Balance as of October 31, 2011

    245,962,320        1,479        525        2        2,006     

Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plans

    3,023,933        44        —          —          44     

Repurchase of ordinary shares

    (3,508,762     (110     —          —          (110  

Share-based compensation

    —          53        —          —          53     

Tax benefits from share-based compensation

    —          13        —          —          13     

Cash dividends paid to shareholders

    —          —          (137     —          (137  

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

           

Actuarial losses and prior service costs associated with post-retirement benefit and defined benefit pension plans, net of taxes

    —          —          —          (13     (13     (13

Net income

    —          —          563        —          563        563   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of October 28, 2012

    245,477,491        1,479        951        (11     2,419        550