8-K: Current report filing
Published on January 29, 2009
UNITED
STATES
    SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    Washington,
D.C. 20549
    FORM
8-K
    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
    Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported)
    January
29, 2009
    
| 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)
    (480)
792-7200
    (Registrant’s Telephone Number,
Including Area Code)
    | 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: | 
| ¨ Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425) | 
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      240.13e-4(c)) | 
Item
2.02.                      Results
of Operations and Financial Condition.
    The
information pursuant to Item 2.02 in this report on Form 8-K is being furnished
as contemplated by General Instruction B(2) to Form 8-K and shall not be deemed
"filed" for  purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
Section.
    On
January 29, 2009, we announced the results of our operations for the third
quarter ended December 31, 2008.  The complete release is attached to
this report as Exhibit 99.1.
    Item
9.01.                      Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
    | (d) | Exhibits | |
| 99.1 | Microchip Technology Announces Financial Results
      for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 and Quarterly Cash
    Dividend | |
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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:  January
      29, 2009 | Microchip
      Technology Incorporated (Registrant) | 
| 
By:
      /s/ J. Eric
      Bjornholt                                                               
 | |
| J. Eric Bjornholt Vice President, Chief Financial
      Officer (Principal Accounting and
      Financial Officer) | 
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        | EXHIBITS | 
| 99.1 | Microchip
      Technology Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2009
      and Quarterly Cash
Dividend | 
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