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<a name="s2BED01A067EE71A43CB669BE20913FF4"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION&#160;13 OR 15(d) OF</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 193</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">4</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">December 7, 2015 (December 4, 2015)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;"><img src="microchipjpmform8kame_image1.jpg" style="height:64px;width:278px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:80.95238095238095%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED</font></div><div style="padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:98.80952380952381%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="34%"></td><td width="33%"></td><td width="33%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">0-21184</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">86-0629024</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(State or other 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style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:16px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:12pt;">&#168;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:16px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:12pt;">&#168;</font><font 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style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s8EBCC32CB529BC29899F69BE20B98B43"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">On December 4, 2015, Microchip Technology Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), entered into Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Administrative Agent</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), which amends that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2013, as amended and restated as of February 4, 2015, by and among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Credit Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company utilized a portion of its option to expand the revolving commitments under the Credit Agreement and increased the 2020 Dollar Tranche Commitments and the 2020 Multicurrency Tranche Commitments by an aggregate of $204.0 million.  As a result of the Amendment and a prior increase in the revolving commitments, the Amendment reflects that the remaining option to increase the revolving commitments or obtain term loans under the Credit Agreement is $45,437,500.  The Total Leverage Ratio covenant was amended to permit the Company, at its option in connection with certain acquisitions and subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Amendment, to increase the maximum ratio permitted thereunder to 5.0 to 1.0 for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, with a step down to 4.75 to 1.0 for a period of three consecutive fiscal quarters. The Company may utilize the increase option only two times during the term of the Credit Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.03&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:24px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font 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style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit No.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="12%"></td><td width="3%"></td><td width="85%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font 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Eric Bjornholt</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;J. Eric Bjornholt</font></div><div style="font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:336px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;padding-left:6px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">-3-</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sAC4D928A8A11D5EC31D769BE20EBD7CF"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;padding-left:6px;text-indent:0px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:6px;text-indent:0px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit No.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="12%"></td><td width="3%"></td><td width="85%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">10.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2015, among Microchip Technology Incorporated, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">-4-</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 193
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported
)
December 7, 2015 (December 4, 2015)
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Delaware
0-21184
86-0629024
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
2355 West Chandler Boulevard, Chandler, Arizona  85224-6199
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(480) 792-7200
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 4, 2015, Microchip Technology Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "
Company
"), entered into Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "
Amendment
") with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the "
Administrative Agent
"), which amends that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2013, as amended and restated as of February 4, 2015, by and among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "
Credit Agreement
").
Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company utilized a portion of its option to expand the revolving commitments under the Credit Agreement and increased the 2020 Dollar Tranche Commitments and the 2020 Multicurrency Tranche Commitments by an aggregate of $204.0 million.  As a result of the Amendment and a prior increase in the revolving commitments, the Amendment reflects that the remaining option to increase the revolving commitments or obtain term loans under the Credit Agreement is $45,437,500.  The Total Leverage Ratio covenant was amended to permit the Company, at its option in connection with certain acquisitions and subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Amendment, to increase the maximum ratio permitted thereunder to 5.0 to 1.0 for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, with a step down to 4.75 to 1.0 for a period of three consecutive fiscal quarters. The Company may utilize the increase option only two times during the term of the Credit Agreement.
Item 2.03    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2015, among Microchip Technology Incorporated, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 7, 2015
Microchip Technology Incorporated
By:
/s/ J. Eric Bjornholt
J. Eric Bjornholt
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2015, among Microchip Technology Incorporated, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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