― Recommend Stockholders Vote “For” the Acquisition and Other Proposals Set Forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement ―

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ;AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) and Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) announ­ced today they have set a date for the Spe­cial Mee­tings of Stock­hol­ders to vote on the pro­po­sed acqui­si­ti­on of Xilinx by AMD. AMD and Xilinx stock­hol­ders of record as of the clo­se of busi­ness on Feb. 10, 2021 will be entit­led to vote at their respec­ti­ve Spe­cial Mee­tings, both of which will be held vir­tual­ly on Wed­nes­day, Apr. 7, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Paci­fic Time.

AMD and Xilinx filed a defi­ni­ti­ve joint pro­xy state­ment and pro­s­pec­tus with the U.S. Secu­ri­ties and Exch­an­ge Com­mis­si­on in con­nec­tion with the pro­po­sed tran­sac­tion. The AMD and Xilinx Boards of Direc­tors each unani­mously recom­mends that respec­ti­ve stock­hol­ders vote “FOR” the pro­po­sed acqui­si­ti­on and other pro­po­sals set forth in the defi­ni­ti­ve joint pro­xy state­ment and pro­s­pec­tus, which is being dis­tri­bu­ted to all AMD and Xilinx stock­hol­ders entit­led to vote. (…) Wei­ter­le­sen »