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XILINX, INC.
 
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      Meeting Information       
Meeting Type:       Annual 
  Meeting Date:        08/14/08 
Meeting Time:       11:00 A.M. PDT 
For holders as of:   06/16/08 
Meeting Location:   
Xilinx, Inc.   
2050 Logic Drive   
San Jose, CA 95124 
   
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Voting items        

PROPOSALS - The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed and FOR Proposals 2 - 4.

        
 
1.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
 

Nominees:
 
(01) Willem P. Roelandts     
(02) Moshe N. Gavrielov
(03) John L. Doyle
(04) Jerald G. Fishman
(05) Philip T. Gianos		 (06) William G. Howard, Jr.
(07) J. Michael Patterson
(08) Marshall C. Turner
(09) Elizabeth W. Vanderslice
 
2. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS 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 AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE PLAN BY TWENTY (20) YEARS.  
 
3. PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER BY 4,000,000 SHARES.  
 
4. PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009.