144: Filing for proposed sale of securities under Rule 144
Published on February 21, 2013
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								STATES | OMB
								APPROVAL | ||||||||
| SECURITIES
								AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | OMB
								Number: | 3235-0101 | |||||||
| Washington,
								D.C. 20549 | Expires: | February 28, 2014 | |||||||
| Estimated
								average burden | |||||||||
| FORM
								144 | hours per response | 1.00 | |||||||
| NOTICE
								OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES | SEC
								USE ONLY | ||||||||
| PURSUANT
								TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | DOCUMENT
								SEQUENCE NO. | ||||||||
| CUSIP
								NUMBER | |||||||||
| ATTENTION:
									 Transmit
										for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with
										a broker to execute sale or
										executing a sale directly with a market maker. | |||||||||
| 1
									(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or
									print) | (b)
								IRS IDENT. NO. | (c)
								S.E.C. FILE NO | WORK
								LOCATION | ||||||
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC | 86-0629024 | 0-21184 | |||||||
| 1
								(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER | STREET | CITY | STATE | ZIP
								CODE | (e)
								TELEPHONE NO | ||||
| 2355 West Chandler Blvd. |  Chandler 
 |  AZ
 | 85224 | 
							  480-792-7200 | |||||
| 2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD | (b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER | (c) ADDRESS STREET | CITY | STATE | ZIP
								CODE | ||||
| Mitchell R Little & Jean Little | Officer  | 2355 West Chandler Blvd | Chandler 
							 | AZ | 85224 | ||||
INSTRUCTION:  The
				person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S.
				Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
| 3
								(a) | (b) | SEC
								USE ONLY | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | 
| Title
								of the | Number
								of Shares | Aggregate | Number
								of Shares | Approximate | Name
								of Each | ||
| Class
								of | Name
									and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the | Broker-Dealer | or
								Other Units | Market | or
								Other Units | Date
								of Sale | Securities | 
| Securities
								To Be Sold | Securities
									are to be Offered or Each Market Maker | File
									Number | To
								Be Sold | Value | Outstanding | (See
								instr. 3(f)) | Exchange | 
| who
								is Acquiring the Securities | (See
								instr. 3(c)) | (See
								instr. 3(d)) | (See
								instr. 3(e)) | (MO.
								 DAY  YR.) | (See
								instr. 3(g)) | ||
| common | Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, Inc.
 2000 Avenue of the Stars Suite 910-N Los Angeles, CA 90067 |  
						3,312 |  
						120,722.40 |  
						195.4M |  
						2/21/2013 |  
						OTC | 
| INSTRUCTIONS: | ||||||
| 1. | (a) | Name
								of issuer | 3. | (a) | Title
									of the class of securities to be sold | |
| (b) | Issuer’s
								I.R.S. Identification Number | (b) | Name
									and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold | |||
| (c) | Issuer’s
								S.E.C. file number, if any | (c) | Number
								of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate
								face amount) | |||
| (d) | Issuer’s
								address, including zip code | (d) | Aggregate
								market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days
								prior to filing of this notice | |||
| (e) | Issuer’s
								telephone number, including area code | (e) | Number
								of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the
								face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or
								statement published by the issuer | |||
| (f) | Approximate
									date on which the securities are to be sold | |||||
| 2. | (a) | Name
								of person for whose account the securities are to be sold | (g) | Name
								of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be
								sold | ||
| (b) | Such
								person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
								stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing) | |||||
| (c) | Such
								person’s address, including zip code | |||||
| Potential
								persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this
								form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
								valid OMB control number. | SEC
								1147 (08-07) | 
TABLE
				I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish
					the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to
					be sold
and
					with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other
					consideration therefor:
| Title
									of the
									Class | Date
									you Acquired | Nature
									of Acquisition Transaction | Name
									of Person from Whom Acquired (If
										gift, also give date donor acquired) | Amount
									of Securities
									Acquired | Date
									of Payment | Nature
									of Payment | 
| Common | 2/1/2013 | RSU | Microchip Technology Inc. | 2,986 | n/a | n/a | 
| Common | 2/15/2013 | RSU | Microchip Technology Inc. | 326 | n/a | n/a | 
| INSTRUCTIONS: | If
										the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at
										the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of
										the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other
										obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
										state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last
										installment paid. | 
TABLE
						II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish
					the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the
					past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
| Name
									and Address of Seller | Title
									of Securities Sold | Date
									of Sale | Amount
									of Securities
									Sold | Gross
									Proceeds | 
| Mitchell R Little &
 Jean Little 2355 West Chandler Blvd Chandler, AZ 85224 | Microchip Technology, Inc. (common) | 2/11/2013 | 2,872 | 103,622.91 | 
EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:
REMARKS:
The shares covered by this Form 144 have been sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan dated November 8, 2011, which is intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1.
| INSTRUCTIONS: | ATTENTION: | |
| See
									the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.
									Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the
									securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that
									definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons
									whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
									sales for the account of the person filing this notice. | The
									person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be
									sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
									material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective
									operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
									publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given
									trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing
									the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction
									given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or
									instruction date. | 
| February 
											21, 
											2013 | /s/ Mitchell R Little | ||||
| DATE
									OF NOTICE | (SIGNATURE) | ||||
| November 
											08, 
											2011 | |||||
| DATE
									OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1 | The
									notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be
									sold. At least one  copy
									of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall
									bear typed or printed signatures. | ||||
| February 
											21, 
											2013 | /s/ Jean Little | ||||
| DATE
									OF NOTICE | (SIGNATURE) | ||||
| November 
											08, 
											2011 | |||||
| DATE
									OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1 | The
									notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be
									sold. At least one  copy
									of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall
									bear typed or printed signatures. | ||||
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										ATTENTION:  Intentional
										misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See
										18 U.S.C. 1001)
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