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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2004 <I>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Conexant Systems, Inc.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Conexant Systems, Inc.<BR>
2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Dennis E. O&#146;Reilly, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary<BR>
Conexant Systems, Inc.<BR>
4000 MacArthur Boulevard, West Tower<BR>
Newport Beach, California 92660-3095</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(949)&nbsp;483-4600</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:<BR>
<B>Frederick T. Muto, Esq.<BR>
Cooley Godward LLP<BR>
4401 Eastgate Mall<BR>
San Diego, California 92121-9109<BR>
(858)&nbsp;550-6000</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (including
the associated Preferred
Share Purchase Rights)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center">12,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4.40</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">52,860,000</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;1933
Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also registers such additional shares
of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any
stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the 1933 Act. The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on May 24, 2004, as reported on
The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. National Market System.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Conexant Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference
into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by
the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September&nbsp;30, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>(1)&nbsp;Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>(2)&nbsp;Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2003; </TD>
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    <TD>(3)&nbsp;Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
October&nbsp;31, 2003, November&nbsp;3, 2003, November&nbsp;4, 2003,
January&nbsp;28, 2004, March&nbsp;12, 2004 and April&nbsp;26, 2004;
and</TD>
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    <TD>(4)&nbsp;Registrant&#146;s Amended Current Report on Form
8-K/A filed May&nbsp;26, 2004 (amending the Form 8-K filed
March&nbsp;12, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in
Item&nbsp;11 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10, as
amended (File No.&nbsp;000-24923), including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents, reports and definitive proxy or information statements
filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;) after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a
part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., who has passed upon the legality of any
newly issued shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock covered by this Registration
Statement, is Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the
Registrant.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Delaware General Corporation Law permits Delaware corporations to
eliminate or limit the monetary liability of directors for breach of their
fiduciary duty of care, subject to certain limitations. Registrant&#146;s restated
certificate of incorporation provides that Registrant&#146;s directors are not
liable to the Registrant or its shareowners for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (a)&nbsp;for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareowners, (b)&nbsp;for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (c)&nbsp;for willful or negligent violation of the laws
governing the payment of dividends or the purchase or redemption of stock or
(d)&nbsp;for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
benefit. The Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of
directors, officers, employees and agents subject to certain limitations.
Registrant&#146;s by-laws and the appendix thereto provide for the indemnification
of Registrant&#146;s directors, officers, employees and agents to the extent
permitted by Delaware law. Registrant&#146;s directors and officers are insured
against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including
liabilities under the 1933 Act.


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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. (1)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended. (2)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Certificate for the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock. (3)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;30, 1998, by and between the
Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent. (4)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;9, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as
rights agent. (5)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered certified public accounting firm.</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of
Ernst &amp; Young, LLP, independent registered certified public accountants.</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq. Reference is made to Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 6.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Conexant Systems, Inc. 2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan and related
offering document, as amended.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2003, as amended through the date
hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-4/A (File No.&nbsp;333-111179), originally filed on January&nbsp;15, 2004, as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10
(File No.&nbsp;000-24923), originally filed on September&nbsp;28, 1998, as amended
through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-68755), originally filed on December&nbsp;11, 1998 as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 1999, as amended through the date hereof,
and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1)&nbsp;to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement and (iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii)
shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement; (2)&nbsp;that for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933
Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof and (3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the 2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act
may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item&nbsp;6 or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
1933 Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5.
</DIV>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Newport Beach, State of California on
May&nbsp;28,
2004.


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>Conexant Systems, Inc.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Dennis E. O&#146;Reilly
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Dennis E. O&#146;Reilly<BR>

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and

Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Know All Persons By These Presents</B>, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dennis E. O&#146;Reilly and Jasmina
Theodore Boulanger, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this
Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statement to be filed by
Conexant Systems, Inc. pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">6.
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Dwight W. Decker
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Dwight W. Decker</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Armando Geday<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive<BR>
Officer <I>(Principal</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Armando Geday</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Executive Officer)</I><BR>
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Donald R. Beall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Donald R. Beall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Steven J. Bilodeau</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Steven J. Bilodeau</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ralph J. Cicerone</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Ralph J. Cicerone</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Dipanjan Deb</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Dipanjan Deb</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ F. Craig Farrill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">F. Craig Farrill</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Balakrishnan S. Iyer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Balakrishnan S. Iyer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John W. Marren<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">John W. Marren</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ D. Scott Mercer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">D. Scott Mercer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jerre L. Stead</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Jerre L. Stead</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Giuseppe P. Zocco</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Giuseppe P. Zocco</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert McMullan<BR><HR size="1" noshade>
Robert McMullan
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice<BR>
President and Chief<BR>Financial Officer<BR>
(<I>Principal</I><BR>
<I>Financial Officer</I>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">May 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ J. Scott Blouin<HR size="1" noshade>
J. Scott Blouin
</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice<BR>
President and Chief<BR>
Accounting Officer<BR>
(<I>Principal</I><BR>
<I>Accounting Officer</I>)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. (1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended. (2)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Certificate for the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock. (3)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;30, 1998, by and between the
Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent. (4)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;9, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as
rights agent. (5)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered certified public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of
Ernst &amp; Young, LLP, independent registered certified public accountants.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq. Reference is made to Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 6.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Conexant Systems, Inc. 2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan and related
offering document, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2003, as amended through the date
hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-4/A (File No.&nbsp;333-111179), originally filed on January&nbsp;15, 2004, as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10
(File No.&nbsp;000-24923), originally filed on September&nbsp;28, 1998, as amended
through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-68755), originally filed on December&nbsp;11, 1998 as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 1999, as amended through the date hereof,
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Conexant Systems, Inc.
Table of Contents
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Conexant Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
25-1799439
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
100 Schulz Drive
Red Bank, New Jersey
07701
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Conexant Systems, Inc.
2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Dennis E. O'Reilly, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Conexant Systems, Inc.
4000 MacArthur Boulevard, West Tower
Newport Beach, California 92660-3095
(Name and address of agent for service)
(949) 483-4600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Frederick T. Muto, Esq.
Cooley Godward LLP
4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, California 92121-9109
(858) 550-6000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Price per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (including
the associated Preferred
Share Purchase Rights)
12,000,000 shares
$
4.40
$
52,860,000
$
6,698
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933
Act"), this Registration Statement also registers such additional shares
of the Registrant's Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any
stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar events.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the 1933 Act. The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on May 24, 2004, as reported on
The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. National Market System.
2.
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PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
EXHIBIT 23.3
EXHIBIT 99.1
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF
DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
Conexant Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference
into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by
the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2003;
(b)
(1) Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004;
(2) Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended December 31, 2003;
(3) Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
October 31, 2003, November 3, 2003, November 4, 2003,
January 28, 2004, March 12, 2004 and April 26, 2004;
and
(4) Registrant's Amended Current Report on Form
8-K/A filed May 26, 2004 (amending the Form 8-K filed
March 12, 2004).
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Item 11 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10, as
amended (File No. 000-24923), including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents, reports and definitive proxy or information statements
filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a
part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., who has passed upon the legality of any
newly issued shares of Registrant's Common Stock covered by this Registration
Statement, is Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the
Registrant.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Delaware General Corporation Law permits Delaware corporations to
eliminate or limit the monetary liability of directors for breach of their
fiduciary duty of care, subject to certain limitations. Registrant's restated
certificate of incorporation provides that Registrant's directors are not
liable to the Registrant or its shareowners for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (a) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareowners, (b) for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (c) for willful or negligent violation of the laws
governing the payment of dividends or the purchase or redemption of stock or
(d) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
benefit. The Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of
directors, officers, employees and agents subject to certain limitations.
Registrant's by-laws and the appendix thereto provide for the indemnification
of Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the extent
permitted by Delaware law. Registrant's directors and officers are insured
against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including
liabilities under the 1933 Act.
3.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. (1)
4.2
By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended. (2)
4.3
Specimen Certificate for the Registrant's Common Stock. (3)
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1998, by and between the
Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent. (4)
4.5
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 9, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as
rights agent. (5)
5.1
Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered certified public accounting firm.
23.3
Consent of
Ernst & Young, LLP, independent registered certified public accountants.
23.4
Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq. Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 6.
99.1
Conexant Systems, Inc. 2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan and related
offering document, as amended.
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, as amended through the date
hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-4/A (File No. 333-111179), originally filed on January 15, 2004, as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10
(File No. 000-24923), originally filed on September 28, 1998, as amended
through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 333-68755), originally filed on December 11, 1998 as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended December 31, 1999, as amended through the date hereof,
and incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
A.     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement and (iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii)
shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933
Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the 2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan.
B.     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
C.      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act
may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
1933 Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
5.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Newport Beach, State of California on
May 28,
2004.
Conexant Systems, Inc.
By:
/s/
Dennis E. O'Reilly
Dennis E. O'Reilly
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and

Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know All Persons By These Presents
, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dennis E. O'Reilly and Jasmina
Theodore Boulanger, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this
Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statement to be filed by
Conexant Systems, Inc. pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Dwight W. Decker
Chairman of the
Board of Directors
May 28, 2004
Dwight W. Decker
/s/ Armando Geday
Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal
Armando Geday
Executive Officer)
and Director
May 28, 2004
/s/ Donald R. Beall
Director
May 28, 2004
Donald R. Beall
/s/ Steven J. Bilodeau
Director
May 28, 2004
Steven J. Bilodeau
/s/ Ralph J. Cicerone
Director
May 28, 2004
Ralph J. Cicerone
/s/ Dipanjan Deb
Director
May 28, 2004
Dipanjan Deb
/s/ F. Craig Farrill
Director
May 28, 2004
F. Craig Farrill
/s/ Balakrishnan S. Iyer
Director
May 28, 2004
Balakrishnan S. Iyer
/s/ John W. Marren
Director
May 28, 2004
John W. Marren
/s/ D. Scott Mercer
Director
May 28, 2004
D. Scott Mercer
/s/ Jerre L. Stead
Director
May 28, 2004
Jerre L. Stead
/s/ Giuseppe P. Zocco
Director
May 28, 2004
Giuseppe P. Zocco
/s/ Robert McMullan
Robert McMullan
Senior Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
(
Principal
Financial Officer
)
May 28, 2004
/s/ J. Scott Blouin
J. Scott Blouin
Senior Vice
President and Chief
Accounting Officer
(
Principal
Accounting Officer
)
May 28, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. (1)
4.2
By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended. (2)
4.3
Specimen Certificate for the Registrant's Common Stock. (3)
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1998, by and between the
Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent. (4)
4.5
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 9, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as
rights agent. (5)
5.1
Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered certified public accounting firm.
23.3
Consent of
Ernst & Young, LLP, independent registered certified public accountants.
23.4
Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq. Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 6.
99.1
Conexant Systems, Inc. 2004 New-Hire Equity Incentive Plan and related
offering document, as amended.
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, as amended through the date
hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-4/A (File No. 333-111179), originally filed on January 15, 2004, as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10
(File No. 000-24923), originally filed on September 28, 1998, as amended
through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 333-68755), originally filed on December 11, 1998 as
amended through the date hereof, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended December 31, 1999, as amended through the date hereof,
and incorporated herein by reference.
8.