(e) On December 12, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee") of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (the "Company") approved the grant of non-statutory stock options and restricted stock units to the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and other named executive officers of the Company appearing in our 2008 Proxy Statement (collectively, the "NEOs"), the terms of which are summarized in the table below. These equity incentive awards were made pursuant to the Company's Officer Compensation Plan for fiscal year 2009. The equity awards granted to the NEOs, as well as equity awards granted to other officers and certain non-officer employees of the Company on the same date, were made as part of the Company's annual equity grant for 2008, and the number of stock options granted represents three and one-half years worth of awards.

                           Equity Awards to the NEOs

                                              Number of        Number of Shares
                                          Restricted Stock     underlying Stock
       Name                Title          Units Granted (1)   Options Granted (2)
------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ---------------------
Tunc Doluca         President and Chief        46,666               535,344
                     Executive Officer
Bruce E. Kiddoo       Chief Financial           4,000               256,178
                          Officer
Vijay Ullal           Group President          36,000               401,014
Pirooz Parvarandeh    Group President          33,334               379,996
Richard Hood           Vice President          21,334               235,156

(1) The restricted stock units set forth in this column will vest over seven (7) consecutive quarters starting on February 15, 2009 so long as the NEO remains employed by the Company on each such applicable vesting date.

(2) Each stock option has an exercise price of $12.82 per share, which is the closing price of the Company's common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market on the date of grant. The stock options set forth in this column will vest quarterly starting in the second half of calendar year 2009 through 2012 so long as the NEO remains employed by the Company on each such applicable vesting date.