MAXLINEAR, INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 23, 2010

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MAXLINEAR INC (MXL)
CIK: 0001288469
Period of Report: 2010-03-23

Reporting Person: MCCREADY PATRICK E (CAO and Controller)

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$8.3923	2019-12-28	Common Stock (64582)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: This stock option was granted on December 27, 2009 and vests over four years. Subject to the optionee's continuing to provide services, 25% of the shares subject to the option vest and become exercisable one year after December 10, 2009, and 2.08% of the shares vest and become exercisable at the end of each monthly period thereafter.

F2: Each share of Common Stock shall be automatically converted into one share of Class B Common Stock immediately prior to the closing of the Registrant's initial public offering March 29, 2010 and has no expiration date.

F3: Following the conversion of Common Stock into Class B Common Stock immediately prior to the closing of the Registrant's initial public offering on March 29, 2010, each share of Class B Common Stock will be convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock upon certain transfers and at the option of the holder. On the seventh anniversary of the closing of the Registrant's initial public offering (March 29, 2017), the Class B Common Stock and the Class A Common Stock will automatically convert into a single class of Common Stock.