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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Major, John 63 2008 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
McGregor, Scott 52 2005 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Brandt, Eric 46 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Ramaswami, Rajiv 2010 Executive Vice President & Managing Director - Enterprise Networking Group
Chong, Arthur 55 2008 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Lagatta, Thomas 51 2006 Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales
Yousefi, Nariman 2010 Senior Vice President - Infrastructure Technologies
Tirva, Robert 42 2008 Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Controller
Farinsky, George 74 2002 Director
Switz, Robert 63 2003 Director
Handel, Nancy 57 2005 Director
Hartenstein, Eddy 58 2008 Director
Morrow, William 50 2008 Director
Amble, Joan 56 2009 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Major, John Mr. John E. Major has been a Director of Broadcom Corporation since January 2003. In May 2008 Mr. Major was elected Chairman of the Board. In January 2003 he founded MTSG, a strategic consulting and investment company of which he serves as President. From April 2004 to October 2006, Mr. Major served as Chief Executive Officer of Apacheta Corporation, a privately-held mobile, wireless software company whose products are used to manage retail inventory, service and deliveries. From August 2000 until January 2003, Mr. Major was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Novatel Wireless, Inc., a wireless data access solutions company. Prior to August 2000, he was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless Internet Solutions Group, a strategic consulting firm. From November 1998 to November 1999, Mr. Major was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wireless Knowledge, a joint venture of Qualcomm Incorporated and Microsoft Corporation. From 1997 until 1998 he served as President of the Wireless Infrastructure Division of Qualcomm. Prior to that, for approximately 18 years, he held various positions at Motorola, Inc., the most recent of which was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Major is a director of three other public companies: Lennox International, Inc., a provider of climate control solutions; Littelfuse Inc., a provider of circuit protection solutions; and ORBCOMM Inc., a global satellite data communications company. Mr. Major received a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Rochester, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Loyola University.
McGregor, Scott Mr. Scott A. McGregor has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Broadcom Corporation since January 2005. He also serves as a director and officer of certain Broadcom subsidiaries. Prior to joining us, Mr. McGregor was President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Semiconductors, a diversified semiconductor supplier and a division of Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics, from September 2001 through October 2004, and a member of the Group Management Committee of Royal Philips Electronics from September 2001 through December 2004. From February 1998 until September 2001, Mr. McGregor served as the head of the Emerging Business unit of the Philips Semiconductors division and as Executive Vice President of Philips Semiconductors’ Communications Businesses. Prior to his employment at Philips, Mr. McGregor held senior positions at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Microsoft Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation (now a part of Hewlett-Packard Company) and the Santa Cruz Operation Inc. (SCO). He received a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Stanford University.
Brandt, Eric Mr. Eric K. Brandt joined Broadcom Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in March 2007. He also serves as a director and officer of certain Broadcom subsidiaries. From September 2005 until March 2007, Mr. Brandt served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Avanir Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Avanir, Mr. Brandt was Executive Vice President — Finance and Technical Operations, Chief Financial Officer of Allergan, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, where he also held a number of other senior positions after joining Allergan in 1999. Previously, Mr. Brandt spent 10 years with The Boston Consulting Group, a privately-held global business consulting firm, most recently serving as Vice President and Partner and as a senior member of the firm’s heath care practice. In addition, while at BCG he led the North American operations practice and had experience advising computer and telecommunications clients. He is also a director of Dentsply International, Inc., a dental products company, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global biotechnology company, where he chairs the audit committee. Mr. Brandt received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Ramaswami, Rajiv Mr. Rajiv Ramaswami is the Executive Vice President & Managing Director - Enterprise Networking Group of Broadcom Corporation. Mr. Ramaswami joined Cisco in 2002 and served as Vice President and General Manager for a variety of Business Units in Optical, Switching, and Storage Networking. Prior to joining Cisco Mr. Ramaswami held various technical and leadership positions at Xros, Tellabs and IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center. Mr. Ramaswami holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras. He is a named inventor in 33 U.S. patents primarily in optical networking and has coauthored a textbook "Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective." He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras.
Chong, Arthur Mr. Arthur Chong joined Broadcom Corporation as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in October 2008. From November 2005 until October 2008 Mr. Chong served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Safeco Corporation, a property and casualty insurance company that was acquired by Liberty Mutual Group in September 2008. Previously, Mr. Chong spent over 20 years at McKesson Corporation, a healthcare services and information technology company, most recently serving as Deputy General Counsel from 1999 to October 2005. Mr. Chong received a B.A from University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Lagatta, Thomas Mr. Thomas F. Lagatta joined Broadcom Corporation in May 2002 and became Vice President and General Manager of the Client Server Networking Business Unit in July 2002. In September 2003 Mr. Lagatta was elected Group Vice President, Enterprise Computing Group, and in April 2005 he was elected Senior Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Computing Group. In June 2006 he became Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales. He also serves as a director and officer of certain Broadcom subsidiaries. Previously, from August 1999 to February 2002 Mr. Lagatta served as Vice President and General Manager of Anadigics, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, where he led the Fiber Communications Products Business Unit. Before joining Anadigics, from 1998 to July 1999, Mr. Lagatta served as Vice President of Business Development at Avnet, Inc., an electronic component manufacturer. Prior to Avnet, Mr. Lagatta served in various senior management and technical positions for more than 11 years at Symbios Logic, a storage systems company. Mr. Lagatta received a B.S.E.E. from The Ohio State University and an M.S.E.E. from the University of Southern California.
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Tirva, Robert Mr. Robert L. Tirva joined Broadcom Corporation in October 2000 as Controller for various lines of business. He was appointed Director of Finance, Broadband Communications Group, in October 2003 and was promoted to Senior Director of Finance, Broadband Communications Group, in May 2005. Most recently he served as Vice President, Finance, responsible for corporate financial planning and analysis and business processes. In June 2008 he became Vice President and Corporate Controller and was designated Principal Accounting Officer. He also serves as a director and officer of certain Broadcom subsidiaries. Prior to joining Broadcom, Mr. Tirva served in various financial positions in the Global Services and Global Financing divisions of the International Business Machines Corporation for approximately 7 years. He received a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and a M.B.A from the Yale School of Management. Mr. Tirva is a certified public accountant licensed in Illinois, but is not engaged in public practice.
Farinsky, George Mr. George L. Farinsky has been a Director of Broadcom Corporation since February 2002. Mr. Farinsky has been retired since 1991 and served as a consultant until 2000. From 1987 to 1991 he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ashton-Tate Corporation. Prior to joining Ashton-Tate, Mr. Farinsky held executive management positions at the Bank of British Columbia, Dysan Corporation, Kaiser Industries Corporation, Kaiser Resources, Ltd., Mattel, Inc. and Teledyne, Inc. Mr. Farinsky holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco and is a certified public accountant licensed in California, but is not engaged in public practice.
Switz, Robert Mr. Robert E. Switz has been a Director of Broadcom Corporation since May 2003. Mr. Switz has been President and Chief Executive Officer of ADC Telecommunications, Inc., a supplier of broadband network equipment and software, since August 2003, and from 1994 until August 2003 he served in various senior management positions at ADC, including Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President. Mr. Switz was appointed a director of ADC in August 2003 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in August 2008. Mr. Switz was President of ADC’s former Broadband Access and Transport Group from November 2000 until April 2001. Prior to joining ADC, Mr. Switz was employed by Burr-Brown Corporation, a manufacturer of precision microelectronics, most recently as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director, Ventures & Systems Business. Mr. Switz is also a director of Micron Technology, Inc., a publicly-held semiconductor company. Mr. Switz received a B.S. in Business Administration from Quinnipiac University and an M.B.A. from the University of Bridgeport.
Handel, Nancy Ms. Nancy H. Handel has been a Director of Broadcom Corporation since November 2005. Ms. Handel was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Applied Materials, Inc., a supplier of equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry, from October 2004 through November 2006. From November 2006 to January 2007, Ms. Handel served as Senior Vice President, Finance at Applied Materials and assisted in the transition with their new chief financial officer. She retired from Applied Materials in January 2007. From 1985 to October 2004 she served in various key financial leadership positions at Applied Materials, including four years as Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, and 13 years as Treasurer. Prior to joining Applied Materials, Ms. Handel held various financial management positions with Raychem Corporation, an electronics manufacturer, Crown Zellerbach Corporation, a paper manufacturing company, and two private early stage companies. She received a B.S. in Economics from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from The Ohio State University, and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.
Hartenstein, Eddy Mr. Eddy W. Hartenstein has been a Director of Broadcom Corporation since May 2008. Mr. Hartenstein has been Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Times, which is owned by the Tribune Company, since August 2008. In December 2008 the Tribune Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. From December 2005 through May 2008, Mr. Hartenstein served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of HD Partners Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company which dissolved and distributed assets to its investors in May 2008. Mr. Hartenstein was Vice Chairman and a member of the board of directors of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (formerly Hughes Electronics Corporation), a television service provider, from December 2003 until his retirement in December 2004. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, Inc. from late 2001 through 2004 and as President of DIRECTV, Inc. from its inception in 1990 to 2001. Previously, Mr. Hartenstein served in various capacities for Hughes Communications, Inc., a provider of satellite-based communications, Equatorial Communications Services Company, a provider of telephony and data distribution services, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system. Mr. Hartenstein currently serves as a director of SanDisk Corporation, a supplier of flash memory devices, and SIRIUS XM Radio Inc., a satellite radio service company. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2002, received an Emmy® Award for lifetime achievement from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2007, and was inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame in 2008. Mr. Hartenstein received B.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Mathematics from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and an M.S. in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology.
Morrow, William Mr. William T. Morrow has been a Director of Broadcom Corporation since June 2008. Mr. Morrow has been Chief Executive Officer of Clearwire Corporation, a provider of wireless broadband services, since March 2009. From September 2008 to March 2009 Mr. Morrow managed his personal investments. From July 2007 to September 2008, Mr. Morrow served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Pacific Gas & Electric Company, a public utility company and subsidiary of PG&E Corporation and from August 2006 to June 2007, he served as its President and Chief Operating Officer. From May 2006 to July 2006, Mr. Morrow served as Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone’s Europe region through Vodafone Group PLC. From April 2005 through April 2006, he served as President of Vodafone KK. From February 2004 to March 2005, Mr. Morrow served as Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone UK, Ltd. and from December 2001 to January 2004, he served as President of Japan Telecom Holdings Co., Inc. Mr. Morrow is also a director of Openwave Systems, Inc., a publicly held software applications and infrastructure company. Mr. Morrow has a A.S. degree in electrical engineering from Condie College, and a B.A. degree in business administration degree from National University.
Amble, Joan Ms. Joan L. Amble is Director of Broadcom Corporation. Ms. Amble joined American Express, a financial services company, in December 2003. Prior to American Express, she served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of GE Capital Markets, a service business within GE Capital Services, Inc., overseeing securitizations, debt placement and syndication, as well as structured equity transactions. From 1994 to March 2003, Ms. Amble served as vice president and controller for GE Capital Services where she was responsible for technical accounting and the internal control framework and strategy for GE's financial services businesses. Prior to that post, Ms. Amble worked in various GE corporate positions and in 1992 was appointed chief financial officer of GE Capital's Commercial Real Estate business. Prior to joining GE, Ms. Amble worked for the Financial Accounting Standards Board from 1984 to 1989 and Ernst and Young LLP from 1977 to 1984. Ms. Amble is also a director of SIRIUS XM Radio Inc., a satellite radio service company. She received a bachelor's of science in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and is a certified public accountant.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Major, John --
McGregor, Scott 10,822,900
Brandt, Eric 2,211,060
Ramaswami, Rajiv --
Chong, Arthur 377,489
Lagatta, Thomas 1,771,790
Yousefi, Nariman --
Tirva, Robert 875,069
Farinsky, George --
Switz, Robert --
Handel, Nancy --
Hartenstein, Eddy --
Morrow, William --
Amble, Joan --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Major, John 0 0
McGregor, Scott 3,040,000 31,167,770
Brandt, Eric 0 0
Ramaswami, Rajiv 0 0
Chong, Arthur 0 0
Lagatta, Thomas 15,000 450,101
Yousefi, Nariman 0 0
Tirva, Robert 0 0
Farinsky, George 0 0
Switz, Robert 0 0
Handel, Nancy 0 0
Hartenstein, Eddy 0 0
Morrow, William 0 0
Amble, Joan 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
RANGO ROBERT A 3,000 $29.00
YOUSEFI NARIMAN 5,000 $29.57
RANGO ROBERT A 3,000 $29.50
YOUSEFI NARIMAN 5,000 $26.83
MCGREGOR SCOTT A 14,586 $27.18
FARINSKY GEORGE L 3,575 $0.00
CHONG ARTHUR 20,000 $0.00
RANGO ROBERT A 4,758 $27.18
BRANDT ERIC K 5,347 $27.18
KIM NEIL Y 62 $0.00
TIRVA ROBERT L 4,000 $0.00
LAGATTA THOMAS F 3,062 $27.18
MAROTTA DANIEL A 4,666 $27.18
KIM NEIL Y 2,416 $27.18
BRANDT ERIC K 2,500 $26.87
FARINSKY GEORGE L 3,575 $0.00
CHONG ARTHUR 2,350 $27.18
BIBAUD SCOTT A 2,897 $27.18
YOUSEFI NARIMAN 5,890 $27.18
TIRVA ROBERT L 1,042 $27.18
LAGATTA THOMAS F 18,132 $12.67
LAGATTA THOMAS F 18,132 $30.00
RANGO ROBERT A 3,000 $28.00
BRANDT ERIC K 2,500 $26.07
KIM NEIL Y 62 $0.00
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