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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                          MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                             RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

              (Amended and restated effective as of August 1, 2005)

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PREAMBLE..................................................................................................     1

ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS....................................................................................     2
     1.010      Accounts..................................................................................     2
     1.020      Actual Contribution Percentage............................................................     2
     1.030      Actual Contribution Percentage Limit......................................................     2
     1.040      Actual Deferral Percentage................................................................     3
     1.050      Actual Deferral Percentage Limit..........................................................     3
     1.060      Administrative Committee..................................................................     4
     1.070      Affiliated Company........................................................................     5
     1.080      Base Compensation.........................................................................     5
     1.090      Basic Post-Tax Contributions..............................................................     5
     1.100      Basic Pre-Tax Contributions...............................................................     5
     1.110      Beneficiary...............................................................................     5
     1.120      Board of Directors........................................................................     6
     1.130      Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions............................................................     6
     1.140      Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contribution Account.....................................................     6
     1.150      Code......................................................................................     6
     1.160      Company...................................................................................     6
     1.170      Company Matching Contributions............................................................     6
     1.180      Company Matching Contribution Account.....................................................     6
     1.190      Company Profit Sharing Contributions......................................................     6
     1.200      Company Profit Sharing Contribution Account...............................................     7
     1.210      Compensation..............................................................................     7
     1.220      Effective Date............................................................................     7
     1.230      Eligible Employee.........................................................................     7
     1.240      Eligible Retirement Plan..................................................................     7
     1.250      Employee..................................................................................     8
     1.260      ERISA.....................................................................................     8
     1.270      Hardship..................................................................................     8
     1.280      Highly Compensated Employee...............................................................     9
     1.290      Highly Compensated Employee Group.........................................................     9
     1.300      Investment Fund(s)........................................................................    10
     1.310      Layoff....................................................................................    10
     1.320      Leased Employee...........................................................................    10
     1.330      Mindspeed.................................................................................    10
     1.340      Mindspeed Stock Fund......................................................................    10
     1.350      Named Fiduciary...........................................................................    10
     1.360      Non-Highly Compensated Employee...........................................................    10
     1.370      Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group.....................................................    11
     1.380      Participant...............................................................................    11
     1.390      Participant Contributions.................................................................    11
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     1.400      Plan......................................................................................    11
     1.410      Plan Administrator........................................................................    11
     1.420      Plan Committee............................................................................    11
     1.430      Plan Year.................................................................................    11
     1.440      Post-Tax Contributions....................................................................    11
     1.450      Post-Tax Contribution Account.............................................................    11
     1.460      Pre-Tax Contributions.....................................................................    11
     1.470      Pre-Tax Contribution Account..............................................................    11
     1.480      Rollover Contributions....................................................................    11
     1.490      Rollover Contributions Account............................................................    12
     1.500      Supplemental Post-Tax Contributions.......................................................    12
     1.510      Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions........................................................    12
     1.520      Transfer Contributions....................................................................    12
     1.530      Trust Agreement...........................................................................    12
     1.540      Trust Fund................................................................................    12
     1.550      Trustee...................................................................................    12
     1.560      Valuation Date............................................................................    12

ARTICLE II: PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS...............................................................    12
     2.010      Participation.............................................................................    12
     2.020      Basic Contributions.......................................................................    12
     2.030      Supplemental Contributions................................................................    13
     2.040      Changes Between Pre-Tax and Post-Tax Contributions........................................    13
     2.050      Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions............................................................    13
     2.060      Company Matching Contributions............................................................    14
     2.070      Company Profit Sharing Contributions......................................................    15
     2.080      Transfer Contributions and Rollover Contributions.........................................    15

ARTICLE III: CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.....................................................................    17
     3.010      Limitations on Employee Contributions.....................................................    17

ARTICLE IV: PLAN INVESTMENTS..............................................................................    22
     4.010      Investment Elections......................................................................    22
     4.020      Fund Transfers - Participant Contributions, Company Matching Contributions,
                Company Profit Sharing Contributions, Rollover Contributions and Transfer
                Contributions.............................................................................    23
     4.030      Participant's Accounts....................................................................    24
     4.040      Valuation and Participant Statements......................................................    24

ARTICLE V: EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION BENEFITS................................................................    24
     5.010      Vesting...................................................................................    24
     5.020      Retirement, Death, Layoff, Etc............................................................    25
     5.030      Form of Distributions to Retiring Participants............................................    30
     5.040      Termination of Employment or Severance From Employment....................................    30
     5.050      Cash-Out and Automatic Rollover Rules.....................................................    31
     5.060      Transfer of Distribution Directly to Eligible Retirement Plan.............................    32
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ARTICLE VI: WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS.........................................................................    32
     6.010      Withdrawals from Accounts by Participants under Age 59-1/2................................    32
     6.020      Withdrawals from Accounts by Participants over Age 59-1/2.................................    33
     6.030      Hardship Withdrawals from Pre-Tax Contribution Accounts...................................    34
     6.040      Allocation of Withdrawals Among Investment Funds..........................................    35
     6.050      Loans.....................................................................................    35
     6.060      Transfers to Certain Affiliated Company Plans.............................................    35
     6.070      Transfer of Distribution or Withdrawal to Eligible Retirement Plan........................    36

ARTICLE VII: DEATH BENEFITS...............................................................................    36
     7.010      Designation of a Beneficiary..............................................................    36
     7.020      Payment to a Beneficiary..................................................................    37

ARTICLE VIII: TRUST AGREEMENT.............................................................................    37
     8.010      Establishment of Trust Fund...............................................................    37
     8.020      Investment Funds of the Trust.............................................................    37
     8.030      Trustee's Powers and Authority............................................................    37
     8.040      Statutory Limits..........................................................................    37
     8.050      Duty of Trustee as to Common Stock in the Mindspeed Stock Fund............................    38
     8.060      Rights in the Trust Fund..................................................................    39
     8.070      Taxes, Fees and Expenses of the Trustee...................................................    39

ARTICLE IX: ADMINISTRATION................................................................................    40
     9.010      General Administration....................................................................    40
     9.020      Plan Committee............................................................................    40
     9.030      Plan Committee Records....................................................................    41
     9.040      Funding Policy............................................................................    41
     9.050      Allocation and Delegation of Duties Under the Plan........................................    41
     9.060      Plan Committee Powers.....................................................................    41
     9.070      Plan Administrator........................................................................    42
     9.080      Reliance Upon Documents and Opinions......................................................    42
     9.090      Requirement of Proof......................................................................    42
     9.100      Limitation on Liability and Indemnification...............................................    43
     9.110      Mailing and Lapse of Payments.............................................................    43
     9.120      Non-Alienation............................................................................    43
     9.130      Notices and Communications................................................................    44
     9.140      Company Rights............................................................................    44
     9.150      Payments on Behalf of Incompetent Participants or Beneficiaries...........................    44

ARTICLE X: PARTICIPANT CLAIMS.............................................................................    45
    10.010      Requirement to File Claim.................................................................    45
    10.020      Appeal of Denied Claim....................................................................    45

ARTICLE XI: AMENDMENT, MERGERS, TERMINATION, ETC..........................................................    45
    11.010      Amendment.................................................................................    45
    11.020      Transfer of Assets and Liabilities........................................................    45
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    11.030      Merger Restriction........................................................................    46
    11.040      Suspension of Contributions...............................................................    46
    11.050      Discontinuance of Contributions...........................................................    46
    11.060      Termination...............................................................................    46

ARTICLE XII: STATUTORY LIMITATIONS........................................................................    47
    12.010      Annual Limits of Participant's Account Increases..........................................    47
    12.020      Combining Similar Plans...................................................................    47
    12.030      Correcting Contributions in Excess of Annual Limits.......................................    47

ARTICLE XIII: TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS........................................................................    49
    13.010      Definitions...............................................................................    49
    13.020      Application of this Article...............................................................    51

ARTICLE XIV: MISCELLANEOUS................................................................................    51
    14.010      Benefits Payable only from Trust Fund.....................................................    51
    14.020      Requirement for Release...................................................................    51
    14.030      Transfers of Stock........................................................................    51
    14.040      Qualification of the Plan.................................................................    51
    14.050      Interpretation............................................................................    52
    14.060      Military Service..........................................................................    52

Appendix A................................................................................................   A-1

Appendix B................................................................................................   B-1
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                                    PREAMBLE

The Plan is established effective as of July 1, 2003. The Plan was amended,
effective as of July 1, 2003, to include procedures to address any contributions
which are in excess of Internal Revenue Code Section 415(c) limitations based on
model language issued by the Internal Revenue Service. The Plan was amended
effective as of March 28, 2005 to provide that, in the absence of an election by
the participant to the contrary, the account balances of a participant who has
separated from service will be automatically rolled over from the Plan to an
individual retirement account in the name of such participant if such account
balances equal more than $1,000 but not more than $5,000. Appendix B to the Plan
was amended effective as of April 26, 2005 to reflect the addition of four new
Fidelity Freedom investment funds. The Plan was amended and restated effective
as of August 1, 2005 to incorporate all amendments adopted through such date.

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                             ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS

1.010 ACCOUNTS means a Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account, Post-Tax
Contribution Account, Company Matching Contribution Account, Company Profit
Sharing Contribution Account, Rollover Contributions Account and Catch-Up
Pre-Tax Contribution Account.

1.020 ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE means, for each of the Highly Compensated
Employee Group and the Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group, the average of
each such Group's percentages, calculated separately for each Participant in
such Group, which is obtained by dividing the sum of amount of Company Matching
Contributions determined under Section 2.060 plus the amount of Post-Tax
Contributions each Participant has elected for the relevant Plan Year pursuant
to Sections 2.020(b) and 2.030(b) by the Participant's Compensation for that
Plan Year. The Actual Contribution Percentage will be calculated to the nearest
..01%.

1.030 ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE LIMIT means the maximum Actual Contribution
Percentage permitted for each Plan Year for Highly Compensated Employee Group
Participants and will be that percentage amount which does not exceed the
greater of:

(a)   the Actual Contribution Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated Employee
      Group, multiplied by one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25); or

(b)   the lesser of:

      (1)   an amount which does not exceed the Actual Contribution Percentage
            for the Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group by more than two (2)
            percentage points; or

      (2)   the Actual Contribution Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated
            Employee Group, multiplied by two (2).

If a Participant who is a member of the Highly Compensated Employee Group is a
participant in any other plan established or maintained by an Affiliated Company
pursuant to which elective deferrals under a cash-or-deferred arrangement or
matching contributions, both as defined in Section 401(m)(4) of the Code, or
employee contributions, are made, such other plan will be deemed to be part of
this Plan for the purpose of determining the Actual Contribution Percentage
Limit with respect to that Participant.

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The Plan will take into account the Actual Contribution Percentage of all
Eligible Employees for purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage Limit. For
this purpose, an Eligible Employee is any Employee who is, directly or
indirectly, eligible to receive Company Matching Contributions or to make
Post-Tax Contributions, including an Employee who would be eligible for Company
Matching Contributions but for his or her failure to make required Pre-Tax
Contributions and an Employee whose right to receive Company Matching
Contributions or to make Post-Tax Contributions has been suspended because of an
election not to participate. In the case of an Eligible Employee who does not
receive Company Matching Contributions or who did not make Post-Tax
Contributions, the Actual Contribution Percentage that is to be included in
determining the Actual Contribution Percentage Limit is zero.

A Post-Tax Contribution or a Company Matching Contribution will be taken into
account under the Actual Contribution Percentage Limit for a Plan Year only if
it is made on account of the Eligible Employee's receipt of a Company Matching
Contribution or deferral of Post-Tax Contributions for the Plan Year and is
contributed to the Trust before the last day of the twelve-month period
immediately following the Plan Year to which the Company Matching Contributions
or Post-Tax Contributions relate and is allocated within the Plan Year to which
the Company Matching Contributions or Post-Tax Contributions relate. Qualified
Matching Contributions (as defined in Section 3.010(c)(1)(ii)) which are used to
meet the requirements of Section 401(k)(3)(A) of the Code are not taken into
account under the Actual Contribution Percentage Limit. The Actual Contribution
Percentage Limit will be calculated to the nearest .01%.

1.040 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE means, for the Highly Compensated Employee
Group and the Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group, the average of each such
Group's percentages, calculated separately for each Participant in such Group,
which is obtained by dividing the amount of Pre-Tax Contributions each
Participant has elected for the relevant Plan Year pursuant to Sections 2.020(a)
and 2.030(a) by the Participant's Compensation for that Plan Year. Catch-Up
Pre-Tax Contributions deferred in accordance with Section 2.050 of the Plan are
not included in the calculation of the Actual Deferral Percentage. The Actual
Deferral Percentage will be calculated to the nearest .01%.

1.050 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE LIMIT means the maximum Actual Deferral
Percentage permitted for each Plan Year for Highly Compensated Employee Group
Participants and will be that percentage amount which does not exceed the
greater of:

(a)   the Actual Deferral Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated Employee
      Group, multiplied by one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25); or

(b)   the lesser of:

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      (1)   an amount which does not exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage for
            the Non-Highly Compensated Employee Group by more than two (2)
            percentage points; or

      (2)   the Actual Deferral Percentage for the Non-Highly Compensated
            Employee Group, multiplied by two (2).

If a Participant who is a member of the Highly Compensated Employee Group is a
participant in any other plan established or maintained by an Affiliated Company
pursuant to which elective deferrals under a cash-or-deferred arrangement or
matching contributions, both as defined in Section 401(m)(4) of the Code, or
employee contributions, are made, such other plan will be deemed to be part of
this Plan for the purpose of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage Limit
with respect to that Participant.

The Plan will take into account the Actual Deferral Percentage of all Eligible
Employees for purposes of calculating the Actual Deferral Percentage Limit. For
this purpose, an Eligible Employee is any Employee who is, directly or
indirectly, eligible to make Pre-Tax Contributions, including an Employee whose
right to make Pre-Tax Contributions has been suspended because of an election
not to participate. In the case of an Eligible Employee who does not make
Pre-Tax Contributions, the Actual Deferral Percentage that is to be included in
determining the Actual Deferral Percentage Limit is zero.

A Pre-Tax Contribution deferred under Sections 2.020(a) and 2.030(a) of the Plan
will be taken into account under the Actual Deferral Percentage Limit only if
such contribution is related to Compensation that either would have been
received by the Employee in the Plan Year (but for the deferral election under
Sections 2.020(a) and 2.030(a) of the Plan) or is attributable to services
performed by the Employee in the Plan Year and would have been received by the
Employee within 2 -1/2 months after the close of the Plan Year (but for the
deferral election).

A Pre-Tax Contribution deferred under Sections 2.020(a) and 2.030(a) of the Plan
will be taken into account under the Actual Deferral Percentage Limit for a Plan
Year only if it is contributed to the Trust Fund before the last day of the
twelve-month period immediately following the Plan Year to which the
contribution relates. A Pre-Tax Contribution is considered allocated as of a
date within the Plan Year if such allocation is not contingent on participation
or performance after such date. The Actual Deferral Percentage Limit will be
calculated to the nearest .01%.

1.060 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE means the committee appointed by the Plan
Committee and assigned responsibility under Section 6.030.

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1.070 AFFILIATED COMPANY means Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. and:

(a)   any corporation incorporated under the laws of one of the states of the
      United States of America of which Mindspeed owns, directly or indirectly,
      eighty percent (80%) or more of the combined voting power of all classes
      of stock or eighty percent (80%) or more of the total value of the shares
      of all classes of stock (all within the meaning of Section 1563 of the
      Code);

(b)   any partnership or other business entity organized under such laws, of
      which Mindspeed owns, directly or indirectly, eighty percent (80%) or more
      of the voting power or eighty percent (80%) or more of the total value
      (all within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code); and

(c)   any other company deemed to be an Affiliated Company by Mindspeed's Board
      of Directors.

1.080 BASE COMPENSATION means a Participant's Compensation during any Plan Year,
not in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) (or such other amount
as may be established pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for any
calendar year and effective for the first Plan Year which begins with or within
such calendar year) including lump sum merit awards and any amount which would
be paid to the Participant absent elections under Sections 2.020(a) and 2.030(a)
of the Plan or an election to make elective employer contributions pursuant to a
qualified cash or deferred arrangement under a cafeteria plan meeting the
requirements of Section 125 of the Code. Base Compensation will not include
compensation for overtime, extended workweek compensation, night work or other
premium pay, bonuses, any form of extra, contingent or supplementary
compensation (including, but not limited to lump sum payments for unused
vacation) or compensation on the hourly payroll.

1.090 BASIC POST-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means the amounts contributed by a
Participant to the Plan through payroll deductions pursuant to the Participant's
elections under Sections 2.020(b) and 2.030(b).

1.100 BASIC PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means the amounts contributed to the Plan on
behalf of a Participant pursuant to the Participant's elections under Sections
2.020(a) and 2.030(a).

1.110 BENEFICIARY means one or more persons or trusts designated by a
Participant pursuant to Article VII; provided, however, that, in the case of a
Participant who has been married for a one (1) year period and who dies prior to
complete distribution of his or her Accounts, the Beneficiary of such person
will be deemed to be the Participant's spouse regardless of any contrary
designation, unless the Participant has filed with the Plan

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Administrator a written designation of a person or persons other than such
spouse as Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. Such written designation must be
accompanied by a written consent of the Participant's spouse or it is
established to the satisfaction of the Plan Administrator that such consent
cannot be obtained because there is no spouse or the spouse cannot be located or
on account of other circumstances permitted under Section 417(a)(2) of the Code.
Such written consent (the execution of which must be witnessed by a notary
public who is not an Employee) will be on a form furnished to the Participant by
the Plan Administrator and will acknowledge the effect of such consent. In the
event the Participant has a new spouse to whom he or she has been married for at
least a one (1) year period, the designation of the prior spouse will be void
and the new spouse will be deemed to be the Participant's Beneficiary, unless
the Participant makes a written designation of a person or persons other than
the new spouse.

1.120 BOARD OF DIRECTORS means the Board of Directors of Mindspeed; provided,
however, that any action or determination under Sections 1.070, 1.160, 1.230,
2.060, 2.070, 11.010, and 11.060 may be taken by any officer of the Company who
is authorized to do so by the Board of Directors.

1.130 CATCH-UP PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means an amount contributed to the Plan on
behalf of a Participant pursuant to the Participant's elections under Section
2.050.

1.140 CATCH-UP PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT means a Plan Account with respect to
a Participant which is comprised of his or her Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions,
as adjusted for gains or losses related thereto.

1.150 CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time
amended.

1.160 COMPANY means Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
any other entity to which the Board of Directors has extended this Plan.

1.170 COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS means the contributions made to the Trust
Fund by Mindspeed or an Affiliated Company pursuant to the provisions of Section
2.060.

1.180 COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT means a Plan Account with respect to
a Participant which is comprised of his or her Company Matching Contributions,
as adjusted for gains or losses related thereto.

1.190 COMPANY PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS means the contributions made to the
Trust Fund by Mindspeed or an Affiliated Company pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2.070.

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1.200 COMPANY PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT means a Plan Account with
respect to a Participant which is comprised of his or her Company Profit Sharing
Contributions, as adjusted for gains or losses related thereto.

1.210 COMPENSATION means the compensation of a Participant as defined in Section
414(s) of the Code.

1.220 EFFECTIVE DATE means July 1, 2003.

1.230 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE means any Employee (including any officer) employed on a
salary or weekly payroll of an Affiliated Company, or on the salary or weekly
payroll of a division, plant, office or location of an Affiliated Company, to
which the benefits of the Plan have been extended by the Board of Directors who
was hired (and advised he or she was hired) directly by the Company as a regular
employee and who performs regular employment services directly for the Company.
Eligible Employee will not include any director of the Company not otherwise so
employed, nor any person not otherwise so employed who is compensated by special
fees or pursuant to a special contract or arrangement, or on a commission basis,
nor any person covered by a collective bargaining agreement which does not
provide for participation in the Plan. The terms "Eligible Employee" and
"Eligible Employees" as used in this Plan will not include any individuals who
work, or who were hired to work, or who were advised that they work:

(a)   as independent contractors or employees of independent contractors;

(b)   as temporary employees, regardless of the length of time that they work at
      the Company;

(c)   through a temporary placement agency, job placement agency, or other third
      party; or

(d)   as part of an employee leasing arrangement between the Company and any
      third party.

For the purposes of this Plan, the exclusions described above will remain in
effect even if a court or administrative agency determines that such individuals
are common law employees and not independent contractors. Such individuals will
not be retroactively permitted to participate in the Plan.

1.240 ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN means:

(a)   an individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code;

(b)   an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code;

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(c)   an annuity contract described in Section 403(a) of the Code;

(d)   an eligible plan described in Section 457(b) of the Code which is
      maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state or any agency or
      instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state; or

(e)   a qualified plan (which is a defined contribution plan) described in
      Section 401(a) of the Code,

which agrees to accept an individual's eligible rollover distributions and which
agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from the
Plan. The definition of Eligible Retirement Plan will apply in the case of a
distribution to a surviving spouse, or to a spouse or former spouse who is the
alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in
Section 414(p) of the Code to all types of Eligible Retirement Plans described
in (a)-(e) above.

With respect to that portion of the distribution from the Plan which is not
includible in gross income, such portion of the distribution may be transferred
only to an eligible retirement plan under subsections (a), (b) or (e) above that
agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred, including separate
accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross
income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible.

1.250 EMPLOYEE means any employee of the Company or of any Affiliated Company or
other employer required to be aggregated with the Company under Section 414(b),
Section 414(c), Section 414(m) or Section 414(o) of the Code. "Employee" will,
to the extent permitted by Section 406 of the Code, be deemed to include any
United States citizen regularly employed by a foreign subsidiary or affiliate of
the Company. The term Employee will also include any Leased Employee deemed to
be an Employee of any employer described in the previous sentence as provided in
Section 414(n) or Section 414(o) of the Code.

1.260 ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may
be amended from time to time.

1.270 HARDSHIP means an immediate and heavy financial need of an Employee for
which the amount required is not reasonably available to such Employee from
other sources and which arises for one of the following reasons:

(a)   the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) or construction of a principal
      residence for the Employee, or to prevent eviction from, or foreclosure on
      the mortgage on, the Employee's principal residence;

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(b)   the incurring of obligations for:

      (1)   tuition, related educational fees and room and board expenses for
            post-secondary education for the Employee, his or her spouse or one
            or more of his or her children or other dependents (as defined in
            Section 152 of the Code) to be incurred during the twelve (12) month
            period immediately following the date of his or her request for
            distribution; or

      (2)   expenses not covered by insurance which either have been previously
            incurred by the Employee for, or are necessary in order for the
            Employee to obtain, medical care (as described in Section 213(d) of
            the Code) for himself, his or her spouse or one or more of his or
            her dependents (as defined in Section 152 of the Code);

(c)   any other reason which is permitted under Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of
      the Code and which is approved by the Administrative Committee.

1.280 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE means any Employee who (a) was a five percent
(5%) owner (as defined in Section 416(i)(1) of the Code) of the Company at any
time during the current or preceding Plan Year, or (b) for the preceding Plan
Year, (1) had compensation from the Company in excess of Ninety Thousand Dollars
($90,000) (as adjusted pursuant to Section 415(d) of the Code), and (2) if the
Company elects the application of this clause for such preceding Plan Year, was
in the top-paid group of Employees for such preceding Plan Year.

For this purpose, an Employee is in the top-paid group of Employees for any year
if such Employee is in the group consisting of the top twenty percent (20%) of
the Employees when ranked on the basis of compensation paid during such year. A
former employee will be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if (x) such
Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee when such Employee separated from
service from the Company, or (y) such Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee
at any time after attaining age 55.

The determination of who is a Highly Compensated Employee, including the
determinations of the number and identity of Employees in the top-paid group,
will be made in accordance with Section 414(q) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder.

For purposes of this subsection, the term "compensation" means compensation
within the meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of the Code.

1.290 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE GROUP means all Eligible Employees who are
Highly Compensated Employees.

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1.300 INVESTMENT FUND(S) means one or more of the investment vehicles available
to Participants as such investment vehicles are described in Appendix B to this
Plan, including the Mindspeed Stock Fund.

1.310 LAYOFF means an involuntary severance of employment, other than a
discharge for cause.

1.320 LEASED EMPLOYEE means any person (other than an Employee of the Company)
who, pursuant to an agreement between the Company and any other person ("leasing
organization"), has performed services for the Company (or for the Company and
related persons determined in accordance with Section 414(n)(6) of the Code) on
a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, and such
services are performed under the primary direction or control of the Company.
Contributions or benefits provided to a Leased Employee by the leasing
organization which are attributable to services performed for the Company will
be treated as if provided by the Company.

A Leased Employee will not be considered an Employee of the Company if: (a) such
Leased Employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing: (1) a
nonintegrated employer contribution rate of at least 10 percent (10%) of
compensation, as defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the Code, but including amounts
contributed pursuant to a salary reduction agreement which are excludable from
the Leased Employee's gross income under Section 125, Section 402(e)(3), Section
402(h)(1)(B) or Section 403(b) of the Code; (2) immediate participation; and (3)
full and immediate vesting; and (b) Leased Employees do not constitute more than
twenty percent (20%) of the Company's non-highly compensated work force.

1.330 MINDSPEED means Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
its affiliates and successors.

1.340 MINDSPEED STOCK FUND means the fund established by the Trustee for receipt
and holding of Company Matching Contributions and Company Profit Sharing
Contributions. The Mindspeed Stock Fund is also an Investment Fund established
by the Trustee and described in Appendix B to the Plan.

1.350 NAMED FIDUCIARY means the Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the
Administrative Committee and the Trustee.

1.360 NON-HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE means any Eligible Employee who does not
satisfy the definition of a Highly Compensated Employee.

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1.370 NON-HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE GROUP means all Eligible Employees who are
Non-Highly Compensated Employees.

1.380 PARTICIPANT means a person who has elected to participate in the Plan in
accordance with Article II; provided, however, that such term will include a
person who no longer has an effective election under Article II only so long as
he or she retains an Account under the Plan.

1.390 PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS means a Participant's Basic Pre-Tax and Basic
Post-Tax Contributions, his or her Supplemental Pre-Tax and Supplemental
Post-Tax Contributions and his or her Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions.

1.400 PLAN means this Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, as
from time to time amended.

1.410 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR means the person designated as such from time to time
by name or corporate office by the Board of Directors.

1.420 PLAN COMMITTEE means the Mindspeed Employee Benefit Plan Committee.

1.430 PLAN YEAR means each twelve-month period ending on the last day of
December. Notwithstanding the preceding, the first plan year shall be a short
plan year beginning July 1, 2003 and ending December 31, 2003.

1.440 POST-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means contributions made to the Plan on an
after-tax basis by Participants pursuant to an election under Sections 2.020(b)
and 2.030(b) of the Plan.

1.450 POST-TAX CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT means a Plan Account with respect to a
Participant which is comprised of his or her Basic and Supplemental Post-Tax
Contributions, as adjusted for gains or losses related thereto.

1.460 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means contributions made to the Plan on a pre-tax
basis by Participants pursuant to an election under Sections 2.020(a) and
2.030(a) of the Plan and pursuant to an election under Section 2.050 of the
Plan.

1.470 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT means a Plan Account with respect to a
Participant which is comprised of Pre-Tax Contributions, as adjusted for gains
or losses related thereto.

1.480 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS means the amounts described in Section 2.080 which
are transferred to a Participant's Rollover Contributions Account pursuant to
the terms of subsection (b) of said Section.

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1.490 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS ACCOUNT means a Plan Account described in Section
2.080(c) which has as its purpose the holding of amounts received by the Plan on
a Participant's behalf as a Rollover Contribution or a Transfer Contribution.

1.500 SUPPLEMENTAL POST-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means the amounts contributed by a
Participant to the Plan through payroll deductions pursuant to Section 2.030(b).

1.510 SUPPLEMENTAL PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means the amounts contributed to the
Plan on behalf of a Participant pursuant to the Participant's election under
Section 2.030(a).

1.520 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS means the amounts described in Section 2.080 which
are transferred to a Participant's Account pursuant to the terms of subsection
(a) of the said Section.

1.530 TRUST AGREEMENT means the trust agreement entered into pursuant to Article
VIII of this Plan.

1.540 TRUST FUND means the fund, including the earnings thereon, held by the
Trustee for all contributions made under this Plan by Participants and the
Company.

1.550 TRUSTEE means the trustee or trustees of the trust described in Article IX
of this Plan.

1.560 VALUATION DATE means any American Stock Exchange trading day.

                   ARTICLE II: PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS

2.010 PARTICIPATION. An Eligible Employee will be permitted to elect to
participate in the Plan as soon as is practicable following his or her
commencement of service with the Company or an Affiliated Company. To the extent
administratively feasible, an Eligible Employee's election to participate and
contribute to the Plan will become effective on the first payroll payment date
following his or her commencement of service as an Eligible Employee and will
remain in effect so long as he or she continues as an Employee, unless he or she
elects otherwise.

2.020 BASIC CONTRIBUTIONS. An Eligible Employee who notifies the Company of his
or her election to become a Participant will also take either or both of the
actions described in subsections (a) and (b) below:

(a)   elect to defer receipt of an amount equal to 1% through 4% of his or her
      regular Base Compensation (such deferral to be elected in whole
      percentages), which

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      amount will be paid to the Plan as a Basic Pre-Tax Contribution to his or
      her Pre-Tax Contribution Account;

(b)   authorize having deducted from his or her regular Base Compensation 1%
      through 4% (such deduction to be authorized in whole percentages) and then
      have the amount of such deduction (as adjusted for all applicable taxes
      due on that amount) paid to the Plan as a Basic Post-Tax Contribution to
      his or her Post-Tax Contribution Account;

provided, however, that the percentages elected to be deferred or deducted and
then made as Basic Pre-Tax and Basic Post-Tax Contributions will together not
exceed 4% of the Participant's Base Compensation.

2.030 SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS. If a Participant has made the elections and/or
authorizations described in Section 2.010, he or she will be permitted to take
either or both of the actions described in subsections (a) and (b) below:

(a)   elect to defer receipt of an amount equal to 5% through 17% of his or her
      regular Base Compensation (such deferral to be elected in whole
      percentages), which amount will be paid to the Plan as a Supplemental
      Pre-Tax Contribution to his or her Pre-Tax Contribution Account;

(b)   authorize having an amount equal to 5% through 17% deducted from his or
      her regular Base Compensation (such deduction to be authorized in whole
      percentages) and then have the amount of such deduction (as adjusted for
      all applicable taxes due on that amount) paid to the Plan as a
      Supplemental Post-Tax Contribution to his or her Post-Tax Contribution
      Account;

provided, however, that the percentages elected to be deferred or deducted and
then made as Supplemental Pre-Tax and Supplemental Post-Tax Contributions will
together not exceed 17% of the Participant's Base Compensation.

2.040 CHANGES BETWEEN PRE-TAX AND POST-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS. A Participant will be
permitted to elect to increase or decrease at any time (and as often as he or
she wishes) the rate of his or her Pre-Tax and Post-Tax Contributions under
Sections 2.020 and 2.030. Any such increase or decrease of the rate of the
Participant's Pre-Tax and Post-Tax Contributions will be effective as soon as is
reasonably possible after receipt by the Plan Administrator of the Participant's
election.

2.050 CATCH-UP PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS. An Eligible Employee who attained age
fifty (50) before the close of the Plan Year may notify the Company of his or
her election to defer receipt of a percentage of his or her Base Compensation in
excess of the amount

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elected under Sections 2.020(a) and 2.030(a) of the Plan (as limited by, among
other sections, Sections 3.010(a) and 12.010 of the Plan and as limited by the
Code) which amount will be contributed as a Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contribution to his
or her Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contribution Account. The Plan will not be treated as
failing to satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of
Section 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 410(b) or 416 of the Code, as
applicable, by reason of the making of such Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contribution.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the maximum amount which an Eligible Employee may
elect to defer under this Section as a Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contribution will be
limited as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR        AMOUNT
----        ------
<S>         <C>
2003        $2,000
2004        $3,000
2005        $4,000
2006        $5,000
</TABLE>

For the Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, the maximum amount of
Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions which may be deferred will be increased in
accordance with Section 414(v)(2)(C) of the Code.

2.060 COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS. The Company will contribute to the Plan on
behalf of each Participant and out of its current or accumulated profits Company
Matching Contributions in such amounts and on such basis and in such forms as
are set forth below:

(a)   The Company Matching Contribution may be credited to the Account of each
      Participant in an amount between zero percent (0%) and one hundred percent
      (100%) of the Participant's Basic Pre-Tax and Basic Post-Tax
      Contributions, the exact percentage to be determined from time to time by
      the Plan Committee.

(b)   Company Matching Contributions will be in the form of the common stock of
      Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., but may, in the discretion of the Board of
      Directors, be in cash or in any combination of cash and the common stock
      of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. The Company's common stock will be valued
      at the American Stock Exchange closing price on the Valuation Date
      immediately preceding the date on which the contribution is made. The
      Company Matching Contributions made hereunder, whether made in the form of
      Mindspeed common stock or cash,

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      will initially be directed to the Mindspeed Stock Fund, but may be
      reinvested to any other Investment Fund at any time.

(c)   No Company Matching Contributions will be made with respect to Transfer
      Contributions or Rollover Contributions. No Company Matching Contributions
      will be made with respect to Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions.

2.070 COMPANY PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a)   On behalf of each Participant who is employed on the last day of the Plan
      Year, the Company may contribute to the Plan Company Profit Sharing
      Contributions, the exact amount to be determined by the Plan Committee and
      deposited into the Trust Fund by the Company within a reasonable time
      after the end of the Plan Year, but not later than the time prescribed by
      law for filing the Company's annual tax return with the Internal Revenue
      Service, in the ratio that each Participant's Compensation bears to the
      total Compensation of all Participants.

(b)   Company Profit Sharing Contributions will be in the form of the common
      stock of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., but may, in the discretion of the
      Board of Directors, be in cash or in any combination of cash and the
      common stock of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. The Company's common stock
      will be valued at the American Stock Exchange closing price on the
      Valuation Date immediately preceding the date on which the contribution is
      made. The Company Profit Sharing Contributions will initially be directed
      to the Mindspeed Stock Fund, but may be reinvested to any other Investment
      Fund at any time.

2.080 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS AND ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS. Transfers to this Plan
of a Participant's interest in another individual account plan will be permitted
in the situations and pursuant to the requirements set forth below:

(a)   A Participant who is presently an Eligible Employee, but who formerly
      though an Employee was not an Eligible Employee, may cause his or her
      account balances in any other individual account of the Company to be
      transferred to this Plan. Such transferred account balances (which will be
      entirely in cash or, if such balances consist in whole or in part of
      participant loans from the transferring plan, in cash and in kind) will
      constitute Transfer Contributions.

(b)   A Participant who is an Eligible Employee may elect (by providing the Plan
      Administrator with notice thereof) to have the entire amount credited to
      his or her account in a qualified individual account plan of a former
      employer transferred from such plan to this Plan as a Rollover
      Contribution, subject to the following:

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      (1)   The Plan will accept a direct rollover or an Eligible Employee
            contribution of an eligible rollover distribution as defined in
            Section 402(c)(4) of the Code from:

            (i)   a qualified plan described in Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the
                  Code, including after-tax or post-tax employee contributions;

            (ii)  an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code,
                  including after-tax or post-tax employee contributions;

            (iii) an eligible plan described in Section 457(b) of the Code which
                  is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or
                  any agency or instrumentality of a state or political
                  subdivision of a state; or

            (iv)  an individual retirement account or annuity described in
                  Section 408(a) or 408(b) of the Code.

      (2)   No portion of such Rollover Contributions may be derived from a
            transfer from a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code
            which at any time had permitted benefit payments in the form of a
            life annuity.

(c)   Transfer Contributions and Rollover Contributions will be credited to the
      Participant's Account as follows:

      (1)   that portion of such balance attributable to employee contributions
            made pursuant to deferral elections under Section 401(k) of the Code
            will be credited to the Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account;

      (2)   that portion of such balance attributable to employee contributions
            other than those described in paragraph (1) above will be credited
            to the Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account, but the
            Participant's tax basis under the Code in such contributions will be
            the same as his or her tax basis under the prior individual account
            plan; and

      (3)   that portion of such balance attributable to employee contributions
            made on an after-tax basis will be credited to the Participant's
            Post-Tax Contribution Account.

No Company Matching Contributions will be made under Section 2.060 with respect
to the Transfer Contributions and Rollover Contributions described in this
Section.

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                      ARTICLE III: CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS

3.010 LIMITATIONS ON EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a)   (1)   The aggregate amount in any calendar year of all of a Participant's:

            (i)   Basic Pre-Tax and Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions to this
                  Plan;

            (ii)  elective deferrals under any other cash-or-deferred
                  arrangement (as defined in Section 402(g) of the Code); and

            (iii) elective employer contributions to any simplified employee
                  pension (as defined in and pursuant to Section 408(k)(1) and
                  (6), respectively, of the Code)

may not exceed Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000) or such larger sum as may be in
effect under Section 402(g) of the Code. For the years 2004 through 2006 the
limits will be increased as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR        AMOUNT
----        -------
<S>         <C>
2004        $13,000
2005        $14,000
2006        $15,000
</TABLE>

For the Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, the aggregate amount
will be increased in accordance with Section 402(g)(5) of the Code.
Notwithstanding the preceding, Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions deferred under
Section 2.050 of the Plan and Section 414(v) of the Code will not be counted
against the aggregate amount described herein in this Section 3.010(a)(1) of the
Plan.

      (2)   Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Excess Elective
            Deferrals ("Elective Deferrals" and "Excess Elective Deferrals" as
            defined below), as adjusted for income or losses thereon, will be
            distributed to Participants who request a distribution in accordance
            with the following:

            (i)   For purposes of this Section, the following definitions will
                  have the following meanings:

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                  (A)   "Elective Deferrals," for a taxable year, means the sum
                        of Company contributions made on behalf of a Participant
                        pursuant to an election to defer under any qualified
                        cash-or-deferred arrangement as described in Section
                        401(k) of the Code, any simplified employee pension
                        cash-or-deferred arrangement as described in Section
                        402(h)(1)(B) of the Code, any plan as described under
                        Section 501(c)(18) of the Code, and any Company
                        contributions made on behalf of a Participant for the
                        purchase of an annuity contract under Section 403(b) of
                        the Code pursuant to a salary reduction agreement.
                        However, Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions are excluded
                        from the term "Elective Deferrals" for these purposes.

                  (B)   "Excess Elective Deferrals" means those Elective
                        Deferrals that are includible in a Participant's gross
                        income under Section 402(g) of the Code because they
                        exceed the dollar limit specified in (a)(1) above.
                        Excess Elective Deferrals are included in the annual
                        limits under Section 12.010 of the Plan.

            (ii)  A Participant may assign to the Plan any Excess Elective
                  Deferrals made during the calendar year by such Participant by
                  filing a claim in writing with the Plan Administrator no later
                  than March 1 following the year in which the Excess Elective
                  Deferral was made. The claim will specify the Participant's
                  Excess Elective Deferral amount for the preceding calendar
                  year and will be accompanied by the Participant's written
                  statement that if such amounts are not distributed, such
                  Excess Elective Deferral amount, when added to amounts
                  deferred under other plans or arrangements described in
                  Section 401(k), Section 408(k), Section 457, Section
                  501(c)(18) or Section 403(b) of the Code, will exceed the
                  Section 402(g) of the Code dollar limit for the year in which
                  the deferral occurred. A Participant will be deemed to have
                  given notification described above if the Excess Elective
                  Deferral results from Elective Deferrals to the Plan or other
                  plans of the Company or an Affiliated Company.

            (iii) A Participant who has an Excess Elective Deferral during a
                  taxable year may receive a corrective distribution during the
                  same year. Such a corrective distribution will be made if:

                  (A)   the Participant designates the distribution as an Excess
                        Elective Deferral or is deemed to make the designation
                        under part (ii) above;

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                  (B)   the corrective distribution is made after the date on
                        which the Plan received the Excess Elective Deferral;
                        and

                  (C)   the Plan Administrator designates the distribution as a
                        distribution of an Excess Elective Deferral.

            (iv)  The Excess Elective Deferral distributed to a Participant with
                  respect to a calendar year will be adjusted to reflect income
                  or loss in the Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account for
                  the taxable year allocable thereto. The income or loss
                  allocable to such Excess Elective Deferral amount will be
                  determined by the method generally used under the Plan to
                  allocate income or loss to a Participant's account.

            (v)   Excess Elective Deferral amounts, as adjusted for income and
                  losses, will be distributed to a Participant no later than
                  April 15 of the year following the calendar year in which such
                  Excess Elective Deferral was made.

(b)   (1)   As soon as practicable after the end of the Plan Year, the Plan
            Administrator will cause the test under Section 1.050 of the Plan to
            be conducted on Pre-Tax Contribution elections under Sections
            2.020(a) and 2.030(a), in order to determine whether the Actual
            Deferral Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employee Group
            exceeds the Actual Deferral Percentage Limit under subsection (a) or
            (b) of Section 1.050 of the Plan. If the Actual Deferral Percentage
            of the Highly Compensated Employee Group exceeds the Actual Deferral
            Percentage Limit, the Company may elect either of the following:

            (i)   to reduce the allowable Pre-Tax Contributions for Highly
                  Compensated Employees as provided in Sections 3.010(b)(3) and
                  3.010(b)(5); or

            (ii)  to make additional contributions, hereinafter called Qualified
                  Non-Elective Contributions (subject to the requirements of
                  Section 3.010(b)(6)), for all or a portion of the Non-Highly
                  Compensated Employee Group eligible to make Pre-Tax
                  Contributions in a level dollar amount or a uniform percentage
                  of Compensation, as the Company will elect, within the time
                  period required by any applicable law or regulation.

      (2)   The amounts of Post-Tax Contributions and Company Matching
            Contributions for a Highly Compensated Employee in excess of those
            permitted under Section 1.050 will be considered Excess
            Contributions.

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      (3)   Excess Contributions that must be distributed in accordance with
            Section 3.010(b)(5) will be reduced by Excess Elective Deferrals
            previously distributed in accordance with Section 3.010(a)(2).

      (4)   Failure to correct Excess Contributions by the close of the Plan
            Year following the Plan Year for which they were made will cause the
            cash-or-deferred arrangement to fail to satisfy the requirements of
            Section 401(k)(3) of the Code for the Plan Year for which Excess
            Contributions were made and for all subsequent years they remain in
            the Trust Fund. In addition, the Company will be liable for a 10%
            excise tax on the amount of Excess Contributions (unless corrected
            by distribution or recharacterization of Excess Contributions)
            within 2-1/2 months after the close of the Plan Year for which they
            were made.

      (5)   Excess Contributions will be distributed to Participants on whose
            behalf such Excess Contributions were made no later than the last
            day of the twelve-month period immediately following the Plan Year
            for which they were made. Excess Contributions will be distributed
            first to the Participant who is the Highly Compensated Employee
            electing the highest amount of Pre-Tax Contributions until the
            nondiscrimination test set forth in Section 1.050 of the Plan is
            met, or until such Pre-Tax Contribution election is reduced to the
            same dollar amount as the Participant who is the Highly Compensated
            Employee electing the second highest amount of Pre-Tax
            Contributions. If further distributions are required, such
            Participants' elections will be reduced to the same dollar amount of
            Pre-Tax Contributions as the Participant who is the Highly
            Compensated Employee electing the next highest amount of Pre-Tax
            Contributions and such further distributions will continue in the
            same manner until the nondiscrimination test is satisfied. Excess
            Contributions will be adjusted to reflect income earned and losses
            incurred on the Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions Account for the
            Plan Year.

      (6)   Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and/or Company Matching
            Contributions can be used to satisfy the requirements of the Actual
            Deferral Percentage Limit test only if such contributions are
            nonforfeitable when made and are subject to the same distribution
            restrictions that apply to Pre-Tax Contributions. Additional
            Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and/or Company Matching
            Contributions which may be treated as Pre-Tax Contributions must
            satisfy these requirements without regard to whether they are
            actually taken into account as Pre-Tax Contributions for purposes of
            satisfying the Actual Deferral Percentage Limit test. Additional
            Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and/or Company Matching
            Contributions may be treated as Pre-Tax Contributions only if the
            conditions described in

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            Section 1.401(k)-1(b)(5) of the Department of the Treasury
            Regulations are satisfied.

      (7)   The amounts of the additional Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
            and/or Company Matching Contributions for Non-Highly Compensated
            Employees or the reduction in the amounts of allowable Pre-Tax
            Contributions for Highly Compensated Employees under subsection
            (b)(5) above will be such that at least one of the tests contained
            in Section 1.050 of the Plan is satisfied.

      (8)   Any Company Matching Contributions made on account of an Excess
            Contribution or Excess Elective Deferral will be forfeited and will
            be used to reduce Company Matching Contributions for the year of
            forfeiture.

(c)   (1)   As soon as practicable after the end of the Plan Year, the Plan
            Administrator will cause the test under Section 1.030 of the Plan to
            be conducted on Post-Tax Contributions under Sections 2.020(b) and
            2.030(b) of the Plan and on Company Matching Contributions under
            Section 2.060 of the Plan, in order to determine whether the Actual
            Contribution Percentage for the Highly Compensated Employee Group
            exceeds the Actual Contribution Percentage Limit under subsection
            (a) or (b) of Section 1.030 of the Plan. If the Actual Contribution
            Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employee Group exceeds the
            Actual Contribution Percentage Limit, this excess is called the
            "Excess Aggregate Contribution" and the Company may elect either of
            the following:

            (i)   to reduce the allowable Post-Tax Contributions and Company
                  Matching Contributions for Highly Compensated Employees as
                  provided in Section 3.010(c)(3) of the Plan; or

            (ii)  to make additional contributions, hereinafter called Qualified
                  Matching Contributions (subject to the requirements of Section
                  3.010(c)(4) of the Plan), for all or a portion of the
                  Non-Highly Compensated Employees eligible to make Post-Tax
                  Contributions and to receive Company Matching Contributions in
                  a level dollar amount or a uniform percentage of Compensation,
                  as the Company will elect, within the time period required by
                  any applicable law or regulation.

      (2)   The amount of Post-Tax Contributions and Company Matching
            Contributions for a Highly Compensated Employee in excess of that
            permitted under Section 1.030 will be considered Excess Aggregate
            Contributions.

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      (3)   Excess Aggregate Contributions will be distributed to Participants
            on whose behalf such Excess Aggregate Contributions were made no
            later than the last day of the twelve-month period immediately
            following the Plan Year for which they were made. Excess Aggregate
            Contributions will be distributed first to the Participant who is
            the Highly Compensated Employee electing the greatest amount of
            Post-Tax Contributions and/or receiving the greatest amount of
            Company Matching Contributions until the nondiscrimination test set
            forth in Section 1.040 is met, or until such Participant's total
            amount of Post-Tax Contributions and/or Company Matching
            Contributions is reduced to the second greatest amount of Post-Tax
            Contributions and/or Company Matching Contributions of a Highly
            Compensated Employee. If further distributions are required, such
            Participants' Post-Tax Contribution elections and/or receipt of
            Company Matching Contributions will be reduced to the same dollar
            amount of Post-Tax Contributions and/or Company Matching
            Contributions as the Participant who is the Highly Compensated
            Employee receiving the second highest amount of Post-Tax
            Contributions and/or Company Matching Contributions and such further
            distributions will continue in the same manner until the
            nondiscrimination test is satisfied. Excess Aggregate Contributions
            will be adjusted to reflect income earned and losses incurred for
            the Plan Year on the Participant's Post-Tax Contribution Account and
            Company Matching Contribution Account.

      (4)   Qualified Matching Contributions can be used to satisfy the
            requirements of the Actual Contribution Percentage Limit only if
            such contributions are nonforfeitable when made. Additional
            Qualified Matching Contributions must satisfy the requirements of
            Section 401(m)-1(b)(5) of the Department of the Treasury
            Regulations.

      (5)   Amounts forfeited by Highly Compensated Employees under Section
            3.010(c)(3) will be treated as an Annual Addition (as defined under
            Section 415 of the Code) under the Plan and will be applied to
            reduce future Company Matching Contributions. No forfeiture arising
            under this Section will be allocated to the Account of any Highly
            Compensated Employee.

                          ARTICLE IV: PLAN INVESTMENTS

4.010 INVESTMENT ELECTIONS. In addition to the elections and authorizations set
forth in Article II, a Participant will elect in which Investment Funds
(including the Mindspeed Stock Fund) his or her Participant Contributions,
Rollover Contributions and Transfer Contributions will be invested. Such
investments will be elected by the Participant among the Investment Funds in
increments of five percent (5%), with the total of the

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elected percentage increments equaling one hundred percent (100%). The
Participant will be permitted to change on a daily basis any previous Investment
Fund election or elections he or she has made with regard to his or her
Participant Contributions, Rollover Contributions or Transfer Contributions
pursuant to this Section 4.010. The elections and changes to such elections
which a Participant makes pursuant to this Section will be made by means of any
method (including whatever telephonic or electronic means are available and
acceptable to the Plan Administrator at the time the election or change is made
by the Participant), may be made at any time and will be effective as of the
American Stock Exchange closing date immediately following the making of that
election or change.

4.020 FUND TRANSFERS - PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS, COMPANY MATCHING
CONTRIBUTIONS, COMPANY PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS, ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS AND
TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS. A Participant will be permitted to have the whole or
portions of the value of his or her interest in the Plan's Investment Funds
(including the Mindspeed Stock Fund), which are attributable to his or her own
Participant Contributions, Company Matching Contributions, Company Profit
Sharing Contributions, Rollover Contributions and Transfer Contributions,
transferred into one or more of the Investment Funds in accordance with the
following:

(a)   Such transfers will be effected in dollars or in increments of five
      percent (5%) of the value of the Participant's interest in a transferring
      Investment Fund, but in no event will such transfers be in amounts less
      than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250), except as follows:

      (1)   If the balance of a Participant's interest in an Investment Fund is
            in an amount which is less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250),
            the Participant may elect to have the entire balance of his or her
            interest in such Investment Fund transferred.

      (2)   The general percentage and dollar limitations set forth in this
            Section which would otherwise be applicable will not be applicable
            if the transfer elected by the Participant is comprised of all or a
            portion of his or her interest in the Mindspeed Stock Fund.

(b)   Any transfer described in this Section will be effective as of the
      American Stock Exchange closing date immediately following the
      Participant's election to make such a transfer.

(c)   All elections under this Section will be irrevocable and will not affect
      the Participant's right to exercise any other election provided by the
      Plan.

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(d)   Upon making a transfer election under this Section, the Participant will
      also either confirm or change his or her election under Section 4.010 with
      respect to future Pre-Tax Contributions and Post-Tax Contributions.

4.030 PARTICIPANT'S ACCOUNTS. Separate Participant Contribution, Rollover
Contribution (if applicable), Transfer Contribution (if applicable), Company
Matching Contribution and Company Profit Sharing Contribution Accounts will be
established and maintained by the Trustee to represent all amounts, adjusted for
gains or losses thereon, which have been contributed by or on behalf of a
Participant as Participant Contributions, Rollover Contributions, Transfer
Contributions, Company Matching Contributions and Company Profit Sharing
Contributions. Such separate Accounts will contain sufficient information to
permit a determination of the dollar balance of such Participant's Accounts at
any time and to permit, with respect to the Mindspeed Stock Fund, a
determination of the number of equivalent shares of Mindspeed common stock held
on the Participant's behalf in such Fund. Each contribution on behalf of a
Participant to an Investment Fund and each payment made to a Participant from an
Investment Fund will result in a credit or charge to the Account representing
such Participant's interest in such Fund. In addition, dividend proceeds on
Mindspeed common stock held in the Mindspeed Stock Fund will be used for the
purchase, when possible, of additional shares of Mindspeed common stock for the
Mindspeed Stock Fund and, therefore, will result in appropriate adjustments to
the balances in the Mindspeed Stock Fund, as the case may be, and to the value
of the Participant's interest in the said Fund.

4.040 VALUATION AND PARTICIPANT STATEMENTS. As of each Valuation Date, an amount
equal to the fair market value of the Investment Funds (other than dividends
received which are attributable to whole shares of Mindspeed common stock which
were or are to be transferred to Participant Accounts subsequent to the record
date for such dividend in accordance with Section 4.030) will be determined by
the Trustee in such manner and on such basis as it will deem appropriate. After
the end of each calendar year or more frequently as the Plan Administrator will
determine, the Trustee will forward by mail to each Participant a statement, in
such form as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate, setting forth pertinent
information relative to each Participant's Accounts. Such statement will, for
all purposes, be deemed to have been accepted as correct unless the Plan
Administrator (or the Trustee, as the case may be) is notified to the contrary
by the Participant mail within sixty (60) days of the mailing thereof to the
Participant.

                   ARTICLE V: EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION BENEFITS

5.010 VESTING. Every Participant will at all times be fully vested and have a
nonforfeitable interest in all of his or her Plan Accounts.

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5.020 RETIREMENT, DEATH, LAYOFF, ETC. Subject to the provisions of Section
5.050, as soon as practicable after the occurrence of a Participant's
retirement, death, layoff, disability of at least six (6) months duration or
termination of employment, but not later than sixty (60) days after the end of
the Plan Year in which the event has occurred, a Participant or his or her
Beneficiary (in the case of the Participant's death) will receive all amounts
described in subsections (e)(1) and (2) below. In the case, however, of
retirement, a Participant who would otherwise receive a distribution pursuant to
the preceding sentence may nevertheless elect at any time prior to the effective
date of retirement to remain in the Plan without any further contributions and
may elect to defer the retirement distribution to a later date, as herein
described in subsections (a)-(d). All distributions required under this Section
5.020 will be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury Regulations
under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code.

(a)   Time and Manner of Distribution.

      (1)   The Participant's entire interest will be distributed, or begin to
            be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant's
            Required Beginning Date.

      (2)   If the Participant dies before distributions begin, the
            Participant's entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be
            distributed, no later than as follows:

            (i)   If the Participant's surviving spouse is the Participant's
                  sole Designated Beneficiary, then distributions to the
                  surviving spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar
                  year immediately following the calendar year in which the
                  Participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in
                  which the Participant would have attained age 70-1/2, if
                  later.

            (ii)  If the Participant's surviving spouse is not the Participant's
                  sole Designated Beneficiary, then distributions to the
                  Designated Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the
                  calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which
                  the Participant died.

            (iii) If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of
                  the year following the year of the Participant's death, the
                  Participant's entire interest will be distributed by December
                  31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of
                  the Participant's death.

            (iv)  If the Participant's surviving spouse is the Participant's
                  sole Designated Beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies
                  after the Participant but before distributions to the
                  surviving spouse begin, this subsection (a)(2), other than
                  subsection (a)(2)(i), will apply as if the surviving spouse
                  were the Participant.

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                  For purposes of this subsection (a)(2) and subsection (c),
                  unless subsection (a)(2)(iv) applies, distributions are
                  considered to begin on the Participant's Required Beginning
                  Date. If subsection (a)(2)(iv) applies, distributions are
                  considered to begin on the date distributions are required to
                  begin to the surviving spouse under subsection (a)(2)(i).

      (3)   Unless the Participant's interest is distributed in a single sum on
            or before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution
            Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with
            subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 5.020. If the Participant's
            interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an
            insurance company, distributions thereunder will be made in
            accordance with the requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the Code
            and the Treasury Regulations.

(b)   Required Minimum Distributions During Participant's Lifetime.

      (1)   During the Participant's lifetime, the minimum amount that will be
            distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of:

            (i)   the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's Account
                  Balance by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime
                  Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury
                  Regulations, using the Participant's age as of the
                  Participant's birthday in the Distribution Calendar Year; or

            (ii)  if the Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary for the
                  Distribution Calendar Year is the Participant's spouse, the
                  quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's Account
                  Balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set
                  forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations,
                  using the Participant's and spouse's attained ages as of the
                  Participant's and spouse's birthdays in the Distribution
                  Calendar Year.

      (2)   Required minimum distributions will be determined under this
            subsection (b) beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year
            and up to and including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes
            the Participant's date of death.

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(c)   Required Minimum Distributions After Participant's Death.

      (1)   Death On or After Date Distributions Begin.

            (i)   If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions
                  begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum
                  amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar
                  Year after the year of the Participant's death is the quotient
                  obtained by dividing the Participant's Account Balance by the
                  longer of the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant or
                  the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant's Designated
                  Beneficiary, determined as follows:

                  (A)   The Participant's remaining Life Expectancy is
                        calculated using the age of the Participant in the year
                        of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

                  (B)   If the Participant's surviving spouse is the
                        Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary, the remaining
                        Life Expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated
                        for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of
                        the Participant's death using the surviving spouse's age
                        as of the spouse's birthday in that year. For
                        Distribution Calendar Years after the year of the
                        surviving spouse's death, the remaining Life Expectancy
                        of the surviving spouse is calculated using the age of
                        the surviving spouse as of the spouse's birthday in the
                        calendar year of the spouse's death, reduced by one for
                        each subsequent calendar year.

                  (C)   If the Participant's surviving spouse is not the
                        Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary, the
                        Designated Beneficiary's remaining Life Expectancy is
                        calculated using the age of the Beneficiary in the year
                        following the year of the Participant's death, reduced
                        by one for each subsequent year.

            (ii)  If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions
                  begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September
                  30 of the year after the year of the Participant's death, the
                  minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution
                  Calendar Year after the year of the Participant's death is the
                  quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's Account
                  Balance by the Participant's remaining Life Expectancy
                  calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of
                  death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

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      (2)   Death Before Date Distributions Begin.

            (i)   If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin
                  and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that
                  will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after
                  the year of the Participant's death is the quotient obtained
                  by dividing the Participant's Account Balance by the remaining
                  Life Expectancy of the Participant's Designated Beneficiary,
                  determined as provided in subsection (c)(1).

            (ii)  If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin
                  and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of
                  the year following the year of the Participant's death,
                  distribution of the Participant's entire interest will be
                  completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the
                  fifth anniversary of the Participant's death.

            (iii) If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin,
                  the Participant's surviving spouse is the Participant's sole
                  Designated Beneficiary, and the surviving spouse dies before
                  distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse
                  under subsection (a)(2)(i), this subsection (c)(2) will apply
                  as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.

(d)   Definitions.

      (1)   "DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY" means the individual who is designated as
            the Beneficiary under Article VII of the Plan and is the designated
            beneficiary under Section 401(a)(9) of Code and Section
            1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4, of the Treasury Regulations.

      (2)   "DISTRIBUTION CALENDAR YEAR" means the calendar year for which a
            minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before
            the Participant's death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the
            calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains
            the Participant's Required Beginning Date. For distributions
            beginning after the Participant's death, the first Distribution
            Calendar Year is the calendar year in which distributions are
            required to begin under subsection (a)(2). The required minimum
            distribution for the Participant's first Distribution Calendar Year
            will be made on or before the Participant's Required Beginning Date.
            The required minimum distribution for other Distribution Calendar
            Years, including the required minimum distribution for the
            Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant's Required
            Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that
            distribution calendar year.

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      (3)   "LIFE EXPECTANCY" means the life expectancy as computed by use of
            the Single Life Table in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury
            Regulations.

      (4)   "PARTICIPANT'S ACCOUNT BALANCE" means the account balance as of the
            last valuation date in the calendar year immediately preceding the
            Distribution Calendar Year (valuation calendar year) increased by
            the amount of any contributions made and allocated or forfeitures
            allocated to the account balance as of dates in the valuation
            calendar year after the valuation date and decreased by
            distributions made in the valuation calendar year after the
            valuation date. The account balance for the valuation calendar year
            includes any amounts rolled over or transferred to the Plan either
            in the valuation calendar year or in the distribution calendar year
            if distributed or transferred in the valuation calendar year.

      (5)   "REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE" means the date not later than April 1 of
            the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
            Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70-1/2).

(e)   Distributions to such Participants will be made pursuant to the terms of
      this Section 5.020 and Section 5.030.

      (1)   With respect to the Investment Funds other than the Mindspeed Stock
            Fund (which will be subject to the Participant election set forth in
            subsection (2)), the Participant will receive the full dollar
            balance of his or her Accounts in such Funds. Such balance will be
            determined in the manner provided in Section 5.030, by reference to
            the value of such Participant's interest on the date of the
            Participant's retirement, layoff or termination of employment, or,
            in the case of the Participant's death or disability, on the date
            all documentation necessary to effect distribution has been received
            by the Plan Administrator or his or her delegate.

      (2)   With respect to the Mindspeed Stock Fund, the Participant will, if
            he or she should so elect, receive the full dollar balance of his or
            her Accounts in such Fund in the manner described in the preceding
            subsection or in shares of Mindspeed common stock equal in number to
            the maximum number of whole shares of common stock which could be
            purchased at the closing price of Mindspeed common stock on the
            American Stock Exchange on that date (or, in the event such date
            falls on a day on which for any reason there are no trades of such
            stock reflected on such listing, the last trading day preceding that
            date). In addition, the Participant will be paid in cash the value
            of any partial shares of Mindspeed common stock plus the amount of
            any cash

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            dividends received since that date which is attributable to the
            number of whole shares of common stock distributed to him or her.

5.030 FORM OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO RETIRING PARTICIPANTS. Any Participant who is
eligible for and wishes to receive a distribution under Section 5.020 on account
of his or her retirement will make an election concerning the form of
distribution and will provide such election to the Plan Administrator or the
Plan Administrator's delegate prior to retirement. The form of distribution such
a Participant may elect will be in the form of either:

(a)   a lump sum payment in cash or stock; or

(b)   if the value of the Participant's Accounts at the time of the
      distributions is at least Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), ten (10) or
      fewer annual installment payments, such installment payments to be equal
      to the value of the Participant's Accounts as of the Valuation Date
      immediately preceding distribution, divided by the number of installments
      remaining at the time of each payment. The initial installment payment
      will be made as soon as is practicable after the effective date of the
      Participant's election, with subsequent payments during the elected
      installment payment period to be made as of the annual anniversary date of
      the initial installment payment.

If a Participant who had previously retired and commenced receipt of installment
payments pursuant to subsection (b) returns to employment with the Company or an
Affiliated Company, such installment payments will be suspended until the
Participant's subsequent retirement, at which time he or she would be permitted
again to make the election described therein. In the event that no election
concerning the form of retirement distribution has been made by a retired
Participant by the end of the calendar year in which he or she has attained age
seventy and one-half (70-1/2), the distribution will be made in a lump sum.

5.040 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SEVERANCE FROM EMPLOYMENT.

(a)   Subject to Section 5.050, distributions from this Plan to Participants for
      reasons other than the Participant's retirement or, in the case of a
      Participant's death, distributions to a Participant's Beneficiary on
      account of a termination of employment or a severance from employment will
      in all cases be made in a lump sum payment in cash or stock in accordance
      with an election under Section 5.040(b) by the Participant and will be
      paid as soon as is practicable. If the Participant is reemployed as an
      Employee, the Participant will not have any further right to receive a
      distribution of benefits as a result of his or her prior termination of
      employment or severance from employment.

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(b)   With respect to the Mindspeed Stock Fund, the Participant will, if he or
      she should so elect, receive the full dollar balance of his or her
      Accounts in such Fund in a lump sum cash payment or in shares of Mindspeed
      common stock equal in number to the maximum number of whole shares of
      common stock which could be purchased at the closing price of Mindspeed
      common stock on the American Stock Exchange on that date (or, in the event
      such date falls on a day on which for any reason there are no trades of
      such stock reflected on such listing, the last trading day preceding that
      date). In addition, the Participant will be paid in cash the value of any
      partial shares of Mindspeed common stock plus the amount of any cash
      dividends received since that date which is attributable to the number of
      whole shares of common stock distributed to him or her.

5.050 CASH-OUT AND AUTOMATIC ROLLOVER RULES.

(a)   Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if a
      Participant separates from service and the aggregate value of the
      Participant's Accounts exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) (determined
      without regard to the value of the Participant's Rollover Contributions
      Account), no distribution of benefits under the Plan will be made, unless
      the Plan Administrator or his or her delegate will first have obtained the
      Participant's consent thereto. In the event such consent is not so
      obtained, the Participant's Accounts will be retained by the Plan and will
      be maintained and valued in accordance with Article IV. Distribution of
      the Participant's Accounts pursuant to this Section will be made following
      the date on which the Participant's consent to such distribution is
      obtained in the same manner as if the Participant had separated from
      service on such date.

(b)   Effective for distributions on and after March 28, 2005, if: (1) a
      Participant separates from service and the aggregate value of the
      Participant's Accounts exceeds One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) (determined
      with regard to the value of the Participant's Rollover Contributions
      Account) but does not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) (determined
      without regard to the value of the Participant's Rollover Contributions
      Account) at the time of the Participant's separation from service,
      Participant's Rollover Contributions Account, and (2) such Participant
      does not elect to have such distribution paid directly to an Eligible
      Retirement Plan specified by the Participant in a direct rollover under
      Section 5.060 or to receive the distribution directly in accordance with
      Article V, then the Plan Administrator will pay the distribution of the
      Participant's Accounts in a direct rollover to an individual retirement
      account in designated by the Plan Administrator and in the name of such
      Participant.

(c)   Effective for distributions on and after March 28, 2005, if a Participant
      separates from service and the aggregate value of the Participant's
      Accounts is no more than

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      One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) (determined with regard to the value of the
      Participant's Rollover Contributions Account), at the time of the
      Participant's separation from service, subject to Section 5.060, then the
      Participant will receive a distribution of the value of the Participant's
      Accounts in a lump sum payment in cash.

5.060 TRANSFER OF DISTRIBUTION DIRECTLY TO ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN. If a
Participant, a Participant's spouse entitled to distribution as his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to Article VII or a former spouse entitled to distribution
pursuant to Section 9.120(b) requests in writing, the Plan Administrator will
cause all or a portion of the amounts (including shares of Mindspeed common
stock) to be transferred from the Trustee directly to the custodian of an
Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Participant. Such request will be
made, in the case of a Participant, at the time his or her consent to such
distribution will be given to the Plan Administrator pursuant to Section 5.050,
or at such later date as the Plan Administrator will permit, or, in the case of
the Participant's spouse or former spouse, at such time as the Plan
Administrator will determine. Prior to effecting such a transfer, the Plan
Administrator will have the authority to require evidence reasonably
satisfactory to him or her that the entity to which such transfer is to be made
is in fact an Eligible Retirement Plan and that such Eligible Retirement Plan
may receive the distribution in the forms required under this Article.

                       ARTICLE VI: WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS

6.010 WITHDRAWALS FROM ACCOUNTS BY PARTICIPANTS UNDER AGE 59-1/2.

(a)   A Participant who has not yet attained age fifty-nine and one-half
      (59-1/2) may elect while still employed with the Company to withdraw
      certain amounts from his or her Accounts. As soon as practicable after the
      Company's receipt of such an election, there will be paid or transferred
      to such Participant cash and, if applicable, stock from his or her
      Accounts in the following order:

      (1)   first, from that portion of his or her Post-Tax Contribution Account
            which is attributable to his or her Supplemental Post-Tax
            Contributions;

      (2)   second, from that portion of his or her Post-Tax Contribution
            Account which is attributable to his or her Basic Post-Tax
            Contributions; and

      (3)   third, from his or her Rollover Contributions Account(s).

Withdrawals from a Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account prior to his or
her attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) will only be permitted
upon the

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occurrence of a Hardship and will be administered pursuant to Section 6.030. In
addition, withdrawals from the Participant's Company Matching Contribution
Account and Company Profit Sharing Contribution Account prior to his or her
attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) will not be permitted.

(b)   Withdrawals pursuant to subsection (a) may be made by a Participant at any
      time and with no minimum amount required, but will be limited to one
      withdrawal every six (6) months.

6.020 WITHDRAWALS FROM ACCOUNTS BY PARTICIPANTS OVER AGE 59-1/2.

(a)   A Participant who has attained age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) while
      still employed by the Company may elect to withdraw any or all of the
      amounts in his or her Accounts. A Participant making such an election will
      receive the amount of cash or, if applicable, stock to be withdrawn from
      his or her Accounts in the following order:

      (1)   first, from that portion of his or her Post-Tax Contribution Account
            which is attributable to his or her Supplemental Post-Tax
            Contributions;

      (2)   second, from that portion of his or her Post-Tax Contribution
            Account which is attributable to his or her Basic Post-Tax
            Contributions;

      (3)   third, from his or her Rollover Contributions Account(s);

      (4)   fourth, from that portion of his or her Pre-Tax Contribution Account
            which is attributable to his or her Supplemental Pre-Tax
            Contributions and from his or her Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions;

      (5)   fifth, from that portion of his or her Pre-Tax Contribution Account
            which is attributable to his or her Basic Pre-Tax Contributions;

      (6)   sixth, from that portion of his or her Company Matching Contribution
            Account which is attributable to his or her Company Matching
            Contributions associated with his or her Basic Post-Tax
            Contributions and his or her Supplemental Post-Tax Contributions;

      (7)   seventh, from that portion of his or her Company Matching
            Contribution Account which is attributable to his or her Company
            Matching Contributions associated with his or her Basic Pre-Tax
            Contributions and his or her Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions; and

      (8)   eighth, from his or her Company Profit Sharing Contribution Account.

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(b)   Withdrawals pursuant to subsection (a) may be made by a Participant at any
      time and with no minimum amount required, but will be limited to one
      withdrawal every six (6) months.

6.030 HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS FROM PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNTS. Subject to any
restrictions the Plan Administrator may establish pursuant to Section 6.050, the
following provisions may apply in the event of the occurrence of a Hardship:

(a)   An Employee who has not attained age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) may
      request approval of the Administrative Committee to withdraw some or all
      of the balance of his or her Pre-Tax Contribution Accounts (including his
      or her Catch-up Pre-Tax Contribution Account), if the Employee
      demonstrates that the withdrawal is required as a result of a Hardship
      (including payment of any federal, state or local income taxes and
      penalties reasonably anticipated to result from such Hardship withdrawal).

(b)   Any determination of the existence of a Hardship, the reasonable
      availability to the Employee of funds from other sources and the amount
      necessary to be withdrawn on account of such Hardship will be made by the
      Administrative Committee on the basis of all relevant facts and
      circumstances and in accordance with the provisions of this Section and
      Section 1.270, as applied in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner. In
      making such determination, the Administrative Committee may, if it is
      reasonable to do so in light of all relevant and known facts and
      circumstances, rely on the Employee's representation that the Hardship
      cannot be relieved:

      (1)   by reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise;

      (2)   by reasonable liquidation of the Employee's assets, to the extent
            that such liquidation would not itself cause an immediate and heavy
            financial need;

      (3)   by suspension of Participant Contributions to the Plan; or

      (4)   by other distributions (other than Hardship distributions) or loans
            (which meet the requirements of Section 72(p) of the Code) from the
            Plan and any other plan maintained by an Affiliated Company or by
            any former employer or by borrowing from commercial sources at
            reasonable commercial rates.

(c)   An individual who receives a Hardship distribution pursuant to this
      Section prior to his or her attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half
      (59-1/2) will not be permitted to make any Participant Contributions to
      the Plan during the six (6) months immediately following his or her
      receipt of the said Hardship distribution. In

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      addition, such Hardship distributions will only be available to
      Participants hereunder once every six (6) months.

6.040 ALLOCATION OF WITHDRAWALS AMONG INVESTMENT FUNDS. Withdrawals made
pursuant to the three preceding sections will be taken from the Employee's
Accounts in the Investment Funds in a pro rata fashion, based upon the relative
size of such Accounts; provided, however, that a Participant will be permitted,
if he or she so desires, to designate the Investment Funds from which such
withdrawals will be taken.

6.050 LOANS. The Plan Administrator will establish, and may from time to time
modify, procedures pursuant to which any Employee or other "party in interest"
(as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) may apply for and receive a loan from the
Plan, in an amount not exceeding the least of (a), (b), (c) or (d):

(a)   the aggregate of the balances (including amounts attributable to Rollover
      and Transfer Contributions) in the borrower's Pre-Tax Contribution and
      Post-Tax Contribution Accounts;

(b)   an amount which, when combined with all outstanding loans to the borrower
      from all other plans of all Affiliated Companies, equals Fifty Thousand
      Dollars ($50,000), reduced by the excess, if any, of:

      (1)   the highest outstanding and unpaid balances of all prior loans to
            the borrower from the Plan and such other plans during the twelve
            (12)-month period immediately preceding the date on which such loan
            is made; over

      (2)   the outstanding balance of any loan to the borrower from the Plan or
            such other plans on the date on which the loan is made;

(c)   one-half (1/2) of the aggregate of the balances of the borrower's
      Accounts; or

(d)   such amount, not exceeding the amounts described in (a) through (c) above,
      as the Plan Administrator will determine.

All such loans will be made available to all Eligible Employees and other
parties in interest on a reasonably equivalent and non-discriminatory basis and
will be governed by the provisions of Appendix A, as such Appendix is from time
to time constituted, pursuant to the determination of the Plan Administrator.

6.060 TRANSFERS TO CERTAIN AFFILIATED COMPANY PLANS. A Participant who though
remaining an Employee is no longer an Eligible Employee may elect, if his or her
continuing employment is with an Affiliated Company, to have the entire amount
credited to his or her Accounts in this Plan transferred to any qualified
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plan of the said Affiliated Company; provided, however, that such transferred
amount will consist of and be limited to:

(a)   cash, in the case of amounts attributable to the Participant's interest in
      Investment Funds other than the Mindspeed Stock Fund;

(b)   Mindspeed common stock, in the case of amounts attributable to the
      Participant's interest, if any, in the Mindspeed Stock Fund; and

(c)   in the case of a Participant to whom a loan has been made pursuant to
      Section 6.050, the Participant's loan.

6.070 TRANSFER OF DISTRIBUTION OR WITHDRAWAL TO ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN. If a
Participant entitled to a distribution under Article V or an in-service
withdrawal, other than an in-service withdrawal described in Section 6.030,
under this Article VI, requests in writing at the time his or her election to
receive such distribution or withdrawal is made or at such later date as the
Plan Administrator may permit, the Plan Administrator will cause all or a
portion of the amounts (including shares of common stock) to be transferred from
the Trustee directly to the custodian of an Eligible Retirement Plan specified
by the Participant. Prior to effecting such transfer, the Plan Administrator
will require evidence reasonably satisfactory to him or her that the entity to
which such transfer is to be made is in fact an Eligible Retirement Plan and
that such Eligible Retirement Plan may receive the distribution in the forms
required under this Article VI.

                          ARTICLE VII: DEATH BENEFITS

7.010 DESIGNATION OF A BENEFICIARY. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.110:

(a)   If a Participant dies, payment of the benefits provided under this Plan
      will be made to such person or persons as he or she has designated as his
      or her Beneficiary to receive such benefits in the event of his or her
      death.

(b)   A Participant may change his or her designation of Beneficiary at any time
      by filing with the Plan Administrator (or such other person as is
      designated by the Plan Administrator) a request for such change. Such
      change will become effective only upon receipt of the request by the Plan
      Administrator (or the Plan Administrator's delegate), but upon such
      receipt, the change will relate back to and be effective as of the date
      the Participant signed such request; provided, however, that the Plan
      Administrator, the other named fiduciaries and the Trust Fund will not be
      liable in any way or to any degree for any payment made to the Beneficiary
      designated before receipt of such request.

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(c)   If no designation is effective pursuant to this Article or if the Plan
      Administrator or Trustee has any doubt as to the right of any Beneficiary
      or if the Beneficiary predeceases the Participant, the amount of such
      benefits may be paid to the estate of the Participant, in which event the
      Plan Administrator, such other named fiduciaries and the Trust Fund will
      not be liable in any manner and to any degree with respect to such
      payment.

7.020 PAYMENT TO A BENEFICIARY. Upon receipt by the Plan Administrator (or
another person designated by him) of evidence satisfactory to such person of the
death of a Participant and of the identity and existence at the time of such
death of the Beneficiary, the Plan Administrator will direct the Trustee to pay
the Participant's Accounts to such Beneficiary.

                         ARTICLE VIII: TRUST AGREEMENT

8.010 ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND. The property resulting from contributions
made on behalf of all Participants, including contributions made by the Company,
will be held in a Trust Fund by a Trustee selected by the Plan Committee
pursuant to a Trust Agreement entered into between such Trustee and the Plan
Committee.

8.020 INVESTMENT FUNDS OF THE TRUST. The Trustee will establish and maintain as
parts of the Trust Fund individual Investment Funds (which may be mutual funds
or collective funds, accounts or other similar investment vehicles), each of
which will consist of and be identical to the individual Plan Investment Funds
described in Appendix B, as the said Appendix will be from time to time
constituted. The said Investment Funds, as from time to time established and
maintained (including the investment objectives and general descriptions of the
forms of securities or other property held in such Funds), will be as set forth
in the said Appendix B.

8.030 TRUSTEE'S POWERS AND AUTHORITY. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.050
concerning certain power and authority connected with Mindspeed common stock
which will be held in the Mindspeed Stock Fund, the Trustee will have full
authority and discretion with respect to management of the assets of the Trust
Fund, including management of the assets of the individual Investment Funds held
thereunder.

8.040 STATUTORY LIMITS. In making all investments pursuant to this Plan, the
Trustee will:

(a)   be subject to applicable provisions of ERISA governing the exercise of its
      fiduciary responsibilities on behalf of the Trust Fund and this Plan, as
      well as to all applicable securities laws governing the investments of the
      Trust Fund (including

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      any investment companies or mutual funds therein), but will not be bound
      by any law or any court doctrine of any state or jurisdiction limiting
      trust investments, except as otherwise provided or permitted by ERISA;

(b)   at all times give consideration to the cash requirements of the Plan; and

(c)   not cause the Plan to engage in any transaction constituting a prohibited
      transaction under Section 406 of ERISA.

8.050 DUTY OF TRUSTEE AS TO COMMON STOCK IN THE MINDSPEED STOCK FUND. Except as
is otherwise provided in this Section:

(a)   The duty with respect to the voting, retention, and tendering of Mindspeed
      common stock held in the Mindspeed Stock Fund will be solely that of the
      Trustee, to be exercised solely in the Trustee's discretion.

(b)   With respect to any matter as to which a vote of the outstanding shares of
      Mindspeed common stock is solicited:

      (1)   The Trustee will solicit the direction in writing of each
            Participant as to the manner in which voting rights of shares of
            Mindspeed common stock held in or credited to the Mindspeed Stock
            Fund with respect to such Participant as of the record date fixed
            for determining the holders entitled to vote on such matter are to
            be exercised, and the Trustee will exercise the voting rights of
            such shares with respect to such matter in accordance with the last
            dated timely written direction, if any, of such Participant.

      (2)   The Trustee will exercise voting rights of shares of Mindspeed
            common stock held in the Mindspeed Stock Fund as to which no timely
            direction has been received pursuant to paragraph (1) in the same
            proportion as it votes those shares for which it has received timely
            written directions from Participants pursuant to subsection (1).

(c)   In the event of any tender offer involving Mindspeed common stock:

      (1)   The Trustee will solicit the direction in writing of each
            Participant, as to the tendering or depositing of any shares of
            Mindspeed common stock held in the Mindspeed Stock Fund with respect
            to such Participant and, except as limited by subsection (d) hereof,
            will tender or deposit such shares pursuant to any such tender offer
            in accordance with the last dated timely written direction, if any,
            of such Participant.

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      (2)   The Trustee will not tender or deposit shares of Mindspeed common
            stock held in the Mindspeed Stock Fund as to which no timely written
            direction has been received pursuant to subsection (1).

(d)   Shares of Mindspeed common stock held in the Mindspeed Stock Fund will not
      be tendered or deposited by the Trustee pursuant to any such tender offer
      until the earlier of:

      (1)   immediately preceding the scheduled expiration of the tender offer
            pursuant to which such shares are to be tendered or deposited;

      (2)   immediately preceding the expiration of the period during which such
            shares of Mindspeed common stock will be taken up and paid for on a
            pro rata basis pursuant to such tender offer; or

      (3)   the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the Trustee's
            solicitation of Participants' written direction pursuant to
            subsection (c)(1).

(e)   With respect to the withdrawal of, or other exercise of any right to
      withdraw, shares of common stock which have been tendered or deposited in
      accordance with a timely written direction of a Participant pursuant to
      subsection (c), a Participant may direct the Trustee to withdraw some or
      all of the shares tendered or deposited, and the Trustee will withdraw the
      directed number of shares from the tender offer, prior to the tender offer
      withdrawal deadline. As used herein, the term "Tender Date" means the date
      on which the Trustee tenders or deposits any shares of Mindspeed common
      stock representing the interest of such Participant in the Mindspeed Stock
      Fund.

8.060 RIGHTS IN THE TRUST FUND. Nothing in the Plan or in the Trust Agreement
will be deemed to confer any legal or equitable right or interest in the Trust
Fund in favor of any Participant, Beneficiary or other person, except to the
extent expressly provided in the Plan.

8.070 TAXES, FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE TRUSTEE.

(a)   The reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee (including the reasonable
      expenses of the Trustee's counsel) will be paid from the Trust Fund and
      will constitute a charge on the Trust Fund until so paid; provided,
      however, that in no event will the Trust Fund or the Company (unless the
      Company is specifically so directed by resolution of the Company's Board
      of Directors) pay any such Trustee fees or expenses:

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      (1)   for preparation or prosecution of any action against the Company,
            the Plan, any member of the Plan Committee or the Plan
            Administrator; or

      (2)   for the defense or settlement of, or the satisfaction of a judgment
            related to, any proceeding arising either out of any alleged
            misfeasance or nonfeasance in any person's performance of duties
            with respect to the Plan or out of any alleged wrongful act against
            the Plan.

There will be included in the reasonable expenses payable from the Trust Fund
any direct internal costs (which may include reimbursement of compensation of
Company Employees) associated with Plan operations and administration, the
payment of which will be in conformity with the requirements of Title I of
ERISA. Neither the Plan Administrator nor the members of the Plan Committee will
be compensated from the Plan but may be compensated by the Company for services
rendered on behalf of the Plan.

(b)   Brokerage fees, commissions, stock transfer taxes and other charges and
      expenses incurred in connection with transactions relating to the
      acquisition or disposition of property for or of the Trust Fund, or
      distributions therefrom, will be paid from the Trust Fund. Taxes, if any,
      payable by the Trustee on the assets at any time held in the Trust Fund or
      on the income thereof will be paid from the Trust Fund.

                           ARTICLE IX: ADMINISTRATION

9.010 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. Authority to control and manage the operation and
administration of the Plan will be vested in the Plan Committee except to the
extent that:

(a)   the Plan Administrator or the Administrative Committee is allocated any
      such authority under the Plan;

(b)   the Trustee may, pursuant to Article VIII, be granted exclusive authority
      and discretion to manage and control all or any portion of the assets of
      the Plan; and

(c)   the Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the Administrative Committee
      and the Trustee will constitute ERISA named fiduciaries of the Plan.

9.020 PLAN COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors will, from time to time, determine
the size of the Plan Committee and appoint its individual members. The Plan
Committee will act, with or without a meeting, in a manner consistent with the
rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 9.060(d).

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9.030 PLAN COMMITTEE RECORDS. The Plan Committee will keep such records and data
as it will deem appropriate and it will from time to time file with the Board of
Directors such reports as the latter may request. It will be a function of the
Plan Committee to keep records of the assets of the Trust Fund, based upon
reports furnished by the Trustee, and the evaluations placed thereon by the
Committee will be final and conclusive.

9.040 FUNDING POLICY. The Plan Committee will be responsible for determining a
funding policy of the Plan and will from time to time advise the Trustee of such
policy.

9.050 ALLOCATION AND DELEGATION OF DUTIES UNDER THE PLAN. The Plan Committee,
the Plan Administrator and the Administrative Committee will each have the
following powers and authorities:

(a)   to designate agents to carry out responsibilities relating to the Plan,
      other than fiduciary responsibilities; and

(b)   to employ such legal, consultant, medical, accounting, clerical and other
      assistance as it may deem appropriate in carrying out the provisions of
      this Plan, including one or more persons to render advice with regard to
      any responsibility any fiduciary may have under the Plan.

9.060 PLAN COMMITTEE POWERS. In addition to any powers and authority conferred
on the Plan Committee elsewhere in the Plan or by law, the Plan Committee will
have the following powers and authority:

(a)   to allocate fiduciary responsibilities, other than trustee
      responsibilities (responsibilities under the Trust Agreement to manage or
      control the Plan assets) to one or more members of the Plan Committee or
      to the Plan Administrator and to designate one or more persons (other than
      the Trustee) to carry out such fiduciary responsibilities;

(b)   to determine the manner in which the assets of this Plan, or any part
      thereof, will be disbursed by the Trustee, except as relates to the making
      and retention of investments; and

(c)   to establish rules and regulations from time to time for the conduct of
      the Plan Committee's business and for the administration and effectuation
      of its responsibilities under the Plan.

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9.070 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. In addition to any powers and authority conferred on
the Plan Administrator elsewhere in the Plan, the Plan Administrator will have
the following powers and authority:

(a)   to administer, interpret, construe and apply this Plan and to decide all
      questions which may arise or which may be raised by any Employee,
      Participant, Beneficiary, or other person whatsoever, and the actions or
      decisions of the Plan Administrator in regard thereto, or in regard to
      anything or any matter otherwise within his or her discretion, will be
      conclusive and binding on all Employees, Participants, Beneficiaries, and
      other persons whatsoever;

(b)   to designate one or more persons, other than the Trustee, to carry out
      fiduciary responsibilities (other than trustee responsibilities); and

(c)   to establish rules and regulations from time to time for the
      administration and effectuation of his or her responsibilities under the
      Plan.

The Plan Administrator will have such other responsibility as is designated by
ERISA as the responsibility of the administrator of the Plan and will have such
other power and authority as is necessary to fulfill his or her responsibilities
under ERISA or under the Plan.

9.080 RELIANCE UPON DOCUMENTS AND OPINIONS. The members of the Plan Committee
and the Administrative Committee, the Plan Administrator, the Board of Directors
and the Company will be entitled to rely upon any tables, valuations,
computations, estimates, certificates and reports furnished by any consultants
or consulting firms, opinions furnished by legal counsel and reports furnished
by the Trustee. The members of the Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the
Board of Directors and the Company will be fully protected and will not be
liable in any manner whatsoever, except as otherwise specifically provided by
law, for anything done or any action taken or suffered in reliance upon any such
consultant, Trustee or counsel. Any and all such things done or such actions
taken or suffered by the Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the Board of
Directors and the Company will be conclusive and binding on all Employees,
Participants, Beneficiaries, and other persons whatsoever except as otherwise
specifically provided by law. The Plan Committee and the Plan Administrator may,
but are not required to, rely upon all records of the Company with respect to
any matter or thing whatsoever, and to the extent they rely thereon, such
records will be conclusive with respect to all Employees, Participants, and
Beneficiaries.

9.090 REQUIREMENT OF PROOF. The Plan Committee, the Plan Administrator, the
Administrative Committee, the Board of Directors or the Company may require
satisfactory proof of any matter under this Plan from or with respect to any
Employee,

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Participant or Beneficiary, and no such person will acquire any rights or be
entitled to receive any benefits under this Plan until such proof will be
furnished as so required.

9.100 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION. Except as provided in Part 4
of Title I of ERISA, no person will be subject to any liability with respect to
his or her duties under the Plan, unless he or she acts fraudulently or in bad
faith. No person will be liable for any breach of fiduciary responsibility
resulting from the act or omission of any other fiduciary or any person to whom
fiduciary responsibilities have been allocated or delegated, except as provided
in ERISA Section 405(a) and Section 405(c)(2)(A) or (B). No action or
responsibility will be deemed to be a fiduciary action or responsibility except
to the extent required by ERISA. To the extent permitted by law, the Company
will indemnify the Board of Directors, the Plan Administrator, each member of
the Plan Committee, each member of the Administrative Committee and any other
employee of the Company with duties under the Plan against expenses (including
any amount paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
with any claims against him or her by reason of his or her conduct (except for
his or her willful misconduct) in the performance of his or her duties under the
Plan.

9.110 MAILING AND LAPSE OF PAYMENTS. All payments under the Plan will be
delivered in person or mailed to the last address of the Participant (or, in the
case of the death of the Participant, to the last address of any other person
entitled to such payments under the terms of the Plan) furnished pursuant to
Section 9.150 below. If the Plan Administrator cannot, by making a reasonably
diligent attempt by mail, locate either the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary, as the case may be, for a period of seven (7) years, such
Participant or Beneficiary will be presumed dead. If payment cannot be made
alternatively to the estate of either and no surviving spouse, child,
grandchild, parent, brother or sister of the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary are known to the Plan Administrator or the Trustee or, if known,
cannot with reasonable diligence be located, the amount payable will be retained
by the Trustee until the amount can be distributed pursuant to the provisions of
this Plan or of applicable law.

9.120 NON-ALIENATION. No right or benefit provided for in the Plan will be
subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance (including garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any
kind or charge) and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign,
pledge, encumber or charge the same will be void; provided, however, that the
foregoing will not apply to the creation, assignment or recognition of a right
to any benefit payable with respect to a Participant pursuant to:

(a)   a levy for federal income tax issued against the Participant by the
      Internal Revenue Service;

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(b)   a domestic relations order, which the Plan Administrator determines is a
      qualified domestic relations order under Section 414(p) of the Code and
      which requires that the order's alternate payee (as defined in the said
      Code section) will be paid in a lump sum as soon as is practicable
      following the order's issuance; or

(c)   an offset of a Participant's benefit for a criminal conviction relating to
      the Plan or for a civil judgment for breach of fiduciary duty with respect
      to the Plan in accordance with an order, judgment or settlement by the
      Plan against the Participant in accordance with Section 401(a)(13)(C) of
      the Code.

9.130 NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS. Each Participant will be responsible for
furnishing the Plan Administrator with his or her current address and the
correct current name and address of his or her Beneficiary. All communications
from Participants will be in the manner from time to time prescribed by the Plan
Administrator and will be addressed or communicated (including telephonic
communications) to such entity or Company office as may be designated by the
Plan Administrator, and will be deemed to have been given to the Company when
received by such entity or Company office. Each communication directed to a
Participant or Beneficiary will be in writing and may be delivered in person or
by mail, in which latter event it will be deemed to have been delivered and
received by him or her when so deposited in the United States mail with postage
prepaid addressed to the Participant or Beneficiary at his or her last address
of record with the office designated by the Plan Administrator.

9.140 COMPANY RIGHTS. The Company's rights to discipline or discharge Employees
or to exercise its rights as to incidents and tenure of employment will not be
affected in any manner by reason of the existence of the Trust Agreement or the
Plan, or any action taken under them.

9.150 PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF INCOMPETENT PARTICIPANTS OR BENEFICIARIES. In the
event that the Plan Administrator or his or her designee will find that any
Participant or Beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable under the terms of this
Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident or
is otherwise mentally or physically incompetent, or unable to give a valid
receipt, the Plan Administrator may cause the payment becoming due to such
Participant or Beneficiary to be paid to another person for his or her benefit
without responsibility on the part of the Plan Administrator, the Plan
Committee, the Administrative Committee, the Company or the Trustee to follow
the application of such payment. Any such payment will be a payment for the
account of the Participant or Beneficiary and will operate as a complete
discharge of all liability therefor under this Plan of the Trustee, the Company,
the Plan Administrator, the Administrative Committee and the Plan Committee.

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                         ARTICLE X: PARTICIPANT CLAIMS

10.010 REQUIREMENT TO FILE CLAIM. A Participant wishing a distribution or
withdrawal from the Plan must present a claim, in such manner and pursuant to
such procedure established by the Plan Administrator, with the person or entity
designated by the Plan Administrator. A claimant who fails to comply with the
manner and procedure designated by the Plan Administrator will be deemed not to
have made such claim. The person or entity designated by the Plan Administrator
will approve or deny in writing within thirty (30) days any claim which has been
so presented.

10.020 APPEAL OF DENIED CLAIM. A Participant whose claim has been denied as set
forth in Section 10.010 may appeal the denial to the Plan Administrator by
filing a written appeal within sixty (60) days of the date of the denial. The
Participant or his or her representative will, for the purpose of preparation of
such appeal, have the right to inspect any document (including computerized
records) relied upon by the Plan Administrator's representative in denying the
claim. The Plan Administrator or his or her delegate will make a final, full and
fair review of any such decision which is appealed. A decision which is not
appealed within the time herein provided will be final and conclusive as to any
matter which was presented to the person making such decision.

               ARTICLE XI: AMENDMENT, MERGERS, TERMINATION, ETC.

11.010 AMENDMENT. The Board of Directors may, at any time and from time to time,
amend this Plan in whole or in part. However, except as provided in Section
14.040 below, no amendment will be made the effect of which would be:

(a)   to cause any contributions paid to the Trustee to be used for or diverted
      to purposes other than providing benefits to the Participants and their
      Beneficiaries, and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the
      Plan, prior to satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to
      Participants and their Beneficiaries;

(b)   to have any retroactive effect so as to deprive any Participant or
      Beneficiary of any benefit to which he or she would be entitled under this
      Plan if his or her employment were terminated immediately before such
      amendment; or

(c)   to increase the responsibilities or liabilities of the Trustee without its
      written consent.

11.020 TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. The Plan Committee at any time may,
in its sole discretion without the consent of the Participant or his or her
representative, cause the Trustee to segregate part of the assets of the Trust
Fund into one or more separate

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trust funds and designate a group of Participants whose benefits will be
provided solely from each such segregated fund. The Board of Directors may, in
its sole discretion without the consent of any Participant or his or her
representative, establish a separate plan to cover any such group of
Participants. The initial terms and conditions of any such plan will be
identical to the extent such terms and conditions affect the rights of
Participants under the Plan. Amendment to the Plan will not be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this Section.

11.030 MERGER RESTRICTION. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the
Plan will not in whole or in part merge or consolidate with, or transfer its
assets or liabilities to any other plan unless each affected Participant in this
Plan would (if the Plan then terminated) receive a benefit immediately after the
merger, consolidation, or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit
he or she would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger,
consolidation, or transfer (if the Plan had then terminated).

11.040 SUSPENSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS. The Company may, without amendment of the
Plan and without the consent of any Participant or representative of any
Participant, suspend contributions to the Plan as to all or certain Participants
by action of the Board of Directors. In any event, the Company will suspend
contributions at any time when the amount of any contribution by it would be in
excess of the earnings, including retained earnings, of the Company. Upon a
suspension, the Plan Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit the Trust
Fund to continue to be held by the Trustee, or may segregate one or more parts
of the Trust Fund, as provided in Section 11.020.

11.050 DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS. The Company may, by action of the Board
of Directors, without amendment of the Plan and without the consent of any
Participant or representative of any Participant, discontinue such contributions
to the Plan as to all or certain Participants.

11.060 TERMINATION. The Company, by action of its Board of Directors, may
terminate or partially terminate the Plan at any time. Upon such termination or
partial termination of the Plan, or upon a complete discontinuance of
contributions pursuant to Section 11.050, the Accounts of each affected
Participant will remain fully vested and nonforfeitable. In the event of
termination or partial termination the Plan Committee may, without the consent
of any Participant or other person, permit the Trustee to retain all or part of
the Trust Fund or distribute all or part of the Trust Fund to the Participants
or their spouses or Beneficiaries.

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                       ARTICLE XII: STATUTORY LIMITATIONS

12.010 ANNUAL LIMITS OF PARTICIPANT'S ACCOUNT INCREASES. This Article is
intended to conform the Plan to the requirements of Section 415 of the Code, and
the regulations issued thereunder, and will be administered and interpreted in
accordance with such requirements and regulations; and notwithstanding any
provision of this Plan to the contrary, no amount will be credited to any
Participant's Account which is in excess of the limitation imposed by said
Section 415, as from time to time amended or replaced. Except to the extent
permitted by Section 2.050 of the Plan, and Section 414(v) of the Code, if
applicable, the amount allocated in each Limitation Year to any Participant
under the combination of defined contribution plans of all Affiliated Companies
cannot exceed the lesser of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) (or such larger
amount as may be established under Section 415(d)(1)(B) of the Code to reflect
an increase in the cost of living for the Plan Year which ends in the year in
which the increase occurs) or one hundred percent (100%) of the Participant's
Compensation. The percentage limit described above will not apply to any
contribution for medical benefits after separation from service (within the
meaning of Section 401(h) or Section 419A(f)(2) of the Code) which is otherwise
treated as an annual limit under this Section 12.010 of the Plan.

For purposes of this Article XII, Limitation Year means the Plan Year and
Compensation means wages as defined in Section 3401(a) of the Code for purposes
of income tax withholding at the source, but determined without regard to any
rules that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or
location of the employment or the services performed and including amounts
described in Section 415(c)(3)(D) of the Code. For purposes of this limitation,
the amount allocated will be deemed to be comprised of Company Matching
Contributions, Company Profit Sharing Contributions, the Participant's Pre-Tax
Contributions (excluding Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions described in Section
2.050 of the Plan) and the Participant's Post-Tax Contributions.

12.020 COMBINING SIMILAR PLANS. For purposes of this Article, all defined
contribution plans which are required to be aggregated under Section 414(b) of
the Code will be so aggregated and the limitation set forth herein will be
applied to the total amounts allocated under all such plans.

12.030 CORRECTING CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF ANNUAL LIMITS. If it is determined
that the provisions of Section 12.010 and 12.020 have not be satisfied for any
Limitation Year and a Participant received an amount in excess of the
limitations provided in Code Section 415(c), the excess will be disposed of as
follows:

(a)   First, any Supplemental Post-Tax Contributions (plus attributable
      earnings), to the extent they would reduce the excess amount, will be
      distributed to the Participant.

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(b)   Second, if after the application of paragraph (a) an excess amount still
      exists, any Basic Post-Tax Contributions (plus attributable earnings), to
      the extent they will reduce the excess amount, will be distributed to the
      Participant. In addition, any Company Matching Contributions related to
      such Basic Post-Tax Contributions (plus attributable earnings) will be
      forfeited.

(c)   Third, if after application of paragraph (b) an excess amount still
      exists, any Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions and Catch-Up Contributions,
      if any (plus attributable earnings, in each case), to the extent they
      would reduce the excess amount, will be distributed to the Participant.

(d)   Fourth, if after application of paragraph (c) an excess amount still
      exists, any Basic Pre-Tax Contributions (plus attributable earnings), to
      the extent they would reduce the excess amount, will be distributed to the
      Participant. In addition, any Company Matching Contributions related to
      such Basic Pre-Tax Contributions (plus attributable earnings) will be
      forfeited.

(e)   Fifth:

      (1)   if after the application of paragraph (d) an excess amount still
            exists and the Participant is covered by the Plan at the end of a
            Limitation Year, the excess amount in the Participant's Account will
            be used to reduce Company Matching Contributions and/or Company
            Profit Sharing Contributions for such Participant in the next
            Limitation Year, and each succeeding Limitation Year, if necessary.

      (2)   if after the application of paragraph (d) above an excess amount
            still exists and the Participant is not covered by the Plan at the
            end of a Limitation Year, the excess amount will be held unallocated
            in a suspense account. The suspense account will be applied to
            reduce future Company Matching Contributions and/or Company Profit
            Sharing Contributions for all remaining Participants in the
            Limitation Year, and each succeeding Limitation Year, if necessary.

(f)   If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a Limitation Year
      pursuant to this Section 12.030, the suspense account will not participate
      in the allocation of investment gains and losses. If a suspense account is
      in existence at any time during a particular Limitation Year, all amounts
      in the suspense account must be allocated and reallocated to Participants'
      Accounts before any Company Matching Contributions and/or Company Profit
      Sharing Contributions or any Participant Contributions may be made to the
      Plan for that Limitation Year. Excess amounts may not be distributed to
      Participants or former Participants.

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                       ARTICLE XIII: TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS

13.010 DEFINITIONS. Solely for purposes of this Article, the following special
definitions will apply:

(a)   "TOP HEAVY PLAN" means a qualified retirement plan, including this Plan if
      applicable, which is included in, or which constitutes, an Aggregation
      Group under which, as of the Determination Date, the sum of the present
      values of accrued benefits for all Key Employees under all defined benefit
      plans in the Aggregation Group and the aggregate of all accounts of Key
      Employees under all defined contribution plans in the Aggregation Group
      exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the sum of the present values of accrued
      benefits under all such defined benefit plans and of all accounts under
      all such defined contribution plans for all participants under such plans.

      The present value of accrued benefits and the amounts of Account balances
      of an Employee or Former Employee as of the Determination Date will be
      increased by the distributions made with respect to an Employee or Former
      Employee under the Plan and plan aggregated with the Plan under Section
      416(g)(2) of the Code during the one (1)-year period ending on the
      Determination Date. The preceding sentence will also apply to a terminated
      plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with
      the Plan under Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. In the case of a
      distribution made for a reason other than separation from service, death,
      or disability, this provision will be applied by substituting "5-year
      period" for "1-year period". The accrued benefits and accounts of any
      individual who has not performed services for an Affiliated Company during
      the one (1)-year period ending on the Determination Date will not be taken
      into account.

(b)   "KEY EMPLOYEE" means each Employee or former Employee (including any
      deceased Employee or Former Employee) who has, at any time during the plan
      year that includes the Determination Date, performed services for an
      Affiliated Company and who is, at any time during the plan year ending on
      the Determination Date, any one or more of the following:

      (1)   an officer of the Affiliated Company having annual compensation
            greater than One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000) (as
            adjusted Section 416(i)(1) of the Code for Plan Years beginning
            after December 31, 2002);

      (2)   any person owning (or considered as owning within the meaning of
            Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 416(I)(B)(iii) of
            the Code more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of the
            Company (or

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            stock having more than five percent (5%) of the total combined
            voting power of all stock of the Company) (a "5 Percent Owner"); or

      (3)   any person who has annual compensation of more than One Hundred
            Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) and would be described in
            subparagraph (b)(2) above, if "one percent (1%)" was substituted for
            "five percent (5%)."

      For purposes of determining whether a person is an officer in paragraph
      (i) above, in no event will more than fifty (50) Employees or, if less
      than fifty (50) Employees, the greater of three (3) Employees or ten
      percent (10%) of all Employees, be considered Key Employees solely by
      reason of officer status. In addition, persons who are merely nominal
      officers will not be treated as officers solely by reason of their titles.
      For purposes of determining whether a person has sufficient annual
      compensation under paragraphs (1) and (3) above, annual compensation means
      compensation within the meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of the Code. The
      determination of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with
      Section 416(i)(1) of the Code and the applicable regulations and other
      guidance of general applicability issued thereunder.

(c)   "DETERMINATION DATE" means the last day of the immediately preceding plan
      year or, in the case of the first plan year of any plan, the last day of
      such plan year.

(d)   "EMPLOYEE" means not only an Employee as defined in Article I, but also
      includes any beneficiary of such Employee.

(e)   "AGGREGATION GROUP" means a group of plans (including this Plan)
      maintained by one or more Affiliated Companies in which a Key Employee is
      a participant or which is combined with this Plan in order to meet the
      coverage and nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 410 and
      Section 401(a)(4). The Aggregation Group also includes those plans other
      than this Plan which need not be aggregated with this Plan to meet Code
      Requirements, but which are selected by the Company to be part of a
      selective Aggregation Group which includes this Plan if the Aggregation
      Group would continue to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4)
      and Section 410 with such plans being taken into account.

(f)   "NON-KEY EMPLOYEE" means any employee who is not a Key Employee. Non-Key
      Employee also means an employee who is a former Key Employee.

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(g)   "COMPENSATION" means compensation as described in Section 415(c)(3) of the
      Code, including employer contributions made pursuant to any salary
      reduction arrangement.

13.020 APPLICATION OF THIS ARTICLE. In the event that this Plan is or becomes a
Top Heavy Plan, the Plan, where aggregated with each other defined contribution
plan in the Aggregation Group in which a Key Employee is a participant, will
provide a minimum allocation to the account of each Participant who is not a Key
Employee for each plan year to which these rules apply equal to three percent
(3%) of such Participant's Compensation. Company Matching Contributions will be
taken into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution
requirements of Section 416(c)(2) of the Code and this Article. Company Matching
Contributions that are used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements
will be treated as matching contributions for purposes of the Actual
Contribution Percentage Limit and other requirements of Section 401(m) of the
Code.

                           ARTICLE XIV: MISCELLANEOUS

14.010 BENEFITS PAYABLE ONLY FROM TRUST FUND. All benefits payable hereunder
will be provided solely from the Trust, and the Company assumes no
responsibility for the acts of the Trustee, except as provided in the Trust
Agreement.

14.020 REQUIREMENT FOR RELEASE. Any payment to any Participant or a
Participant's present, future or former spouse or Beneficiary in accordance with
the provisions of this Plan will, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction
of all claims against the Trustee and the Company, and the Trustee may require
such Participant or Beneficiary, as a condition precedent to such payment, to
execute a receipt and release to such effect.

14.030 TRANSFERS OF STOCK. Transfers of Mindspeed common stock from the Trustee
pursuant to Article V or VI will be made as soon as practicable, but none of the
Company, any Named Fiduciary, or the Trustee will have any responsibility for
any decrease in the value of such common stock between the Valuation Date used
for determination of the number of shares to which the Participant is entitled
and the date of transfer by the transfer agent, nor, except as provided in
Articles V and VI, will the Participant receive any dividends, rights, options
or warrants on such stock other than those payable to stockholders of record as
of a date on or after the date of transfer.

14.040 QUALIFICATION OF THE PLAN. The Company intends for the Plan to be
qualified and approved by the Internal Revenue Service under Section 401(a) of
the Code and for Company Matching Contributions to be deductible by the Company
for federal income tax purposes. Continuation of the Plan is contingent upon and
subject to retaining such

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qualification and approval. Any modification or amendment of the Plan or the
Trust Agreement may be made retroactively by the Company, if necessary or
appropriate, to qualify or maintain the Plan and the Trust as a plan and trust
meeting the requirements of applicable sections of the Code and of other federal
and state laws, as are now, or in the future may be, in effect. No contribution
made by the Company may revert to the Company, unless such contribution was the
result of a good faith mistake of fact, in which case such contribution may be
returned to the Company within one (1) year to the extent permitted by all
applicable laws.

14.050 INTERPRETATION. The masculine gender will include the feminine and the
singular will include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

14.060 MILITARY SERVICE. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified
military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this amended and restated plan document is
executed effective as of August 1, 2005.

MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

BY:

/s/ Bradley W. Yates
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Bradley W. Yates,
Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

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                                   APPENDIX A

                    PROCEDURES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LOANS

ELIGIBILITY FOR LOANS. The individuals eligible to obtain loans from the Plan
("Borrowers") are limited to:

      (1)   Employees; and

      (2)   non-Employees who are "parties in interest" (as defined in Section
            3(14) of ERISA),

who have Plan Account balances. An Employee who wishes to obtain a loan must be
employed on an active payroll of an Affiliated Company at the time of the loan
application. A party in interest who is not an Employee will be eligible to
obtain a loan only if an agreement can be provided by the party's current
employer to deduct and remit the required loan repayments to the Savings Plan.

LIMITATION ON NUMBER AND MINIMUM AMOUNT OF LOANS. Two (2) loans per Borrower
will be permitted to be outstanding from all Company-sponsored savings plans at
any one time. Each loan must be for a minimum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000).

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LOAN. The amount which a Borrower will be permitted to borrow
from the Plan is based on the aggregate value of the Borrower's Accounts,
determined in accordance with the Plan, and may not exceed the least of the
amounts described in Section 6.050 of the Plan. The maximum amount of any loan
will be further limited to ensure that, after applying the appropriate interest
rate and taking into account all applicable deductions, the resulting periodic
repayments will not exceed the Borrower's net earnings. The deductions referred
to in the preceding sentence include statutory withholdings, deductions for
employee benefits and all pre-tax contributions to the Plan, but exclude credit
union, savings bond, charitable contributions and other similar deductions.

LOAN APPLICATIONS. Loan applications by prospective Borrowers will be made via
telephone to the Plan Administrator or such third party administrator as may be
designated by the Plan Administrator (either of whom is hereafter referred to as
the "Loan Administrator"). The Loan Administrator will then review the
telephonic application and determine eligibility for the loan. If the loan is
approved, the Loan Administrator will prepare and forward to the Borrower a
letter notifying the Borrower of the approval, together with a Truth in Lending
Statement and a check for the loan amount, all in form approved by the Plan
Administrator. The Borrower's endorsement of the loan check will be considered
to be the Borrower's agreement to the terms of the loan.

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Failure by the Borrower to endorse the check within thirty (30) days after the
date of the check will be deemed to be a withdrawal by the Borrower of the loan
application.

SOURCE OF LOAN FUNDS. Each loan will be funded by withdrawing the required
amounts from the Plan Account(s) of the Borrower in the following order:

      First   --  from amounts in the Borrower's Post-Tax Contribution Account
                  attributable to his or her Basic Post-Tax Contributions;

      Second  --  from amounts in the Borrower's Post-Tax Contribution Account
                  attributable to his or her Supplemental Post-Tax
                  Contributions;

      Third   --  from amounts in the Borrower's Contribution Accounts
                  attributable to his or her Rollover andTransfer Contributions;

      Fourth  --  from amounts in the Borrower's Pre-Tax Contribution Account
                  attributable to his or her Basic Pre-Tax Contributions;

      Fifth   --  from amounts in the Borrower's Pre-Tax Contribution Account
                  attributable to his or her Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions
                  and attributable to his or her Catch-Up Pre-Tax Contributions.

Subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the loan amount will be
funded by the Borrower's Investment Funds in the applicable Accounts on a pro
rata basis, based upon the relative size of the balance of each such Fund in his
or her Accounts.

DETERMINATION OF LOAN INTEREST RATE. The interest rate to be charged for loans
will be one percent (1%) over the prime rate stated by The Wall Street Journal
published on the last business day of each calendar quarter.

TERM OF LOANS. Loans will be permitted for terms of 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60 months
for loans other than those for the purpose of purchasing a primary residence,
which will be permitted for terms up to 120 months.

REPAYMENTS. Loan repayments by Employees will be deducted from the Employee's
pay check each pay period. If a pay check is insufficient to cover the full
amount of the loan repayment, no deduction will be made, and the repayment will
be deducted from the Employee's next pay check. Loan repayment schedules for
Borrowers who are not Employees will be developed on an individual basis, but
will parallel as closely as possible the loan repayment schedules for Employees.

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PREPAYMENTS. The full unpaid balance of a loan may be prepaid at any time by a
Borrower. Partial prepayments in excess of scheduled payroll deductions will not
be accepted.

MISSED PAYMENTS. If any payment is not made, interest will continue to accrue on
such missed payment and subsequent payments will be applied first to accrued and
unpaid interest on the missed payment and then to principal. A notice will be
mailed to the last known address of the Borrower stating that if three (3)
consecutive months of payments are missed, the loan will be considered to be in
default.

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. If a Borrower who is an Employee terminates
employment or is on an unpaid leave of absence, or if a Borrower who is not an
Employee is no longer able to repay a loan through payroll deductions, the
Borrower may continue to make loan repayments, subject to restrictions imposed
by the Company on payment methods. Such repayments to the Plan will be made
through the Loan Administrator at an address to be provided to the Borrower by
the Loan Administrator.

DEFAULT. A loan will be considered to be in default after three (3) consecutive
months of payments have been missed during the term of the loan or when a
Borrower revokes a payroll deduction authorization. In the event of such a
default, a distribution of the loan amount, including both unpaid principal and
accrued but unpaid interest, will be deemed to have occurred (as described in
Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(6)(ii) of the Department of the Treasury regulations) and
an information return reflecting the tax consequences, if any, to the Borrower
will be issued. Upon the occurrence of an event permitting actual distribution
of the Borrower's Account pursuant to the provisions of Code Section 401(k)
(whether distribution of the Borrower's entire Plan Account will actually be
made or will be deferred pursuant to applicable provisions of the Plan), the
unpaid balance of a defaulted loan will be charged off against the Borrower's
Account. If no distribution event has occurred which would otherwise permit
payment to the Borrower under Code Section 401(k), the unpaid balance of the
loan will be retained in the Account until such time as payment would be
permitted under that Code section, at which time the unpaid balance of the loan,
including any accrued and unpaid interest, will be charged off against the
Borrower's Account.

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                                   APPENDIX B

                                INVESTMENT FUNDS

The Investment Funds listed alphabetically below will consist of the types of
assets as are set forth in the description set forth herein and will be more
fully described in the prospectus or Fund description associated with that Fund
(copies of which will at all times be available to Plan Participants):

-  ARIEL FUND                           Normally invests in equity securities of
   (Ariel Fund)                         widely-ignored, misunderstood or under-
                                        followed companies with market
                                        capitalizations under $2.5 billion.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND A              20% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, 40%
   (Fidelity Freedom Income Fund)       in Fidelity bond mutual funds and 40% in
                                        Fidelity money market mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND B              39% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, 39%
   (Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund)         in Fidelity bond mutual funds and 22% in
                                        Fidelity money market mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND B-1            45% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, 45%
   (Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund)         in Fidelity bond mutual funds and 10% in
                                        Fidelity money market mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND C              45% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, 45%
   (Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund)         in Fidelity bond mutual funds and 10% in
                                        Fidelity money market mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

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-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND C-1            55% in Fidelity stock mutual funds, 39%
   (Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund)         in Fidelity bond mutual funds and 6% in
                                        Fidelity money market mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND D              69% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and
   (Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund)         31% in Fidelity bond mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND D-1            75% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and
   (Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund)         25% in Fidelity bond mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND E              82% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and
   (Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund)         18% in Fidelity bond mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND E-1            84% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and
   (Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund)         16% in Fidelity bond mutual funds
                                        (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

-  ASSET ALLOCATION FUND F              87% in Fidelity stock mutual funds and
   (Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund)         13% in Fidelity bond mutual
                                        funds (percentages are approximate).
                                        Percentage mix will gradually become
                                        more conservative over time.

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-  BARON GROWTH FUND                    Normally invests in small cap companies
   (Baron Growth Fund)                  with market values under $1.5 billion.
                                        The Fund's size gives it the opportunity
                                        to invest in smaller companies that may
                                        have a significant impact on the Fund's
                                        performance.

-  BOND INDEX FUND                      80% of total assets in bonds included
   (Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund)      in the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond
                                        Index.

-  DIVIDEND GROWTH FUND                 80% of total assets in companies that
   (Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund)      Fidelity Management & Research Company
                                        believes have the potential for
                                        dividend growth by either increasing
                                        dividends or by commencing dividends, if
                                        none are current paid.

-  EQUITY INDEX FUND                    80% of assets in common stocks included
   (Spartan(C) U.S. Equity Index Fund)  in the S&P 500, which broadly represents
                                        the performance of common stocks
                                        publicly traded in the U.S.

-  GOVERNMENTAL INCOME FUND             Normally invests at least 80% of total
   (Fidelity Intermediate Governmental  assets in U.S government securities
    Income Fund)                        and repurchase  agreements for those
                                        securities, maintaining a dollar-
                                        weighted average maturity of three to
                                        ten years. The fund is managed to have
                                        similar overall interest rate risk to
                                        the Lehman Brothers Intermediate
                                        Government Bond Index.

-  GROWTH COMPANY FUND                  Normally invests in common stocks of
   (Fidelity Growth Company Fund)       domestic and foreign issuers with
                                        potential for above-average growth.

-  GROWTH FUND                          Normally invests in common stock.  May
   (Fidelity Fund)                      invest in bonds including lower quality
                                        debt securities.

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-  INTERNATIONAL FUND                   Normally invests in stocks of larger
   (Fidelity Diversified International  companies which are located outside the
    Fund)                               United States and which are viewed as
                                        being undervalued.

-  LOW-PRICED STOCK FUND                80% of its total assets in low-priced
   (Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund)     stocks (those priced at or below $35 per
                                        share), which can lead to investments in
                                        small and medium-sized companies.
                                        Potentially investing in stocks not
                                        considered low-priced. Investing in
                                        domestic and foreign issuers. Investing
                                        in either 'growth' or 'value' stocks or
                                        both.

-  MID-CAP STOCK FUND                   80% of total assets in common stock of
   (Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund)        companies with medium market
                                        capitalizations (those with market caps
                                        similar to companies in the S&P MidCap
                                        400 Index).

-  MINDSPEED STOCK FUND                 Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. common
   (Employee Stock Fund)                stock, cash and the proceeds and income
                                        on such cash and common stock.
                                        Initially, Company Matching
                                        Contributions and Company Profit Sharing
                                        Contributions will be invested in the
                                        Mindspeed Stock Fund.

-  THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND - CLASS I    Normally seeks capital appreciation by
   (The Oakmark Select Fund - Class I)  investing in a concentrated portfolio
                                        (typically 15 to 20 companies). The Fund
                                        generally invests in mid- and large-cap
                                        companies based in the U.S. The Fund
                                        is non-diversified, so it may
                                        concentrate its assets in fewer
                                        individual securities than a diversified
                                        fund. Therefore Fund's share price may
                                        fluctuate more than that of a comparable
                                        diversified fund.

-  OTC PORTFOLIO FUND                   Normally invests at least 80% of total
   (Fidelity OTC Portfolio Fund)        assets in securities traded on Nasdaq or
                                        another over-the-counter (OTC) market,
                                        which has

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                                        more small- and medium-size companies
                                        than other markets.

-  T. ROWE PRICE EMERGING MARKETS       Normally invests in securities of
   STOCK FUND - CLASS A                  companies located in emerging markets.
   (T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets      The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.
    Stock Fund - Class A)

-  VAN KAMPEN GROWTH AND INCOME         Normally invests in income-producing
   FUND - CLASS A                       equities and may also purchase
   (Van Kampen Growth and Income        investment- grade debt.
    Fund - Class A)

-  MANAGED INCOME PORTFOLIO             Normally invests in investment contracts
   (a stable value fund - not a         providing a stated rate of interest
    mutual fund)                        which are offered by major insurance
                                        companies, with some investment in
                                        certain types of fixed income securities
                                        to provide daily liquidity.

In the event a Participant fails to make an investment election for Participant
Contributions, the Participant's Account will be invested in the Managed Income
Portfolio. The Company Matching Contributions and Company Profit Sharing
Contributions that are contributed by the Company in the form of cash, Mindspeed
common stock, or any combination thereof, will remain in the Mindspeed Stock
Fund until such Company Matching Contributions or Company Profit Sharing
Contributions are transferred.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10

MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Deferred Compensation Plan
Master Plan Document

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MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Deferred Compensation Plan
Master Plan Document

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Purpose........................................................................................................     1
ARTICLE 1        Definitions...................................................................................     1
ARTICLE 2        Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility............................................................     9
           2.1   Selection by Committee........................................................................     9
           2.2   Enrollment Requirements.......................................................................     9
           2.3   Eligibility/Commencement of Participation.....................................................     9
           2.4   Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals.................................................     9
ARTICLE 3        Deferral Commitments/Company Matching/Crediting/Taxes.........................................     9
           3.1   Minimum Deferrals.............................................................................     9
           3.2   Maximum Deferrals.............................................................................    10
           3.3   Election to Defer/Effect of Election Form.....................................................    11
           3.4   Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts........................................................    12
           3.5   Annual Company Contribution Amount............................................................    12
           3.6   Annual Company Matching Amount................................................................    13
           3.7   Stock Option Amount...........................................................................    13
           3.8   Restricted Stock Amount.......................................................................    13
           3.9   Rollover Amount...............................................................................    13
           3.10  Investment of Trust Assets....................................................................    14
           3.11  Sources of Stock..............................................................................    14
           3.12  Vesting.......................................................................................    14
           3.13  Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances........................................................    15
           3.14  FICA and Other Taxes..........................................................................    18
           3.15  Distribution..................................................................................    18
ARTICLE 4        Short-Term Payout/Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies/Withdrawal Election; 401(k) Roll-Over...    18
           4.1   Short-Term Payout.............................................................................    18
           4.2   Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term................................................    19
           4.3   Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies.........................    19
           4.4   Withdrawal Election...........................................................................    19
ARTICLE 5        Retirement Benefit............................................................................    20
           5.1   Retirement Benefit............................................................................    20
           5.2   Payment of Retirement Benefit.................................................................    20
           5.3   Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit...............................................    20
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Master Plan Document

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ARTICLE 6        Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit...............................................................    20
           6.1   Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit...............................................................    20
           6.2   Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit....................................................    20
ARTICLE 7        Termination Benefit...........................................................................    21
           7.1   Termination Benefit...........................................................................    21
           7.2   Payment of Termination Benefit................................................................    21
ARTICLE 8        Disability Waiver and Benefit.................................................................    21
           8.1   Disability Waiver.............................................................................    21
           8.2   Continued Eligibility/Disability Benefit......................................................    22
ARTICLE 9        Beneficiary Designation.......................................................................    22
           9.1   Beneficiary...................................................................................    22
           9.2   Beneficiary Designation/Change/Spousal Consent................................................    22
           9.3   Acknowledgement...............................................................................    22
           9.4   No Beneficiary Designation....................................................................    22
           9.5   Doubt as to Beneficiary.......................................................................    23
           9.6   Discharge of Obligations......................................................................    23
ARTICLE 10       Leave of Absence..............................................................................    23
           10.1  Paid Leave of Absence.........................................................................    23
           10.2  Unpaid Leave of Absence.......................................................................    23
ARTICLE 11       Termination, Amendment or Modification........................................................    23
           11.1  Termination...................................................................................    23
           11.2  Amendment.....................................................................................    24
           11.3  Plan Agreement................................................................................    24
           11.4  Effect of Payment.............................................................................    24
ARTICLE 12       Administration................................................................................    25
           12.1  Committee Duties..............................................................................    25
           12.2  Administration Upon Change In Control.........................................................    25
           12.3  Agents........................................................................................    25
           12.4  Binding Effect of Decisions...................................................................    25
           12.5  Indemnity of Committee........................................................................    26
           12.6  Employer Information..........................................................................    26
ARTICLE 13       Other Benefits and Agreements.................................................................    26
           13.1  Coordination with Other Benefits..............................................................    26
ARTICLE 14       Claims Procedures.............................................................................    26
           14.1  Presentation of Claim.........................................................................    26
           14.2  Notification of Decision......................................................................    26
           14.3  Review of a Denied Claim......................................................................    27
           14.4  Decision on Review............................................................................    27
           14.5  Legal Action..................................................................................    27
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ARTICLE 15       Trust.........................................................................................    28
           15.1  Establishment of the Trust....................................................................    28
           15.2  Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust...................................................    28
           15.3  Distributions From the Trust..................................................................    28
           15.4  Stock Transferred to the Trust................................................................    28
ARTICLE 16       Miscellaneous.................................................................................    28
           16.1  Status of Plan................................................................................    28
           16.2  Unsecured General Creditor....................................................................    28
           16.3  Employer's Liability..........................................................................    29
           16.4  Nonassignability..............................................................................    29
           16.5  Not a Contract of Employment..................................................................    29
           16.6  Furnishing Information........................................................................    29
           16.7  Terms.........................................................................................    29
           16.8  Captions......................................................................................    29
           16.9  Governing Law.................................................................................    29
           16.10 Notice........................................................................................    29
           16.11 Successors....................................................................................    30
           16.12 Spouse's Interest.............................................................................    30
           16.13 Validity......................................................................................    30
           16.14 Incompetent...................................................................................    30
           16.15 Court Order...................................................................................    30
           16.16 Distribution in the Event of Taxation.........................................................    31
           16.17 Insurance.....................................................................................    31
           16.18 Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control..........................................    31
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                          MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                             Effective June 27, 2003

                                     PURPOSE

      The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select
group of management and highly compensated Employees and Directors who
contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business
success of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor this Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for
tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

      For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the
context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated
meanings:

1.1   "Account Balance" shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on
      the records of the Employer equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral Account
      balance, (ii) the vested Company Contribution Account balance, (iii) the
      Company Matching Account balance, (iv) the Stock Option Account balance,
      (v) the Restricted Stock Account balance and (vi) the Rollover Account.
      The Account Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be a
      bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the
      measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant,
      or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.

1.2   "Annual Bonus" shall mean any compensation, in addition to Base Annual
      Salary relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or
      not paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form
      W-2 for such calendar year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under
      any Employer's annual bonus and cash incentive plans, excluding stock
      options and restricted stock.

1.3   "Annual Company Contribution Amount" shall mean, for any one Plan Year,
      the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.5.

1.4   "Annual Company Matching Amount" shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the
      amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6.

1.5   "Annual Deferral Amount" shall mean that portion of a Participant's Base
      Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and Directors Fees that a Participant elects
      to have, and is deferred, in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan
      Year. In the event of a Participant's Retirement, Disability (if deferrals
      cease in accordance with Section 8.1), death or a Termination of
      Employment prior to

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      the end of a Plan Year, such year's Annual Deferral Amount shall be the
      actual amount withheld prior to such event.

1.6   "Annual Installment Method" shall be an annual installment payment over
      the number of years selected by the Participant in accordance with this
      Plan, calculated as follows: The Account Balance of the Participant shall
      be calculated as of the close of business on the last business day of the
      year. The annual installment shall be calculated by multiplying this
      balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the denominator
      of which is the remaining number of annual payments due the Participant.
      By way of example, if the Participant elects a 10-year Annual Installment
      Method, the first payment shall be 1/10 of the Account Balance, calculated
      as described in this definition. The following year, the payment shall be
      1/9 of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition.
      Each annual installment shall be paid on or as soon as practicable after
      the last business day of the applicable year.

1.7   "Annual Restricted Stock Amount" shall mean, with respect to a Participant
      for any one Plan Year, the value of unvested restricted stock under any
      Company stock incentive plan, deferred in accordance with Section 3.8 of
      this Plan.

1.8   "Annual Stock Option Amount" shall mean, with respect to a Participant for
      any one Plan Year, the amount of Qualifying Gains deferred on Eligible
      Stock Option exercise in accordance with Section 3.7 of this Plan,
      calculated using the closing price of Stock as of the end of the business
      day closest to the date of such Eligible Stock Option exercise

1.9   "Base Annual Salary" shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to
      services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such
      calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such
      calendar year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits,
      stock options, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary
      awards, directors fees and other fees, automobile and other allowances
      paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not
      such allowances are included in the Employee's gross income). Base Annual
      Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily
      deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or
      non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to include
      amounts not otherwise included in the Participant's gross income under
      Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to
      plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such
      amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that, had
      there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the
      Employee.

1.10  "Beneficiary" shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other
      entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled to
      receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant.

1.11  "Beneficiary Designation Form" shall mean the form established from time
      to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns
      to the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

1.12  "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

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1.13  "Change in Control" shall mean the first to occur of any of the following
      events:

            (a)   The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
                  meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act)
                  (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
                  Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more
                  of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of
                  the Employer (the "Outstanding Employer Common Stock") or (B)
                  the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
                  securities of the Employer entitled to vote generally in the
                  election of directors (the "Outstanding Employer Voting
                  Securities"); provided, however, that for purposes of this
                  subparagraph (a), the following acquisitions shall not
                  constitute a Change in Control: (v) any acquisition directly
                  from the Employer, (w) any acquisition by the Employer, (x)
                  any acquisition by Conexant Systems, Inc. ("Conexant"); (y)
                  any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related
                  trust) sponsored or maintained by the Employer, Conexant, or
                  any corporation controlled by the Employer or Conexant or (z)
                  any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with
                  clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (c) of this Section
                  1.13; or

            (b)   Individuals who, as of the date this Trust is established
                  constitute the Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Board")
                  cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
                  Board of Directors; provided, however, that any individual
                  becoming a director subsequent to that date whose election, or
                  nomination for election by the Employer's shareowners, was
                  approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
                  then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as
                  though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board,
                  but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose
                  initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual
                  or threatened election contest with respect to the election or
                  removal of directors or other actual or threatened
                  solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
                  Person other than the Board of Directors; or

            (c)   Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or
                  sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
                  assets of the Employer or the acquisition of assets of another
                  entity (a "Corporate Transaction"), in each case, unless,
                  following such Corporate Transaction, (A) all or substantially
                  all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial
                  owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Employer Common Stock
                  and Outstanding Employer Voting Securities immediately prior
                  to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or
                  indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then
                  outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting
                  power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to
                  vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may
                  be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate
                  Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation
                  which as a result of such transaction owns the Employer or all
                  or substantially all of the Employer's assets either directly
                  or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same
                  proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such
                  Corporate Transaction of the Outstanding Employer Common Stock
                  and Outstanding Employer Voting Securities, as the case may
                  be, (B) no Person (excluding Conexant or any employee benefit
                  plan (or related trust) of the Employer, of Conexant or of
                  such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction)
                  beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more

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                  of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock
                  of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction
                  or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
                  securities of such corporation except to the extent that such
                  ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction and (C)
                  at least a majority of the members of the board of directors
                  of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction
                  were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the
                  execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the
                  Incumbent Board of Directors providing for such Corporate
                  Transaction; or

            (d)   Approval by the Employer's shareowners of a complete
                  liquidation or dissolution of the Employer.

1.14  "Claimant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.

1.15  "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended
      from time to time.

1.16  "Committee" shall mean the committee described in Article 12.

1.17  "Company" shall mean Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
      and any successor to all or substantially all of the Company's assets or
      business.

1.18  "Company Contribution Account" shall mean (i) the sum of the Participant's
      Annual Company Contribution Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited (net of
      amounts debited) in accordance with all of the applicable crediting
      provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company
      Contribution Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant
      or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
      Participant's Company Contribution Account.

1.19  "Company Matching Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a
      Participant's Annual Company Matching Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited
      (net of amounts debited) in accordance with all of the applicable
      crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant's Company
      Matching Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or
      his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
      Participant's Company Matching Account.

1.20  "Deduction Limitation" shall mean the following described limitation on a
      benefit that may otherwise be distributable pursuant to the provisions of
      this Plan. Except as otherwise provided, this limitation shall be applied
      to all distributions that are "subject to the Deduction Limitation" under
      this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a Change in
      Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid
      to a Participant for a taxable year of the Employer would not be
      deductible by the Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code
      Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to
      ensure that the entire amount of any distribution to the Participant
      pursuant to this Plan prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the
      Employer may defer all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan.
      Any amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be
      credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.13
      below, even if such amount is being paid out in installments. The amounts
      so deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the
      Participant or his or her Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant's
      death) at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in
      good faith, on which the deductibility of

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      compensation paid or payable to the Participant for the taxable year of
      the Employer during which the distribution is made will not be limited by
      Section 162(m), or if earlier, the effective date of a Change in Control.
      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Deduction
      Limitation shall not apply to any distributions made after a Change in
      Control.

1.21  "Deferral Account" shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant's Annual
      Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited (net of amounts debited) in
      accordance with all of the applicable crediting provisions of this Plan
      that relate to the Participant's Deferral Account, less (iii) all
      distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant
      to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral Account.

1.22  "Director" shall mean any member of the board of directors of any
      Employer.

1.23  "Directors Fees" shall mean the annual fees paid by any Employer,
      including retainer fees and meetings fees, as compensation for serving on
      the board of directors.

1.24  "Disability" shall mean a period of disability during which a Participant
      qualifies for permanent disability benefits under the Mindspeed
      Technologies, Inc. Long-term Disability Plan, or, if a Participant does
      not participate in such plan, a period of disability during which the
      Participant would have qualified for permanent disability benefits under
      such plan had the Participant been a participant in such plan, as
      determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee. If the
      Participant's Employer does not sponsor such plan, or discontinues to
      sponsor such plan, Disability shall be determined by the Committee in its
      sole and absolute discretion.

1.25  "Disability Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8.

1.26  "Election Form" shall mean the form established from time to time by the
      Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee
      to make an election under the Plan.

1.27  "Eligible Stock Option" shall mean one or more non-qualified stock
      option(s) selected by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion
      and exercisable under a plan or arrangement of any Employer permitting a
      Participant under this Plan to defer gain with respect to such option.

1.28  "Employee" shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.

1.29  "Employer(s)" shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now
      in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by
      the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan as a
      sponsor.

1.30  "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
      it may be amended from time to time.

1.31  "Executive Committee" shall mean the Company's executive committee.

1.32  "First Plan Year" shall mean the period beginning June 27, 2003 and ending
      December 31, 2003.

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1.33  "401(k) Plan" shall be that certain Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
      Retirement Savings Plan adopted by the Company.

1.34  "Participant" shall mean any Employee or Director (i) who is selected to
      participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii)
      who signs a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation
      Form, (iv) whose signed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary
      Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, (v) who commences
      participation in the Plan, and (vi) whose Plan Agreement has not
      terminated. A spouse or former spouse of a Participant shall not be
      treated as a Participant in the Plan or have an account balance under the
      Plan, even if he or she has an interest in the Participant's benefits
      under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property settlements
      resulting from legal separation or divorce.

1.35  "Plan" shall mean the Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Deferred Compensation
      Plan, effective June 27, 2003, which shall be evidenced by this instrument
      and by each Plan Agreement, as they may be amended from time to time.

1.36  "Plan Agreement" shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from
      time to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a
      Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant and the
      Participant's Employer shall provide for the entire benefit to which such
      Participant is entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan
      Agreement, the Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the
      Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety
      and shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may be
      different for any Participant, and any Plan Agreement may provide
      additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits
      otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such
      additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the
      Employer and the Participant.

1.37  "Plan Year" shall, except for the First Plan Year, mean a period beginning
      on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of
      such calendar year.

1.38  "Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in
      Article 6.

1.39  "Qualifying Gain" shall mean the value accrued upon exercise of an
      Eligible Stock Option (i) using a Stock-for-Stock payment method and (ii)
      having an aggregate fair market value in excess of the total Stock
      purchase price necessary to exercise the option. In other words, the
      Qualifying Gain upon exercise of an Eligible Stock Option equals the total
      market value of the shares (or share equivalent units) acquired minus the
      total stock purchase price. For example, assume a Participant elects to
      defer the Qualifying Gain accrued upon exercise of an Eligible Stock
      Option to purchase 1000 shares of Stock at an exercise price of $20 per
      share, when Stock has a current fair market value of $25 per share. Using
      the Stock-for-Stock payment method, the Participant would deliver 800
      shares of Stock (worth $20,000) to exercise the Eligible Stock Option and
      receive, in return, 800 shares of Stock plus a Qualifying Gain (in this
      case, in the form of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money or
      property in the future) equal to $5,000 (i.e., the current value of the
      remaining 200 shares of Stock).

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1.40  "Restricted Stock" shall mean unvested shares of restricted stock selected
      by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion and awarded to the
      Participant under any Company stock incentive plan.

1.41  "Restricted Stock Account" shall mean (i) the sum of the Participant's
      Annual Restricted Stock Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited/debited in
      accordance with all the applicable crediting/debiting provisions of this
      Plan that relate to the Participant's Restricted Stock Account, less (iii)
      all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
      pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Restricted Stock
      Account.

1.42  "Restricted Stock Amount" shall mean, for any grant of Restricted Stock,
      the amount of such Restricted Stock deferred in accordance with Section
      3.8 of this Plan, calculated using the closing price of Stock as of the
      end of the business day closest to the date such Restricted Stock would
      otherwise vest, but for the election to defer.

1.43  "Retirement", "Retire(s)" or "Retired" shall mean, with respect to an
      Employee, severance from employment from all Employers for any reason
      other than a leave of absence, death or Disability at such time as the sum
      of the Employee's age and Years of Service equals at least fifty-five
      (55); and shall mean with respect to a Director who is not an Employee,
      severance of his or her directorships with all Employers on or after the
      later of (y) the attainment of age seventy (70), or (z) in the sole and
      absolute discretion of the Committee, an age later than age seventy (70).
      If a Participant is both an Employee and a Director, Retirement shall not
      occur until he or she Retires as both an Employee and a Director, which
      Retirement shall be deemed to be a Retirement as a Director; provided,
      however, that such a Participant may elect, at least one year prior to
      Retirement and in accordance with the policies and procedures established
      by the Committee, to Retire for purposes of this Plan at the time he or
      she Retires as an Employee, which Retirement shall be deemed to be a
      Retirement as an Employee.

1.44  "Retirement Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 5.

1.45  "Rollover Account" shall mean (i) the sum of the Participant's Rollover
      Amount, plus (ii) amounts credited/debited in accordance with all the
      applicable crediting/debiting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
      Participant's Rollover Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the
      Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to
      the Participant's Rollover Account.

1.46  "Rollover Amount" shall mean the amount determined in accordance with
      Section 3.9.

1.47  "Short-Term Payout" shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1.

1.48  "Stock" shall mean Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. common stock, $1.00 par
      value, or any other equity securities of the Company designated by the
      Committee.

1.49  "Stock Option Account" shall mean the sum of (i) the Participant's Annual
      Stock Option Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited/debited in accordance
      with all the applicable crediting/debiting provisions of this Plan that
      relate to the Participant's Stock Option Account,

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      less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
      Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant's Stock
      Option Account.

1.50  "Stock Option Amount" shall mean, for any Eligible Stock Option, the
      amount of Qualifying Gains deferred in accordance with Section 3.7 of this
      Plan, calculated using the closing price of Stock as of the end of the
      business day closest to the date of exercise of such Eligible Stock
      Option.

1.51  "Termination Benefit" shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7.

1.52  "Termination of Employment" shall mean the severing of employment with all
      Employers, or service as a Director of all Employers, voluntarily or
      involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement, Disability, death or
      an authorized leave of absence. If a Participant is both an Employee and a
      Director, a Termination of Employment shall occur only upon the
      termination of the last position held; provided, however, that such a
      Participant may elect, at least three years before Termination of
      Employment and in accordance with the policies and procedures established
      by the Committee, to be treated for purposes of this Plan as having
      experienced a Termination of Employment at the time he or she ceases
      employment with an Employer as an Employee.

1.53  `Trust' shall mean the trust established pursuant to that certain Trust
      Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2003, between the Company and the Trustee
      named therein, as amended from time to time.

1.54  "Unforeseeable Financial Emergency" shall mean an unanticipated emergency
      that is caused by an event beyond the control of the Participant that
      would result in severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting
      from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or
      a dependent of the Participant, (ii) a loss of the Participant's property
      due to casualty, or (iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable
      circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the
      Participant, all as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the
      Committee.

1.55  "Years of Service" shall mean the total number of full years in which a
      Participant has been employed by one or more Employers. For purposes of
      this definition, any time in which a Participant was employed by Rockwell
      International Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and/or Conexant
      Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, shall be counted. A year of
      employment shall be a 365-day period (or 366-day period in the case of a
      leap year) that, for the first year of employment, commences on the
      Employee's date of hiring and that, for any subsequent year, commences on
      an anniversary of that hiring date. Any partial year of employment shall
      not be counted. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan that may be
      construed to the contrary, for purposes of this definition, the Committee
      may, in its sole and absolute discretion, deem a Participant to be
      credited with additional years of employment for purpose of calculating
      his or her Years of Service.

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                                    ARTICLE 2
                       SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY

2.1   SELECTION BY COMMITTEE. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a
      select group of management and highly compensated Employees and Directors
      of the Employers, as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute
      discretion. From that group, the Committee shall select, in its sole and
      absolute discretion, Employees and Directors to participate in the Plan.

2.2   ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS. As a condition to participation, each selected
      Employee or Director shall complete, execute and return to the Committee a
      Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all
      within 30 days after he or she is selected to participate in the Plan. In
      addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other
      enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole and absolute
      discretion are necessary.

2.3   ELIGIBILITY/COMMENCEMENT OF PARTICIPATION. Provided an Employee or
      Director selected to participate in the Plan has met all enrollment
      requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the Committee,
      including returning all required documents to the Committee within the
      specified time period, that Employee or Director shall commence
      participation in the Plan on the first day of the month following the
      month in which the Employee or Director completes all enrollment
      requirements. If an Employee or a Director fails to meet all such
      requirements within the period required, in accordance with Section 2.2,
      that Employee or Director shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan
      until the first day of the Plan Year following the delivery to and
      acceptance by the Committee of the required documents.

2.4   TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION AND/OR DEFERRALS. If the Committee determines
      in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a
      select group of management or highly compensated employees, as membership
      in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3)
      and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole
      and absolute discretion, to (i) terminate any deferral election the
      Participant has made for the remainder of the Plan Year in which the
      Participant's membership status changes, (ii) prevent the Participant from
      making future deferral elections and/or (iii) immediately distribute the
      Participant's then Account Balance as a Termination Benefit and terminate
      the Participant's participation in the Plan.

                                    ARTICLE 3
              DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/COMPANY MATCHING/CREDITING/TAXES

3.1   MINIMUM DEFERRALS.

      (a)   BASE ANNUAL SALARY, ANNUAL BONUS AND DIRECTOR'S FEES. For each Plan
            Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual
            Deferral Amount, Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Director's
            Fees in the following minimum amounts for each deferral elected:

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<CAPTION>
     DEFERRAL                       MINIMUM AMOUNT
------------------                  --------------
<S>                                 <C>
Base Annual Salary                      $2,000

Annual Bonus                            $2,000

Directors Fees                          $2,000
</TABLE>

            If an election is made for less than stated minimum amounts, or if
            no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero.

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      (b)   SHORT PLAN YEAR. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant
            first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, or
            in the case of the first Plan Year of the Plan itself, the minimum
            Base Annual Salary deferral shall be an amount equal to the minimum
            set forth above, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
            the number of complete months remaining in the Plan Year and the
            denominator of which is 12.

      (c)   STOCK OPTION AMOUNT. For each Eligible Stock Option, a Participant
            may elect to defer, as his or her Stock Option Amount, the following
            minimum percentage of Qualifying Gain with respect to exercise of
            the Eligible Stock Option:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   DEFERRAL                       MINIMUM PERCENTAGE
---------------                   ------------------
<S>                               <C>
Qualifying Gain                          25%
</TABLE>

            provided, however, that such Stock Option Amount shall be no less
            than the lesser of $50,000 or 100% of such Qualifying Gain.

      (d)   RESTRICTED STOCK AMOUNT. For Restricted Stock, a Participant may
            elect to defer, as his or her Restricted Stock Amount, the following
            minimum percentage of the Participant's Restricted Stock:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     DEFERRAL                     MINIMUM PERCENTAGE
----------------                  ------------------
<S>                               <C>
Restricted Stock                         25%
</TABLE>

            provided, however, that the Annual Restricted Stock Amount shall be
            no less than the lesser of $50,000 or 100% of the Participant's
            Restricted Stock.

3.2   MAXIMUM DEFERRAL.

      (a)   BASE ANNUAL SALARY, ANNUAL BONUS AND DIRECTORS FEES. For each Plan
            Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual
            Deferral Amount, Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Directors
            Fees up to the following maximum percentages for each deferral
            elected:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     DEFERRAL                     MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE
-------------------               ------------------
<S>                               <C>
Base Annual Salary                       100%

Annual Bonus                             100%

Directors Fees                           100%
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      (b)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a
            Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, or in the case of
            the first Plan Year of the Plan itself, the maximum Annual Deferral
            Amount, with respect to Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and
            Directors Fees shall be limited to the amount of compensation not
            yet earned by the Participant as of the date the Participant submits
            a Plan Agreement and Election Form to the Committee for acceptance.

      (c)   For each Eligible Stock Option, a Participant may elect to defer, as
            his or her Stock Option Amount, Qualifying Gain up to the following
            maximum percentage with respect to exercise of the Eligible Stock
            Option:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     DEFERRAL                     MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE
-----------------                 ------------------
<S>                               <C>
Qualifying Gain                          100%
</TABLE>

      (d)   Stock Option Amounts may also be limited by other terms or
            conditions set forth in the stock option plan or agreement under
            which such options are granted.

      (e)   A Participant may elect to defer up to 100% of his or her Restricted
            Stock

3.3   ELECTION TO DEFER/EFFECT OF ELECTION FORM.

      (a)   FIRST PLAN YEAR. In connection with a Participant's commencement of
            participation in the Plan, the Participant shall make an irrevocable
            deferral election for the Plan Year in which the Participant
            commences participation in the Plan, along with such other elections
            as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For
            these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and
            signed by the Participant, timely delivered to the Committee (in
            accordance with Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the Committee. As
            a condition to making such irrevocable deferral election for the
            Plan Year, such Participant shall make an irrevocable election under
            such Election Form to make the maximum "Basic Pre-Tax Contributions"
            and "Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions" (as such terms are defined
            in the 401(k) Plan) permitted under the terms of the 401(k) Plan for
            such Plan Year.

      (b)   SUBSEQUENT PLAN YEARS. For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable
            deferral election for that Plan Year, and such other elections as
            the Committee deems necessary or

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            desirable under the Plan, shall be made by timely delivering to the
            Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the
            end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election
            is made, a new Election Form. If no such Election Form is timely
            delivered for a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero
            for that Plan Year. As a condition to making such irrevocable
            deferral election for the Plan Year, such Participant shall make an
            irrevocable election under such Election Form to make the maximum
            "Basic Pre-Tax Contributions" and "Supplemental Pre-Tax
            Contributions" (as such terms are defined in the 401(k) Plan)
            permitted under the terms of the 401(k) Plan for such Plan Year.

      (c)   STOCK OPTION DEFERRAL. For an election to defer gain upon an
            Eligible Stock Option exercise to be valid: (i) a separate
            irrevocable Election Form must be completed and signed by the
            Participant with respect to the Eligible Stock Option; (ii) the
            Election Form must be timely delivered to the Committee and accepted
            by the Committee at least six (6) months prior to the date the
            Participant elects to exercise the Eligible Stock Option; (iii) the
            Eligible Stock Option must be exercised using an actual or phantom
            Stock-for-Stock payment method; and (iv) the Stock actually or
            constructively delivered by the Participant to exercise the Eligible
            Stock Option must have been owned by the Participant during the
            entire six (6) month period prior to its delivery.

      (d)   RESTRICTED STOCK. For an election to defer Restricted Stock Amounts
            to be valid: (i) a separate irrevocable Election Form must be
            completed and signed by the Participant, with respect to such
            Restricted Stock; and (ii) such Election Form must be timely
            delivered to the Committee and accepted by the Committee at least
            six (6) months prior to the date such Restricted Stock vests under
            the terms of the Company's stock incentive plan.

3.4   WITHHOLDING OF ANNUAL DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. For each Plan Year, the Base
      Annual Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from
      each regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in equal amounts, as
      adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base Annual
      Salary. The Annual Bonus and/or Directors Fees portion of the Annual
      Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Annual Bonus or
      Directors Fees are or otherwise would be paid to the Participant, whether
      or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself.

3.5   ANNUAL COMPANY CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT. For each Plan Year, an Employer, in
      its sole and absolute discretion, may, but is not required to, credit any
      amount it desires to any Participant's Company Contribution Account under
      this Plan, which amount shall be for that Participant the Annual Company
      Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The amount so credited to a
      Participant may be smaller or larger than the amount credited to any other
      Participant, and the amount credited to any Participant for a Plan Year
      may be zero, even though one or more other Participants receive an Annual
      Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year. The Annual Company
      Contribution Amount, if any, shall be credited as of the date determined
      by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion. If a Participant is
      not employed by an Employer as of the last day of a Plan Year for a reason
      other than his or her Retirement or death while employed, the Annual
      Company Contribution Amount for that Plan Year shall be zero.

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3.6   ANNUAL COMPANY MATCHING AMOUNT. A Participant's Annual Company Matching
      Amount for any Plan Year shall be equal to the match the Participant would
      have received under the 401(k) Plan during the corresponding plan year of
      the 401(k) Plan, but for (i) his or her Participation in this Plan and
      (ii) the limitations imposed under Code Sections 401(a)(17), 401(k)(3),
      402(g) and 415, less the match actually credited to the Participant's
      401(k) Plan account. If a Participant is not employed by an Employer, or
      is no longer providing services as a Director, as of the last business day
      of a Plan Year other than by reason of his or her Retirement or death, the
      Annual Company Matching Amount for such Plan Year shall be zero. In the
      event of Retirement or death, a Participant shall be credited with the
      Annual Company Matching Amount for the Plan Year in which he or she
      Retires or dies. A Participant's Annual Company Matching Amount for any
      Plan Year shall be equal to: (a) the "Company Matching Contribution" (as
      such term is defined in the 401(k) Plan) that would have been made on
      behalf of such Participant under the 401(k) Plan during the corresponding
      plan year of the 401(k) Plan assuming: (i) his or her "Basic Pre-Tax
      Contributions" and "Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions" (as such terms are
      defined in the 401(k) Plan) included the Base Annual Salary portion of his
      or her Annual Deferral Amount for the Plan Year, (ii) his or her "Base
      Compensation" (as such term is defined in the 401(k) Plan) equaled his or
      her Base Annual Salary for the Plan Year, and (iii) the limitations
      imposed under Code Sections 401(a)(17), 401(k), 401(m), 402(g) and 415 did
      not apply for purposes of determining his or her "Company Matching
      Contributions" under the 401(k) Plan, less (b) the "Company Matching
      Contributions" actually credited to such Participant's 401(k) Plan account
      for such Plan Year. Such Participant's Annual Company Matching Amount for
      any Plan Year shall be credited during such Plan Year as the Base Annual
      Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount for such Participant is
      withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in
      accordance with Section 3.4. As a condition to the crediting of the Annual
      Company Matching Amount for such Participant for the Plan Year, such
      Participant shall make an irrevocable election under such Participant's
      Election Form for such Plan Year to make the maximum "Basic Pre-Tax
      Contributions" and "Supplemental Pre-Tax Contributions" (as such terms are
      defined in the 401(k) Plan) permitted under the terms of the 401(k) Plan
      for such Plan Year.

3.7   STOCK OPTION AMOUNT. Subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the
      Committee, Participants may elect to defer, under the Plan, Qualifying
      Gains attributable to an Eligible Stock Option exercise. Stock Option
      Amounts shall be credited/debited to the Participant on the books of the
      Employer at the time Stock would otherwise have been delivered to the
      Participant pursuant to the Eligible Stock Option exercise, but for the
      election to defer.

3.8   RESTRICTED STOCK AMOUNT. Subject to any terms and conditions imposed by
      the Committee, Participants may elect to defer, under the Plan, Restricted
      Stock Amounts. Restricted Stock Amounts shall be credited/debited to the
      Participant on the books of the Employer in connection with such an
      election at the time the Restricted Stock would otherwise vest under the
      terms of the Company's stock incentive plan, but for the election to
      defer.

3.9   ROLLOVER AMOUNT. If an Employee has an account balance in the Conexant
      Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Conexant DCP"), the Company
      will specify a Transfer Date on which the Employee's Conexant DCP account
      balance, as determined as of the Transfer Date,

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      shall be transferred and added to the Participant's Account Balance under
      this Plan, and shall thereafter be governed by the terms and conditions of
      this Plan and shall be referred to as the "Rollover Amount." The Transfer
      Date shall be the date specified by the Company for each affected
      Employee. All elections made by a Participant with respect to his or her
      account balance under the Conexant DCP shall apply to his or her Rollover
      Amount under this Plan. The Rollover Amount shall be subject to the terms
      and conditions of this Plan and any Participant with a Rollover Amount
      shall have no right to demand distribution of such amounts other than as
      provided for herein.

3.10  INVESTMENT OF TRUST ASSETS. The Trustee of the Trust shall be authorized,
      upon written instructions received from the Committee or investment
      manager appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the assets of
      the Trust in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement, including the
      disposition of Stock and reinvestment of the proceeds in one or more
      investment vehicles designated by the Committee.

3.11  SOURCES OF STOCK. If Stock is credited under the Plan in the Trust in
      connection with an Eligible Stock Option exercise or in connection with a
      deferral of Restricted Stock, the shares so credited shall be deemed to
      have originated, and shall be counted against the number of shares
      reserved, under such other plan, program or arrangement.

3.12  VESTING.

      (a)   A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her
            Deferral Account, Matching Account, Stock Option Account, Restricted
            Stock Account and Rollover Account.

      (b)   A Participant shall be vested in his or her Company Contribution
            Account in accordance with the vesting schedules established by the
            Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, for each Annual
            Company Contribution Amount (and amounts credited or debited
            thereon) at the time each such Annual Company Contribution Amount is
            first credited to the Participant's Account Balance under the Plan.

      (c)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
            3.12, in the event of a Change in Control, a Participant's Company
            Contribution Account shall immediately become 100% vested (if it is
            not already vested in accordance with the above vesting schedules).

      (d)   Notwithstanding subsection (c), the vesting schedule for a
            Participant's Company Contribution Account shall not be accelerated
            to the extent that the Committee determines that such acceleration
            would cause the deduction limitations of Section 280G of the Code to
            become effective. In the event that all of a Participant's Company
            Contribution Account is not vested pursuant to such a determination,
            the Participant may request independent verification of the
            Committee's calculations with respect to the application of Section
            280G. In such case, the Committee must provide to the Participant
            within 15 business days of such a request an opinion from a
            nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Participant
            (the "Accounting Firm"). The opinion shall state the Accounting
            Firm's opinion that any limitation in the vested percentage

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            hereunder is necessary to avoid the limits of Section 280G and
            contain supporting calculations. The cost of such opinion shall be
            paid for by the Company.

3.13  CREDITING/DEBITING OF ACCOUNT BALANCES. In accordance with, and subject
      to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the
      Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, amounts shall be credited
      or debited to a Participant's Account Balance in accordance with the
      following rules:

      (a)   ELECTION OF MEASUREMENT FUNDS. Subject to Section 3.13(f) below, a
            Participant, in connection with his or her initial deferral election
            in accordance with Section 3.3(a) above, shall elect, on the
            Election Form, one or more Measurement Fund(s) (as described in
            Section 3.13(c) below) to be used to determine the additional
            amounts to be credited to his or her Account Balance for the first
            business day in which the Participant commences participation in the
            Plan and continuing thereafter for each subsequent day in which the
            Participant participates in the Plan, unless changed in accordance
            with the next sentence. Subject to Section 3.13(f) below, commencing
            with the first business day that follows the Participant's
            commencement of participation in the Plan and continuing thereafter
            for each subsequent day in which the Participant participates in the
            Plan, the Participant may (but is not required to) elect, by
            submitting an Election Form to the Committee that is accepted by the
            Committee, to add or delete one or more Measurement Fund(s) to be
            used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his or
            her Account Balance, or to change the portion of his or her Account
            Balance allocated to each previously or newly elected Measurement
            Fund. If an election is made in accordance with the previous
            sentence, it shall apply to the next business day and continue
            thereafter for each subsequent day in which the Participant
            participates in the Plan, unless changed in accordance with the
            previous sentence. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan that
            may be construed to the contrary, no more than one such election may
            be made in any calendar quarter by a Participant without the prior
            written consent of the Committee.

      (b)   PROPORTIONATE ALLOCATION. In making any election described in
            Section 3.13(a) above, the Participant shall specify on the Election
            Form, in increments of five percentage points (5%), the percentage
            of his or her Account Balance to be allocated to a Measurement Fund
            (as if the Participant was making an investment in that Measurement
            Fund with that portion of his or her Account Balance).

      (c)   MEASUREMENT FUNDS. From time to time, the Committee in its sole and
            absolute discretion shall select and announce to Participants its
            selection of mutual funds, insurance company separate accounts,
            indexed rates or other methods (each, a "Measurement Fund"), for the
            purpose of providing the basis on which gains and losses shall be
            attributed to Account Balances under the Plan. The Committee may, in
            its sole and absolute discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a
            Measurement Fund at any time. Each such action will take effect as
            of the first day of the calendar quarter that follows by thirty (30)
            days the day on which the Committee gives Participants advance
            written notice of such change. Subject to Section 3.13(f) below, the
            Participant may elect one or

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            more of the following Measurement Funds for purposes of
            crediting/debiting additional amounts to his or her Account Balance:

            (1)   Fidelity Contrafund;

            (2)   Fidelity Growth;

            (3)   Fidelity High Income;

            (4)   Fidelity Money Market;

            (5)   PIMCO Short-Term Bond;

            (6)   T. Rowe Price Equity Income;

            (7)   T. Rowe Price International Stock;

            (8)   Janus Aspen Series Growth;

            (9)   Janus Aspen Series Capital Appreciation;

            (10)  Janus Aspen Series Worldwide;

            (11)  Janus Aspen Series High Yield;

            (12)  BT Small Cap Index;

            (13)  BT Equity 500 Index;

            (14)  BT EAFE Equity Index;

            (15)  INVESCO VIF Clue Chip Growth;

            (16)  INVESCO VIF Dynamics;

            (17)  INVESCO VIF Financial Services;

            (18)  INVESCO VIF Health Sciences;

            (19)  INVESCO VIF Technology;

            (20)  INVESCO VIF Telecommunications; and

            (21)  Company Stock Measurement Fund (described as a mutual fund
                  100% invested in shares of Stock, with any dividends deemed
                  reinvested in additional shares of Stock); provided, that such
                  Company Stock Measurement Fund shall be established and
                  maintained in such manner and at such times as the Committee
                  determines, in its sole and absolute discretion.

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      (d)   CREDITING OR DEBITING METHOD. The performance of each elected
            Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be determined by
            the Committee, in its reasonable discretion, based on the
            performance of the Measurement Funds themselves. A Participant's
            Account Balance shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based
            on the performance of each Measurement Fund selected by the
            Participant, as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute
            discretion, as though (i) a Participant's Account Balance were
            invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in
            the percentages applicable to such day, as of the close of business
            on such day, at the closing price on such date; (ii) the portion of
            the Annual Deferral Amount that was actually deferred during any day
            were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the
            Participant, in the percentages applicable to such day, no later
            than the close of business on the first business day after the day
            on which such amounts are actually deferred from the Participant's
            Base Annual Salary through reductions in his or her payroll, at the
            closing price on such date; and (iii) any distribution made to a
            Participant that decreases such Participant's Account Balance ceased
            being invested in the Measurement Fund(s), in the percentages
            applicable to such day, no earlier than one business day prior to
            the distribution, at the closing price on such date. The
            Participant's Annual Company Matching Amount shall be credited to
            his or her Company Matching Account for purposes of this Section
            3.13(d) as of the close of business on the last business day of the
            Plan Year to which it relates. The Participant's Annual Stock Option
            Amount(s) shall be credited to his or her Stock Option Account no
            later than the close of business on the first business day after the
            day on which the Eligible Stock Option was exercised or otherwise
            disposed of. The Participant's Annual Restricted Stock Amounts shall
            be credited to his or her Restricted Stock Account no later than the
            close of business on the first business day after the day on which
            the Restricted Stock to which it relates would have vested, but for
            the election to defer.

      (e)   NO ACTUAL INVESTMENT. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
            Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds
            are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant's
            election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his or her
            Account Balance thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and
            the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant's Account
            Balance shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an
            actual investment of his or her Account Balance in any such
            Measurement Fund. In the event that the Company or the Trustee (as
            that term is defined in the Trust), in its own discretion, decides
            to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no
            Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments
            themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant's Account
            Balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not
            represent any investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or
            the Trust; the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured
            creditor of the Company.

      (f)   STOCK OPTION ACCOUNT AND RESTRICTED STOCK ACCOUNT MUST BE ALLOCATED
            TO COMPANY STOCK MEASUREMENT FUND. Notwithstanding any provision of
            this Plan that may be construed to the contrary, a Participant's
            Stock Option Account and Restricted Stock Account must always be
            allocated to the Company Stock Measurement Fund, may

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            never be reallocated to any other Measurement Fund and must be
            distributed from this Plan in the form of actual shares of Stock.

3.14  FICA AND OTHER TAXES.

      (a)   ANNUAL DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. For each Plan Year in which an Annual
            Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the
            Participant's Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the
            Participant's Base Annual Salary and Bonus that is not being
            deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the
            Participant's share of FICA, other employment taxes and other
            employee contributions on such Annual Deferral Amount. If necessary,
            the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to
            comply with this Section 3.14.

      (b)   COMPANY MATCHING AMOUNTS. When a participant becomes vested in a
            portion of his or her Company Matching Account, the Participant's
            Employer(s) shall withhold from the Participant's Base Annual Salary
            and/or Bonus that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the
            Employer(s), the Participant's share of FICA and other employment
            taxes. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the vested portion of
            the Participant's Company Matching Account in order to comply with
            this Section 3.14.

      (c)   ANNUAL STOCK OPTION AMOUNTS AND ANNUAL RESTRICTED STOCK AMOUNTS. For
            each Plan Year in which an Annual Stock Option Amount or Annual
            Restricted Stock Amount is being first withheld from a Participant,
            the Participant's Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of
            the Participant's Base Annual Salary, Bonus, Qualifying Gains and
            Restricted Stock that is not being deferred, in a manner determined
            by the Employer(s), the Participant's share of FICA and other
            employment taxes on such Annual Stock Option Amount or Annual
            Restricted Stock Amount. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the
            Annual Stock Option Amount or Annual Restricted Stock Amount in
            order to comply with this Section 3.14.

3.15  DISTRIBUTIONS. The Participant's Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust,
      shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all
      federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be
      withheld by the Employer(s), or the trustee of the Trust, in connection
      with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the
      sole and absolute discretion of the Employer(s) and the trustee of the
      Trust.

                                    ARTICLE 4
    SHORT-TERM PAYOUT/UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES/WITHDRAWAL ELECTION

4.1   SHORT-TERM PAYOUT. In connection with each election to defer an Annual
      Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a future
      "Short-Term Payout" from the Plan with respect to such Annual Deferral
      Amount. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Short-Term Payout shall
      be a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the Annual Deferral
      plus amounts credited or debited in the manner provided in Section 3.13
      above on that amount, determined at the time that the Short-Term Payout
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      Termination of Employment). Subject to the Deduction Limitation and the
      other terms and conditions of this Plan, each Short-Term Payout elected
      shall be paid out during a 60 day period commencing immediately after the
      last day of any Plan Year designated by the Participant that is at least
      three Plan Years after the Plan Year in which the Annual Deferral Amount
      is actually deferred. By way of example, if a three year Short-Term Payout
      is elected for Annual Deferral Amounts that are deferred in the Plan Year
      commencing January 1, 2001, the three year Short-Term Payout would become
      payable during a 60 day period commencing January 1, 2005.

4.2   OTHER BENEFITS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SHORT-TERM. Should an event occur that
      triggers a benefit under Article 5, 6, 7 or 8, any Annual Deferral Amount,
      plus amounts credited or debited thereon, that is subject to a Short-Term
      Payout election under Section 4.1 shall not be paid in accordance with
      Section 4.1 but shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable
      Article.

4.3   WITHDRAWAL PAYOUT/SUSPENSIONS FOR UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES. If
      the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the
      Participant may petition the Committee to (i) suspend any deferrals
      required to be made by a Participant and/or (ii) receive a partial or full
      payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the
      Participant's Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were
      receiving a Termination Benefit, or the amount reasonably needed to
      satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. If, subject to the sole and
      absolute discretion of the Committee, the petition for a suspension and/or
      payout is approved, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval
      and any payout shall be made within 60 days of the date of approval. The
      payment of any amount under this Section 4.3 shall not be subject to the
      Deduction Limitation.

4.4   WITHDRAWAL ELECTION. A Participant (or, after a Participant's death, his
      or her Beneficiary) may elect, at any time, to withdraw all of his or her
      Account Balance, calculated as if there had occurred a Termination of
      Employment as of the day of the election, less a withdrawal penalty equal
      to 10% of such amount (the net amount shall be referred to as the
      "Withdrawal Amount"). This election can be made at any time, before or
      after Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment, and
      whether or not the Participant (or Beneficiary) is in the process of being
      paid pursuant to an installment payment schedule. If made before
      Retirement, Disability or death, a Participant's Withdrawal Amount shall
      be his or her Account Balance calculated as if there had occurred a
      Termination of Employment as of the day of the election. No partial
      withdrawals of the Withdrawal Amount shall be allowed. The Participant (or
      his or her Beneficiary) shall make this election by giving the Committee
      advance written notice of the election in a form determined from time to
      time by the Committee. The Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) shall
      be paid the Withdrawal Amount within 60 days of his or her election. Once
      the Withdrawal Amount is paid, the Participant's participation in the Plan
      shall terminate and the Participant shall not be eligible to participate
      in the Plan for the remainder of the Plan Year of such payment and the
      next Plan Year. The payment of this Withdrawal Amount shall not be subject
      to the Deduction Limitation.

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                                    ARTICLE 5
                               RETIREMENT BENEFIT

5.1   RETIREMENT BENEFIT. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, a Participant who
      Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit, his or her Account
      Balance.

5.2   PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT. A Participant, in connection with his or
      her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on an Election
      Form to receive the Retirement Benefit in a lump sum or pursuant to an
      Annual Installment Method of 2, 5, 10, 15 or 20 years. The Participant may
      annually change his or her election to an allowable alternative payout
      period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that
      any such Election Form is submitted at least 1 year prior to the
      Participant's Retirement and is accepted by the Committee in its sole and
      absolute discretion. The Election Form most recently accepted by the
      Committee shall govern the payout of the Retirement Benefit. If a
      Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the
      Retirement Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum. The
      lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, no
      later than 60 days after the last day of the Plan Year which the
      Participant Retires. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction
      Limitation.

5.3   DEATH PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT. If a Participant dies
      after Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full, the
      Participant's unpaid Retirement Benefit payments shall continue and shall
      be paid to the Participant's Beneficiary (a) over the remaining number of
      years and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been paid to the
      Participant had the Participant survived, or (b) in a lump sum, if
      requested by the Beneficiary and allowed in the sole and absolute
      discretion of the Committee, that is equal to the Participant's unpaid
      remaining Account Balance.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                         PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT

6.1   PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the
      Participant's Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
      equal to the Participant's Account Balance if the Participant dies before
      he or she Retires, experiences a Termination of Employment or suffers a
      Disability.

6.2   PAYMENT OF PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT. A Participant, in connection
      with his or her commencement of participation in the Plan, shall elect on
      an Election Form whether the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit shall be
      received by his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual
      Installment Method of 2, 5, 10, 15 or 20 years. The Participant may
      annually change this election to an allowable alternative payout period by
      submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, which form must be
      accepted by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion. The
      Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior to the
      Participant's death shall govern the payout of the Participant's
      Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If a Participant does not make any
      election with respect to the payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor
      Benefit, then such benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. Despite the
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      Participant's Account Balance at the time of his or her death is less than
      $25,000, payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit may be made, in
      the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee, in a lump sum or
      pursuant to an Annual Installment Method of not more than 5 years. The
      lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, no
      later than 60 days after the last day of the Plan Year in which the
      Committee is provided with proof that is satisfactory to the Committee of
      the Participant's death. Any payment made shall be subject to the
      Deduction Limitation.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                               TERMINATION BENEFIT

7.1   TERMINATION BENEFIT. Subject to the Deduction Limitation, the Participant
      shall receive a Termination Benefit, which shall be equal to the
      Participant's Account Balance if a Participant experiences a Termination
      of Employment prior to his or her Retirement, death or Disability.

7.2   PAYMENT OF TERMINATION BENEFIT. If the Participant's Account Balance at
      the time of his or her Termination of Employment is less than $25,000,
      payment of his or her Termination Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum. If
      his or her Account Balance at such time is equal to or greater than that
      amount, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may cause the
      Termination Benefit to be paid in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual
      Installment Method of 5 years. The lump sum payment shall be made, or
      installment payments shall commence, no later than 60 days after the last
      day of the Plan Year in which the Participant experiences the Termination
      of Employment. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction
      Limitation.

                                    ARTICLE 8
                          DISABILITY WAIVER AND BENEFIT

8.1   DISABILITY WAIVER.

      (a)   WAIVER OF DEFERRAL. A Participant who is determined by the Committee
            to be suffering from a Disability shall be (i) excused from
            fulfilling that portion of the Annual Deferral Amount commitment
            that would otherwise have been withheld from a Participant's Base
            Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Directors Fees for the Plan Year
            during which the Participant first suffers a Disability and (ii)
            excused from fulfilling any existing unvested Restricted Stock
            Amount or unexercised Stock Option Amount commitments. During the
            period of Disability, the Participant shall not be allowed to make
            any additional deferral elections, but will continue to be
            considered a Participant for all other purposes of this Plan.

      (b)   RETURN TO WORK. If a Participant returns to employment, or service
            as a Director, with an Employer, after a Disability ceases, the
            Participant may elect to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, Stock
            Option Amount and Restricted Stock Amount for the Plan Year
            following his or her return to employment or service and for every
            Plan Year thereafter while a Participant in the Plan; provided such
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            and an Election Form is delivered to and accepted by the Committee
            for each such election in accordance with Section 3.3 above.

8.2      CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY/DISABILITY BENEFIT. A Participant suffering a
         Disability shall, for benefit purposes under this Plan, continue to be
         considered to be employed, or in the service of an Employer as a
         Director, and shall be eligible for the benefits provided for in
         Article 4, 5, 6 or 7 in accordance with the provisions of those
         Articles. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee shall have the right
         to, in its sole and absolute discretion and for purposes of this Plan
         only, and must in the case of a Participant who is otherwise eligible
         to Retire, deem the Participant to have experienced a Termination of
         Employment, or in the case of a Participant who is eligible to Retire,
         to have Retired, at any time (or in the case of a Participant who is
         eligible to Retire, as soon as practicable) after such Participant is
         determined to be suffering a Disability, in which case the Participant
         shall receive a Disability Benefit equal to his or her Account Balance
         at the time of the Committee's determination; provided, however, that
         should the Participant otherwise have been eligible to Retire, he or
         she shall be paid in accordance with Article 5. The Disability Benefit
         shall be paid in a lump sum within 60 days of the Committee's exercise
         of such right. Any payment made shall be subject to the Deduction
         Limitation.

                                    ARTICLE 9
                             BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

9.1   BENEFICIARY. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to
      designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent)
      to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the
      death of a Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be
      the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other
      plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates.

9.2   BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION/CHANGE/SPOUSAL CONSENT. A Participant shall
      designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary
      Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee or its designated
      agent. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by
      completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the
      Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee's rules and procedures, as
      in effect from time to time. If the Participant names someone other than
      his or her spouse as a Beneficiary, a spousal consent, in the form
      designated by the Committee, must be signed by that Participant's spouse
      and returned to the Committee. Upon the acceptance by the Committee of a
      new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously
      filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the
      last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by
      the Committee prior to his or her death.

9.3   ACKNOWLEDGMENT. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary
      shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the
      Committee or its designated agent.

9.4   NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION. If a Participant fails to designate a
      Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 above or, if all
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      Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete
      distribution of the Participant's benefits, then the Participant's
      designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse.
      If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under
      the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or
      personal representative of the Participant's estate.

9.5   DOUBT AS TO BENEFICIARY. If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper
      Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall
      have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participant's
      Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the
      Committee's satisfaction.

9.6   DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATIONS. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a
      Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the
      Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the
      Participant, and that Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate upon
      such full payment of benefits.

                                   ARTICLE 10
                                LEAVE OF ABSENCE

10.1  PAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE. If a Participant is authorized by the Participant's
      Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from the
      employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be
      considered employed by the Employer and the Annual Deferral Amount shall
      continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance
      with Section 3.3.

10.2  UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE. If a Participant is authorized by the
      Participant's Employer for any reason to take an unpaid leave of absence
      from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be
      considered employed by the Employer and the Participant shall be excused
      from making deferrals until the earlier of the date the leave of absence
      expires or the Participant returns to a paid employment status. Upon such
      expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of
      the Plan Year in which the expiration or return occurs, based on the
      deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year. If no election was
      made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld.

                                   ARTICLE 11
                     TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION

11.1  TERMINATION. Although each Employer anticipates that it will continue the
      Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that any
      Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time
      in the future. Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right to
      discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan and/or to terminate the Plan at
      any time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees and
      Directors, by action of its board of directors. Upon the termination of
      the Plan with respect to any Employer, the Plan Agreements of the affected
      Participants who are employed by that Employer, or in the service of that
      Employer as Directors, shall terminate and their Account Balances,
      determined as if they had experienced a Termination of Employment on the
      date of Plan termination or, if Plan termination occurs after the date
      upon which a Participant was eligible to Retire, then with respect to that
      Participant as if he or she had Retired on the date of Plan termination,
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      Change in Control, if the Plan is terminated with respect to all of its
      Participants, an Employer shall have the right, in its sole and absolute
      discretion, and notwithstanding any elections made by the Participant, to
      pay such benefits in a lump sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment
      Method of up to 15 years, with amounts credited and debited during the
      installment period as provided herein. If the Plan is terminated with
      respect to less than all of its Participants, an Employer shall be
      required to pay such benefits in a lump sum. After a Change in Control,
      the Employer shall be required to pay such benefits in a lump sum. The
      termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect any Participant or
      Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of any benefits under
      the Plan as of the date of termination; provided however, that the
      Employer shall have the right to accelerate installment payments without a
      premium or prepayment penalty by paying the Account Balance in a lump sum
      or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method using fewer years (provided
      that the present value of all payments that will have been received by a
      Participant at any given point of time under the different payment
      schedule shall equal or exceed the present value of all payments that
      would have been received at that point in time under the original payment
      schedule).

11.2  AMENDMENT. Any Employer may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in
      whole or in part with respect to that Employer by the action of its board
      of directors; provided, however, that: (i) no amendment or modification
      shall be effective to decrease or restrict the value of a Participant's
      Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is
      made, calculated as if the Participant had experienced a Termination of
      Employment as of the effective date of the amendment or modification or,
      if the amendment or modification occurs after the date upon which the
      Participant was eligible to Retire, the Participant had Retired as of the
      effective date of the amendment or modification, (ii) no amendment or
      modification shall be effective upon or after a Change in Control without
      the prior written consent of a majority of the Participants, and (iii) no
      amendment or modification of this Section 11.2 or Section 12.2 of the Plan
      shall be effective. The amendment or modification of the Plan shall not
      affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the
      payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or
      modification; provided, however, that the Employer shall have the right to
      accelerate installment payments by paying the Account Balance in a lump
      sum or pursuant to an Annual Installment Method using fewer years
      (provided that the present value of all payments that will have been
      received by a Participant at any given point of time under the different
      payment schedule shall equal or exceed the present value of all payments
      that would have been received at that point in time under the original
      payment schedule).

11.3  PLAN AGREEMENT. Despite the provisions of Sections 11.1 and 11.2 above, if
      a Participant's Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations that are
      not in this Plan document, the Employer may only amend or terminate such
      provisions with the consent of the Participant.

11.4  EFFECT OF PAYMENT. The full payment of the applicable benefit under
      Article 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Plan shall completely discharge all
      obligations to a Participant and his or her designated Beneficiaries under
      this Plan and the Participant's Plan Agreement shall terminate.

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                                   ARTICLE 12
                                 ADMINISTRATION

12.1  COMMITTEE DUTIES. Except as otherwise provided in this Article 12, this
      Plan shall be administered by a Committee which shall consist of the
      Board, or such committee as the Board shall appoint. Members of the
      Committee may be Participants under this Plan. The Committee shall also
      have the discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret, and
      enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of
      this Plan and (ii) decide or resolve any and all questions including
      interpretations of this Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan.
      Any individual serving on the Committee who is a Participant shall not
      vote or act on any matter relating solely to himself or herself. When
      making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to
      rely on information furnished by a Participant or the Company.

12.2  ADMINISTRATION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL. For purposes of this Plan, the
      Company shall be the "Administrator" at all times prior to the occurrence
      of a Change in Control. Upon and after the occurrence of a Change in
      Control, the "Administrator" shall be an independent third party selected
      by the Trustee and approved by the individual who, immediately prior to
      such event, was the Company's Chief Executive Officer or, if not so
      identified, the Company's highest ranking officer (the "Ex-CEO"). The
      Administrator shall have the discretionary power to determine all
      questions arising in connection with the administration of the Plan and
      the interpretation of the Plan and Trust including, but not limited to
      benefit entitlement determinations; provided, however, upon and after the
      occurrence of a Change in Control, the Administrator shall have no power
      to direct the investment of Plan or Trust assets or select any investment
      manager or custodial firm for the Plan or Trust. Upon and after the
      occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company must: (1) pay all
      reasonable administrative expenses and fees of the Administrator; (2)
      indemnify the Administrator against any costs, expenses and liabilities
      including, without limitation, attorney's fees and expenses arising in
      connection with the performance of the Administrator hereunder, except
      with respect to matters resulting from the gross negligence or willful
      misconduct of the Administrator or its employees or agents; and (3) supply
      full and timely information to the Administrator or all matters relating
      to the Plan, the Trust, the Participants and their Beneficiaries, the
      Account Balances of the Participants, the date of circumstances of the
      Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment of the
      Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Administrator
      may reasonably require. Upon and after a Change in Control, the
      Administrator may be terminated (and a replacement appointed) by the
      Trustee only with the approval of the Ex-CEO. Upon and after a Change in
      Control, the Administrator may not be terminated by the Company.

12.3  AGENTS. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time
      to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as
      it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and
      may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any
      Employer.

12.4  BINDING EFFECT OF DECISIONS. The decision or action of the Administrator
      with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the
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      the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be
      final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in
      the Plan.

12.5  INDEMNITY OF COMMITTEE. All Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless
      the members of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties of the
      Committee may be delegated, and the Administrator against any and all
      claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action
      or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful
      misconduct by the Committee, any of its members, any such Employee or the
      Administrator.

12.6  EMPLOYER INFORMATION. To enable the Committee and/or Administrator to
      perform its functions, the Company and each Employer shall supply full and
      timely information to the Committee and/or Administrator, as the case may
      be, on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the
      date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or Termination
      of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as
      the Committee or Administrator may reasonably require.

                                   ARTICLE 13
                          OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS

13.1  COORDINATION WITH OTHER BENEFITS. The benefits provided for a Participant
      and Participant's Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other
      benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for
      employees of the Participant's Employer. The Plan shall supplement and
      shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except
      as may otherwise be expressly provided.

                                   ARTICLE 14
                                CLAIMS PROCEDURES

14.1  PRESENTATION OF CLAIM. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased
      Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a
      "Claimant") may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a
      determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant
      from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice
      received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such
      notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within
      180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise
      occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination
      desired by the Claimant.

14.2  NOTIFICATION OF DECISION. The Committee shall consider a Claimant's claim
      within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:

      (a)   that the Claimant's requested determination has been made, and that
            the claim has been allowed in full; or

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      (b)   that the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in
            part, to the Claimant's requested determination, and such notice
            must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the
            Claimant:

            (i)   the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any
                  part of it;

            (ii)  specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon
                  which such denial was based;

            (iii) a description of any additional material or information
                  necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an
                  explanation of why such material or information is necessary;
                  and

            (iv)  an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in
                  Section 14.3 below.

14.3  REVIEW OF A DENIED CLAIM. Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the
      Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant
      (or the Claimant's duly authorized representative) may file with the
      Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim.
      Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began,
      the Claimant (or the Claimant's duly authorized representative):

      (a)   may review pertinent documents;

      (b)   may submit written comments or other documents; and/or

      (c)   may request a hearing, which the Committee, in its sole and absolute
            discretion, may grant.

14.4  DECISION ON REVIEW. The Committee shall render its decision on review
      promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written request
      for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special
      circumstances require additional time, in which case the Committee's
      decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision
      must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant,
      and it must contain:

      (a)   specific reasons for the decision;

      (b)   specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which
            the decision was based; and

      (c)   such other matters as the Committee deems relevant.

14.5  LEGAL ACTION. A Claimant's compliance with the foregoing provisions of
      this Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant's right to
      commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under
      this Plan.

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                                   ARTICLE 15
                                      TRUST

15.1  ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST. The Company shall establish the Trust, and
      each Employer shall at least annually transfer over to the Trust such
      assets as the Employer determines, in its sole and absolute discretion,
      are necessary to provide, on a present value basis, for its respective
      future liabilities created with respect to the Annual Deferral Amounts,
      Annual Company Contribution Amounts, Company Matching Amounts, Annual
      Stock Option Amounts and Annual Restricted Stock Amounts for such
      Employer's Participants for all periods prior to the transfer, as well as
      any debits and credits to the Participants' Account Balances for all
      periods prior to the transfer, taking into consideration the value of the
      assets in the trust at the time of the transfer.

15.2  INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE PLAN AND THE TRUST. The provisions of the Plan
      and the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive
      distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall
      govern the rights of the Employers, Participants and the creditors of the
      Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust. Each Employer shall at
      all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan.

15.3  DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TRUST. Each Employer's obligations under the Plan
      may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of
      the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer's
      obligations under this Plan.

15.4  STOCK TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUST. Notwithstanding any other provision of
      this Plan or the Trust, if Trust assets are distributed to a Participant
      in a distribution which reduces the Participant's Stock Option Account
      balance and/or Restricted Stock Account balance under this Plan, such
      distribution must be made in the form of Stock.

                                   ARTICLE 16
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

16.1  STATUS OF PLAN. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified
      within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that "is unfunded and is
      maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred
      compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated
      employee" within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and
      401(a)(1). The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent
      possible in a manner consistent with that intent.

16.2  UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs,
      successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests
      or claims in any property or assets of an Employer. For purposes of the
      payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer's assets
      shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the
      Employer. An Employer's obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of
      an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.

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16.3  EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY. An Employer's liability for the payment of benefits
      shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as entered into
      between the Employer and a Participant. An Employer shall have no
      obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in
      the Plan and his or her Plan Agreement.

16.4  NONASSIGNABILITY. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have
      any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage
      or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in
      advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any
      part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to
      be, unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable
      shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment,
      garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments,
      alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person,
      be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant's or any
      other person's bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as
      a result of a property settlement or otherwise.

16.5  NOT A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. The terms and conditions of this Plan shall
      not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer
      and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an "at
      will" employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any
      reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice,
      unless expressly provided in a written employment agreement. Nothing in
      this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained
      in the service of any Employer, either as an Employee or a Director, or to
      interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the
      Participant at any time.

16.6  FURNISHING INFORMATION. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will
      cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information
      requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested
      in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of
      benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical
      examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.

16.7  TERMS. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be
      construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they
      would so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or
      in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the
      plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would
      so apply.

16.8  CAPTIONS. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this
      Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning
      or construction of any of its provisions.

16.9  GOVERNING LAW. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be
      construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of
      California without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

16.10 NOTICE. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the
      Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and
      hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address
      below:

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Deferred Compensation Plan
Master Plan Document

                          Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

                          Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.

                          4311 Jamboree Road

                          Newport Beach, California 92660

      Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if
      delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the
      receipt for registration or certification.

      Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant
      under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or
      sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.

16.11 SUCCESSORS. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the
      benefit of the Participant's Employer and its successors and assigns and
      the Participant and the Participant's designated Beneficiaries.

16.12 SPOUSE'S INTEREST. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a
      Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass
      to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any
      manner, including but not limited to such spouse's will, nor shall such
      interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.

16.13 VALIDITY. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid
      for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
      remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as
      if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

16.14 INCOMPETENT. If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit
      under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or
      to a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person's
      property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the
      guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of
      such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Committee may require
      proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may
      deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a
      benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the
      Participant's Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete
      discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.

16.15 COURT ORDER. The Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by
      court order in any action in which the Plan or the Committee has been
      named as a party. In addition, if a court determines that a spouse or
      former spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant's
      benefits under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or
      otherwise, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall have
      the right, notwithstanding any election made by a Participant, to
      immediately distribute the spouse's or former spouse's interest in the
      Participant's benefits under the Plan to that spouse or former spouse.

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Master Plan Document

16.16 DISTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF TAXATION.

      (a)   IN GENERAL. If, for any reason, all or any portion of a
            Participant's benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the
            Participant prior to receipt, a Participant may petition the
            Committee before a Change in Control, or the trustee of the Trust
            after a Change in Control, for a distribution of that portion of his
            or her benefit that has become taxable. Upon the grant of such a
            petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld (and, after
            a Change in Control, shall be granted), a Participant's Employer
            shall distribute to the Participant immediately available funds in
            an amount equal to the taxable portion of his or her benefit (which
            amount shall not exceed a Participant's unpaid Account Balance under
            the Plan). If the petition is granted, the tax liability
            distribution shall be made within 90 days of the date when the
            Participant's petition is granted. Such a distribution shall affect
            and reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan.

      (b)   TRUST. If the Trust terminates in accordance with its terms and
            benefits are distributed from the Trust to a Participant in
            accordance with that Section, the Participant's benefits under this
            Plan shall be reduced to the extent of such distributions.

16.17 INSURANCE. The Employers, on their own behalf or on behalf of the trustee
      of the Trust, and, in their sole and absolute discretion, may apply for
      and procure insurance on the life of the Participant, in such amounts and
      in such forms as the Trust may choose. The Employers or the trustee of the
      Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any
      such insurance. The Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any
      such policy or policies, and at the request of the Employers shall submit
      to medical examinations and supply such information and execute such
      documents as may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom
      the Employers have applied for insurance.

16.18 LEGAL FEES TO ENFORCE RIGHTS AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL. The Company and each
      Employer is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the
      Board or the board of directors of a Participant's Employer (which might
      then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company or the
      Participant's Employer, or of any successor corporation might then cause
      or attempt to cause the Company, the Participant's Employer or such
      successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and
      might cause or attempt to cause the Company or the Participant's Employer
      to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants
      the benefits intended under the Plan. In these circumstances, the purpose
      of the Plan could be frustrated. Accordingly, if, following a Change in
      Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company, the
      Participant's Employer or any successor corporation has failed to comply
      with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or,
      if the Company, such Employer or any other person takes any action to
      declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or
      other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from any
      Participant the benefits intended to be provided, then the Company and the
      Participant's Employer irrevocably authorize such Participant to retain
      counsel of his or her choice at the expense of the Company and the
      Participant's Employer (who shall be jointly and severally liable) to
      represent such Participant in connection with the initiation or defense of
      any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company,
      the Participant's Employer or any

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Deferred Compensation Plan
Master Plan Document

      director, officer, shareholder or other person affiliated with the
      Company, the Participant's Employer or any successor thereto in any
      jurisdiction.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document as of
June 27, 2003.

                                    "Company"

                                    Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
                                    corporation

                                    By: /s/ Bradley W. Yates
                                        -------------------------------------
                                    Name:  Bradley W. Yates
                                    Title: Senior Vice President and
                                           Chief Administrative Officer

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