8-K

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): October 3, 2013

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.)

2051 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 100, Carlsbad, California 92011

(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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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 4, 2013, MaxLinear, Inc. announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with Silicon Laboratories Inc., or Silicon Labs, that resolved currently outstanding patent litigation between the two companies. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, each party agreed to dismiss all current litigation against the other party with prejudice.

In connection with the settlement, each party granted the other party a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, and fully paid-up license to its entire portfolio of patents, including future patents that may be issued to or become owned by the entity granting the license. The scope of the patent licenses is limited to existing products that were subject to the litigation and future products that are substantially identical to the products subject to the litigation.

The settlement agreement releases each party and their respective direct and indirect customers from past infringement liability with respect to the products subject to the litigation. Each party agreed not to bring any patent infringement lawsuit against the other party for a period of three years from the date of the settlement agreement.

MaxLinear will make a one-time payment of $1.25 million to Silicon Labs in connection with the settlement agreement.

The press release issued by MaxLinear is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Press Release of MaxLinear, Inc., dated October 4, 2013.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 4, 2013	MAXLINEAR, INC.
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Adam C. Spice
		Adam C. Spice
		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of MaxLinear, Inc., dated October 4, 2013

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

Silicon Labs and MaxLinear Settle Infringement Lawsuits

AUSTIN, Texas and CARLSBAD, California – October 4, 2013 – Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB) and MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL) today announced a satisfactory settlement of all litigation between the two companies. MaxLinear has granted Silicon Labs a license to its substantial patent portfolio for the accused Silicon Labs products. Silicon Labs has granted MaxLinear a license to its substantial portfolio of patents for the accused MaxLinear products. As part of the settlement, the two companies have agreed to enter into a 3-year covenant not to sue. The companies have also agreed to dismiss all pending cases.

Silicon Labs

Silicon Labs is an industry leader in the innovation of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal design, Silicon Labs’ diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size and power consumption. For more information about Silicon Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.

Silicon Laboratories and the Silicon Labs logo are trademarks of Silicon Laboratories Inc. All other product names noted herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.

About MaxLinear, Inc.

MaxLinear, Inc. is a leading provider of radio-frequency and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for broadband communications applications. MaxLinear’s diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size and power consumption. MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad, California, and its address on the Internet is www.maxlinear.com.

MxL, Full-Spectrum Capture, FSC and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of MaxLinear, Inc. Other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACTS:

Silicon Labs

Investor Relations: Deborah Stapleton (650) 815-1239, deb@stapleton.com

Trade Press: Susan Nayak (512) 532-5318, susan.nayak@silabs.com

MaxLinear, Inc.

Investor Relations Contacts:

Nick Kormeluk, IR Sense, 949-415-7745, nick@irsense.com

Corporate Contact:

Adam Spice, Chief Financial Officer, 760-692-0711, aspice@maxlinear.com