MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC — Director's Dealing 2013

Mar 20, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP)
CIK: 0000827054
Period of Report: 2013-03-19

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-03-19	Common Stock	M	4857	$18.48	Acquired	121921	Indirect
2013-03-19	Common Stock	S	4857	$36.16	Disposed	117064	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-03-19	Common Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$18.48	M	4857	Disposed	2013-04-09	Common Stock (4857)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Of the 121,921 shares held, 7,652 shares were held Directly; 114,044 shares were held by Trust, and 225 shares were held by Reporting Person's wife and mother-in-law.

F2: The sale(s) reported in this Form 4 was/were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on December 2, 2010.

F3: Of the 117,064 shares held, 7,652 shares were held Directly; 109,187 shares were held by Trust, and 225 shares were held by Reporting Person's wife and mother-in-law.