ther is a dochtml October 1, 2019 - 8-K: Current report filing | Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP)

Form: 8-K

Current report filing

October 1, 2019

false0000827054 0000827054 2019-09-30 2019-09-30

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

September 30, 2019 (September 26, 2019)
a8k_image1a01.jpg
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, Including Zip Code)

(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))





Securities registered pursuant to Section 12b of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
MCHP
NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC
 
 
 (Nasdaq Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.45 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  






Item 1.01.    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 26, 2019, Microchip Technology Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) among the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), which amends that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, May 29, 2018, by and among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

The Amendment amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, reduce the margin added to the interest rate on revolving loans under the Credit Agreement to 0.0% to 0.75% for base rate loans and 1.0% to 1.75% for LIBOR rate loans, in each case determined based on the Company’s senior leverage ratio. In addition, the revolving loan commitments were reduced by $30.0 million.

Item 2.03     Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.









EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data FIle (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)






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: September 30, 2019    

Microchip Technology Incorporated
 
 
 
 
By:
  /s/ J. Eric Bjornholt
 
J. Eric Bjornholt
 
Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)