UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2015

 

 

Avago Technologies Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Singapore		001-34428		98-0682363
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1 Yishun Avenue 7 Singapore 768923				N/A
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (65) 6755-7888

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 8, 2015, Avago Technologies Limited (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual General Meeting (“2015 AGM”), at which its shareholders voted on the following matters:

 

(1)	To elect nine members to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”);

 

(2)

To approve the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor for the fiscal year ending November 1, 2015 and to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board to fix its remuneration for services provided through the Company’s 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “2016 AGM”);

 

(3)	To approve the general authorization for the directors of the Company to allot and issue ordinary shares of the Company, as set forth in the notice of, and proxy statement relating to, the 2015 AGM (together, the “Notice and Proxy Statement”);

 

(4)	To approve the share purchase mandate authorizing the purchase or acquisition by the Company of up to 10% of its own issued ordinary shares, as set forth in the Notice and Proxy Statement (the “Share Purchase Mandate”); and

 

(5)	To approve the non-employee directors’ cash compensation for the period from April 9, 2015 through the date on which the 2016 AGM is held, and for each approximately 12-month period thereafter, as set forth in the Notice and Proxy Statement;

For each of these proposals a quorum was present. The votes cast in connection with such matters were as follows:

 

(1)	Election of Directors:

 

		Name		For		Against				Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
(a)		Hock E. Tan		217,676,405			244,508			191,181		9,081,614
(b)		John T. Dickson		216,790,840			1,129,839			191,415		9,081,614
(c)		James V. Diller		216,682,674			1,237,358			192,062		9,081,614
(d)		Lewis C. Eggebrecht		217,665,439			255,841			190,814		9,081,614
(e)		Bruno Guilmart		217,707,670			212,635			191,789		9,081,614
(f)		Kenneth Y. Hao		217,759,630			159,875			192,589		9,081,614
(g)		Justine F. Lien		216,786,893			1,134,226			190,975		9,081,614
(h)		Donald Macleod		197,457,355			20,463,334			191,405		9,081,614
(i)		Peter J. Marks		216,833,448			1,087,379			191,267		9,081,614

 

(2)	Re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
221,486,627		5,492,463		214,618		0

 

(3)	Approval of General Authorization for Directors to Issue Shares:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
211,430,501		6,475,015		206,578		9,081,614

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(4)	Approval of the Share Purchase Mandate:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
226,140,364		231,424		821,920		0

 

(5)	Approval of Non-Employee Directors’ Cash Compensation:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
217,412,410		470,931		228,753		9,081,614

Each of the director nominees was re-elected and each of the proposals was approved by the Company’s shareholders.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 9, 2015