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2007 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan

 Exhibit 10.5 
 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 2007
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN 
 ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: JULY 24, 2007 
 APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS: [            ], 2007 

1. GENERAL. 
 (a) Eligible Option
Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Options are the Non-Employee Directors of the Company. 
 (b) Purpose. The Company, by
means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of its Non-Employee Directors, to secure and retain the services of new Non-Employee Directors and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and any
Affiliate by giving them an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the automatic grant of Nonstatutory Stock Options. 
 2. ADMINISTRATION. 
 (a) Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan. The Board may
not delegate administration of the Plan. 
 (b) Powers of Board. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the
limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan: 
 (i) To determine the provisions of each Option to the extent not specified in
the Plan. 
 (ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Options granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and
regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the
Plan fully effective. 
 (iii) To amend the Plan or an Option as provided in Section 10. 
 (iv) To terminate or suspend the Plan as provided in Section 11. 
 (v) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the
Company and that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan. 
 (c) Effect of Board’s Decision. All determinations,
interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons. 
  

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 3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 (a) Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 9(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, the aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed [                    ]
([            ]), plus an automatic annual increase beginning on January 1, 2008 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2017, in an amount equal to the excess of
(A) the number of shares subject to Options granted during the preceding calendar year, over (B) the number of shares, if any, added back to the share reserve during the preceding calendar year pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to the first day of any calendar year, to provide that there shall be no increase in the share reserve for such calendar year or that the increase in the share reserve for
such calendar year shall be a lesser number of shares of Common Stock than would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. 
 (b) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve. If an Option shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such Option
shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. If any shares subject to an Option are not delivered to an Optionholder because such shares are withheld for the payment of taxes or the Option is exercised through a reduction
of shares subject to the Option (i.e., “net exercised”), the number of shares that are not delivered to the Optionholder shall remain available for issuance under the Plan. If the exercise price of an Option is satisfied by
tendering shares of Common Stock held by the Optionholder (either by actual delivery or attestation), then the number of shares so tendered shall remain available for issuance under the Plan. 
 (c) Source of Shares. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares
repurchased by the Company on the open market. 
 4. ELIGIBILITY. 
 The Options shall automatically be granted under the Plan as set forth in Section 5 to all Non-Employee Directors who meet the specified criteria.

 5. NON-DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. 
 (a) Initial Grants. Without any further action of the Board, each person who after the IPO Date is elected or appointed for the first time to be a
Non-Employee Director automatically shall, upon the date of his or her initial election or appointment to be a Non-Employee Director, be granted an Option (the “Initial Grant”) to purchase
[                    ] ([            ]) shares of Common Stock on the terms
and conditions set forth herein. 
 (b) Annual Grants. Without any further action of the Board, on the date of each Annual Meeting,
commencing with the Annual Meeting in 2008, each person who is then a Non-Employee Director automatically shall be granted an Option (the “Annual Grant”) to purchase
[                    ] ([            ]) shares of Common Stock on the terms
and conditions set forth herein; provided, however, that if a person who is first elected as a Non-Employee 

  

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Director after the Effective Date has not been serving as a Non-Employee Director for at least one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the time that an
Annual Grant is to be made, then such person will not be eligible to receive an Annual Grant. 
 6. OPTION PROVISIONS.

 Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as required by the Plan. Each Option shall contain such
additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Board shall deem appropriate. Each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the
following provisions: 
 (a) Term. No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was
granted. 
 (b) Exercise Price. The exercise price of each Option shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of
the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. 
 (c) Consideration. The purchase price of Common Stock
acquired pursuant to an Option may be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in any combination of (i) cash or check, (ii) delivery to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock, or
(iii) to the extent permitted by law, pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or
the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds. 
 (d)
Transferability. Except as otherwise provided for in this Section 6(d), an Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable only by the Optionholder during the life of the
Optionholder. However, an Option may be transferred for no consideration upon written consent of the Board if (i) at the time of transfer, a Form S-8 registration statement under the Securities Act is available for the issuance of shares by the
Company upon the exercise of such transferred Option, or (ii) the transfer is to the Optionholder’s employer at the time of transfer or an affiliate of the Optionholder’s employer at the time of transfer. Any such transfer is subject
to such limits as the Board may establish, and subject to the transferee agreeing to remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to the Option prior to such transfer. The forgoing right to transfer the Option shall apply to the right
to consent to amendments to the Option Agreement for such Option. In addition, until the Optionholder transfers the Option, an Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form provided by or otherwise satisfactory to the
Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. 
 (e) Vesting. Options shall vest as follows: 
 (i) Initial Grant. The Initial Grant shall vest in equal annual
installments with respect to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the Initial Grant upon the Optionholder’s completion of each year of Continuous Service over the four (4)-year period measured from the date of grant.

  

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 (ii) Annual Grant. The Annual Grant shall vest in a series of twelve (12) successive equal
monthly installments during the Optionholder’s Continuous Service over the one (1)-year period measured from the date of grant. 
 (f) Termination of Continuous Service. In the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability or upon a Change in Control), the Optionholder may exercise
his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination of Continuous Service), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months
following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his
or her Option within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate. 
 (g) Extension of
Termination Date. If the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability or upon a Change in Control) would be prohibited at any time
solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of a period of three (3) months after the
termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option
Agreement. In addition, unless otherwise provided in an Optionholder’s Option Agreement, if the sale of the Common Stock received upon exercise of an Option following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service would violate
the Company’s Window Period Policy, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of a period equal to the post-termination exercise period described in Section 6(f) above or Sections 6(h) or 6(i) below after
the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of the Company’s insider trading policy; or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the
Option Agreement. 
 (h) Disability of Optionholder. In the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a
result of the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination of Continuous Service), but only within such period of time
ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination of Continuous Service, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder
does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate. 
 (i) Death
of Optionholder. In the event that (i) an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s death, or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the three (3)-month period after the termination of the
Optionholder’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionholder was 

  

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entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholder’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by
bequest or inheritance, or by a person designated to exercise the Option upon the Optionholder’s death, but only within the period ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following the date of death, or (ii) the
expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after the Optionholder’s death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. 
 (j) Termination Upon Change in Control. In the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as of, or within twelve
(12) months following a Change in Control, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination of Continuous Service) within such period of time
ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following the effective date of the Change in Control, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous
Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate. 
 7. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY 
 (a)
Availability of Shares. During the terms of the Options, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards. 
 (b) Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such
authority as may be required to grant Options and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Options; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Option
or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Option. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful
issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Options unless and until such authority is obtained. 
 8. MISCELLANEOUS. 
 (a) Use of
Proceeds. Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Options shall constitute general funds of the Company. 
 (b)
Stockholder Rights. No Optionholder shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Option unless and until such Optionholder has satisfied all
requirements for exercise of the Option pursuant to its terms. 
 (c) No Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan, any instrument executed,
or Option granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Optionholder any right to continue to serve the Company as a Non-Employee Director or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to 

  

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terminate the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in
which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be. 
 (d) Investment Assurances. The Company may require an
Optionholder, as a condition of exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Option, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Optionholder’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to
employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the
merits and risks of exercising the Option; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Optionholder is acquiring the Common Stock subject to the Option for the Optionholder’s own account and not with
any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (1) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or
acquisition of Common Stock under the Option has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (ii) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that
such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or
appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock. 
 (e) Withholding Obligations. The Optionholder may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under an Option by any of the following
means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Optionholder by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares from
the shares of the Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Optionholder as a result of the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Option; provided, however, that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the
minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the Common Stock. 
 (f) Electronic Delivery. Any reference herein to a “written” agreement or document shall include any agreement or document delivered electronically or posted on the Company’s intranet. 
 9. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK; CORPORATE
TRANSACTIONS. 
 (a) Capitalization Adjustments. In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Board shall
proportionately and appropriately adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a), (ii) the class(es) and maximum number of securities by which the share reserve is to increase
automatically each year pursuant to Section 3(a), (iii) the class(es) and number of securities for which the nondiscretionary grants of Options are made pursuant to Section 5, and (iv) the class(es) and number of securities and
price per share of stock subject to outstanding Options. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. 
  

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 (b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all
outstanding Options shall terminate immediately prior to the completion of such dissolution or liquidation. 
 (c) Corporate Transaction.

 (i) Options May Be Assumed. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the
surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company) may assume or continue any or all Options outstanding under the Plan or may substitute similar stock options for Options outstanding under the Plan (including but not limited to, options to
acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the Corporate Transaction), and any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company in respect of Common Stock issued pursuant to Options may be assigned by
the Company to the successor of the Company (or the successor’s parent company, if any), in connection with such Corporate Transaction. A surviving corporation or acquiring corporation may choose to assume or continue only a portion of an
Option or substitute a similar option for only a portion of an Option. 
 (ii) Options Held by Active Optionholders. In the event of a
Corporate Transaction in which the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue such outstanding Options or substitute similar stock options for such outstanding Options, then with respect to
Options that have not been assumed, continued or substituted and that are held by Optionholders whose Continuous Service has not terminated prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction (referred to as the “Active
Optionholders”), the vesting of such Options (and, if applicable, the time at which such Options may be exercised) shall (contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction) be accelerated in full to a date prior to the
effective time of such Corporate Transaction as the Board shall determine (or, if the Board shall not determine such a date, to the date that is five (5) days prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction), and the Options shall
terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, and any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to such Options shall lapse (contingent upon the effectiveness of
the Corporate Transaction). 
 (iii) Options Held by Former Optionholders. In the event of a Corporate Transaction in which the
surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue such outstanding Options or substitute similar stock options for such outstanding Options, then with respect to any other Options that have not been
assumed, continued or substituted and that are held by persons other than Active Optionholders, the vesting of such Options (and, if applicable, the time at which such Options may be exercised) shall not be accelerated unless otherwise provided in
Section 9(d) or in a written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the holder of such Options, and such Options shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction; provided,
however, that any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to such Options shall not terminate and may continue to be exercised notwithstanding the Corporate Transaction. 
  

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 (iv) Payment for Options in Lieu of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event an
Option will terminate if not exercised prior to the effective time of a Corporate Transaction, the Board may provide, in its sole discretion, that the holder of such Option may not exercise such Option but will receive a payment, in such form as may
be determined by the Board, equal in value to the excess, if any, of (i) the value of the property the holder of the Option would have received upon the exercise of the Option, over (ii) the exercise price payable by the Optionholder in
connection with such exercise. 
 (d) Change in Control. In the event that an Optionholder (i) is required to resign his or her
position as a Non-Employee Director as a condition of a Change in Control, or (ii) is removed from his or her position as a Non-Employee Director in connection with a Change in Control, the outstanding Options held by such Optionholder shall
become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effectiveness of such resignation or removal (and contingent upon the effectiveness of such Change in Control).  
 (e) Parachute Payments. 
 (i)
If the acceleration of the vesting and exercisability of Options provided for in Sections 9(c) and 9(d), together with payments and other benefits of an Optionholder, (collectively, the “Payment”) (i) constitute a
“parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, or any comparable successor provisions, and (ii) but for this Section 9(e) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, or
any comparable successor provisions (the “Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall be either (1) provided to such Optionholder in full, or (2) provided to such Optionholder as to such lesser extent that would result in
no portion of such Payment being subject to the Excise Tax, whichever of the foregoing amounts, when taking into account applicable federal, state, local and foreign income and employment taxes, the Excise Tax, and any other applicable taxes,
results in the receipt by such Optionholder, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the Payment, notwithstanding that all or some portion of the Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. 
 (ii) Unless the Company and such Optionholder otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 9(e) shall be made in
writing in good faith by the Accountant. If a reduction in the Payment is to be made as provided above, reductions shall occur in the following order unless the Optionholder elects in writing a different order (provided, however, that such
election shall be subject to Company approval if made on or after the date that triggers the Payment or a portion thereof): (i) reduction of cash payments; (ii) cancellation of accelerated vesting of Options; and (iii) reduction of
other benefits paid to the Optionholder. If acceleration of vesting of Options is to be reduced, such acceleration of vesting shall be cancelled in the reverse order of date of grant of Options (i.e., the earliest granted Option cancelled
last) unless the Optionholder elects in writing a different order for cancellation. 
 (iii) For purposes of making the calculations
required by this Section 9(e), the Accountant may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of the Code 

  

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and other applicable legal authority. The Company and the Optionholder shall furnish to the Accountant such information and documents as the Accountant may
reasonably request in order to make such a determination. The Company shall bear all costs the Accountant may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this Section 9(e). 
 (iv) If, notwithstanding any reduction described above, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) determines that the
Optionholder is liable for the Excise Tax as a result of the Payment, then the Optionholder shall be obligated to pay back to the Company, within thirty (30) days after a final IRS determination or, in the event that the Optionholder challenges
the final IRS determination, a final judicial determination, a portion of the Payment (the “Repayment Amount”). The Repayment Amount with respect to the Payment shall be the smallest such amount, if any, as shall be required
to be paid to the Company so that the Optionholder’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to the Payment (after taking into account the payment of the Excise Tax and all other applicable taxes imposed on the Payment) shall be maximized. The
Repayment Amount with respect to the Payment shall be zero if a Repayment Amount of more than zero would not result in the Optionholder’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to the Payment being maximized. If the Excise Tax is not eliminated
pursuant to this paragraph, the Optionholder shall pay the Excise Tax. 
 (v) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 9(e), if (i) there is a reduction in the Payment as described above, (ii) the IRS later determines that the Optionholder is liable for the Excise Tax, the payment of which would result in the maximization of the
Optionholder’s net after-tax proceeds of the Payment (calculated as if the Payment had not previously been reduced), and (iii) the Optionholder pays the Excise Tax, then the Company shall pay or otherwise provide to the Optionholder that
portion of the Payment that was reduced pursuant to this Section 9(e) contemporaneously or as soon as administratively possible after the Optionholder pays the Excise Tax so that the Optionholder’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to
the Payment are maximized. 
 (vi) If the Optionholder either (i) brings any action to enforce rights pursuant to this
Section 9(e), or (ii) defends any legal challenge to his or her rights under this Section 9(e), the Optionholder shall be entitled to recover attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with such action, regardless of the
outcome of such action; provided, however, that if such action is commenced by the Optionholder, the court finds that the action was brought in good faith. 
 10. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND OPTIONS. 
 (a) Amendment of Plan. Subject to the limitations, if any, of applicable law, the Board, at any time and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 9(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments,
no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy applicable law. 
 (b) Stockholder Approval. The Board, in its sole discretion, may submit any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval. 
  

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 (c) No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Option granted before amendment of the Plan shall
not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the affected Optionholder, and (ii) such Optionholder consents in writing. 
 (d) Amendment of Options. The Board, at any time and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Options; provided, however,
that the rights under any Option shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Optionholder, and (ii) the Optionholder consents in writing. 
 11. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN. 
 (a) Plan Term. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Options may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or
after it is terminated. 
 (b) No Impairment of Rights. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations
under any Option granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the Optionholder. 
 12. EFFECTIVE
DATE OF PLAN. 
 The Plan shall become effective on the IPO Date, but no Option shall be
exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. 
 13. CHOICE OF LAW. 
 The law of the state of California shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to that state’s conflict of laws rules. 
 14. DEFINITIONS. 
 As used in the Plan,
the following definitions shall apply to the capitalized terms indicated below: 
 (a) “Accountant” means the
independent public accountants of the Company. 
 (b) “Affiliate” means, at the time of determination, any
“parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Board shall have the authority to determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status
is determined within the foregoing definition. 
 (c) “Annual Grant” means an Option granted annually to all
Non-Employee Directors who meet the specified criteria pursuant to Section 5(b). 
 (d) “Annual Meeting”
means the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company held each calendar year at which the Directors are selected. 
 (e)
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 (f) “Capitalization Adjustment” means any change that is made in, or other
events that occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Option after the Effective Date without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization,
reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the
Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction “without the receipt of consideration” by the Company. 
 (g) “Change in Control” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one
or more of the following events: 
 (i) any Exchange Act Person becomes the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities other than by virtue of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in
Control shall not be deemed to occur (A) on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company by an investor, any affiliate thereof or any other Exchange Act Person from the Company in a transaction or series of related transactions the
primary purpose of which is to obtain financing for the Company through the issuance of equity securities or (B) solely because the level of Ownership held by any Exchange Act Person (the “Subject Person”) exceeds the
designated percentage threshold of the outstanding voting securities as a result of a repurchase or other acquisition of voting securities by the Company reducing the number of shares outstanding, provided that if a Change in Control would occur
(but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of voting securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition, the Subject Person becomes the Owner of any additional voting securities that, assuming the repurchase or
other acquisition had not occurred, increases the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities Owned by the Subject Person over the designated percentage threshold, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to occur; 
 (ii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the Company and, immediately after the
consummation of such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior thereto do not Own, directly or indirectly, either (A) outstanding voting securities representing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (B) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the surviving
Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction; 
 (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve or the Board approves a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or a complete
dissolution or liquidation of the Company shall otherwise occur, except for a liquidation into a parent corporation; 
  

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 (iv) there is consummated a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries to an Entity, more
than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are Owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their Ownership of the outstanding voting
securities of the Company immediately prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition; or 
 (v) individuals who, on the date
the Plan is adopted by the Board, are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment or
election (or nomination for election) of any new Board member was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member shall, for purposes of the Plan, be considered as a member of
the Incumbent Board. 
 For avoidance of doubt, the term Change in Control shall not include a sale of assets, merger or other transaction effected
exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of the Plan, the definition of
Change in Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Optionholder shall supersede the foregoing definition with respect to Options subject to such agreement; provided,
however, that if no definition of Change in Control or any analogous term is set forth in such an individual written agreement, the foregoing definition shall apply. 
 The Board may, in its sole discretion and without a Optionholder’s consent, amend the definition of “Change in Control” to conform to the definition of “Change in Control” under
Section 409A of the Code, and the regulations thereunder. 
 (h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended. 
 (i) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company. 
 (j) “Company” means Entropic Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 
 (k) “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, who is (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render
consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services, or (ii) serving as a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate and is compensated for such services. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for
such service, shall not cause a Director to be considered a “Consultant” for purposes of the Plan. 
 (l)
“Continuous Service” means that the Optionholder’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. A change in the capacity in which the
Optionholder renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Optionholder renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the
Optionholder’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, shall not terminate an Optionholder’s 

  

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Continuous Service; provided, however, if the corporation for which an Optionholder is rendering service ceases to qualify as an Affiliate, as
determined by the Board in its sole discretion, such Optionholder’s Continuous Service shall be considered to have terminated on the date such corporation ceases to qualify as an Affiliate. For example, a change in status from a Non-Employee
Director of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or an Employee of the Company will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. To the extent permitted by law, the Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that
party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a leave of absence shall be treated as Continuous Service for purposes of vesting in an Option only to such extent as may be provided in the Company’s leave of absence policy or in the written terms of the Optionholder’s leave
of absence. 
 (m) “Corporate Transaction” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of
related transactions, of any one or more of the following events: 
 (i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as
determined by the Board in its sole discretion, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; 
 (ii) a sale or
other disposition of at least ninety percent (90%) of the outstanding securities of the Company; 
 (iii) the consummation
of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or 
 (iv) the
consummation of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted
or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise. 
 (n) “Director” means a member of the Board. 
 (o)
“Disability” means, with respect to a Optionholder, the inability of such Optionholder to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as provided in Section 22(e)(3) and 409A(a)(2)(c)(i) of the Code. 
 (p) “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, shall not cause a Director to be
considered an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan. 
 (q) “Entity” means a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity. 
 (r) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. 
  

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 (s) “Exchange Act Person” means any natural person, Entity or
“group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), except that “Exchange Act Person” shall not include (i) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any employee benefit plan of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an
offering of such securities, (iv) an Entity Owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of stock of the Company; or (v) any natural person, Entity or
“group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that, as of the Effective Date, is the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the
combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities. 
 (t) “Fair Market Value” means, as
of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows: 
 (i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock
exchange or traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such
exchange (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable. 
 (ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in good faith and in a manner
that complies with Section 409A of the Code. 
 (u) “Initial Grant” means an Option granted to a
Non-Employee Director who meets the specified criteria pursuant to Section 5(a). 
 (v) “IPO Date” means
the date of the underwriting agreement between the Company and the underwriter(s) managing the initial public offering of the Common Stock, pursuant to which the Common Stock is priced for the initial public offering. 
 (w) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not an Employee. 
 (x) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 (y) “Officer” means a person who
is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 (z) “Option” means a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan. 
 (aa)
“Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan. 
  

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 (bb) “Optionholder” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant
to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option. 
 (cc) “Own,”
“Owned,” “Owner,” “Ownership” A person or Entity shall be deemed to “Own,” to have “Owned,” to be the “Owner” of, or to have acquired
“Ownership” of securities if such person or Entity, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting,
with respect to such securities. 
 (dd) “Plan” means this Entropic Communications, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee
Directors’ Stock Option Plan. 
 (ee) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or
any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time. 
 (ff) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended. 
 (gg) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, (i) any corporation of
which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of
such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, Owned by the Company, and (ii) any partnership in which the Company has a direct or indirect interest
(whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent (50%). 
  

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 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 2007 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN

 STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
 (NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION) 
 Pursuant to your
Stock Option Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”) and this Stock Option Agreement, Entropic Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an option under its 2007 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock
Option Plan (the “Plan”) to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this
Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. 
 The details of your option are as follows: 
 1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option will vest as provided in your Grant Notice,
provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service. In addition, if the Company is subject to a Change in Control before your Continuous Service terminates, then all of the unvested shares subject to this option shall
become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control. 
 2. NUMBER
OF SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced in your Grant Notice
may be adjusted from time to time for any Capitalization Adjustment, as provided in the Plan. 
 3. METHOD
OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of your option. You may elect to make payment of the exercise price in cash or by check or in any other manner
permitted by your Grant Notice, which may include one or more of the following: 
 (a) In the Company’s sole
discretion at the time your option is exercised and provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal, pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated
by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales
proceeds. 
 (b) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in The Wall Street
Journal, by delivery of already-owned shares of Common Stock either that you have held for the period required to avoid a charge to the Company’s reported earnings (generally six months) or that you did not acquire, directly or indirectly
from the Company, that are owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, and that are valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. “Delivery” for these purposes, in the sole discretion of the
Company at the time you exercise your option, shall include delivery to the Company of your attestation of ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form approved by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may 

  

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not exercise your option by tender to the Company of Common Stock to the extent such tender would violate the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement
restricting the redemption of the Company’s stock. 
 4. WHOLE SHARES. You may
exercise your option only for whole shares of Common Stock. 
 5. SECURITIES LAW
COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act or,
if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your option must also comply with other
applicable laws and regulations governing your option, and you may not exercise your option if the Company determines that such exercise would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations. 
 6. TERM. You may not exercise your option before the commencement of its term or after its term expires. The term of
your option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the earliest of the following: 
 (a) three (3) months after the
termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than your Disability or death (or in connection with a Change in Control as provided in subsection (b) below), provided that if during any part of such three- (3-) month period your
option is not exercisable solely because of the condition set forth in the preceding paragraph relating to “Securities Law Compliance,” your option shall not expire until the earlier of the Expiration Date or until it shall have been
exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service; 
 (b) twelve
(12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service in connection with a Change in Control where all of the unvested shares subject to your option become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effective date of such
Change in Control in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 above; 
 (c) twelve (12) months after the termination of
your Continuous Service due to your Disability; 
 (d) eighteen (18) months after your death if you die either during your
Continuous Service or within three (3) months after your Continuous Service terminates; 
 (e) the Expiration Date indicated in
your Grant Notice; or 
 (f) the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if your sale of the shares acquired upon exercise of your option would subject you to suit under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act, your option shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (i) the expiration of a period of ten (10) days after the date on which a sale of the shares by you would no longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the expiration
of the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day after your termination of Continuous Service, or (iii) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice. 
  

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 7. EXERCISE. 
 (a) You may exercise the vested portion of your option (and the unvested portion of your option if your Grant Notice so permits) during its term by
delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such
additional documents as the Company may then require. 
 (b) By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any exercise
of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of your option, (2) the lapse
of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the shares of Common Stock are subject at the time of exercise, or (3) the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise. 
 8. TRANSFERABILITY. Your option is not transferable, except (i) by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, (ii) with the prior written approval of the Company, by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust, in a form accepted by the Company, in which the option is to be passed to beneficiaries upon the death of the trustor
(settlor) and (iii) with the prior written approval of the Company, by gift, in a form accepted by the Company, to a permitted transferee under Rule 701 of the Securities Act. 
 9. OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your option is not an
employment or service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your
employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or an Affiliate, their respective shareholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or Consultant for
the Company or an Affiliate. 
 10. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. 
 (a) At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize
withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision as directed by the Company (including by means of a “cashless exercise” pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as
promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board to the extent directed by the Company), for any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection
with your option. 
 (b) The Company may, in its sole discretion, and in compliance with any applicable conditions or restrictions of
law, withhold from fully vested shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as of the date of exercise, not in

  

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excess of the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law. Any adverse consequences to you arising in connection with such share withholding
procedure shall be your sole responsibility. 
 (c) You may not exercise your option unless the tax withholding obligations of the
Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares of Common Stock or
release such shares of Common Stock from any escrow provided for herein. 
 11. PARACHUTE PAYMENTS.

 (a) If any payment or benefit you would receive pursuant to a Change in Control from the Company or otherwise
(“Payment”) would (i) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (ii) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the
“Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall be equal to the Reduced Amount. The “Reduced Amount” shall be either (x) the largest portion of the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being subject to the Excise
Tax or (y) the largest portion, up to and including the total, of the Payment, whichever amount, after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest
applicable marginal rate), results in your receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the Payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. If a reduction in payments or benefits
constituting “parachute payments” is necessary so that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount, reduction shall occur in the following order unless you elect in writing a different order (provided, however, that such election shall be
subject to Company approval if made on or after the effective date of the event that triggers the Payment): reduction of cash payments; cancellation of accelerated vesting of Stock Awards; reduction of employee benefits. In the event that
acceleration of vesting of Stock Award compensation is to be reduced, such acceleration of vesting shall be cancelled in the reverse order of the date of grant of your Stock Awards (i.e., earliest granted Stock Award cancelled last) unless you elect
in writing a different order for cancellation. 
 (b) The accounting firm engaged by the Company for general audit purposes as of the
day prior to the effective date of the Change in Control shall perform the foregoing calculations. If the accounting firm so engaged by the Company is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change in
Control, the Company shall appoint a nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting firm required to be made hereunder.

 (c) The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall provide its calculations, together with detailed
supporting documentation, to you and the Company within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date on which your right to a Payment is triggered (if requested at that time by you or the Company) or such other time as requested by you or the
Company. If the accounting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Payment, either before or after the application of the Reduced Amount, it shall 

  

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furnish you and the Company with an opinion reasonably acceptable to you that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to such Payment. Any good faith
determinations of the accounting firm made hereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive upon you and the Company, except as specified below. 
 (d) If, notwithstanding any reduction described in this Section 10, the IRS determines that you are liable for the Excise Tax as a result of the receipt of the payment of benefits as described above, then you shall be obligated
to pay back to the Company, within thirty (30) days after a final IRS determination or in the event that you challenge the final IRS determination, a final judicial determination, a portion of the payment equal to the “Repayment
Amount.” The Repayment Amount with respect to the payment of benefits shall be the smallest such amount, if any, as shall be required to be paid to the Company so that your net after-tax proceeds with respect to any payment of benefits (after
taking into account the payment of the Excise Tax and all other applicable taxes imposed on such payment) shall be maximized. The Repayment Amount with respect to the payment of benefits shall be zero if a Repayment Amount of more than zero would
not result in your net after-tax proceeds with respect to the payment of such benefits being maximized. If the Excise Tax is not eliminated pursuant to this paragraph, you shall pay the Excise Tax. 
 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10, if (i) there is a reduction in the payment of benefits as described in this
Section 10, (ii) the IRS later determines that you are liable for the Excise Tax, the payment of which would result in the maximization of your net after-tax proceeds (calculated as if your benefits had not previously been reduced), and
(iii) you pay the Excise Tax, then the Company shall pay to you those benefits which were reduced pursuant to this section contemporaneously or as soon as administratively possible after you pay the Excise Tax so that your net after-tax
proceeds with respect to the payment of benefits is maximized. 
 12. NOTICES. Any notices provided for
in your option or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company. 
 13. GOVERNING PLAN
DOCUMENT. Your option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your option, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations
which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. 
  

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 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 2007 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN

 INITIAL GRANT NOTICE 
 Entropic Communications, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2007 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to Optionholder an option
to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock set forth below. This option is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Option Agreement, the Plan, and the Notice of Exercise, all of which are
attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. 
  

			
	Optionholder:	  	___________________________________
	Date of Grant:	  	___________________________________
	Vesting Commencement Date:	  	___________________________________
	Number of Shares Subject to Option:	  	___________________________________
	Exercise Price (Per Share):	  	___________________________________
	Total Exercise Price:	  	___________________________________
	Expiration Date:	  	___________________________________

  

			
	Type of Grant:	  	Nonstatutory Stock Option
		
	Exercise Schedule:	  	Same as Vesting Schedule
		
	Vesting Schedule:	  	The shares shall vest in equal annual installments with respect to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares subject to the Initial Grant upon the Optionholder’s completion of each year of
Continuous Service over the four (4)-year period measured from the Vesting Commencement Date.
		
	Payment:	  	By one or a combination of the following items (described in the Option Agreement):
		
		  	 ̈    By cash or check
		
		  	 ̈    Pursuant to a Regulation T Program if the Shares are publicly
traded
		
		  	 ̈    By delivery of already-owned shares if the Shares are publicly
traded
		
		  	 ̈    By net exercise

 Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned Optionholder acknowledges receipt of, and understands
and agrees to, this Option Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, and the Plan. Optionholder further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Option Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between
Optionholder and the Company regarding the acquisition of stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) options previously granted and delivered to Optionholder under the
Plan, and (ii) the following agreements only: 
  

			
	OTHER AGREEMENTS:	    	______________________________________________________
		    	______________________________________________________

  

							
	ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	    	OPTIONHOLDER:
			
	By:	  	  
	    	  

		  	Signature	    		  	Signature
	Title:	  	  
	    	Date:	  	  

	Date:	  	  
	    		  	

 ATTACHMENTS: Option Agreement, 2007 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option
Plan, and Notice of Exercise 
  

 21. 

 Attachment I 
 OPTION AGREEMENT 
  

 22. 

 Attachment II 
 2007 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN 
  

 23. 

 Attachment III 
 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 2007
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN 
 NOTICE OF EXERCISE 
  

			
	Entropic Communications, Inc.	  	
	9276 Scranton Road, Suite 200	  	
	San Diego, CA 92121	  	Date of Exercise: _____________________________

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This constitutes notice under my stock option that I elect to purchase the number of shares for the price set forth below. 
  

				
	Stock option dated:	  	 	                    
		
	Number of shares as to which option is exercised:	  	 	                    
		
	Shares to be issued in name of:	  	 	                    
		
	Total exercise price:	  	$	                    
		
	Cash or check payment delivered herewith:	  	$	                    
		
	Regulation T Program (cashless exercise)	  	$	                    
		
	Value of              shares of Entropic Communications, Inc. Common Stock delivered herewith1:	  	$	                    
		
	Value of              shares of Entropic Communications, Inc. common stock pursuant to net exercise:	  	$	                    

  

	 1
	 Shares must meet the public trading requirements set forth in the option. Shares must be valued on the
date of exercise in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the option being exercised, and must be owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests. Certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by an executed
assignment separate from certificate. 

  

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 By this exercise, I agree (i) to provide such additional documents as you may require pursuant to the terms of the
Entropic Communications, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan and (ii) to provide for the payment by me to you (in the manner designated by you) of your withholding obligation, if any, relating to the exercise of this
option. 
  

	
	Very truly yours,
	
	  

	[Name]

  

 25. 

 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 2007 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN

 ANNUAL GRANT NOTICE 
 Entropic Communications, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2007 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to Optionholder an option
to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock set forth below. This option is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Option Agreement, the Plan, and the Notice of Exercise, all of which are
attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. 
  

			
	Optionholder:	  	___________________________________
	Date of Grant:	  	___________________________________
	Vesting Commencement Date:	  	___________________________________
	Number of Shares Subject to Option:	  	___________________________________
	Exercise Price (Per Share):	  	___________________________________
	Total Exercise Price:	  	___________________________________
	Expiration Date:	  	___________________________________

  

			
	Type of Grant:	  	Nonstatutory Stock Option
		
	Exercise Schedule:	  	Same as Vesting Schedule
		
	Vesting Schedule:	  	The shares vest and become exercisable in a series of twelve (12) successive equal monthly installments measured from the Vesting Commencement Date.
		
	Payment:	  	By one or a combination of the following items (described in the Option Agreement):
		
		  	 ̈    By cash or check
		
		  	 ̈    Pursuant to a Regulation T Program if the Shares are publicly
traded
		
		  	 ̈    By delivery of already-owned shares if the Shares are publicly
traded
		
		  	 ̈    By net exercise

 Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned Optionholder acknowledges receipt of, and understands
and agrees to, this Option Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, and the Plan. Optionholder further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Option Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between
Optionholder and the Company regarding the acquisition of stock in the Company and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) options previously granted and delivered to Optionholder under the
Plan, and (ii) the following agreements only: 
  

			
	OTHER AGREEMENTS:	    	______________________________________________________________________
		    	______________________________________________________________________

  

							
	ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	 	OPTIONHOLDER:
				
	By:	  	  
	 		  	  

		  	Signature	 		  	Signature
	Title:	  	  
	 	Date:	  	  

	Date:	  	  
	 		  	

 ATTACHMENTS: Option Agreement, 2007 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option
Plan, and Notice of Exercise 
  

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 Attachment I 
 OPTION AGREEMENT 
  

 27. 

 Attachment II 
 2007 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN 
  

 28. 

 Attachment III 
 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 2007
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN 
 NOTICE OF EXERCISE 
  

			
	Entropic Communications, Inc.	  	
	9276 Scranton Road, Suite 200	  	
	San Diego, CA 92121	  	Date of Exercise:                     

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This constitutes notice under my stock option that I elect to purchase the number of shares for the price set forth below. 
  

				
	Stock option dated:	  	 	                    
		
	Number of shares as to which option is exercised:	  	 	                    
		
	Shares to be issued in name of:	  	 	                    
		
	Total exercise price:	  	$	                    
		
	Cash or check payment delivered herewith:	  	$	                    
		
	Regulation T Program (cashless exercise)	  	$	                    
		
	Value of              shares of Entropic Communications, Inc. Common Stock delivered herewith2:	  	$	                    
		
	Value of              shares of Entropic Communications, Inc. common stock pursuant to net exercise:	  	$	                    

  

	 2
	 Shares must meet the public trading requirements set forth in the option. Shares must be valued on the
date of exercise in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the option being exercised, and must be owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests. Certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by an executed
assignment separate from certificate. 

  

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 By this exercise, I agree (i) to provide such additional documents as you may require pursuant to the terms of the
Entropic Communications, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan and (ii) to provide for the payment by me to you (in the manner designated by you) of your withholding obligation, if any, relating to the exercise of this
option. 
  

	
	Very truly yours,
	
	  

	[Name]

  

 30.2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 Exhibit 10.6 
 ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
 2007
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 
 ADOPTED BY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: JULY 24, 2007 
 APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS: [            ], 2007 
 1. GENERAL. 
 (a) The purpose of
the Plan is to provide a means by which Eligible Employees of the Company and certain designated Related Corporations may be given an opportunity to purchase shares of Common Stock. The Plan is intended to permit the Company to grant a series of
Purchase Rights to Eligible Employees under an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 
 (b) The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain
the services of such Employees, to secure and retain the services of new Employees and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Related Corporations. 
 2. ADMINISTRATION. 
 (a) The
Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees, as provided in Section 2(c). 
 (b) The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan: 
 (i) To determine how and when Purchase Rights to purchase shares of Common Stock shall be granted and the provisions of each Offering comprised of such Purchase Rights (which need not be identical). 

(ii) To designate from time to time which Related Corporations of the Company shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. 
 (iii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Purchase Rights, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for administration of the
Plan. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan or Purchase Rights fully effective. 
 (iv) To settle all controversies regarding the Plan and Purchase Rights granted under it. 
 (v) To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Purchase
Right granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the affected Participant. 
  

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 (vi) To amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable. However, except as
provided in Section 12(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, stockholder approval shall be required for any amendment of the Plan that either (i) materially increases the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan, (ii) materially expands the class of individuals eligible to become Participants and receive Purchase Rights under the Plan, (iii) materially increases the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan or materially reduces
the price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased under the Plan, (iv) materially extends the term of the Plan, or (v) expands the types of awards available for issuance under the Plan, but in each of (i) through
(v) only to the extent required by applicable law or listing requirements. Except as provided above, the rights and obligations under any Purchase Rights granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan
except: (i) with the consent of the person to whom such Purchase Rights were granted, or (ii) as necessary to comply with any laws or governmental regulations (including, without limitation, the provisions of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder relating to Employee Stock Purchase Plans). 
 (vii) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such
acts as it deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and its Related Corporations and to carry out the intent that the Plan be treated as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 
 (viii) To adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by Employees who are foreign
nationals or employed outside the United States. 
 (c) The Board may delegate some or all of the administration of the Plan to a
Committee or Committees. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board that have been delegated to the Committee, including
the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions,
not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of
the powers previously delegated. 
 (d) All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall
not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons. 
 3. SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. 
 (a)
Subject to the provisions of Section 12(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be sold pursuant to Purchase Rights shall not exceed
[                    ] ([            ]) shares. In addition, the number of
shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall automatically increase on January 1st of each year commencing in 2008 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2017, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) one and
one-half percent (1.5%) of the total number of shares 

  

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of Common Stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year, or
(ii) [                    ] ([            ]) shares of Common Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to the first day of any calendar year, to provide that there shall be no increase in the share reserve for such calendar year or that the increase in the share reserve for such calendar year
shall be a lesser number of shares of Common Stock than would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. 
 (b) If any
Purchase Right granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the shares of Common Stock not purchased under such Purchase Right shall again become available for issuance under the Plan. 
 (c) The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by
the Company on the open market. 
 4. GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHTS; OFFERING.

 (a) The Board may from time to time grant or provide for the grant of Purchase Rights to purchase shares of Common Stock under
the Plan to Eligible Employees in an Offering (consisting of one or more Purchase Periods) on an Offering Date or Offering Dates selected by the Board. Each Offering shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board
shall deem appropriate, which shall comply with the requirement of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code that all Employees granted Purchase Rights shall have the same rights and privileges. The terms and conditions of an Offering shall be incorporated
by reference into the Plan and treated as part of the Plan. The provisions of separate Offerings need not be identical, but each Offering shall include (through incorporation of the provisions of this Plan by reference in the document comprising the
Offering or otherwise) the period during which the Offering shall be effective, which period shall not exceed twenty-seven (27) months beginning with the Offering Date, and the substance of the provisions contained in Sections 5 through 8.

 (b) If a Participant has more than one Purchase Right outstanding under the Plan, unless he or she otherwise indicates in
agreements or notices delivered hereunder: (i) each agreement or notice delivered by that Participant shall be deemed to apply to all of his or her Purchase Rights under the Plan, and (ii) a Purchase Right with a lower exercise price (or
an earlier-granted Purchase Right, if different Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) shall be exercised to the fullest possible extent before a Purchase Right with a higher exercise price (or a later-granted Purchase Right if different
Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) shall be exercised. 
 (c) The Board shall have the discretion to structure an
Offering so that if the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on any Purchase Date within that Offering is less than or equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Offering Date for that Offering, then (i) that
Offering shall terminate immediately following the purchase of shares of Common Stock on such Purchase Date, and (ii) Participants in the terminated Offering automatically shall be enrolled in the Offering that commences immediately after such
Purchase Date. 
  

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 5. ELIGIBILITY. 
 (a) Purchase Rights may be granted only to Employees of the Company or, as the Board may designate as provided in Section 2(b), to Employees of a Related Corporation. Except as provided in
Section 5(b), an Employee shall not be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date, such Employee has been in the employ of the Company or the Related Corporation, as the case may be, for such continuous
period preceding such Offering Date as the Board may require, but in no event shall the required period of continuous employment be greater than two (2) years. In addition, the Board may provide that no Employee shall be eligible to be granted
Purchase Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date, such Employee’s customary employment with the Company or the Related Corporation is more than twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months per calendar year or
such other criteria as the Board may determine consistent with Section 423 of the Code. 
 (b) The Board may provide that each
person who, during the course of an Offering, first becomes an Eligible Employee shall, on a date or dates specified in the Offering which coincides with the day on which such person becomes an Eligible Employee or which occurs thereafter, receive a
Purchase Right under that Offering, which Purchase Right shall thereafter be deemed to be a part of that Offering. Such Purchase Right shall have the same characteristics as any Purchase Rights originally granted under that Offering, as described
herein, except that: 
 (i) the date on which such Purchase Right is granted shall be the “Offering Date” of such Purchase
Right for all purposes, including determination of the exercise price of such Purchase Right; 
 (ii) the period of the Offering with
respect to such Purchase Right shall begin on its Offering Date and end coincident with the end of such Offering; and 
 (iii) the
Board may provide that if such person first becomes an Eligible Employee within a specified period of time before the end of the Offering, he or she shall not receive any Purchase Right under that Offering. 
 (c) No Employee shall be eligible for the grant of any Purchase Rights under the Plan if, immediately after any such Purchase Rights are granted,
such Employee owns stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Related Corporation. For purposes of this Section 5(c), the rules of
Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of any Employee, and stock which such Employee may purchase under all outstanding Purchase Rights and options shall be treated as stock owned by such Employee.

 (d) As specified by Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, an Eligible Employee may be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan only if
such Purchase Rights, together with any other rights granted under all Employee Stock Purchase Plans of the Company and any Related Corporations, do not permit such Eligible Employee’s rights to purchase stock of the Company or any Related
Corporation to accrue at a rate which exceeds twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000) of Fair Market Value of such stock (determined at the time such rights are granted, and which, with respect to the Plan, shall be determined as of their respective
Offering Dates) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time. 
  

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 (e) Officers of the Company and any designated Related Corporation, if they are otherwise Eligible
Employees, shall be eligible to participate in Offerings under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may provide in an Offering that Employees who are highly compensated Employees within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the
Code shall not be eligible to participate. 
 6. PURCHASE RIGHTS; PURCHASE PRICE.

 (a) On each Offering Date, each Eligible Employee, pursuant to an Offering made under the Plan, shall be granted a Purchase
Right to purchase up to that number of shares of Common Stock purchasable either with a percentage or with a maximum dollar amount, as designated by the Board, but in either case not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of such Employee’s
earnings (as defined by the Board in each Offering) during the period that begins on the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board determines for a particular Offering) and ends on the date stated in the Offering, which date shall be no later
than the end of the Offering. 
 (b) The Board shall establish one (1) or more Purchase Dates during an Offering as of which
Purchase Rights granted pursuant to that Offering shall be exercised and purchases of shares of Common Stock shall be carried out in accordance with such Offering. 
 (c) In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify a maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by any Participant on any Purchase Date during such Offering. In
connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify a maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by all Participants pursuant to such Offering. In addition, in connection with each Offering that
contains more than one Purchase Date, the Board may specify a maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by all Participants on any Purchase Date under the Offering. If the aggregate purchase of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of Purchase Rights granted under the Offering would exceed any such maximum aggregate number, then, in the absence of any Board action otherwise, a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock available shall be made in
as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and equitable. 
 (d) The purchase price of shares of Common Stock acquired
pursuant to Purchase Rights shall be not less than the lesser of: 
 (i) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair
Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the Offering Date; or 
 (ii) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the
Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the applicable Purchase Date. 
  

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 7. PARTICIPATION; WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION. 
 (a) A Participant may elect to authorize payroll deductions pursuant to an Offering under the Plan by completing and delivering to the Company,
within the time specified in the Offering, an enrollment form (in such form as the Company may provide). Each such enrollment form shall authorize an amount of Contributions expressed as a percentage of the submitting Participant’s earnings (as
defined in each Offering) during the Offering (not to exceed the maximum percentage specified by the Board). Each Participant’s Contributions shall be credited to a bookkeeping account for such Participant under the Plan and shall be deposited
with the general funds of the Company except where applicable law requires that Contributions be deposited with a third party. To the extent provided in the Offering, a Participant may begin such Contributions after the beginning of the Offering. To
the extent provided in the Offering, a Participant may thereafter reduce (including to zero) or increase his or her Contributions. To the extent specifically provided in the Offering, in addition to making Contributions by payroll deductions, a
Participant may make Contributions through the payment by cash or check prior to each Purchase Date of the Offering. 
 (b) During an
Offering, a Participant may cease making Contributions and withdraw from the Offering by delivering to the Company a notice of withdrawal in such form as the Company may provide. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time prior to the end of the
Offering, except as provided otherwise in the Offering. Upon such withdrawal from the Offering by a Participant, the Company shall distribute to such Participant all of his or her accumulated Contributions (reduced to the extent, if any, such
Contributions have been used to acquire shares of Common Stock for the Participant) under the Offering, and such Participant’s Purchase Right in that Offering shall thereupon terminate. A Participant’s withdrawal from an Offering shall
have no effect upon such Participant’s eligibility to participate in any other Offerings under the Plan, but such Participant shall be required to deliver a new enrollment form in order to participate in subsequent Offerings. 
 (c) Purchase Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan shall terminate immediately upon a Participant ceasing to be an Employee for
any reason or for no reason (subject to any post-employment participation period required by law) or other lack of eligibility. The Company shall distribute to such terminated or otherwise ineligible Employee all of his or her accumulated
Contributions (reduced to the extent, if any, such Contributions have been used to acquire shares of Common Stock for the terminated or otherwise ineligible Employee) under the Offering. 
 (d) Purchase Rights shall not be transferable by a Participant except by will, the laws of descent and distribution, or by a beneficiary
designation as provided in Section 10. During a Participant’s lifetime, Purchase Rights shall be exercisable only by such Participant. 
 (e) Unless otherwise specified in an Offering, the Company shall have no obligation to pay interest on Contributions. 
  

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 8. EXERCISE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS. 
 (a) On each Purchase Date during an Offering, each Participant’s accumulated Contributions shall be applied to the purchase of shares of
Common Stock up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Offering, at the purchase price specified in the Offering. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of
Purchase Rights unless specifically provided for in the Offering. 
 (b) If any amount of accumulated Contributions remains in a
Participant’s account after the purchase of shares of Common Stock and such remaining amount is less than the amount required to purchase one share of Common Stock on the final Purchase Date of an Offering, then such remaining amount shall be
held in such Participant’s account for the purchase of shares of Common Stock under the next Offering under the Plan, unless such Participant withdraws from such next Offering, as provided in Section 7(b), or is not eligible to participate
in such Offering, as provided in Section 5, in which case such amount shall be distributed to such Participant after the final Purchase Date, without interest. If the amount of Contributions remaining in a Participant’s account after the
purchase of shares of Common Stock is at least equal to the amount required to purchase one (1) whole share of Common Stock on the final Purchase Date of the Offering, then such remaining amount shall be distributed in full to such Participant
at the end of the Offering without interest. 
 (c) No Purchase Rights may be exercised to any extent unless the shares of Common
Stock to be issued upon such exercise under the Plan are covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act and the Plan is in material compliance with all applicable federal, state, foreign and other securities and other
laws applicable to the Plan. If on a Purchase Date during any Offering hereunder the shares of Common Stock are not so registered or the Plan is not in such compliance, no Purchase Rights or any Offering shall be exercised on such Purchase Date, and
the Purchase Date shall be delayed until the shares of Common Stock are subject to such an effective registration statement and the Plan is in such compliance, except that the Purchase Date shall not be delayed more than twelve (12) months and
the Purchase Date shall in no event be more than twenty-seven (27) months from the Offering Date. If, on the Purchase Date under any Offering hereunder, as delayed to the maximum extent permissible, the shares of Common Stock are not registered
and the Plan is not in such compliance, no Purchase Rights or any Offering shall be exercised and all Contributions accumulated during the Offering (reduced to the extent, if any, such Contributions have been used to acquire shares of Common Stock)
shall be distributed to the Participants without interest. 
 9. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 The Company shall seek to obtain from each federal, state, foreign or other regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over
the Plan such authority as may be required to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Purchase Rights. If, after commercially reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the
authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Purchase Rights
unless and until such authority is obtained. 
  

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 10. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. 
 (a) A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Common Stock and/or cash, if any, from the
Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent to the end of an Offering but prior to delivery to the Participant of such shares of Common Stock or cash. In addition, a Participant may file a
written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death during an Offering. Any such designation shall be on a form provided by or otherwise
acceptable to the Company. 
 (b) The Participant may change such designation of beneficiary at any time by written notice to the
Company. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant’s death, the Company shall deliver such shares of Common Stock and/or cash
to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its sole discretion, may deliver such shares of Common Stock and/or cash
to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate. 
 11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 (a) The Plan and Offering do not constitute an employment contract. Nothing in the Plan or in the Offering shall in any way alter the at will nature of a Participant’s employment or be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any
obligation on the part of any Participant to continue in the employ of the Company or a Related Corporation, or on the part of the Company or a Related Corporation to continue the employment of a Participant. 
 (b) The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without resort to that state’s conflicts of laws
rules. 
 (c) Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Purchase Rights shall constitute general funds of the
Company. 
 (d) A Participant shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to,
shares of Common Stock subject to Purchase Rights unless and until the Participant’s shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of Purchase Rights are recorded in the books of the Company (or its transfer agent). 
 12. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK; CORPORATE
TRANSACTIONS. 
 (a) In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Board shall appropriately and proportionately
adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a), (ii) the class(es) and maximum number of securities by which the share reserve is to increase automatically each year pursuant to
Section 3(a), (iii) the class(es) and number of securities subject to outstanding Purchase Rights, and (iv) the class(es) and number of securities imposed by purchase limits under each ongoing Offering. The Board shall make such
adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. 
  

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 (b) In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then: (i) any surviving corporation or acquiring
corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company) may assume or continue Purchase Rights outstanding under the Plan or may substitute similar rights (including a right to acquire the same consideration paid to the
stockholders in the Corporate Transaction) for those outstanding under the Plan, or (ii) if any surviving or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue such Purchase Rights or does not substitute similar rights
for Purchase Rights outstanding under the Plan, then the Participants’ accumulated Contributions shall be used to purchase shares of Common Stock within ten (10) business days prior to the Corporate Transaction under any ongoing Offerings,
and the Participants’ Purchase Rights under the ongoing Offerings shall terminate immediately after such purchase. 
 13. TERMINATION
OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN. 
 (a) The Board may suspend
or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate at the time that all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, as increased and/or adjusted from time to time, have been issued under the
terms of the Plan. No Purchase Rights may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated. 
 (b) Any
benefits, privileges, entitlements and obligations under any Purchase Rights while the Plan is in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan except (i) as expressly provided in the Plan or with the consent of the
person to whom such Purchase Rights were granted, (ii) as necessary to comply with any laws, regulations or listing requirements, or (iii) as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or Purchase Rights comply with the requirements of
Section 423 of the Code. 
 14. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN. 
 The Plan shall become effective on the IPO Date, but no Purchase Rights shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders
of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. 
 15.
DEFINITIONS. 
 As used in the Plan, the following definitions shall apply to the capitalized terms indicated below:

 (a) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 (b) “Capitalization Adjustment” means any change that is made in, or other events that occur with respect to, the Common
Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Purchase Right after the Effective Date without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in
property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction “without the receipt of consideration” by the Company. 
  

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 (c) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 (d) “Committee” means a committee of one (1) or more members of the Board to whom authority has been
delegated by the Board in accordance with Section 2(b)(viii). 
 (e) “Common Stock” means the common
stock of the Company. 
 (f) “Company” means Entropic Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 (g) “Contributions” means the payroll deductions and other additional payments specifically provided for in
the Offering, that a Participant contributes to fund the exercise of a Purchase Right. A Participant may make additional payments into his or her account, if specifically provided for in the Offering, and then only if the Participant has not already
had the maximum permitted amount withheld during the Offering through payroll deductions. 
 (h) “Corporate
Transaction” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events: 
 (i) the consummation of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; 
 (ii) the consummation of a sale or other disposition of at least ninety percent (90%) of the outstanding securities of the Company;

 (iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving
corporation; or 
 (iv) the consummation of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the
surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property,
whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise. 
 (i) “Director” means a member of the Board.

 (j) “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who meets the requirements set forth in the Offering for
eligibility to participate in the Offering, provided that such Employee also meets the requirements for eligibility to participate set forth in the Plan. 
 (k) “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, who is employed for purposes of Section 423(b)(4) of the Code by the Company or a Related Corporation. However,
service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, shall not cause a Director to be considered an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan. 
  

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 (l) “Employee Stock Purchase Plan” means a plan that grants Purchase
Rights intended to be options issued under an “employee stock purchase plan,” as that term is defined in Section 423(b) of the Code. 
 (m) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 (n)
“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows: 
 (i) If
the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing
bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the
Board deems reliable. 
 (ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the
Board in good faith and in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. 
 (o) “IPO Date” means
the date of the underwriting agreement between the Company and the underwriter(s) managing the initial public offering of the Common Stock, pursuant to which the Common Stock is priced for the initial public offering. 
 (p) “Offering” means the grant of Purchase Rights to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan to Eligible Employees.

 (q) “Offering Date” means a date selected by the Board for an Offering to commence. 
 (r) “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 (s) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee who
holds an outstanding Purchase Right granted pursuant to the Plan. 
 (t) “Plan” means this Entropic
Communications, Inc. 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 
 (u) “Purchase Date” means one or more dates during
an Offering established by the Board on which Purchase Rights shall be exercised and as of which purchases of shares of Common Stock shall be carried out in accordance with such Offering. 
 (v) “Purchase Period” means a period of time specified within an Offering beginning on the Offering Date or on the next
day following a Purchase Date within an Offering and ending on a Purchase Date. An Offering may consist of one or more Purchase Periods. 
  

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 (w) “Purchase Right” means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock
granted pursuant to the Plan. 
 (x) “Related Corporation” means any “parent corporation” or
“subsidiary corporation” of the Company whether now or subsequently established, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f), respectively, of the Code. 
 (y) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 (z) “Trading Day” means any day on which the exchange(s) or market(s) on which shares of Common Stock are listed,
including an established stock exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, is open for trading. 
  

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