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XILINX, INC.
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Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: June 14, 2010
Date: August 11, 2010          Time: 11:00 AM PDT
Location: Xilinx, Inc.
2050 Logic Drive
San Jose, California, 95124


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Voting items
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):
     
1.
  Election of Directors
 
  Nominees
1a.
   Philip T. Gianos
 
    
1b.
   Moshe N. Gavrielov
 
    
1c.
   John L. Doyle
 
    
1d.
   Jerald G. Fishman
 
    
1e.
   William G. Howard, Jr.
 
    
1f.
   J. Michael Patterson
 
    
1g.
   Albert A. Pimentel
 
    
1h.
   Marshall C. Turner
 
    
1i.
   Elizabeth W. Vanderslice
 
    
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):
 
    
2.
 
PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S 1990 EMPLOYEE QUALIFIED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER BY 2,000,000 SHARES.
 
    
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PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER BY 4,500,000 SHARES.
 
    
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PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY’S EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR FISCAL 2011.
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