STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORP
S-3/A, 1996-06-28
COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC
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                                                  Registration No. 333-03085
     
                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                           ___________________
                                FORM S-3
                            (Amendment No. 1)
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT 
                                  UNDER 
                        THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                         ________________________
                     STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Delaware                                 11-2234952
       (State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.) 

                                80 Arkay Drive
                           Hauppauge, New York 11788
                                 (516) 435-6000

              (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, 
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                    
                             David C. Fischer, Esq.
                                Loeb & Loeb LLP
                                345 Park Avenue
                             New York, New York 10154
                                 (212) 407-4000
              (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
              number, including area code, of agent for service)
                    

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: From time to time 
after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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PROSPECTUS
June __, 1996


                                240,240 Shares

                       Standard Microsystems Corporation

                                 Common Stock

            This Prospectus relates to the public offering of up to 240,240
shares of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share ("Common Stock"), of Standard
Microsystems Corporation (the"Company"). All of the shares of Common Stock
that are offered hereby are being offered by a Selling Stockholder.  See
"Selling Stockholder." The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from
the sale of the Common Stock by the Selling Stockholder.

            The Selling Stockholders may offer shares of Common Stock for sale
from time to time, in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market,
at market prices prevailing at the time of sale.

            The Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market under
the Nasdaq symbol SMSC, and such trading is reported in the Nasdaq National
Market System.  The reported closing sale price of the Common Stock on
April 29, 1996 was $15.75 per share.  Prospective investors should obtain the 
most recent available price quotations prior to any purchase of Common Stock.
 
            THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED 
               BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY 
              STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION 
                OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON 
                 THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. 
           ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

            The Company has agreed to pay substantially all of the expenses in
connection with the registration of the shares being offered by the Selling
Stockholder, which expenses are estimated at $5,320.28.

            No person has been authorized to give any information or to make
any representation in connection with any offering hereunder not contained or
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, and, if given or made, such
information or representation must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Company or the Selling Stockholder.  This Prospectus shall
not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of
the securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.  Neither the
delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any
circumstances, create any implication that the information herein is correct
as of any time subsequent to the date hereof.

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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION

            The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements, information statements
and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission").  Such reports, proxy statements, information statements and
other information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549; 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New
York 10048; and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago,
Illinois 60661-2511; and copies of such material can be obtained from the
Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates.

                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

            The following documents have been filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act and are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and made a part of this Prospectus:

            (a)   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
February 29, 1996.

            All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the shares
of Common Stock shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and
made a part of this Prospectus from the date of filing of such documents.  Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

            The Company will provide without charge, upon written or oral
request, to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of
this Prospectus is delivered, a copy of any of the information incorporated by
reference herein (not including the exhibits to such information, unless such
exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such information). 
Requests should be directed to Standard Microsystems Corporation, 80 Arkay
Drive, Hauppauge, New York 11788, Attention: Vice President-Finance, telephone
(516) 435-6000.

                       STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION

            The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1971.  The Company is
one of the world's largest suppliers of products for personal computer local
area networks.  Local area network technologies are comprised of hardware and
software combinations that act as traffic signaling protocols to control
communications, primarily between personal computers and peripheral devices
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such as printers and disk drives.  The Company's System Products Division
designs, produces and markets products that allow personal computers (PCs) to
be connected to local area networks (LANs) and products that connect LANs to
each other.  

            The Company's Component Products Division designs, produces and
markets metal-oxide-semiconductor/very-largescale-integrated (MOS/VLSI)
circuits mainly for PC input/output (I/O) control and computer and industrial
network control.

            The mailing address of the Company's principal executive offices
is 80 Arkay Drive, Hauppauge, New York 11788, and its telephone number at that
address is (516) 435-6000.

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDER

            EFAR Microsystems, Inc. (the "Selling Stockholder") is the holder
of 240,240 shares of Common Stock, all of which shares may be offered hereby. 
The Selling Stockholder may offer shares of Common Stock from time to time in
one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, which may involve
brokers or dealers, or in private transactions.  The Company has not entered
into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with brokers or dealers
regarding the shares of Common Stock that may be offered hereby prior to the
effective date of the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a
part, and the Selling Stockholder has advised the Company that it has not
entered into any such agreement.

            The Selling Stockholder has also advised the Company that the
240,240 shares of Common being registered hereby below represent the only
shares of Common Stock held by the Selling Stockholder, which holdings
represents 1.77% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company as of February 29, 1996.  The Company is not aware that the
Selling Stockholder has had any position, office or other material
relationship with the Company or any of its affiliates within the past three
years, except that the Selling Stockholder is a California corporation,
substantially all of the assets of which have been acquired by the Company.  

                         DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

      The following description of the Common Stock, and of other securities
of the Company, is an outline only and does not purport to be complete.  For a
complete statement, reference is made to the provisions of the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, a copy of which is on file with
the Commission (see "Available Information"), and the description which
follows is qualified in its entirety by such reference.

      The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 30,000,000
shares of Common Stock, and 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value
$.10 per share.  On February 29, 1996, 13,607,581 shares of Common Stock, and
no shares of Preferred Stock, were outstanding.  All outstanding shares of
Common Stock are fully paid and nonassessable.

Preferred Stock

      The Preferred Stock may be issued without further stockholder approval
in one or more series, with such voting powers, dividend rights, designations,
preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions as shall be
determined by the Board of Directors before the issuance thereof.

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Common Stock

      Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as
declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor. 
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters
voted upon by stockholders.  Holders of Common Stock do not have cumulative
voting rights for the election of directors.  This means that the holders of
more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect all
of the directors to be elected at the meeting, if they choose to do so, and,
in such event, the holders of the remaining less than 50% of the shares voting
for the election of directors will not be able to elect any person or persons
to the Board of Directors.  At each annual meeting of stockholders,
approximately one-third of the entire Board of Directors is elected for a
three-year term.

      In the event of liquidation of the Company, holders of Common Stock are
entitled to a proportionate share in any distribution of Company assets after
the payment of liabilities (including all amounts to which holders of
Preferred Stock, if any Preferred Stock then is outstanding, may be entitled). 
Holders of Common Stock do not have preemptive rights and there are no
conversion, redemption, sinking fund or similar provisions with respect to the
Common Stock.

Stock Purchase Rights Agreement

      On January 7, 1988, the Company adopted a stock purchase Rights
Agreement (the "Rights Agreement") pursuant to which each share of Common
Stock outstanding on January 13, 1988 and each share issued thereafter,
including the shares of Common Stock offered hereby, has or, when issued, will
have, associated with it one Right (a "Right").  The Rights are represented by
the Common Stock certificates and are not exercisable or transferable apart
from the Common Stock certificates until the earlier of (i) fifteen days after
the Stock Acquisition Date described below, and (ii) ten business days after
commencement of a tender or exchange offer for 30% or more of the Company's
outstanding Common Stock.  "Stock Acquisition Date" means the first date of
public announcement that a person or group (an "Acquiring Person") has
acquired 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, other than certain
acquisitions ("Direct Acquisitions") directly with the Company approved by a
majority of the independent Directors of the Company.

      Pursuant to the Rights Agreement, in the event that, among other things,
(i) a person or group acquires 30% or more of the outstanding Common Stock,
other than pursuant to Direct Acquisitions or certain tender or exchange
offers for all outstanding Common Stock at a price and on terms determined to
be fair by a majority of the independent Directors, or (ii) a person or group
acquires 20% or more of the outstanding Common Stock and the Board of
Directors has declared such person or group to be an "Adverse Person" with
respect to the Company after a determination by a majority of the independent
Directors based on certain criteria related to the best interests of the
Company, or (iii) any Acquiring Person engages in various transactions with
the Company, then each holder of a Right (other than an Acquiring Person or an
Adverse Person) will be entitled to receive, upon exercise, Common Stock
having a value equal to twice the exercise price of the Right.

      In the event that, following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly or
indirectly, (i) the Company consolidates with or merges into any other
company, and such other company is the continuing or surviving company, or
(ii) any other company consolidates with or merges into the Company and the
Company is the continuing or surviving company and in connection therewith
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some or all of the Company's outstanding Common Stock is changed or exchanged,
or (iii) more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company is sold
or otherwise transferred, then each holder of a Right (other than an Acquiring
Person or an Adverse Person) will be entitled to receive, upon exercise,
shares of common stock of the company that is the other party to such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer having a value equal to twice the
exercise price of the Right.

      Subject to certain limitations, the Company may redeem the Rights in
whole, but not in part, at a redemption price of $.01 per Right.  The Rights
will expire on January 12, 1998, unless earlier redeemed by the Company.

      The foregoing summary of certain terms of the Rights does not purport to
be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to, the Rights Agreement, a copy of which is on file with the Commission.  See
"Available Information."

                         COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND POLICY

      The Company has never paid a cash dividend on its Common Stock.  The
present policy of the Company is to retain earnings to provide funds for the
operation and expansion of its business.  The Company does not expect to pay
cash dividends on its Common Stock in the foreseeable future.

                                LEGAL OPINIONS

      The validity of the Common Stock being offered hereby will be passed
upon for the Company by Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, New York.  Harold I. Kahen,
of counsel to Loeb & Loeb LLP, is Secretary of the Company.

                                EXPERTS

      The financial statements and financial schedules for the fiscal year 
ended February 29, 1996, incorporated by reference in the registration
statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, have been audited by 
Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their 
reports with respect thereto, and are included herein in reliance upon 
the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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                                    PART II


Item 16.    Exhibits

            There are filed as a part of this registration statement, the
exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index.

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                                 SIGNATURES


      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Hauppauge, State of New York, on
June 2_, 1996.


                        STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
                                (Registrant)


                        By:  ANTHONY M. D'AGOSTINO
                             ---------------------
                             Anthony M. D'Agostino
                             Senior Vice President -- Finance 
                             (Principal Financial and
                             Accounting Officer)
                              
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            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature                       Title                   Date             

PAUL RICHMAN*                   Chairman of the Board   June 2_, 1996
- ------------                    and Chief Executive
Paul Richman                    Officer (Principal
                                Executive Officer)
                                

EVELYN BEREZIN*                 Director                June 2_, 1996
- --------------                   
Evelyn Berezin

ROBERT M. BRILL*                Director                June 2_, 1996
- ---------------
Robert M. Brill

PETER F. DICKS*                 Director                June 2_, 1996
- --------------
Peter F. Dicks

HERMAN FIALKOV*                 Director                June 2_, 1996
- --------------
Herman Fialkov

RAYMOND FRANKEL*                Director                June 2_, 1996
- ---------------                             
Raymond Frankel

IVAN T. FRISCH*                 Director                June 2_, 1996
- --------------
Ivan T. Frisch          
                                
        * By Anthony M. D'Agostino, attorney-in-fact.
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Location/
Incorporated by
Reference to:                  Exhibit No.     Exhibit
 
 *                              23            Consent of Arthur
                                                Andersen LLP
_______________
*Filed herewith 


                                                             EXHIBIT 23


                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this registration statement 
of our report dated April 8, 1996, included in Standard Microsystems 
Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended February 29, 1996, and to all 
references to our Firm included in this registration statement.

                                                ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Washington, D.C.
  June 26, 1996


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