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Broadcom acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Broadcom bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
VMware, Inc. Word for word“On November 22, 2023, we acquired VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction (the “VMware Merger”), in which VMware stockholders received, in aggregate, approximately $30.8 billion in cash and 54.4 million shares of Broadcom common stock in exchange for all shares of VMware common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the closing.” 10-K for 2023	agreed acquisition	On November 22, 2023, we acquired VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction	approximately $30.8 billion in cash and 54.4 million shares of Broadcom common stock
LSI Corporation Word for word“She was Vice President and Corporate Controller at LSI Corporation from 2007 until its acquisition by us in 2014.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	2014	—
VMware's end-user computing (EUC) business Word for word“On July 1, 2024, we sold VMware’s end-user computing (“EUC”) business to KKR & Co. Inc. for cash consideration of $3.5 billion , after working capital adjustments.” 10-K for 2024	divestiture	On July 1, 2024	$3.5 billion
Seagate’s System-on-Chip Operations Word for word“On April 23, 2024, we acquired certain assets related to the design, development, and manufacture of System-on-Chip operations of Seagate Technology Holdings plc for $600 million .” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	On April 23, 2024	$600 million

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Cash received from selling businesses	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-10-30	$10.05 billion	$898 million	—
2017-10-29	$40 million	$10 million	$6 million
2018-11-04	$4.8 billion	$773 million	$2.21 billion
2019-11-03	$16.03 billion	$957 million	$9.8 billion
2020-11-01	$10.87 billion	$218 million	$6.75 billion
2021-10-31	$8 million	$45 million	$10 million
2022-10-30	$246 million	$0	$164 million
2023-10-29	$53 million	$0	$39 million
2024-11-03	$25.98 billion	$3.48 billion	—
2025-11-02	$0	$300 million	—

Deal filings since 2016

2023-11-22 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2023-08-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-05-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-04-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-04-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-03-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-01-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-05-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-05-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-11-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-11-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-08-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-05-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-04-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-01-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-11-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-11-05 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2018-07-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-04-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Broadcom’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-12-18. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.