UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. X 02LHVC 1 U P X + q PLEASE FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q Annual Meeting Proxy Card . B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Date and Sign Below NOTE: Please sign as name appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box. + IMPORTANT ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION A For Against Abstain 2. To approve, as an advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; 4. To approve the amended Lattice Semiconductor Corporation 2013 Incentive Plan; For Against Abstain 5. To approve the amended Lattice Semiconductor Corporation 2011 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan; 01 - Darin G. Billerbeck 04 - John Bourgoin 07 - D. Jeffrey Richardson 02 - Robin A. Abrams 05 - Robert R. Herb 08 - Frederick D. Weber 03 - Brian M. Beattie 06 - Mark E. Jensen 1. Election of Directors: For Withhold For Withhold For Withhold 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 3. To approve, as an advisory vote, the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; 6. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2017; and 7. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, OR IF NO DIRECTION IS INDICATED, WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, “FOR” ITEMS 2, 4, 5, 6 AND 1 YEAR FOR ITEM 3. Proposals — The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” all the nominees listed and “FOR” Proposals 2, 4, 5, 6 and 1 Year for Proposal 3. 3 2 6 0 4 6 2
q PLEASE FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q . Annual Meeting of Stockholders — May 31, 2017 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY The undersigned hereby appoints Byron W. Milstead and Darin G. Billerbeck, and each of them, with power to act without the other and with power of substitution, as proxies and attorneys-in-fact and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as provided on the other side, all the shares of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation Common Stock which the undersigned is entitled to vote, and, in their discretion, to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the company to be held May 31, 2017 or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all powers which the undersigned would possess if present at the Meeting. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement and 2016 Annual Report are available at www.edocumentview.com/LSCC. (Continued and to be marked, dated and signed, on the other side) Proxy — LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION