Introductory Note
As previously announced, on May 26, 2022, VMware LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly known as VMware, Inc., the “Company” or “VMware”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Broadcom Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Broadcom”), Verona Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Holdco”), Verona Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub 1”), Barcelona Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom (“Merger Sub 2”), and Barcelona Merger Sub 3, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom (“Merger Sub 3”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement: (i) Merger Sub 1 merged with and into the Company (the “First Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the First Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco; (ii) following the First Merger, the Surviving Corporation converted from a Delaware corporation into a Delaware limited liability company (the “Conversion”); (iii) following the Conversion, Merger Sub 2 merged with and into Holdco (the “Second Merger”), with Holdco continuing as the surviving company (the “Holdco Surviving Company”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom; and (iv) following the Second Merger, the Holdco Surviving Company merged with and into Merger Sub 3 (the “Third Merger,” and together with the First Merger, the Conversion and the Second Merger, the “Transactions”), with Merger Sub 3 continuing as the surviving limited liability company and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom. As a result of the Transactions, VMware is now an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom.
The foregoing description of the Transactions and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company on May 26, 2022 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, on November 22, 2023 the Company repaid all outstanding term loans and other amounts under, and terminated, its Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2021, among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.01.
Each share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of VMware (each, a “VMware Common Share”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Transactions (the “Effective Time”), other than VMware Common Shares owned or held in treasury by VMware or owned by Merger Sub 2 or in the treasury of the Surviving Corporation (which were cancelled), any VMware Common Shares owned by any wholly owned subsidiary of VMware, and any VMware Common Shares held by stockholders who properly exercised and perfected appraisal rights under Delaware law, was indirectly converted into the right to receive, at the election of the holder of such VMware Common Share, and subject to proration in accordance with the Merger Agreement as described below, one of the following forms of consideration (the “Merger Consideration”):
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$142.50 in cash, without interest (the “Cash Consideration”) per VMware Common Share; or |
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0.25200 of a share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Broadcom (each, a “Broadcom Common Share”) per VMware Common Share (the “Stock Consideration”). |
The Merger Consideration was subject to proration, such that the total number of VMware Common Shares entitled to receive the Cash Consideration and the total number of VMware Common Shares entitled to receive the Stock Consideration were, in each case, equal to 50% of the aggregate number of VMware Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No fractional Broadcom Common Shares were issued. The results of the Merger Consideration elections were reported in a press release issued by Broadcom and VMware on October 30, 2023.