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 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
June
1, 2009
 MICROCHIP
TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Exact
Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its
Charter)
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Delaware
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0-21184
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86-0629024
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(State
Or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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2355
West Chandler Boulevard, Chandler, Arizona 85224-6199
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(Address
Of Principal Executive Offices)
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(480)
792-7200
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On June
1, 2009, the Board of Directors of Microchip Technology Incorporated
(“Microchip”) appointed Ganesh Moorthy as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer effective as of such date. Mr. Moorthy had served
as Microchip’s Executive Vice President since 2006. He joined
Microchip in 2001 as Vice President of the Advanced Microcontroller &
Automotive Division. Mr. Moorthy started his business career at Intel
Corporation in 1981, and worked there for 19 years, rising through various
engineering and management positions. Mr. Moorthy is 49 years
old. He received a B.Sc. in Physics from Mumbai University in 1979, a
B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1981 and an
MBA in Marketing from National University in 1987.
There are no family
relationships among Mr. Moorthy and any directors or other executive officers of
Microchip. There are no “related
party” transactions between Mr. Moorthy and Microchip as described in Item
404(a) of Regulation SK.
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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.
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Dated: June 3, 2009 |
Microchip Technology Incorporated |
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(Registrant) |
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By: /s/ J. Eric
Bjornholt
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J. Eric Bjornholt Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial
Officer) |
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