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Meeting Location
The Annual Meeting of ALTERA CORPORATION for shareholders as of 3/14/08 is to be held on 5/13/08 at 4:00 p.m. local time
at: 101 Innovation Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
Voting items
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5.
1. Election of directors.
Nominees:
1a. John P. Daane
1b. Robert J. Finocchio, Jr.
1c. Kevin McGarity
1d. Gregory E. Myers
1e. John Shoemaker
1f. Susan Wang
2. To approve an amendment to the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan to increase by 5,000,000 the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan.
3. To approve a second amendment to the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan regarding non-employee director equity awards.
4. To approve an amendment to the 1987 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase by 1,000,000 the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan.
5. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 26, 2008.
6. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement or adjournment of the meeting.