---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-096240"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MXL"
cik: "0001288469"
company_name: "MAXLINEAR, INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:25:53.882034+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silicon Motion shareholders approve MaxLinear merger; close subject to Chinese regulatory approval

## Summary
- Shareholders of Silicon Motion approved the merger with MaxLinear at an EGM on August 31, 2022.
- Remaining closing condition includes approval from China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).
- HSR waiting period under U.S. antitrust laws has already expired.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-096240
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MXL
- cik: 0001288469
- company_name: MAXLINEAR, INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288469/000110465922096240/0001104659-22-096240-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288469/000110465922096240/tm2224859d1_8k.htm

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