MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 31, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP)
CIK: 0000827054
Period of Report: 2010-03-30

Reporting Person: SIMONCIC RICHARD J (VP, Analog and Intrfc Prod Div)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-03-30	Common Stock	M	43200	$23.389	Acquired	122632	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-03-30	Common Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$23.389	M	43200	Disposed	2010-04-14	Common Stock (43200)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Of the 122,632 shares held, 7,652 shares were held Directly; 114,755 shares were held by Trust; and 225 shares were held by Reporting Person's wife and mother-in-law.