MICROSEMI CORP
SC 13D/A, 1995-07-11
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
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                                  UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   SCHEDULE 13D

   
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                            (Amendment No. 3)*
    

                                 Microsemi Corp.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                     Common Stock, par value $.20 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    595137100
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                 Benjamin Raphan
                       Tenzer, Greenblatt, Fallon & Kaplan
                 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10174
                                 (212) 573-4300
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            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                      to Receive Notice and Communications)

   
                                  July 5, 1995
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             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
    

   If the filing  person has  previously  filed a statement  on Schedule  13G to
   report the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule  13D,  and is
   filing this schedule  because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following
   box / /.

   Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement / /. (A fee
   is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on
   file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
   securities  described  in Item 1; and (2) has filed no  amendment  subsequent
   thereto  reporting  beneficial  ownership  of  five  percent  or less of such
   class.) (See Rule 13d-7).

   Note: Six copies of this statement,  including all exhibits,  should be filed
   with the  Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are
   to be sent.

*  The  remainder  of  this  cover  page  shall be  filled  out for a  reporting
   person's  initial  filing on this form with  respect to the subject  class of
   securities,  and for any subsequent  amendment  containing  information which
   would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.


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The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).


                                  SCHEDULE 13D

   
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CUSIP NO. 595137100                                 Page   2   of   6   Pages
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<TABLE>
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<C>           <S>                                                                                                            <C> 
1             NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
              S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

                 Norman J. Wechsler
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2             CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                                                              (a) |_|
                                                                                                                             (b) |_|
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3             SEC USE ONLY

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4             SOURCE OF FUNDS*

                 PF, WC
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5             CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                            |_|

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6             CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

                 United States
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              7   SOLE VOTING POWER
 NUMBER OF        1,726,536 (includes 1,059,557 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible debt securities)
  SHARES     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY  8   SHARED VOTING POWER
 OWNED BY         13,070 (includes 11,070 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible debt securities)
   EACH      -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 REPORTING    9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
  PERSON          1,726,536 (includes 1,059,557 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible debt securities)
   WITH      -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              10  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                  13,070 (includes 11,070 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible debt securities)
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11            AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                 1,739,606 (includes 1,070,627 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible debt securities)
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12            CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                             |_|

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13            PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                 20%

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14            TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                 IN

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                                                *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

  INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEM 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.
</TABLE>


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Item 1.   Security and Issuer.

          This statement relates to the Common Stock, par value $.20 per share
("Common Stock"), issued by Microsemi Corp. (the "Issuer"), whose principal
executive offices are located at 2830 South Fairview Street, Santa Ana, CA
92704.

Item 2.   Identity and Background.

          This statement is filed by Norman J. Wechsler, Chairman of the Board,
President and a principal shareholder of Wechsler & Co., Inc., a broker/dealer
registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The address
of Norman J. Wechsler is Suite 310, 105 South Bedford Road, Mount Kisco, New
York 10549. Mr. Wechsler is a United States citizen.

          Mr. Wechsler has not, during the last five years, (i) been convicted
in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors),
or (ii) been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body
of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject
to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or
prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws
or finding any violations with respect to such laws.

Item 3.   Source and Amount of Funds or other Consideration.

   
          Exclusive of (i) 1,406,536 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by Wechsler & Co., Inc.(1), (ii) 11,070 shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by the trust created under the Wechsler & Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan
(the "Profit Sharing Trust") and (iii) 2,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by a trust for the benefit of David Wechsler, the minor son of Norman J.
Wechsler, of which Norman J. Wechsler and his spouse are the trustees (the
"Wechsler Trust"), Mr. Wechsler is deemed to beneficially own 320,000 shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of a $600,000 principal amount 10%
Convertible Subordinated Note due June 26, 1999 (the "Convertible Note") of the
Issuer. Mr. Wechsler purchased such Note from the Issuer at par using personal
funds. Wechsler & Co., Inc. purchased the 1,406,536 shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by it (including $10,021,000 principal amount of 5 7/8%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2012 (the "Debentures") of the Issuer,
as to which 739,557 shares of Common Stock are issuable upon conversion thereof)
from time to time in open market transactions at varying prices for investment
and in trading transactions in the ordinary course of its business using working
    

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(1)  Wechsler & Co., Inc. also has a short position in 33,789 shares of
Common Stock.


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capital funds. The Profit Sharing Trust acquired Debentures in the aggregate
principal amount of $150,000 (convertible into 11,070 shares of Common Stock) as
part of a distribution of assets by the trust under the Wechsler & Krumholz
Employees Retirement Plan (the "Retirement Trust"), upon the termination of the
Retirement Plan in 1992. The Retirement Trust acquired such Debentures in an
open market transaction at a price of $126,375 ($84.25 per $100 of principal) on
September 2, 1987 using trust funds derived from retirement plan contributions
by Wechsler & Co., Inc. (formerly Wechsler & Krumholz, Inc.). The Wechsler Trust
acquired the 2,000 shares beneficially owned by it in an open market transaction
at a price of $5,500 using funds derived from the corpus of the Wechsler Trust.

Item 4.   Purpose of Transaction.

   
          The purposes of the acquisitions of shares of Common Stock by Norman
J. Wechsler, directly, and the shares attributed to Wechsler & Co., Inc., the
Profit Sharing Trust and the Wechsler Trust are for investment. The shares
attributed to Wechsler & Co., Inc. were acquired by such firm in the ordinary
course of its business partially for investment and partially as inventory for
its securities market-making activities. Mr. Wechsler, Wechsler & Co., Inc. and
the Trusts may make purchases of Common Stock from time to time and may dispose
of any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by them at any time. Mr.
Wechsler has no plan or proposal which relates to, or could result in any of the
matters referred to in Paragraphs (b) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Mr.
Wechsler may review or reconsider his position with respect to the Issuer or
formulate plans or proposals with respect to any such matter, but has no present
intention of doing so.
    

Item 5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

   
          Norman J. Wechsler beneficially owns an aggregate of 1,739,606 shares
of Common Stock (attributing all of the shares beneficially owned by Wechsler &
Co., Inc., the Profit Sharing Trust and the Wechsler Trust to Mr. Wechsler),
constituting approximately 20% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding. The
percentage used herein is calculated based upon the shares of Common Stock
stated by the Issuer to be outstanding at April 2, 1995. Mr. Wechsler has the
sole voting and dispositive power with respect to all the shares of Common Stock
to which this statement relates, except for the shares beneficially owned by the
Profit Sharing Trust and the Wechsler Trust, as to which Mr. Wechsler has shared
voting and dispositive power with the co-trustees of such Trusts. Mr. Wechsler
has not effected any transactions in shares of the Common Stock in the past 60
days, other than the transactions by Wechsler & Co., Inc. in the ordinary course
of its securities market-making activities.
    


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          No person, other than the persons named above, has the right to
receive or the power to direct receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds of,
the sale of the shares of Common Stock.

Item 6.   Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
          Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

          There are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships
with Mr. Wechsler or any other person with respect to the securities of the
Issuer, including but not limited to transfer or voting of any other securities,
finders' fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls,
guaranties of profits, divisions of profits or loss or the giving or withholding
of proxies.

Item 7.   Materials to be filed as Exhibits.

          None.

                                    SIGNATURE

          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

   
DATE:  July 7, 1995
    

                                              /s/ Norman J. Wechsler
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                                               Norman J. Wechsler


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