UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2009

XILINX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware  0-18548  77-0188631 
(State or other  (Commission File  (IRS Employer 
jurisdiction of  Number)  Identification No.) 
incorporation)     

2100 Logic Drive, San Jose, California 95124 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) 
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (408) 559-7778 

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Item 5.02       Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
   
On December 15, 2009, Xilinx, Inc. (the “Company”) made the following semi-annual payments to its named executive officers pursuant to the terms and conditions of the previously adopted 2010 Executive Incentive Plan (“the Plan”):

Named Executive Officer Position Total Semi-Annual
Payment
Moshe N. Gavrielov President and Chief Executive Officer $278,250
Jon A. Olson Senior Vice President, Finance and $141,450
Chief Financial Officer
Victor Peng Senior Vice President, Programmable $116,250
Platforms Development
Vincent F. Ratford Senior Vice President, Worldwide $110,700
Marketing
Frank A. Tornaghi Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales $107,325

Under the terms of the Plan, each of the three plan components, the share of revenue component, the operating profit component and the strategic component are eligible for payment on a semi-annual basis. For the first half of fiscal 2010, there was no payment under the share of revenue component. The payments above were made under the operating profit component and the strategic component only. All payments above were consistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan with the exception of the strategic component payments made to Messrs. Gavrielov, Peng and Ratford. The deviation from the terms and conditions of the Plan related solely to the number of goals and relative weighting of the goals under the strategic component of the Plan and had no impact on the dollar amounts of any payments. The Plan provides that the strategic component will consist of a maximum of five goals, each with a minimum weighting of 20%. For the first half of fiscal 2010, Mr. Gavrielov was paid on the basis of six goals, four of which had a weighting under 20%; Mr. Peng was paid on the basis of five goals, two of which had a weighting below 20%; and Mr. Ratford was paid on the basis of five goals, three of which had a weighting below 20%.

The Compensation Committee approved all payments to the named executive officers with the exception of Mr. Gavrielov, whose payment was approved by the independent members of the Board of Directors.


SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

XILINX, INC.
 
  By:   
Date: December 15, 2009    /s/ Jon A. Olson   
    Jon A. Olson 
    Senior Vice President, Finance 
    and Chief Financial Officer