MAXLINEAR, INC — Regulatory Filings 2021

May 13, 2021

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2021

MaxLinear, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-34666	14-1896129
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5966 La Place Court, Suite 100 , Carlsbad , California 92008

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( 760 ) 692-0711

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value	MXL	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

We held our Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) on May 12, 2021. Of the 75,358,693 shares of our common stock outstanding as of March 29, 2021, 68,874,663 shares of common stock were represented, either by attending the virtual annual meeting or by proxy, constituting, of the shares entitled to vote, approximately 91.40% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the votes cast with respect to each such matter are set forth below.

1. Election of Three Class III Directors . The following nominees were re-elected by the holders of our common stock to serve as our Class III directors to hold office until our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

Nominee	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Kishore V. Seendripu, Ph.D.	61,888,558	810,984	8,120	6,167,001
Thomas E. Pardun	61,915,665	783,604	8,393	6,167,001
Gregory P. Dougherty	59,614,938	3,084,343	8,381	6,167,001

1. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation. On an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2020, as disclosed in our proxy statement for our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, was approved by our stockholders based on the following results of voting:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
61,696,472	554,801	456,389	6,167,001

1. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified based on the following results of voting:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
68,847,609	11,070	15,984	—

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:
(Registrant)
By:	/s/ Steven G. Litchfield
	Steven G. Litchfield
	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Strategy Officer