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ALTERA CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

                                   THREE MONTHS ENDED               YEAR ENDED
                          -----------------------------------  --------------------
                              Dec. 31    Dec. 31    Sept. 30    Dec. 31    Dec. 31
                               1995        1994       1995        1995       1994
                             --------    --------   --------    --------   --------
Sales                        $125,316    $ 59,174   $109,079    $401,598   $198,796
                             --------    --------   --------    --------   --------

Costs & Expenses:     
Cost of Sales                  48,451      23,615     42,817     158,808     77,672
Research and Development       10,481       6,521      9,105      33,849     22,249
Research and Development
 in Process                                23,745                            23,745
Selling, General, &
 Administrative                21,922      13,191     20,340      74,658     45,771
                             --------    --------   --------    --------   --------
     
Total Costs & Expenses         80,854      67,072     72,262     267,315    169,437
                             --------    --------   --------    --------   --------
     
Income (Loss) from Operations  44,462      (7,898)    36,817     134,283     29,359
Interest & Other Income, Net      638         668        848       3,608      2,137
                             --------    --------   --------    --------   --------
Income before Taxes            45,100      (7,230)    37,665     137,891     31,496
Taxes                          16,687       2,559     13,936      51,020     16,888
                             --------    --------   --------    --------   --------
Net Income                    $28,413    $ (9,789)   $23,729     $86,871    $14,608
                             ========    ========   ========    ========   ========
Net Income per Share        $    0.62    $  (0.22)   $  0.52     $  1.91    $  0.34
                             ========    ========   ========    ========   ========
Avg. shares and equivalents
 used in calculation of
 net income per share          45,837      44,614     45,852      45,577     43,246
                             ========    ========   ========    ========   ========
     
Tax rate                          37%        -35%        37%         37%        54%
     
% of Sales     
  Gross Margin                    61%         60%        61%         60%        61%
  Research & Development           8%         11%         8%          8%        11%
  Selling, General and
   Administrative                 17%         22%        19%         19%        23%
  Income from Operations          36%         N/A        34%         33%        15%
  Net Income                      23%         N/A        22%         22%         7%

ALTERA CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Thousands)
(Unaudited)

                                        Dec.31       Sept.30       Dec.31
                                         1995         1995          1994
                                      ----------   ---------   -----------
Assets   
   
Current assets:   
  Cash and short-term investments      $365,219     $341,833     $ 92,594
  Accounts receivable, net               54,518       65,497       31,662
  Inventories                            55,421       42,369       38,477
  Other assets                           42,849       26,671       14,609
                                       --------     --------     --------
Total Current Assets                    518,007      476,370      177,342
Property and equipment, net              54,846       49,203       18,212
Investments & Intangibles               142,701       37,624       18,328
                                       --------     --------     --------
                                       $715,554     $563,197     $213,882
                                       ========     ========     ========
   
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity   
   
Current Liabilities                   $ 171,765    $  97,688    $  55,863
Long Term Debt                          288,600      244,400 
Shareholders' Equity                    255,189      221,109      158,019
                                       --------     --------     --------
                                       $715,554     $563,197     $213,882
                                       ========     ========     ========

Key Ratios & Information   
   
Current assets/current liabilities          3:1          5:1          3:1
Liabilities/Equity                          2:1          2:1          1:3
Annualized Quarterly Return on Equity       48%          46%          N/A
Quarterly Depreciation Expense            2,531        2,182        1,879
Quarterly Capital Expenditures            8,174        6,905        4,224
Annualized Sales per Employee               591          556          366

ALTERA CORPORATION

Sales ($M)

Net Income ($M)


ALTERA CORPORATION

CORPORATE PROFILE

Products:

Programmable Logic Chips (95% Dollar Volume)
Development Software and Hardware (5% Dollar Volume)

Market: General Logic Replacement

End Use Markets -

  • Communications 57%
  • Computer 18%
  • Industrial 16%
  • Military 4%
  • Consumer 4%
  • Other 1%
  • Serve over 12,200 customers
  • Three U.S. distributors - 74 branch locations
  • 45% of sales in export markets
  • Distributors in all European countries and major Asian markets

Operations:

Corporate Offices: San Jose, CA
Employees: 881
Sales Offices: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Raleigh, San Diego, San Jose, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Ottawa, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, Turin

Financial Highlights: (In thousands, except EPS)

                                    1992           1993         1994*          1995
                                  --------      --------      --------      --------
Sales                             $101,470      $140,279      $198,796      $401,598
Net Income                          11,539        21,195        14,608        86,871
Average Shares                      41,286        41,992        43,246        45,577
EPS                                   0.28          0.51          0.34          1.91
Cash and Investments                50,578        81,637        92,594       365,219
Total Assets                       114,693       155,757       213,882       715,554
ShareholdersĂȘ Equity                95,606       121,699       158,019       255,187
Return on Average Equity               13%           20%           10%           42%

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

Ownership:

Management/Directors/Employees: 5% Nasdaq Symbol: ALTR
Institutional Holdings: 85% Avg. Trading Volume -
Retail/Other: 10% 1.9 million shares/day
Public since March 30, 1988

Research Coverage:

   Alex Brown & Sons        Erik Jansen       (415) 544-2854
   Goldman Sachs            Rajiv Chaudhri    (212) 902-6771
   Hambrecht & Quist        Charles Boucher   (415) 576-3376
   UBS Securities Inc.      Jon Joseph        (212) 821-3645
   Merrill Lynch            Tom Kurlak        (212) 449-2308
   Montgomery Securities    Brett Hodess      (415) 627-2027
   Needham & Co.            Raj Rajaratnam    (212) 371-8300
   Prudential Securities    Mark Edelstone    (415) 395-2623
   Robertson Stephens       Dan Klesken       (415) 693-3329
   Smith Barney             Jim Barlage       (212) 816-5818
   Schroeder Wertheim       Stuart Johnson    (212) 492-6414

   Number of Market Makers: 30

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