Exhibit 10.38

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND RELEASE between Carl

Jasper, on the one hand, and Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

(“Maxim”), on the other hand.

1. This Severance Agreement and Release (the “Agreement”) is entered into with
reference to the following facts:

(a) Jasper is currently employed by Maxim as a vice president and Chief
Financial Officer, positions he has held since April 1999.

(b) Jasper has informed the Board of Directors of Maxim that he wishes to resign
his employment with Maxim (including all of Maxim’s direct and indirect
subsidiaries), effective January 31, 2007 (the “Separation Date”).

(c) An August 4, 2006 memorandum from Jack Gifford to Jasper set forth the
amount of cash or equivalent compensation Jasper was to receive from Maxim for
fiscal years 2007 and 2008.

(d) A dispute has arisen between Maxim and Jasper as to whether Jasper is
contractually entitled to compensation for that portion of fiscal year 2007
following his resignation and fiscal year 2008.

(e) To avoid the expense and inconvenience of litigation between Maxim and
Jasper concerning claims Jasper may assert related to his employment and/or
compensation, Jasper and Maxim desire and hereby agree to effectuate the
termination of Jasper’s employment in accordance with the terms, covenants and
conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

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2. Within ten (10) business days after execution of this Agreement, Maxim will
deliver to Steven M. Bauer, counsel for Jasper, a check in the amount of
$482,400.00 (four-hundred eighty-two thousand four hundred dollars even), less
all deductions required by law to be withheld, made payable to Carl Jasper. This
payment shall be in full and final settlement of all claims Jasper may otherwise
make related to his employment with and compensation from Maxim. On the
Separation Date, Jasper shall be paid an amount equal to all accrued wages,
including all accrued unused vacation and holiday pay to which Jasper is
entitled under Maxim’s pay policies, through the Separation Date, less
applicable taxes and other authorized withholding. Maxim shall promptly
reimburse Jasper for all reasonable and properly-documented business expenses
incurred through the Separation Date that are submitted by him on or before
February 15, 2007, in accordance with Maxim’s travel and expense policies. Maxim
shall also reimburse Jasper for all premium payments Jasper is required to make
under COBRA for continued medical, dental and vision coverage under Maxim’s
benefit plans for Jasper, his spouse and his children until the earlier of (1)
such time as Jasper obtains other employment in connection with which he is
eligible for medical-insurance coverage, (2) such time as Jasper voluntarily
purchases medical insurance other than that provided through Maxim pursuant to
COBRA; or (3) such time as Jasper is otherwise no longer are eligible for COBRA
coverage through Maxim.

3. Jasper acknowledges that Maxim will file an Internal Revenue Service Form W-2
and/for Form 1099 for the settlement payment described in paragraph 2.

4. Jasper has been granted certain options to purchase shares of Maxim’s common
stock (the “Options”), as well as restricted stock units (the “RSUs”), which
Options and RSUs are set forth in Exhibit A hereto. As of the Separation Date,
Jasper shall be vested in that

 

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number of Options and RSUs set forth in the column entitled “Vested” next to
each such Option (the “Vested Options”) and RSU (the “Vested RSUs”). Jasper
acknowledges and agrees that the portion of each Option and each RSU that is
unvested as of the Separation Date is forfeited and shall cease to be
exercisable as of the Separation Date. Jasper may exercise the Vested Options
and RSUs in accordance with their original terms of grant pursuant to the
applicable stock option plan, stock option agreements, and RSU agreements.
Nothing in this settlement agreement shall prevent Jasper from hereafter
exercising any right with respect to vested Maxim stock options and Maxim common
stock to be issued upon vesting and exercise of restricted stock units that
arose prior to the date of this Agreement, but the exercise and sale of which
were prohibited by the terms of the “blackout” instituted by Maxim commencing in
September 2006 pursuant to the terms of that “blackout.” Jasper’s rights with
respect to such exercises and eventual sale shall be the same as those of all
Maxim employees whose employment with Maxim terminated during this blackout
period, including the right to exercise such Options and RSU’s by September 30,
2007 or by any other extension provided by Maxim or its Board of Directors in
the future to other Maxim employees or former Maxim employees.

5. In consideration of the payment described in paragraph 2, above, and all of
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Jasper does hereby and forever
release and discharge Maxim and its successors, subsidiaries, parents,
predecessors, affiliates, divisions, and all its employees, owners, officers,
directors, assigns, agents, representatives, insurers and attorneys, from any
and all causes of action, actions, judgments, liens, damages, losses, claims,
liabilities and demands whatsoever, whether known or unknown, which he ever had,
now has, or hereafter can, shall or may have for, upon or by reason of any act,
transaction, practice, conduct, matter, cause, effect or thing of any kind
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Agreement, including, but not limited to, any act, transaction, practice or
conduct or effect which arises out of or relates to Jasper’s employment with
Maxim, including, but not limited to, any claims for payment of salary, benefits
or wages, retaliation, violation of public policy, breach of contract, breach of
the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, defamation, claims under
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act and Labor Code, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, Labor Code Section 21.001, et. seq., and any
other federal, state or local statutes, which provide remedies for unfair
employment practices. Jasper and Maxim intend for this Agreement to be enforced
to the fullest extent permitted by law and acknowledge that it does not cover
claims that may not be released as a matter of law, such as statutory
indemnification rights provided by California law. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Jasper does not release the following claims and rights:

(a) Claims arising under this Agreement;

(b) Claims for unemployment compensation or any state disability insurance
benefits pursuant to the terms of applicable state law;

(c) Claims to continued participation in certain of the Company’s group benefit
plans pursuant to the terms and conditions of the federal law known as COBRA;

(d) Claims to all benefit entitlements vested as the date of termination of
Jasper’s employment, pursuant to the written terms of any applicable Company
employee benefit plan;

(e) Jasper’s right to bring to the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission claims of discrimination; provided, however, that he does release his
right to secure any damages for alleged discriminatory treatment; and

 

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(f) Jasper’s contractual and/or statutory right to indemnification from the
Company, and to the advancement of the costs of defense, pursuant to the
Indemnity Agreement dated as of September 7, 2005, and under California Labor
Code section 2802, the California Corporations Code, and Delaware law.

6. Jasper understands and expressly agrees that this Agreement extends to all
claims of every nature and kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected,
past, present, or future, arising from or attributable to any conduct of Maxim,
its successors, subsidiaries, parents, predecessors, affiliates, and divisions,
and all its employees, owners, officers, directors, assigns, agents,
representatives and attorneys, whether set forth in any pleading or charge
referred to herein or not, and that any and all rights granted to her under
Section 1542 of the California Civil Code or any analogous state law or federal
law or regulation, are hereby expressly WAIVED. Said Section 1542 of the
California Civil Code reads as follows:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR
SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH
IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH
THE DEBTOR.

7. Jasper agrees and covenants not to file any grievances, claims, complaints or
lawsuits against any of the persons or entities released in paragraphs 5 and 6,
based upon any matters released in those paragraphs.

8. Jasper specifically acknowledges that there was and is a genuine dispute
between him and Maxim with regard to the amount of wages or other compensation
he may be

 

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entitled to and that no portion of the payment described in paragraph 2, above,
is not the subject of this genuine dispute. Jasper specifically acknowledges
that he was not required by Maxim to execute this Agreement, including
paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, in order to obtain wages or other compensation
indisputably due him from Maxim.

9. Jasper specifically acknowledges that this Agreement shall have the legal
effect of withdrawing any charges or complaints which Jasper may have filed with
any federal, state or local agency regarding any and all alleged wrongful
conduct by persons or entities released in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, occurring
prior to the date of execution of this Agreement.

10. Jasper warrants and represents that (a) he has not heretofore assigned or
transferred, or purported to assign or transfer, to any person or entity, any
right or claim he has asserted or could have asserted against any of the persons
or entities released in paragraphs 5 and 6, or any interest therein, and (b) he
is the sole owner of the rights and claims released in paragraphs 5 and 6.
Jasper shall indemnify and hold the persons and entities released in paragraphs
5 and 6, harmless from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, causes
of action, damages, costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by them or any
of them as a result of any proven breach of the foregoing warranties and
representations. This indemnification shall not require a person or entity
released in paragraphs 5 and 6 seeking indemnification to have made payment to a
third party claimant as a condition precedent to recovery of the indemnity
granted herein.

11. Each party has received independent legal advice with respect to the
advisability of entering into this Agreement. Each party has made such
investigation of the facts pertaining to this Agreement and of all other matters
pertaining hereto as he or it deems necessary.

 

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12. Each party acknowledges and agrees that this is a compromise settlement
which is not in any respect, nor for any purpose, to be deemed or construed to
be any admission or concession of any liability whatsoever on the part of any
party and that any such liability has been expressly denied by Maxim.

13. Each party agrees to execute or cause his or its counsel to execute any
additional documents and take any further action which may reasonably be
required in order to consummate this Agreement or otherwise to fulfill the
obligations of the parties thereunder. Each party is to bear his or its own
costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with any such additional
action.

14. No supplement, modification or amendment to this Agreement shall be binding
unless executed in writing by all parties. No waiver shall be binding unless
executed in writing by the party making the waiver. No waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of
any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a
continuing waiver.

15. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of California. The parties agree that, if any action is brought by
any party to this Agreement, such action must be brought in State Court in Santa
Clara County, California. Should any action be brought by any party to this
Agreement to enforce any provision hereof, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to recover, in addition to any other relief, actual attorneys’ fees and
costs incurred.

16. This Agreement constitutes an integration of the entire understanding and
agreement of the parties with respect to the matters referred to in this
Agreement. Any representation, promise or condition, whether written or oral,
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the matters referred to in this Agreement which is not specifically incorporated
in this Agreement shall not be binding upon any of the parties and the parties
acknowledge that they have not relied, in entering into this Agreement, upon any
representations, promises or conditions not specifically set forth in this
Agreement. No prior oral or written understanding, covenant, or agreement
between the parties, with respect to the matters referred to in this Agreement
shall survive the execution of this Agreement. Each party assumes the risk of
any misrepresentation, concealment, or mistake, and if any party should
subsequently discover that any fact relied upon in entering into this Agreement
was untrue, or that any fact was concealed from him or it, or that his or its
understanding of the facts or law was incorrect, he or it shall not be entitled
to set aside this Agreement.

17. The parties understand and expressly agree that this Agreement shall bind
and benefit (as applicable) their heirs, employees, owners, officers, directors,
subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, predecessors, agents, witnesses,
attorneys, representatives, and assigns.

18. This Agreement may be executed in counterpart and, when each party has
signed and delivered at least one such counterpart, each counterpart shall be
deemed an original and all counterparts taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement, which shall be binding and effective as to all parties.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Settlement Agreement and
Release as of the date opposite their signatures.

 

   

CARL JASPER

Dated January 31, 2007

   

/s/ Carl W. Jasper

 

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MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.

Dated February 2 , 2007

   

/s/ Charles G. Rigg

   

By Charles G. Rigg,

   

its Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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Exhibit A

Stock Options

 

Option #

   Option
Date    # of
Outstanding
Options    Exercise
Price ($)    # of
Options
Granted    # of
Vested
Options    # of
Unvested
Options

963906

  

6/17/98

  

285,000

  

14.0625

  

300,000

  

285,000

  

0

966532

  

3/1/99

  

16,238

  

21.0625

  

16,238

  

16,238

  

0

966533

  

3/1/99

  

61,762

  

21.0625

  

61,762

  

61,762

  

0

025681

  

1/29/04

  

40,000

  

51.00

  

40.000

  

0

  

40,000

029839

  

9/17/04

  

77,642

  

42.40

  

77,642

  

0

  

77,642

029861

  

9/17/04

  

2,358

  

42.40

  

2,358

  

0

  

2,358

019954

  

12/31/02

  

96,974

  

33.04

  

96,974

  

60,000

  

36,974

019953

  

12/31/02

  

3,026

  

33.04

  

3,026

  

0

  

3,026

016125

  

4/26/02

  

60,000

  

48.19

  

60.000

  

60,000

  

0

010734

  

9/27/01

  

2,669

  

33.68

  

2,669

  

2,669

  

0

010735

  

9/27/01

  

77,031

  

33.68

  

77,031

  

37,031

  

40,000

036798

  

8/24/05

  

2,376

  

42.07

  

2,376

  

0

  

2,376

936799

  

8/24/05

  

77,624

  

42.07

  

77,624

  

0

  

77,624

Restricted Stock Units

 

RSU

   RSU Date    # of RSUs
Awarded    # of
Vested
RSUs   # of
Unvested
RSUs

R-050013

  

4/12/06

  

6,000

  

750*

 

4,500

 

*

On August 15, 2006, 750 RSUs vested and automatically exercised into shares of
Maxim Common Stock, and Mr. Jasper sold such shares on that day.