**EXHIBIT 4.1**

 

**MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.**

 

The Corporation will furnishwithout charge to each stockholder who so requests, a copy of the provisionssetting forth the votingpowers,designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other specialrights of each class of stock or series thereof which the Corporation is authorized to issue, andthe qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/orrights. Any such request may beaddressed to the Secretary of the Corporation or to the Transfer Agent named onthe face hereof. 

 

This Certificate alsoevidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth (and asdefined) in a Rights Agreementbetween the Corporation and Mellon Investor Services LLC, dated as of June 26,2003, as amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein byreference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices ofthe Corporation. Under certaincircumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will beevidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this Certificate. The Corporation will mail tothe holder of this Certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written requesttherefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement,Rights issued to any person whobecomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may becomenull and void.  

 

Thefollowing abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of thisCertificate, shall be construed as though they werewritten out in full according to applicablelaws or regulations:  

 
| TEN COM | – | as tenants in common                                                      | UNIF  GIFT MIN ACT– |                               | Custodian |    |
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| TEN ENT | – | as tenants by the  entireties                                             |                     | (Cust)                             |      | (Minor) |
| JT TEN  | – | as joint tenants with right  of survivorship and not as tenants in common |                     | under  Uniform Gifts to Minors Act |
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Additional abbreviations mayalso be used though not in the above list.

 
| For Value Received, |   |  hereby sell, assign and transfer unto |
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| PLEASE  INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER                                                                                    |     |
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| (PLEASE  PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)                                             |
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| of the stock represented by  the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                      |
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| to transfer the said stock  on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution  in the premises. |
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| ** ** | ** ** | **NOTICE:** |   | THE SIGNATURE TO THIS  ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPONTHE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY  PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. |
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Signature(s) Guaranteed

 

 
| THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST  BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS,  SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN ANAPPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION  PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. |   |   |
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| **AMERICAN  BANK NOTE COMPANY   711 ARMSTRONG LANE  COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE 38401  (931) 388-3003** |       | PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: **TODD DEROSSETT 931-490-1720**PROOF OF: JUNE 20, 2008**MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.****TSB 30295 BK** |
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| SALES: **E. BUCKLEY 951-340-1950**                                                              |       | OPERATOR: AP                                                                                                                   |
| 7 / LIVE JOBS / M  /Mindspeed 30295 BK                                                          | ** ** | **Rev. 1**                                                                                                                     |

 

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| **COMMON  STOCK** | ** ** | **COMMON  STOCK** |
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| **NUMBER**        | ** ** | **SHARES**        |

 
| **MS** | ** ** | **MNDSPEED®** |
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| TRANSFERABLE IN JERSEY CITY, NJ,   NEW YORK, NY AND PITTSBURGH, PA |   | MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES,  INC.INCORPORATED IN  DELAWARE 2001 |   | CUSIP 602682 20 5  SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT

 

 

IS THE OWNER OF

 

 

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLESHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

**MindspeedTechnologies, Inc.**

 

**CERTIFICATEOF STOCK**

 

*(hereinafter called the Corporation) transferable on the books of theCorporation by said owner in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrenderof this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid untilcountersigned by a Transfer Agent and registered by a Registrar. Witness theseal of the Corporation and the signatures of its duly authorized officers.*

 

 
| *Dated*

 

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:

**MELLON  INVESTOR SERVICES LLC**

TRANSFER AGENT AND  REGISTRAR,

 

 

 

BY

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE |  

 

 

[SEAL] | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

 

SECRETARY |
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| **AMERICAN  BANK NOTE COMPANY****711 ARMSTRONG LANE****COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE 38401****(931) 388-3003** |       | PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: **TODD DEROSSETT 931-490-1720**  PROOF OF: JUNE 24, 2008**MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.**

**TSB  30295 FC** |
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| SALES: **E. BUCKLEY 951-340-1950**                                                                   |       | OPERATOR: AP/DC                                                                                                                     |
| 7 / LIVE JOBS / M  /Mindspeed 30295 FC                                                               | ** ** | **Rev. 2**                                                                                                                          |

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