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Business Combinations

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Business Combinations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]
Business Combination
Acquisition of Certain Assets and Assumption of Certain Liabilities of the Wireless Infrastructure Backhaul Business of Broadcom Corporation

On July 1, 2016, the Company consummated the transactions contemplated by an asset purchase agreement entered into with Broadcom Corporation. The Company paid cash consideration of $80.0 million for the purchase of certain assets of Broadcom's wireless infrastructure backhaul business, and the assumption of certain liabilities. The acquired assets and assumed liabilities, together with employees who joined MaxLinear and its subsidiaries as a result of the transaction, represent a business as defined in ASC 805, Business Combinations. The Company has integrated the acquired assets and employees into the Company's existing business. In the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded an adjustment to decrease certain assumed liabilities and a corresponding decrease to goodwill of $0.3 million (Note 5). The Company has completed its purchase price allocation accounting associated with this acquisition.
Acquisition of Certain Assets and Assumption of Certain Liabilities of the Wireless Infrastructure Access Business of Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. (formerly known as PMC-Sierra, Inc.)
On April 28, 2016, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc., formerly known as PMC-Sierra, Inc., or Microsemi, and consummated the transactions contemplated by the asset purchase agreement. The Company paid cash consideration of $21.0 million for the purchase of certain wireless access assets of Microsemi's wireless infrastructure access business, and assumed certain liabilities. The acquired assets and assumed liabilities, together with employees who joined MaxLinear and its subsidiaries as a result of the transaction, represent a business as defined in ASC 805, Business Combinations. The Company has integrated the acquired assets and employees into the Company's existing business.

Acquisition of Entropic Communications, Inc.

On April 30, 2015, the Company completed its acquisition of Entropic Communications, Inc., or Entropic, for aggregate consideration of $289.4 million, which was comprised of the equity value of shares of the Company's common stock that were issued in the transaction of $173.8 million, the portion of outstanding equity awards deemed to have been earned as of April 30, 2015 of $4.5 million and cash of $111.1 million.
Refer to Note 4 for disclosures following this acquisition for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.
Acquisition of Physpeed, Co., Ltd.
On October 31, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common shares of Physpeed Co., Ltd., or Physpeed, a privately held developer of high-speed physical layer interconnect products addressing enterprise and telecommunications infrastructure market applications. The Company paid $9.3 million in cash in exchange for all outstanding shares of capital stock and equity of Physpeed.
The following disclosures regarding this acquisition are for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.
Earn-Out
The definitive merger agreement also provided for potential earn-out consideration of up to $0.75 million to the former shareholders of Physpeed for the achievement of certain 2015 and 2016 revenue milestones. The contingent earn-out consideration had an estimated fair value of $0.3 million at the date of acquisition. The 2015 earn-out amount was determined by multiplying $0.375 million by a 2015 revenue percentage that was defined in the definitive merger agreement. The 2016 earn-out amount was determined by multiplying $0.375 million by a 2016 revenue percentage that was defined in the definitive merger agreement and was fully earned as of December 31, 2016. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company paid $0.375 million for the 2016 earn-out (Note 6).
Restricted Stock Units
The Company agreed to grant restricted stock units, or RSUs, under its equity incentive plan to Physpeed continuing employees if certain 2016 revenue targets were met contingent upon continued employment. Qualifying revenues were the net revenues recognized directly attributable to sales of Physpeed products or the Company’s provision of non-recurring engineering services exclusively with respect to the Physpeed products. In February 2017, the Company settled the remaining obligations of $1.6 million related to the 2016 revenue period by issuing $0.86 million in RSUs and through payment of $0.76 million in cash.