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Technology Stocks : Broadcom (BRCM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patriarch who wrote (768)	2/7/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: Patriarch	Respond to of 6531

SEC Filing for BRCM dated 2/5/99 (GI's investment) - 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: General Instrument Corporation 5 SOLE VOTING POWER: 2,250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 2,250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (see response to Item 2(d) 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 5.0% of the Class A Common Stock (see responses to Item 2(d) and Item 4(b)) 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS (a) Name of Issuer: Broadcom Corporation (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 16215 Alton Parkway, Irvine, California 92618 ITEM 2. (a) Name of person filing: General Instrument Corporation (b) Address of principal business office: 101 Tournament Drive Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044 (c) Citizenship: Delaware (d) Title of class of securities: Class A Common Stock1 (e) CUSIP number: 11132010 1 The securities that give rise to General Instrument Corporation's reporting obligation are shares of Class B Common Stock, which are convertible into Class A Common Stock on a share for share basis. Pursuant to Rule 13(d)-3(d)(1)(i), such shares of Class B Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding securities of Class A Common Stock deemed beneficially owned by the person filing this report. 2 The actual percentage of Class A Common Stock owned by General Instrument Corporation is 4.997%; however, the Schedule 13G Instructions mandate that this percentage be rounded up to 5%. (c) Number of shares as to which the person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote 2,250,000 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 2,250,000 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 0