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2012CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECTHIGHLIGHTS

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CEOMESSAGE At Broadcom, we want to grow in a responsible way. We do this by integrating the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility throughout the value chain of our business, thereby reducing negative environmental or social impacts. In 2011, we made good progress in the area of carbon disclosure. A Sustainability Steering Committee was formed to implement and execute new initiatives and programs to help reduce Broadcom’s carbon footprint. These initiatives were centered on global energy management, conservation and integrating climate change into Broadcom’s risk and opportunity assessment process.

We see these and other ongoing programs we have implemented throughout 2012, as part of a systematic and long-term effort to reduce our impact on climate change. Many of the initiatives and our results are outlined in this report. Participation in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) - the world’s largest database of corporate climate change information - is an example of Broadcom’s corporate commitment to transparency in benchmarking, monitoring and improving our environmental footprint.

Broadcom’s vision of Connecting everything® at home, at work and on the go is infused in all that we do. While our business is built on anticipating needs of the future, we understand our success depends not only on industry-leading innovations, but on a commitment to being a responsible global citizen helping to improve quality of life for generations to come.

As a global firm focused on innovation, we recognize ensuring sustainable methods are used to operate our business. Broadcom incorporates sustainable principles and business practices across our operations to improve the working environment for our employees, while reducing the negative environmental impacts associated with energy consumption, transportation, water use, material handling and waste generation. We are proud of the progress the company has made and we remain committed to reducing emissions through our search for ways to mitigate our company’s environmental impact. By remaining accountable and committed to these high standards, we can enhance not only the lives of our employees, customers and local communities, but also the planet at large.

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Scott A. McGregor President and Chief Executive OfficerBroadcom Corporation

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Broadcom has released its 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project report including a disclosure score of 82 — a 70% increase since 2009.

Corporate Social Responsibility is Infused in Our Business

The Sustainability Steering Group at Broadcom is composed of a cross-functional group of representatives from Global Real Estate, Legal Regulatory, Corporate Communications, Treasury, Global Health and Safety, Quality, Sales Operations, Human Resources, Engineering, and the Broadcom Foundation. The Sustainability Steering Group oversees the overall Corporate Social Responsibility program for Broadcom, including participation in the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Each fall, the Carbon Disclosure Project announces its findings on climate change strategies, greenhouse gas emissions and energy use reported for the prior year by nearly 6,000 of the world’s largest companies.

Broadcom hasdemonstrated ongoing

progress in becoming more transparent about its climate

change policies and practices through significant improvements

in its CDP disclosure scores from year to year.

HIGHLIGHTS

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Energy Efficiency Projects In 2011, Broadcom implemented multiple energy efficiency projects. For example, we upgraded the lighting systems in our Taiwan and San Jose, Calif. offices, and installed a new energy management system (EMS) at the company headquarters in Irvine, Calif.

These improvements alone reduced our emissions by approximately 91 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).

Global Energy Use

Broadcom total scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from operations and transportation in the reporting year were 50,988 metric tons of CO2e. Because more than 83% of our greenhouse gas emissions come from purchased electricity, we are focusing our near-term efforts on energy conservation.

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91METRIC TONS CO2e

The CO2e emissions reduction that resulted from

these facility improvements alone is equivalent to the annual

greenhouse gas emissions from 65 passenger vehicles, or the CO2

emissions from the electricity use of 41 U.S. single family homes for one year.

Broadcom GHG Emissions by Scope (MTCO2e)

Scope 1 - 5,499

Scope 2 - 42,680

Scope 3 - 2,809

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Broadcom is Committed to Transparency in Benchmarking, Monitoring and Improving our Environmental Footprint During 2011, Broadcom experienced solid growth and completed several acquisitions. The positive result of this trend is that the total metric tons of CO2e (equivalent)/per square foot of leased office space decreased by 5% from 2010 to 2011. Although Broadcom is growing and consuming more energy, it is using space more efficiently. The increase in scope 1 and 2 emissions was primarily due to increased electricity, natural gas and fuel use.

Increasing Employee Awareness We believe that “Connecting everything®” begins with the inter-relationship between our employees, the global ecosystem and the success of our business. We have made great strides to become more aware of our environmental footprint, and have begun implementing long-term programs to cut greenhouse gas emissions, water use, energy use and waste production. We also encourage our employees to assume leadership roles with respect to identifying new opportunities to improve efficiency.

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5%DECREASE

CO2e/sf

20122011

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Reporting Year

Broadcom CO2e Emissions Comparison

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DIRECT EMISSIONS

ELECTRICTY USE

Scope 1: Direct emissions from fuel consumption

Scope 2: Indirect emissions from purchased electricity

Scope 3: Employee air travel

Building Area (sf)

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1,000,000

500,000

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2009 2010 2011

76.6%

76.6%

76.6%

76.6%

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Copyright 2012 Broadcom Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Broadcom®, the pulse logo, Connecting everything®, and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States certain other countries and/or the EU.

CONNECT TO BROADCOM• broadcom.com • facebook.com/broadcom• twitter.com/@broadcom• linkedin.com/company/broadcom

Broadcom is Committed to Continuous Improvement “Broadcom has made real improvements in gathering more ‘actual’ data versus using calculated values for global energy use. Gathering utility usage and bills from nearly 110 facilities around the world is a real team effort that is essential to creating a more meaningful benchmark from which to develop greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.”

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ABOUTTHE CDPThe Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization providing a transformative global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share climate change and water information. Organizations across the world’s largest economies now report their greenhouse gas emissions and assessment of climate change risk and opportunity through CDP, so they can set reduction targets and make performance improvements. CDP now holds the largest collection globally of self-reported climate change data. For more information visit cdproject.net

READ BROADCOM’SFULL CDP REPORTBroadcom’s complete Carbon Disclosure Project Report is available at go.broadcom.com/cdp

Mark B. Thomas Director, Global Facilities ManagementBroadcom Corporation