MAXLINEAR, INC — Director's Dealing 2013

May 15, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MAXLINEAR INC (MXL)
CIK: 0001288469
Period of Report: 2013-05-14

Reporting Person: Spice Adam C. (VP, Chief Financial Officer)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-05-14	Restricted Stock Units	$	A	36750	Acquired	2017-05-20	Class A Common Stock (par value $0.0001) (36750)	Direct
2013-05-14	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$6.320	A	78732	Acquired	2020-05-14	Class A Common Stock (par value $0.0001) (78732)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of MaxLinear, Inc. Class A Common Stock.

F2: Subject to the Reporting Person's continuing to be a Service Provider (as defined in the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) through each applicable vesting date, twenty five (25%) of the RSUs subject to the award shall vest on May 20, 2014, and an additional twenty five percent (25%) shall vest on each successive anniversary thereafter, such that the award shall be fully vested on May 20, 2017.

F3: Subject to the Reporting Person's continuing to be a Service Provider (as defined in the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) through each applicable vesting date, twenty five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the option shall vest and become exercisable on May 14, 2014, and an additional twenty five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the option shall vest and become exercisable on each successive anniversary thereafter, such that the option shall be fully vested and exercisable on May 14, 2017.