Exhibit 10.2
January 20, 2006
PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL
Mr. F. Matthew Rhodes
c/o Conexant Systems, Inc.
4000 MacArthur Boulevard
West Tower
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Re:   Amendment to Employment Agreement

Dear Matt:
     This letter agreement (“Amendment”) hereby amends, effective as of the
Effective Date (as defined below), the Employment Agreement dated as of
January 15, 2004, as amended November 12, 2004 (the “Agreement”) between you and
Conexant Systems, Inc. (the “Company”).
     The definition of “Date of Termination” in Section 23 of the Agreement is
hereby amended to insert at the end of clause (iv) thereof immediately preceding
the period, the following:
”, or in connection with a termination by the Executive for Good Reason, such
later date as may be specified in the Notice of Termination, if such date is
acceptable to both parties.”
     This Amendment is contingent upon your submission of a letter addressed to
the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to which you
will resign from your position as President of the Company and as an officer
and/or director of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company in connection with
your simultaneous assumption of the position of Executive Assistant to the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in the form attached as
Exhibit A (the date of such letter being the “Effective Date”).
     Except as may be hereinabove modified, the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect and you will continue to be entitled to receive your
compensation and other benefits provided for pursuant to the terms of the
Agreement.

 

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     Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing by signing and returning
the enclosed copy of this Amendment.

              CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Michael H. Vishny
 
       
 
  Name:   Michael H. Vishny
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Accepted and Agreed to as of
the date set forth above:
F. MATTHEW RHODES
/s/ F. Matthew Rhodes

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