8-K/A: Current report filing
Published on May 12, 2009
UNITED
STATES
    SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    Washington,
D.C. 20549
    FORM
8-K/A
    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
    Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported)
    May
7, 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) | 
| ¨ Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12) | 
| ¨ Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b)) | 
| ¨ Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      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/A 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 May 7, 2009, we furnished via EDGAR
a Form 8-K with respect to our results of operations for the fourth quarter and
fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 and attached our press release thereto as
Exhibit 99.1.   Such press release contained an error in that
certain of the column headings for our Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Income should have stated "Twelve Months Ended March 31" instead of "Three
Months Ended March 31."  Our corrected Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Income are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
    .
    Item
9.01.                      Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
    | (d) | Exhibits | |
| 99.1 | Condensed
      Consolidated Statements of Income for Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
      and 2008 and Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2009 and
  2008 | |
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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:  May
      12, 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 | Condensed
      Consolidated Statements of Income for Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
      and 2008 and Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2009 and
  2008 |