SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced third quarter fiscal 2015 sales of $594 million, down 2% from the prior quarter and up 1% from the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Third quarter fiscal 2015 net income was $168 million or $0.62 per share, including a $0.02 per diluted share benefit primarily related to the reinstatement of the R&D tax credit.

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The Xilinx Board of Directors announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per outstanding share of common stock, payable on February 25, 2015 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on February 4, 2015.

Additional third quarter comparisons are represented in the charts below:



    GAAP Results

    (In millions, except EPS)


                                                                             Growth
                                                                            Rates
                                                                                        
    Y-T-Y
                                 Q3             Q2             Q3          Q-T-Q

                              FY 2015        FY 2015        FY 2014
                              -------        -------        -------

     Net
     revenues                         $593.5         $604.3         $586.8          -2%         1%

     Operating
     income                           $190.0         $200.0         $202.7          -5%        -6%

     Net
     income                           $168.5         $171.5         $175.9          -2%        -4%

     Diluted
     earnings
     per
     share                             $0.62          $0.62          $0.61           0%         2%

"Solid profitability during the quarter was tempered by disappointing sales from broadcast and communications end markets," said Moshe Gavrielov, Xilinx President and Chief Executive Officer. "However, I am pleased with the renewed growth of our 28nm product family, which increased nearly 20% sequentially. I expect this product family to continue to post healthy growth in 2015 driven by a broad base of applications."



    Net Revenues by Geography:


                               Percentages               Growth Rates

                                   Q3          Q2               Q3                   Y-T-Y

                                 FY 2015     FY 2015          FY 2014



                                                                          Q-T-Q
                                                                          -----

     North
     America                             34%         32%              29%         4%        18%

     Asia
     Pacific                             39%         37%              40%         3%        -2%

    Europe                               17%         21%              22%       -18%       -16%

    Japan                                10%         10%               9%        -4%         2%



    Net Revenues by End Market:


                                Percentages               Growth Rates

                                    Q3          Q2             Q3               Y-T-Y

                                  FY 2015     FY 2015        FY 2014



                                                                         Q-T-Q
                                                                         -----

    Communications & Data
     Center                               41%         41%            44%           -7%

                                                                            -3%

    Industrial, Aerospace &
     Defense                              43%         41%            37%     4%    18%

    Broadcast, Consumer &
     Automotive                           14%         15%            16%    -6%    -9%

    Other                                  2%          3%             3%   -41%   -39%



    Net Revenues by Product:


                             Percentages               Growth
                                                       Rates

                                 Q3          Q2              Q3

                               FY 2015     FY 2015         FY 2014               Y-T-Y



                                                                       Q-T-Q
                                                                       -----

    New                                43%         43%             38%       -1%        14%

    Mainstream                         29%         31%             33%       -8%       -10%

    Base                               25%         23%             26%        4%        -3%

    Support                             3%          3%              3%       -2%        -1%


    Products are classified as follows:


    New products: Virtex(R) UltraScale(TM), Kintex(R)
     UltraScale, Virtex-7,  Kintex7, Artix(R)-7,
     Zynq(R)-7000, Virtex6, Spartan(R)6 products

    Mainstream products: Virtex5, Spartan3 and
     CoolRunner(TM)II products

    Base products: Virtex4, VirtexII, VirtexE, Virtex,
     Spartan-II, Spartan, CoolRunner and XC9500
     products

    Support products: Configuration solutions,
     HardWire, Software & Support/Services


    Key Statistics:

    (Dollars in millions)

                                   Q3          Q2           Q3

                                 FY 2015     FY 2015      FY 2014
                                 -------     -------      -------


    Annual Return on Equity (%)*          25           25           20


    Operating Cash Flow                 $291         $204         $216


    Depreciation Expense                 $14          $14          $14


    Capital Expenditures                  $6           $8          $11


    Combined Inventory Days              134          153          114


    Revenue Turns (%)                    44           48           52


    *Return on equity calculation:
     Annualized net income/average
     stockholders' equity

Highlights - December Quarter Fiscal 2015

    --  Xilinx 28nm products exceeded $150 million in sales for the quarter, up
        nearly 20% sequentially and up over 50% from the same quarter a year
        ago.  Sales from all product family members increased sequentially and
        were driven by a broad base of applications.
    --  Xilinx recently introduced its Kintex UltraScale devices, which are the
        industry's first 20nm FPGAs to move into volume production.  Customers
        can benefit from an estimated one-year time to market advantage relative
        to its competition. At 20nm, Xilinx also announced that it is now
        shipping the industry's largest FPGA, which delivers over 4X the
        capacity of competitive devices and extends its high-end leadership.
    --  Xilinx announced the SDAccel(TM) development environment for OpenCL(TM),
        C, and C++, enabling up to 25X better performance/watt for data center
        application acceleration leveraging FPGAs. SDAccel, the newest member of
        the SDx(TM) family, combines the industry's first architecturally
        optimizing compiler supporting any combination of OpenCL, C, and C++
        kernels, along with libraries, development boards, and the first
        complete CPU/GPU-like development and run-time experience for FPGAs.
    --  In November, Xilinx Board of Directors granted an authorization for the
        Company to repurchase up to $800 million of its common stock. Since
        fiscal 2010, the Company has repurchased over 50 million shares for
        approximately $1.8 billion.

Business Outlook - March Quarter Fiscal 2015


    --  Sales are expected to be down 2% to down 6% sequentially.
    --  Gross margin is expected to be approximately 68% to 69%.
    --  Operating expenses are expected to be approximately $227 million
        including $2.5 million of amortization of acquisition-related
        intangibles.
    --  Other income and expenses are expected to be a net expense of
        approximately $7 million.
    --  Fully diluted share count is expected to be approximately 270 million.
    --  March quarter tax rate is expected to be approximately 13%.

Conference Call

A conference call will be held today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the December quarter financial results and management's outlook for the March quarter. The webcast and subsequent replay will be available in the investor relations section of the Company's web site at www.investor.xilinx.com. A telephonic replay of the call may be accessed later in the day by calling (855) 859-2056 and referencing confirmation code 50649087. The telephonic replay will be available for two weeks following the live call.

This release contains forward-looking statements and projections. Forward-looking statements and projections can often be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "expect," "believe," "may," "will," "could," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "plan," "intend," "project" or other similar expressions. Statements that refer to or are based on projections, uncertain events or assumptions also identify forward-looking statements. Such forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to the semiconductor market, the growth and acceptance of our products, expected revenue growth, the demand and growth in the markets we serve, opportunity for expansion into new markets, and our expectations regarding our business outlook for the March quarter of fiscal 2015. Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements and projections, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual events and results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties including customer acceptance of our new products, current global economic conditions, the health of our customers and the end markets in which they participate, our ability to forecast end customer demand, a high dependence on turns business, more customer volume discounts than expected, greater product mix changes than anticipated, fluctuations in manufacturing yields, our ability to deliver product in a timely manner, our ability to successfully manage production at multiple foundries, variability in wafer pricing, costs and liabilities associated with current and future litigation, and other risk factors listed in our most recent Forms 10-Q and 10-K.

About Xilinx

Xilinx develops All Programmable technologies and devices, beyond hardware to software, digital to analog, and single to multiple die in 3D ICs. These industry leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

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    XILINX, INC.

    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    (Unaudited)

    (In thousands, except per share amounts)

                                                      Three Months Ended                                     Nine Months Ended
                                                      ------------------                                     -----------------

                                                December 27, 2014                September 27, 2014                            December 28, 2013            December 27, 2014            December 28, 2013
                                                -----------------                ------------------                            -----------------            -----------------            -----------------

    Net revenues                                                        $593,549                    $604,262                                       $586,816                   $1,810,445                   $1,764,708

    Cost of revenues                                                     179,638                     169,617                                        180,792                      538,445                      543,308
                                                                         -------                     -------                                        -------                      -------                      -------

    Gross margin                                                         413,911                     434,645                                        406,024                    1,272,000                    1,221,400
                                                                         -------                     -------                                        -------                    ---------                    ---------

    Operating expenses:

    Research and development                                             133,455                     138,335                                        128,092                      393,803                      364,635

    Selling, general and
     administrative                                                       88,076                      93,883                                         91,794                      274,472                      280,520

    Amortization of
     acquisition-related
     intangibles                                                           2,371                       2,378                                          2,589                        7,167                        7,425

    Litigation and
     contingencies                                                             -                          -                                      (19,190)                           -                       9,410
                                                                             ---                        ---                                       -------                          ---                       -----

    Total operating expenses                                             223,902                     234,596                                        203,285                      675,442                      661,990
                                                                         -------                     -------                                        -------                      -------                      -------

    Operating income                                                     190,009                     200,049                                        202,739                      596,558                      559,410

    Interest and other expense,
     net                                                                   4,007                       5,731                                          4,807                       15,960                       25,734
                                                                           -----                       -----                                          -----                       ------                       ------

    Income before income taxes                                           186,002                     194,318                                        197,932                      580,598                      533,676

    Provision for income taxes                                            17,536                      22,802                                         22,055                       67,005                       59,315
                                                                          ------                      ------                                         ------                       ------                       ------

    Net income                                                          $168,466                    $171,516                                       $175,877                     $513,593                     $474,361
                                                                        ========                    ========                                       ========                     ========                     ========

    Net income per common share:

    Basic                                                                  $0.64                       $0.64                                          $0.66                        $1.93                        $1.78
                                                                           =====                       =====                                          =====                        =====                        =====

    Diluted                                                                $0.62                       $0.62                                          $0.61                        $1.85                        $1.66
                                                                           =====                       =====                                          =====                        =====                        =====

    Cash dividends per common
     share                                                                 $0.29                       $0.29                                          $0.25                        $0.87                        $0.75
                                                                           =====                       =====                                          =====                        =====                        =====

    Shares used in per share calculations:

    Basic                                                                262,881                     265,942                                        267,780                      266,299                      266,068
                                                                         =======                     =======                                        =======                      =======                      =======

    Diluted                                                              273,795                     275,800                                        288,195                      277,709                      285,380
                                                                         =======                     =======                                        =======                      =======                      =======



    XILINX, INC.

    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
     BALANCE SHEETS

    (In thousands)

                               December 27,            March 29,
                                                  2014    2014 *
                                                  ----    -----

                               (unaudited)

    ASSETS

    Current assets:

    Cash, cash equivalents
     and short-term
     investments                            $2,920,768           $2,457,321

    Accounts receivable, net                   187,496              267,833

    Inventories                                246,664              233,999

    Deferred tax assets and
     other current assets                      160,213              107,994
                                               -------              -------

    Total current assets                     3,515,141            3,067,147

    Net property, plant and
     equipment                                 337,914              355,089

    Long-term investments                      654,013            1,190,775

    Other assets                               408,137              424,338

    Total Assets                            $4,915,205           $5,037,349
                                            ==========           ==========



    LIABILITIES , TEMPORARY
     EQUITY AND
     STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY


      Accounts payable and
       accrued  liabilities                   $288,240             $369,260

      Deferred income on
       shipments to
       distributors                             51,486               55,099

      Current portion of long-
       term debt                               573,290              565,001
                                               -------              -------

    Total current
     liabilities                               913,016              989,360


    Long-term debt                             994,595              993,870

    Deferred tax liabilities                   293,138              253,433

    Other long-term
     liabilities                                14,268               13,005

    Temporary equity                            26,710               34,999

    Stockholders' equity                     2,673,478            2,752,682

    Total Liabilities,
     Temporary Equity and
     Stockholders' Equity                   $4,915,205           $5,037,349
                                            ==========           ==========


    * Derived from audited
     financial statements



    XILINX, INC.

    SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    (Unaudited)

    (In thousands)

                                            Three Months Ended                               Nine Months Ended
                                            ------------------                               -----------------

                                          December 27,                 September 27,                           December 28,         December 27,         December 28,
                                                                  2014                  2014                                   2013                 2014                 2013
                                                                  ----                  ----                                   ----                 ----                 ----

    SELECTED CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

    Depreciation                                               $13,711               $13,678                                $13,595              $40,857              $41,604

    Amortization                                                 5,048                 5,303                                  5,058               15,556               14,828

    Stock-based compensation                                    29,054                28,740                                 24,339               79,900               68,353

    Net cash provided by
     operating activities                                      290,742               203,881                                216,390              624,741              615,542

    Purchases of property,
     plant and equipment                                         6,139                 8,427                                 10,975               23,682               30,717

    Payment of dividends to
     stockholders                                               76,172                76,957                                 67,096              230,550              200,301

    Repurchases of common stock                                174,997               199,999                                 97,140              476,012              167,121

    Proceeds from issuance of
     common stock to employees
     and excess tax benefit                                     16,700                 2,452                                 12,729               36,007              157,611


    STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION INCLUDED IN:

    Cost of revenues                                            $2,339                $2,077                                 $1,966               $6,408               $5,628

    Research and development                                    14,909                14,831                                 11,912              $40,245              $33,474

    Selling, general and
     administrative                                             11,806                11,832                                 10,461              $33,247              $29,251

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