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Proposal to Increase Authorized Equity Awards
At February 8, 2013 Annual Meeting
Stockholders are urged to carefully review ISSI’s proxy statement dated January 8, 2013 for
further information about this proposal and other matters related to ISSI and its annual meeting
of stockholders.
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Overview
Overview
Proposal
ISSI requests stockholder approval to increase its authorized equity
awards by 2 million shares
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Increase expected to cover the next two years
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As of record date, only 391,000 shares remain under the current authorization
Situation
Certain proxy advisor firms (“proxy advisors”) may recommend a NO
vote to subscribers
ISSI Position
Proxy advisor calculations do not appropriately reflect the significant
stockholder return ISSI has generated through incentivized
performance and share repurchases.  We ask stockholders to vote
YES on our proposal.
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Key Considerations
Key Considerations
Equity awards are an important incentive to recruit, retain,
and motivate our employees.
70% of our equity awards are granted to non-executive
employees
ISSI base salaries are below peer company averages
Our equity award burn rate is within published proxy
advisor guidelines
Our stock compensation expense is below our peer
companies as a percentage of revenue and market cap.
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Key Considerations
Key Considerations
ISSI Book Value Per Share has grown at a 13.2% CAGR
over the last four years on a fully-diluted basis
ISSI stock price has outperformed the SOX, Russell 2000,
and NASDAQ over the last five years
ISSI has repurchased 14 million shares in the last 5
years, returning significant value to stockholders
In the last five years, ISSI has transitioned to a more
sustainable and profitable business model. 
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Option & RSU Burn Rate
Option & RSU Burn Rate
ISSI is within published  proxy advisor guidelines for
“burn rate”
even before adjusting for special items.
2010
2011
2012
Average
Common Shares Outstanding at Fiscal Year End
26,217
26,448
27,594
26,753
Granted Options and RSUs
1,073
1,556
1,714
1,448
ISSI Unadjusted Burn Rate
5.41%
Adjustments:
RSUs given to Officers in Lieu of Earned Cash Bonus
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(189)
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New Hire Option Grants to Si En and Chingis employees
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(293)
(440)
ISSI Adjusted Option & RSU grants
1,073
1,074
1,274
1,140
ISSI Adjusted Burn Rate
4.26%
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If ISSI did not grant stock
options or RSUs, and instead
paid equivalent value in
cash,  it would have needed
to raise $114 million in order
to have the same cash
balance as it does today. 
Above data is from ISSI Form 10-Ks filed with the SEC
Stock
Cash from
Fiscal
Compensation
Option
Cash from
Shares
Year
Expense
Exercises
ESPP
Issued
2012
$5,031
$4,439
$1,413
1,203
2011
$4,042
$2,146
$1,239
740
2010
$2,497
$5,279
$687
1,347
2009
$3,096
$81
$657
441
2008
$3,646
$415
$734
275
2007
$3,940
$1,461
$0
224
2006
$4,639
$769
$1,067
412
2005
$2,023
$2,797
$999
1,022
2004
$3,305
$7,650
$1,116
1,847
2003
$4,381
$2,363
$867
802
2002
$5,505
$1,659
$992
549
2001
$6,409
$2,532
$1,125
751
2000
$6,685
$5,461
$859
1,241
1999
$3,214
$2,064
$699
791
1998
$959
$1,674
$1,379
706
$59,372
$40,790
$13,833
12,351
$113,995
$9.23
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Equity
Awards
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Good
Value
Proposition

Overhang and FAS 123R
Overhang and FAS 123R
ISSI overhang is only slightly higher than its peers. 
However, ISSI has much lower stock compensation
expense compared to peers, and ISSI has repurchased
34% of its shares over the past 5 years.
Above metrics are calculated from Form 10-Ks filed with the SEC and from Market Capitalization amounts listed on Yahoo Finance
Total
Overhang
Market Cap.
Revenue
Peer Companies
19.1%
2.1%
4.0%
ISSI
22.2%
1.5%
1.5%
FAS123R
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Comparable Option/RSU Overhang
Comparable Option/RSU Overhang
Adjusted overhang uses 2X multiple on RSUs
The list of peer companies is from ISSI’s proxy filing dated January 8, 2013.  Data is from each company’s
most recently filed Form 10-K.
Stock
Options
Outstanding
Option
RSUs
Total
Adjusted
Symbol
Outstanding
Shares
Overhang
Outstanding
Total
Overhang
Overhang
VLTR
5,401
24,804
21.8%
262
5,663
22.8%
23.9%
ANAD
4,275
69,394
6.2%
1,970
6,245
9.0%
11.8%
AMCC
4,164
61,879
6.7%
9,244
13,408
21.7%
36.6%
DSPG
7,428
22,502
33.0%
0
7,428
33.0%
33.0%
ENTR
11,071
87,160
12.7%
626
11,697
13.4%
14.1%
IXYS
5,472
37,352
14.6%
601
6,073
16.3%
17.9%
IPHI
4,259
27,882
15.3%
0
4,259
15.3%
15.3%
EXAR
6,345
45,245
14.0%
604
6,949
15.4%
16.7%
GSIT
5,626
27,618
20.4%
0
5,626
20.4%
20.4%
IKAN
12,498
69,332
18.0%
527
13,025
18.8%
19.5%
LSCC
9,287
117,675
7.9%
1,077
10,364
8.8%
9.7%
MSPD
2,588
34,515
7.5%
2,055
4,643
13.5%
19.4%
PSEM
2,453
23,565
10.4%
504
2,957
12.5%
14.7%
POWI
3,577
28,066
12.7%
458
4,035
14.4%
16.0%
SIGM
5,846
32,878
17.8%
231
6,077
18.5%
19.2%
SIMG
5,937
64,455
9.2%
2,983
8,920
13.8%
18.5%
MCRL
7,960
61,038
13.0%
667
8,627
14.1%
15.2%
MPWR
4,863
33,826
14.4%
1,300
6,163
18.2%
22.1%
16.7%
19.1%
ISSI
5,477
27,600
19.8%
323
5,800
21.0%
22.2%
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Stock Repurchases
Stock Repurchases
In past five years, ISSI has repurchased 14.2 million
shares for $88.5 million; average price of $6.24 per
share
ISSI current shares outstanding is about 28 million
shares; therefore outstanding shares reduced by 34%
ISSI
has
additional
$19.8
million
remaining
on
its
board
authorized repurchase plan
ISSI believes overhang and dilution calculations should consider
the benefit of share repurchase activity.  Instead, some proxy
advisor calculations penalize companies such as ISSI for returning
capital to stockholders through a share buyback program.
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Fully Diluted Book Value Per Share
Fully Diluted Book Value Per Share
Fully Diluted  
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
CAGR
Shares Outstanding
32.6
30.0
30.5
31.6
33.4
Stockholders' Equity
$168.9
$148.5
$198.2
$262.2
$283.6
Book Value Per Share
$5.18
$4.95
$6.50
$8.30
$8.49
13.2%
Tangible Fully Diluted
 
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
CAGR
Shares Outstanding
32.6
30.0
30.5
31.6
33.4
Stockholders' Equity
$168.9
$148.5
$198.2
$262.2
$283.6
Intangibles
($2.0)
($3.6)
($2.6)
($20.5)
($17.4)
Tangible book value
$166.9
$144.9
$195.6
$241.7
$266.2
Tangible Book Value Per Share
$5.12
$4.83
$6.41
$7.65
$7.97
11.7%
Above data is from ISSI Form 10-Ks filed with the SEC.
ISSI has significantly grown its Book
Value Per Share over the last five years.
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ISSI Peer Companies
ISSI Peer Companies
Anadigics, Inc. (ANAD)
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC)
DSP Group, Inc. (DSPG)
Entropic Communications, Inc.(ENTR)
Exar Corp. (EXAR)
GSI Technology, Inc. (GSIT)
Ikanos Communications, Inc. (IKAN)
IXYS Corporation(IXYS)
Inphi Corporation (IPHI)
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (LSCC)
Micrel, Inc. (MCRL)
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (MSPD)
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPWR)
Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (PSEM)
Power Integrations, Inc. (POWI)
Sigma Designs, Inc. (SIGM)
Silicon Image. Inc. (SIMG)
Volterra Semiconductor Corp.(VLTR )
These are the peer companies used by our Compensation
Committee in evaluating our executive compensation programs
The list of peer companies is from ISSI’s proxy filing dated January 8, 2013. 
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Summary
Summary
Equity awards have been a successful and cost effective incentive to
recruit, retain, and motivate ISSI employees.
The quantitative methodologies of certain proxy advisors penalize
ISSI for stockholder friendly repurchases and do not appropriately
account for stockholder value creation.
ISSI has demonstrated that its equity incentives preserve cash for
growth without added dilution to stockholders compared to alternative
compensation costs.
ISSI’s incentive plans have helped it outperform the SOX, Russell
and Nasdaq over the last five years.
We ask our stockholders to vote YES on our proposal to
increase the authorized equity awards based on ISSI’s prudent
use of incentive compensation and proven stockholder returns.
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