X0306 4 2018-01-09 0 0001288469 MAXLINEAR INC MXL 0001478342 WALSH BRENDAN C/O MAXLINEAR, INC. 5966 LA PLACE COURT, SUITE 100 CARLSBAD CA 92008 0 1 0 0 VP, Product Line Marketing Common Stock 2018-01-09 4 S 0 25018 28.002 D 155441 D The sale of shares reported on this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan entered into by the reporting person on June 6, 2017. Represents the weighted average share price of an aggregate total of 25,018 shares sold in the price range of $28.00 to $28.035 by the reporting person. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. /s/ Adam Spice, as Attorney-in-Fact 2018-01-10