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May 9, 2018SAN DIEGO: Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved, effective immediately, a new $10 billion stock repurchase authorization that replaces the previous $15 billion stock repurchase program announced in March 2015, which had $1.2 billion of repurchase authority remaining.

"€œConsistent with our commitment to return capital to our stockholders, we are pleased that our Board has approved a new stock repurchase authorization, which enables our continued anti-dilutive share repurchases and provides flexibility for potential additional repurchases, as we execute on our proposed acquisition of NXP,"€ said Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated. "€œSince our capital return programs began in 2003, we have returned more than $60 billion to stockholders through a combination of stock repurchases and cash dividends."

The new stock repurchase authorization has no expiration date. The timing of stock repurchases and the number of shares of common stock to be repurchased will depend upon prevailing market conditions and other factors. Repurchases will be made using the Company’s cash resources and may be commenced or suspended at any time or from time-to-time at the Company’s discretion without prior notice. Repurchases may be made in the open market, through 10b5-1 programs, accelerated share repurchase programs, through privately negotiated transactions or through the use of derivative instruments.