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ALTERA CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

                                THREE MONTHS ENDED                  NINE MONTHS ENDED
                        -----------------------------------      ----------------------
                        Sept. 30      Sept. 30      June 30      Sept. 30      Sept. 30
                          1996          1995          1996          1996         1995
                        --------      --------     --------      --------      --------
                         
Sales                   $116,728      $109,079     $116,295      $370,121      $276,282
                        --------      --------     --------      --------      --------
Costs & Expenses:					
Cost of Sales             45,094        42,817       44,849       142,997       110,357
Research and Development  13,308         9,105       11,343        37,174        23,368
Selling, General, and 
  Administrative          20,590        20,340       22,574        66,484        52,736
                        --------      --------     --------      --------      --------
					
Total Costs & Expenses    78,992        72,262       78,766       246,655       186,461
                        --------      --------     --------      --------      --------
					
Income from Operations    37,736        36,817       37,529       123,466        89,821
Interest & Other 
  Income, Net               (51)           848          387         1,259         2,970
                        --------      --------     --------      --------      --------
Income before Taxes       37,685        37,665       37,916       124,725        92,791
Taxes                     13,567        13,936       13,651        44,902        34,333
                        --------      --------     --------      --------      --------
Net Income               $24,118       $23,729      $24,265      $ 79,823       $58,458
                        ========      ========     ========      ========      ========
Net Income per Share:
  Primary                $  0.53       $  0.52      $  0.53      $   1.74       $  1.28
                        ========      ========     ========      ========      ========
  Fully diluted          $  0.52       $  0.51      $  0.52      $   1.70       $  1.29
                        ========      ========     ========      ========      ========
Weighted average shares 
and equivalents: 
  Primary                 45,575        45,852       45,774        45,794        45,527
                        ========      ========     ========      ========      ========
  Fully diluted           50,305        50,388       50,269        50,303        47,301
                        ========      ========     ========      ========      ========
					
Tax rate                     36%           37%          36%           36%           37%
					
% of Sales					
  Gross Margin               61%           61%          61%           61%           60%
  Research & Development     11%            8%          10%           10%            8%
  Selling, General and 
    Administrative           18%           19%          19%           18%           19%
  Income from Operations     32%           34%          32%           33%           33%
  Net Income                 21%           22%          21%           22%           21%

ALTERA CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Thousands)

(Unaudited)

                                                                 Sept. 30      June 30
                                                                    1996         1996
                                                                 --------     -------- 
Assets		
		
Current assets:		
  Cash and short-term investments                                $285,636     $291,351
  Accounts receivable, net                                         54,282       40,048
  Inventories                                                      89,429      101,124
  Other assets                                                     46,221       47,090
                                                                 --------     --------
Total Current Assets                                              475,568      479,613
Property and equipment, net                                        71,006       64,067
Investments & Intangibles                                         217,025      218,630
                                                                 --------     --------
                                                                 $763,599     $762,310
                                                                 ========     ========
		
		
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity		
		
Current Liabilities                                              $194,925     $160,606
Long Term Debt                                                    230,000      286,160
Shareholders' Equity                                              338,674      315,544
                                                                 --------      -------
                                                                 $763,599     $762,310
                                                                 ========     ========
		
Key Ratios & Information		
		
Current assets/current liabilities                                    2:1          3:1
Liabilities/Equity                                                    1:1          1:1
Annualized Quarterly Return on Equity                                 29%          32%
Quarterly Depreciation Expense                                      3,837        3,481
Quarterly Capital Expenditures                                     10,776        9,613
Annualized Sales per Employee                                         528          517

ALTERA CORPORATION

Sales ($M)

Net Income ($M)


ALTERA CORPORATION

CORPORATE PROFILE

Products:
Programmable Logic Chips (94% Dollar Volume)
Development Software and Hardware (6 % Dollar Volume)

Market: General Logic Replacement

End Use Markets -

  • Communications 61%
  • Computer 16%
  • Industrial 14%
  • Military 5%
  • Consumer 3%
  • Other 1%
  • Serve over 12,800 customers
  • Three distributors in North America - 80 branch locations
  • 49% of sales in export markets
  • Distributors in all European countries and major Asian markets

Operations:

Corporate Offices: San Jose, CA
Employees: 892
Sales Offices: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Irvine, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Ottawa, Paris, Seoul, Stockholm, Tokyo, Turin

Financial Highlights: (In thousands, except EPS)
                         1992       1993       1994*       1995        Q3 1996
                       --------   --------   --------    --------     --------
Sales                  $101,470   $140,279   $198,796    $401,598     $116,728
Net Income               11,539     21,195     14,608      86,871       24,118
Average Shares:					
  Primary                41,286     41,992     43,246      45,577       45,575
  Fully Diluted          41,286     41,992     43,246      48,019       50,305
EPS:					
  Primary                  0.28       0.51       0.34        1.91         0.53
  Fully Diluted            0.28       0.51       0.34        1.90         0.52
Cash and Investments     50,578     81,637     92,594     365,219      285,636
Total Assets            114,693    155,757    213,882     715,554      763,599
ShareholdersÍ Equity     95,606    121,699    158,019     255,187      338,674
Annualized ROE              13%        20%        10%         42%          29%

*Includes Research & Development in Process Charge of $20.2 million on an after-tax basis

Ownership:

Management/Directors/Employees: 5%
Institutional Holdings: 70%
Retail/Other: 25%
Nasdaq Symbol: ALTR
Avg. Trading Volume - 1.9 million shares/day
Public since March 30, 1988

Research Coverage:

    Alex Brown & Sons       Greg Mishou	       (415) 544-2815
    Bear Stearns            Nimal Vallipuram   (212) 272-8294
    Chicago Corp.           David Wu           (212) 293-5304
    First Boston            Jack Geraghty      (212)-909-3085
    Goldman Sachs           Rajiv Chaudhri     (212) 902-6771
    Hambrecht & Quist       Rob Chaplinsky     (415) 576-3489
    Merrill Lynch           Tom Kurlak         (212) 449-2308
    Montgomery Securities   Brett Hodess       (415) 627-2355
    Morgan Stanley          John Marren        (415) 576-2355
    Needham & Co.           Hans Mosesmann     (212) 705-0423
    Prudential Securities   Mark Edelstone     (415) 395-2623
    Robertson Stephens      Dan Niles          (415) 693-3241
    Schroeder Wertheim      Stuart Johnson     (212) 492-6414
    Smith Barney            Jim Barlage        (212) 816-5818
    Soundview               Scott Randall      (203) 462-7246
    UBS Securities Inc.     Charles Boucher    (415) 352-5500

    Number of Market Makers:  30

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