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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on August 10, 2011.

XILINX, INC.

XILINX, INC.
C/O COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES
P.O. BOX 43078
PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02940-3078

Meeting Information

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: June 13, 2011
Date: August 10, 2011 Time: 11:00 a.m., 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 proposals:

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:

	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

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.

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.

PROPOSAL TO APPROVE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANY’S 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLYING WITH SECTION 162(M) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

PROPOSAL TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 year on the following proposal:

PROPOSAL TO RECOMMEND, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE FREQUENCY OF VOTES ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY’S EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR FISCAL 2012.