Steven G. Litchfield - 18 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for MAXLINEAR, INC (MXL)

Reporting relationship: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Strategy Officer
Issuer ticker: MXL
Reported as of: 18 Feb 2026
Net transaction value: -$785,566
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 23 Feb 2026, 18:53:38 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 27 Aug 2025
Next SEC filing: 06 Mar 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ Connie Kwong, as Attorney-in-Fact

Key filing fact

Steven G. Litchfield filed Form 4 for MAXLINEAR, INC (MXL) on 23 Feb 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Steven G. Litchfield's Form 4 filing for MAXLINEAR, INC (MXL).
7 reported transactions and 3 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 23 Feb 2026, 18:53.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 27 Aug 2025.
Current net transaction value: -$785,566.

Research use

This tells you what this filing adds before you inspect full transaction and derivative tables.
You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.

Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001286030 Primary reporting owner

LITCHFIELD STEVEN G

Relationship: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Strategy Officer
Address: C/O MAXLINEAR, INC., 5966 LA PLACE COURT, SUITE 100, CARLSBAD
Signature: /s/ Connie Kwong, as Attorney-in-Fact
Signature date: 23 Feb 2026

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

MXL transaction

Common Stock

Award

Transaction value: $0
Shares: +25,978
Change %: +8.3%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 338,181
Date: 20 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

MXL transaction

Common Stock

Award

Transaction value: $0
Shares: +19,441
Change %: +5.7%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 357,622
Date: 20 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F2

MXL transaction

Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $0
Shares: +29,315
Change %: +7.3%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 430,570
Date: 20 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct

MXL transaction

Common Stock

Tax liability

Transaction value: $785,566
Shares: -42,532
Change %: -9.9%
Price: $18.47
Shares after: 388,038
Date: 20 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

MXL transaction Derivative

Restricted Stock Units

Award

Transaction value: $0
Shares: +58,234
Change %
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 58,234
Date: 18 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 58,234
Exercise price
Footnotes: F3, F4

MXL transaction Derivative

Restricted Stock Units

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $0
Shares: -3,074
Change %: -17%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 15,348
Date: 20 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 3,074
Exercise price
Footnotes: F3, F5

MXL transaction Derivative

Restricted Stock Units

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $0
Shares: -26,241
Change %: -29%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 65,271
Date: 20 Feb 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 26,241
Exercise price
Footnotes: F3, F6

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 6 footnotes

Footnote F1

Represents shares of Common Stock issued to the Reporting Person for the 2025 performance period under the Company's Executive Incentive Bonus Plan (the "Bonus Plan"). All shares were issued pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. Grant amounts were determined based on the award amount earned under the Bonus Plan and the closing price of the Company's Common Stock in trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on February 20, 2026.

Footnote F2

Represents shares of Common Stock issued to the Reporting Person in connection with the achievement of financial performance conditions for the 2025 fiscal year that were approved as part of the 2025 performance-based restricted stock award granted on August 4, 2025. All shares were issued pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

Footnote F3

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

Footnote F4

Subject to the Reporting Person continuing to be a Service Provider (as defined in the Company's Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) through each applicable vesting date, one-third (1/3rd) of the RSUs subject to the award will vest on May 20, 2027, and one-third (1/3rd) of the RSUs subject to the award will vest annually on each May 20 thereafter, such that the award will be fully vested on May 20, 2029.

Footnote F5

Subject to the Reporting Person's continuous status as a Service Provider (as defined in the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) on each applicable vesting date, twenty five percent (25%) of the 30,697 RSUs subject to the award vested on February 20, 2025, and twenty five percent (25%) of the RSUs subject to the award vest annually on each February 20 thereafter, such that the award will be fully vested on February 20, 2028.

Footnote F6

Subject to the Reporting Person continuing to be a Service Provider (as defined in the Company's Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) through each applicable vesting date, one-third (1/3rd) of the 195,822 RSUs subject to the award vested on February 20, 2025, and one-third (1/3rd) of the RSUs subject to the award will vest annually on each February 20 thereafter, such that the award will be fully vested on February 20, 2027.

SEC remarks

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Strategy Officer