MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Aug 11, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP)
CIK: 0000827054
Period of Report: 2011-08-10

Reporting Person: CHAPMAN MATTHEW W (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-08-10	Common Stock	M	1398	$30.71	Acquired	23503	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2001-08-10	Restricted Stock Units	$30.71	M	1398	Disposed		Common Stock (2796)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Of the 23,503 shares held, 23,106 shares were held Directly; 262 shares were held by Trust; and 135 shares were held by Reporting Person's children.

F2: The restricted stock units will vest in equal 50% annual installments on each of the two anniversaries of the tenth business day of the second month of the fiscal quarter in which the grant is made.