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KLA-Tencor Corporation announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share on its common stock payable on June 3, 2013 to KLA-Tencor stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 13, 2013.

KLA-Tencor Corporation reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2013. For the quarter, the company reported total revenues of $729,029,000 compared to $840,521,000 a year ago. Income from operations was $202,246,000 compared to $284,274,000 a year ago. Income before income taxes was $192,115,000 compared to $274,033,000 a year ago. Net income was $166,382,000 or $0.98 per diluted share compared to $205,346,000 or $1.21 per diluted share a year ago. Non-GAAP net income was $171,195,000 or $1.01 per diluted share compared to $215,779,000 or $1.27 per diluted share a year ago. For the nine months period, the company reported total revenues of $2,122,749,000 compared to $2,279,479,000 a year ago. Income from operations was $542,050,000 compared to $698,026,000 a year ago. Income before income taxes was $513,531,000 compared to $668,202,000 a year ago. Net income was $408,379,000 or $2.41 per diluted share compared to $508,138,000 or $2.99 per diluted share a year ago. Non-GAAP net income was $419,569,000 or $2.48 per diluted share compared to $535,902,000 or $3.15 per diluted share a year ago. Net cash provided by operating activities was $414,783,000 compared to $262,094,000 a year ago. Capital expenditure, net was $18,300,000 compared to $14,278,000 a year ago. For the fourth quarter ending June 2013, gross bookings are projected to be in the range of $625 million to $775 million. Revenue in the June quarter is expected to be in the range of $670 million to $730 million, and non-GAAP earnings per share in the range of $0.66 to $0.86 per share. Expectation for total revenue in the fourth quarter is a range between $670 million and $730 million. For the fourth quarter, the company is expecting gross margins between 56% and 57.5%. For the non-GAAP tax rate estimate is about 24%. Looking ahead to the remainder of 2013, outlook for the industry capital expenditure investment in the year has moderated somewhat from initial commentary in January.

KLA-Tencor Corporation anticipated a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.

KLA-Tencor Corporation announced NanoPoint(TM), a new family of patented technologies for its 2900 Series defect inspection system. NanoPoint represents an entirely new way to discover and monitor defects, at optical speed and on existing optical defect inspection equipment. NanoPoint's value has already been demonstrated on early metal layers, where line-edge roughness (LER) on dense pattern had previously limited the ability to detect tiny yield-killing defects inline at advanced nodes. NanoPoint focuses the resources of the optical inspection system on critical patterns, as identified either by circuit designers or by known defect sites. During chip development, NanoPoint can reveal the need for mask re-design within hours, potentially accelerating the identification and resolution of design issues from months to days. During volume production, NanoPoint can selectively track defectivity within critical patterns--allowing process monitoring with sensitivity and speed far beyond the industry's experience to date. Backed by several new patents, the NanoPoint technology is a product of KLA-Tencor's commitment to long-term R&D, within both the WIN Division and KT Labs, the research arm of the office of the Chief Technology Officer, Ben Tsai, Ph.D. Multiple NanoPoint systems have been installed at leading logic, foundry and memory chip manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia.

KLA-Tencor Corporation announced that they will report Q3, 2013 results on Apr 25, 2013