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Intersil Announces $400 Million Stock Repurchase Program
MILPITAS, CA, December 18, 2006 Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog semiconductors, today announced that its board of directors has authorized a program to repurchase up to $400 million of Intersils common stock over the next twelve months. Currently, the company has approximately 138 million shares of common stock outstanding.
This repurchase program will be funded using future free cash flow and a portion of our cash on hand, said Dave Zinsner, vice president and CFO. The repurchase program, together with our dividend, reinforces our commitment to provide value to our shareholders. About Intersil
Intersil Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors. The Company's products address some of the industry's fastest growing markets such as flat panel displays, cell phones, handheld products and notebook computing. Intersil’s product families address both power management and analog signal processing functions. Intersil products include ICs for battery management; hot-swap and hot-plug controllers; linear regulators; supervisory ICs; switching DC/DC regulators; power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; video and high-performance operational amplifiers; data converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; crosspoint switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and radiation-hardened applications. For more information about Intersil or to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit the Company's web site and career page at www.intersil.com.
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