MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC
S-8, 2001-01-18
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2001
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                        MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                                   ----------

            Delaware                                            86-062904
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                           Identification Number)

                        MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
                          2355 West Chandler Boulevard
                          Chandler, Arizona 85224-6199
                                 (480) 792-7200
    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of Registrant's principal executive offices)

                TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
              TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1996 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN
          TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
         TELCOM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2000 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plans)

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                                  Steve Sanghi
                               Chairman, President
                           and Chief Executive Officer
                          2355 West Chandler Boulevard
                          Chandler, Arizona 85224-6199
                                 (480) 792-7200
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

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                                 WITH COPIES TO:
                               Michael J. Kennedy
                              J. Robert Suffoletta
                        Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
                            Professional Corporation
                               650 Page Mill Road
                            Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
                                 (650) 493-9300

                                   ----------

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. If any of
the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check
the following box. [X]

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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<S>                                           <C>              <C>         <C>                 <C>
                                                              PROPOSED
                                                              MAXIMUM         PROPOSED
                                               AMOUNT         OFFERING         MAXIMUM
     TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF                     TO BE         PRICE PER       AGGREGATE        AMOUNT OF
   SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED               REGISTERED(1)   SHARE(2)(3)   OFFERING PRICE   REGISTRATION FEE
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TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1994 Stock
Option Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value                 1,524,375        $16.88(2)   $25,731,450.00      $6,433.00
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TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1996 Director
Option Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value                    27,030        $17.25(2)   $   466,267.50      $  117.00
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TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1996 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value                    31,800        $20.43(3)   $   649,674.00      $  163.00
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TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 2000
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value                   321,975        $38.03(2)   $12,244,709.00      $3,061.00
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TOTAL                                         1,905,180                    $39,092,100.50      $9,774.00
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</TABLE>

(1)  Represents shares of Microchip Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock
     options granted  pursuant to the plans. In connection with the Registrant's
     acquisition of TelCom  Semiconductor,  Inc., the Registrant has assumed the
     obligation  to issue  shares of common  stock  upon  exercise  of the stock
     options issued under the plans.

(2)  With respect to the TelCom Semiconductor,  Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan, the
     TelCom  Semiconductor,  Inc.  1996  Director  Option  Plan  and the  TelCom
     Semiconductor,  Inc.  2000  Nonstatutory  Stock Option  Plan,  estimated in
     accordance  with Rule 457 under the  Securities  Act of 1933 solely for the
     purpose of  calculating  the  registration  fee.  In  accordance  with Rule
     457(h),  the computation is based upon the weighted  average exercise price
     of the options covered under each plan.

(3)  With respect to the TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase
     Plan,  estimated  for  the  purpose  calculating  the  registration  fee in
     accordance  with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  on
     the basis of 85% of the  average  of the high and low  prices of  Microchip
     Common  Stock  reported on the Nasdaq  National  Market on January 10, 2001
     (the "Market Price").
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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Microchip  Technology  Incorporated  (the  "Registrant"  or the  "Company")
hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration  Statement,  pursuant to
General Instruction "E" to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration  Statement
on Form S-8 (No.  33-59686)  filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
("SEC") on March 17, 1993,  the contents of the  Registration  Statement on Form
S-8 (No.  33-80072)  filed with the SEC on June 10,  1994,  the  contents of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-81690) filed with the SEC on July 18,
1994,  the contents of the  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 (No.  33-83196)
filed with the SEC on August 24, 1994, the contents of Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No.  333-872)  filed with the SEC on January 23, 1996, the contents of
Registration  Statement  on Form  S-8  (No.  333-40791)  filed  with  the SEC on
November  21,  1997,  the  contents of  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-67215) filed with the SEC on November 13, 1998, the contents of Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No.  333-93571)  filed with the SEC on December 23, 1999,
and the contents of  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.  333-51322)  filed
with the SEC on December 6, 2000.

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The  Registrant  hereby  incorporates  by  reference  in this  registration
statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:

          (a) The  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2000.

          (b) The Registrant's  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended June 30, 2000 and September 30, 2000.

          (c)  The  Registrant's  Current  Reports  on  Form  8-K  filed  on the
following dates: July 26, 2000; October 30, 2000; and January 17, 2001.

          (d) The  description  of the  Registrant's  Preferred  Share  Purchase
Rights contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on
February 14, 1995, including any amendment or report updating such description.

          (e) The description of the Registrant's  Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A filed on  February  5,  1993,
including any amendment or report updating such description.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c),  14 and 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended (the
"Exchange  Act")  prior to the  filing  of a  post-effective  amendment  to this
Registration  Statement which indicates that all securities  offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities  remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be  incorporated  by reference into this  Registration  Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION
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4.1    TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan and forms of agreements
       used thereunder

4.2    TelCom  Semiconductor,  Inc.  1996  Director  Option  Plan  and  forms of
       agreements used thereunder

4.3    TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and forms of
       agreements used thereunder

4.4    TelCom Semiconductor,  Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and forms
       of agreements used thereunder

5.1    Opinion of Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich & Rosati,  P.C.,  as to  legality of
       securities being registered

23.1   Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors

23.2   Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,  P.C.  (contained in Exhibit
       5.1)

24.1   Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Chandler, State of Arizona, on January 18, 2001.


                                     MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED


                                     By: /s/ Gordon W. Parnell
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                                         Gordon W. Parnell
                                         Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

     That  the  undersigned  officers  and  directors  of  Microchip  Technology
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Gordon W.
Parnell and Mary K. Simmons, and each of them, the lawful  attorneys-in-fact and
agents,  with full power and  authority to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents,  and any one of
them,  determine  may be  necessary  or  advisable  or  required  to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules
or  regulations  or  requirements  of the  Commission  in  connection  with this
Registration  Statement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power
and authority,  the powers  granted  include the power and authority to sign the
names of the  undersigned  officers and  directors in the  capacities  indicated
below  to  this  Registration  Statement,  to  any  and  all  amendments,   both
pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement
and to any and all instruments or documents filed as a part of or in conjunction
with this Registration  Statement or to amendments or supplements  thereof,  and
each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and
agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This
Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  each of the  undersigned  has executed  this Power of
Attorney as of the date indicated.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                                              TITLE                                   DATE
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<S>                                     <C>                                               <C>
/s/ Steve Sanghi                        Chairman of the Board of Directors,               January 18, 2001
---------------------------             President and Chief Executive Officer
Steve Sanghi                            (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Gordon W. Parnell                   Vice President, Chief Financial                   January 18, 2001
---------------------------             Officer (Principal Accounting and
Gordon W. Parnell                       Financial Officer)


/s/ Albert J. Hugo-Martinez             Director                                          January 18, 2001
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Albert J. Hugo-Martinez


/s/ L.B. Day                            Director                                          January 18, 2001
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L.B. Day


/s/ Matthew W. Chapman                  Director                                          January 18, 2001
---------------------------
Matthew W. Chapman


/s/ Wade F. Meyercord                   Director                                          January 18, 2001
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Wade F. Meyercord
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                              DESCRIPTION
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4.1    TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan and forms of agreements
       used thereunder

4.2    TelCom  Semiconductor,  Inc.  1996  Director  Option  Plan  and  forms of
       agreements used thereunder

4.3    TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and forms of
       agreements used thereunder

4.4    TelCom Semiconductor,  Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and forms
       of agreements used thereunder

5.1    Opinion of Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich & Rosati,  P.C.,  as to  legality of
       securities being registered

23.1   Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors

23.2   Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,  P.C.  (contained in Exhibit
       5.1)

24.1   Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)


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