SEC Form 4
FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Rhodes, F. Matthew     

(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
4311 Jamboree Road


(Street)
Newport Beach, CA     92660

(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Conexant Systems, Inc.   CNXT
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

                        Director                           10% Owner
           X          Officer                             Other
          Senior Vice President and President, Broadband Communications

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Form filed by One Reporting Person
      Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    Month/Day/Year

    March 03, 2003


5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Day/Year)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)

2. Transaction Date
    (Month/Day/Year)
2A. Deemed
      Execution
      Date, if any

      (Month/Day/Year)
3. Transaction
    Code
    and
    Voluntary
    Code
    (Instr. 8)



Code  |  V    
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of
    (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)





        Amount      |         A/D         |         Price          
5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    Following
    Reported
Transaction(s)

    (Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct(D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
Common Stock
02/28/2003

   A | V  
1,000(1)   |           A           |   $1.1985    
17,116
D

Common Stock




418
I
By IRA
Common Stock




2,782
I
By Savings Plan (2)








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Rhodes, F. Matthew - March 03, 2003
Form 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security
3. Transaction
    Date

    (Month/
    Day/
    Year)
3A. Deemed
      Execution
      Date, if
      any

      (Month/
      Day/
      Year)
4. Transaction
    Code
    and
    Voluntary (V)
    Code
    (Instr.8)



Code | V    
5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed (D) Of

    (Instr. 3,4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (Month/Day/Year)






  (DE)     |     (ED)  
7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)
9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    Following
    Reported
    Transactions
    (Instr.4)
10.
Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D)
or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr.4)
11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)
Common Stock Share Equivalents - CNXT (3)
$0.0000



(3) | (3)
Common Stock - 203
203
D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)
$3.4000




Common Stock - 250,000
250,000
D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)
$7.9069




Common Stock - 20,572
20,572
D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)
$1.7400




Common Stock - 26,604
26,604
D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)
$3.2306




Common Stock - 150,000
150,000
D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)
$4.2327




Common Stock - 300,000
300,000
D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)
$2.6351




Common Stock - 691,647
691,647
D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)
$1.7400




Common Stock - 173,396
173,396
D













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By: Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Attorney-in-fact                   03-03-2003    
** Signature of Reporting Person                         Date


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Rhodes, F. Matthew - March 03, 2003
Form 4 (continued)
FOOTNOTE Descriptions for Conexant Systems, Inc. CNXT

Form 4 - March 2003

F. Matthew Rhodes
4311 Jamboree Road

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Explanation of responses:

(1)   Shares acquired pursuant to the Conexant Systems, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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