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Microchip Technology Announces Record Financial Results For Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2016

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(NASDAQ: MCHP) - Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today reported results for the three months and year ended March 31, 2016 as summarized in the following table:

 

(in millions, except earnings per
diluted share and percentages)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2016

Year Ended March 31, 2016

GAAP

% of

Net
Sales

Non-

GAAP1

% of

Net
Sales

GAAP

% of

Net
Sales

Non-

GAAP1

% of

Net
Sales

Net Sales

$557.6

$568.4

$2,173.3

$2,213.8

Gross Margin

$302.8

54.3%

$331.9

58.4%

$1,205.5

55.5%

$1,286.8

58.1%

Operating Income

$79.9

14.3%

$178.4

31.4%

$352.3

16.2%

$685.4

31.0%

Other Expense

$(22.3)

$(6.4)

$(71.1)

$(29.7)

Income Tax (Benefit) Provision

$(9.7)

$19.0

$(42.6)

$72.2

Net Income

$67.4

12.1%

$153.0

26.9%

$324.1

14.9%

$583.3

26.3%

Earnings per Diluted Share

31 Cents

70 Cents

$1.49

$2.68

1

See the "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of this release.

 

GAAP net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 were $557.6 million, up 2.7% from GAAP net sales of $543.2 million in the prior year's fourth fiscal quarter.  GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 was $67.4 million, or 31 cents per diluted share, down 32.2% from GAAP net income of $99.4 million, or 45 cents per diluted share, in the prior year's fourth fiscal quarter.

Non-GAAP net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 were $568.4 million, up 3.9% from non-GAAP net sales of $547.2 million in the prior year's fourth fiscal quarter.  Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 was $153.0 million, or 70 cents per diluted share, up 2.8% from non-GAAP net income of $148.8 million, or 68 cents per diluted share, in the prior year's fourth fiscal quarter.  For the fourth quarters of fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, our non-GAAP results exclude the effect of share-based compensation, expenses related to our acquisition activities (including intangible asset amortization, inventory valuation costs, severance costs, and legal and other general and administrative expenses associated with acquisitions), preclusion of revenue recognition under GAAP for inventory in the distribution channel on the acquisition dates of our acquisitions, revenue recognition changes related to Micrel and ISSC distributors, a loss on the retirement of convertible debentures, non-cash interest expense on our convertible debentures, gains on equity securities, the related income tax implications of these items and non-recurring tax events.  A reconciliation of our non-GAAP and GAAP results is included in this press release.

GAAP net sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 were $2.173 billion, an increase of 1.2% from net sales of $2.147 billion in the prior fiscal year.  On a GAAP basis, consolidated net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 was $324.1 million, or $1.49 per diluted share, a decrease of 12.2% from net income of $369.0 million, or $1.65 per diluted share in the prior fiscal year.

Non-GAAP net sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 were $2.214 billion, an increase of 2.5% from net sales of $2.161 billion in the prior fiscal year.  On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 was $583.3 million, or $2.68 per diluted share, a decrease of 1.8% from net income of $593.9 million, or $2.66 per diluted share, in the prior fiscal year.

Microchip announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 35.95 cents per share.  The quarterly dividend is payable on June 6, 2016 to stockholders of record on May 23, 2016.

On April 4, 2016, Microchip completed its acquisition of Atmel Corporation for $8.15 per share consisting of $7.00 in cash and $1.15 in shares of Microchip common stock.  The acquisition price represented a total equity value of about $3.47 billion, and a total enterprise value of about $3.43 billion, after excluding Atmel's cash and investments net of debt on its balance sheet of approximately $39.3 million at the closing date.

"Our March quarter financial results were very strong amidst a weak semiconductor industry backdrop," said Steve Sanghi, Chairman and CEO.  "We achieved the high end of our net sales guidance provided on April 4, 2016, establishing a new record in the process, and we exceeded the high end of our guidance for non-GAAP gross margin percentage, operating profit percentage and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share."

Mr. Sanghi added, "Our non-GAAP earnings per share was sequentially up 11% from the December 2015 quarter due to improving sales, gross margin and operating expense leverage, which we believe clearly demonstrates that there is still operating leverage in our premium business model."

"Our microcontroller revenue was up 5.5% sequentially in the March 2016 quarter compared to the December 2015 quarter as we experienced a broad-based recovery in our business," said Ganesh Moorthy, President and Chief Operating Officer.  "All three of our microcontroller product lines, 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit, had revenue that was sequentially up, with our 16-bit and 32-bit product lines being up in double digit percentages.  Microcontrollers represented 59.9% of Microchip's overall revenue in the March 2016 quarter."

Mr. Moorthy added, "Our analog business was about flat in the March 2016 quarter compared to the December 2015 quarter, and was up 34.6% compared to the year-ago quarter.  In fiscal year 2016, our analog business was up 26.3% compared to fiscal year 2015.  The strong growth and increase in market-share in fiscal year 2016 was the result of our organic growth efforts as well as our Micrel acquisition.  Our analog business represented 30.2% of Microchip's overall revenue in the March 2016 quarter."

Eric Bjornholt, Microchip's Chief Financial Officer, said, "The cash generation in the March quarter, excluding our acquisition activities, our dividend payment, and changes in borrowing levels under our revolving line of credit was a record $196.3 million, significantly above our guidance.  At March 31, 2016, the consolidated cash and total investment position on our balance sheet was $2.565 billion."

Mr. Sanghi added, "We entered the June quarter with a stronger backlog than we had going into the March quarter and the bookings and turns for the quarter so far have been strong.  In the June quarter our business is typically stronger in Asia with the Chinese New year behind us, but slower in Europe compared to the March quarter.  Based on our analysis of economic and semiconductor industry conditions, as well as our own business indicators, we are guiding the June quarter net sales without Atmel to be up between 1% and 5% sequentially or between $574.1 million and $596.9 million.  There are two items that investors need to be mindful of as we look at guidance for Atmel's net sales for the June quarter.  First, while Atmel reported its net sales based on sell-in revenue recognition to distributors in Asia, Microchip will report Atmel's non-GAAP sales based on a sell-through revenue recognition worldwide.  Secondly, Microchip will report the Mobile Touch portion of Atmel's business as an asset held for sale and will report this business unit's profit or loss below the net operating profit of Microchip for GAAP reporting purposes.  The Mobile Touch portion of Atmel's business will be excluded from Microchip's non-GAAP results.  Based on these factors, we expect Atmel to add approximately $225 million to $245 million in net sales from continuing operations in the June quarter.  Therefore, we expect our consolidated non-GAAP revenue to be between $799.1 million and $841.9 million in the June quarter."

Mr. Sanghi concluded, "We expect Microchip's business without Atmel to contribute 70 cents to 74 cents to non-GAAP earnings per share for the June quarter, and we expect Atmel to contribute zero to five cents to our earnings on a non-GAAP basis.  Therefore, we expect our consolidated non-GAAP earnings per share to be between 70 cents to 79 cents per share in the June quarter.  We remain confident we can achieve 25 cents of accretion to non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from Atmel in fiscal 2017."

Microchip's Highlights for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2016:

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Outlook:

The following statements are based on current expectations.  These statements are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially.  Due to our recent acquisition of Atmel and the related purchase accounting and revenue differences related to revenue recognition in our distribution channel, we are not able to provide GAAP guidance at this time. We are able to provide the following non-GAAP guidance:

 

Microchip Consolidated Guidance - Non-GAAP1

Net Sales

$799.1 million to $841.9 million

   Gross Margin2

54.8% to 55.2%

   Operating Expenses

29.1% to 29.8%

   Operating Income

25.0% to 26.1%

Other Expense

$22.8 million

Income Tax Expense

8% to 9%

Net Income

$160.7 million to $181.2 million

Diluted Common Shares Outstanding3

230.3 million shares

Earnings per Diluted Share3

70 cents to 79 cents

1

See the "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of this release.

2

See Footnote 2 under the "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of this release.

3

Earnings per share has been calculated based on the diluted shares outstanding of Microchip on a consolidated basis.

 

 

1 

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:  Our non-GAAP adjustments, where applicable, include the effect of share-based compensation, expenses related to our acquisition activities (including intangible asset amortization, inventory valuation costs, severance costs, and legal and other general and administrative expenses associated with acquisitions), preclusion of revenue recognition under GAAP for inventory in the distribution channel on the acquisition dates of our acquisitions, revenue recognition changes related to Micrel and ISSC distributors, a loss on the retirement of convertible debentures, non-cash interest expense on our convertible debentures, gains on equity securities, the related income tax implications of these items and non-recurring tax events.  Our non-GAAP net sales outlook for the June 2016 quarter reflects accounting for revenue for both Atmel and Micrel distributors on a sell-through basis.  Net sales from Atmel's sell-through distributors that the distributors owned as of the acquisition date is not recognized for GAAP purposes.  We believe that our disclosure of non-GAAP net sales provides investors with useful information regarding the actual end market demand for our products.

We are required to estimate the cost of certain forms of share-based compensation, including employee stock options, restricted stock units and our employee stock purchase plan, and to record a commensurate expense in our income statement.  Share-based compensation expense is a non-cash expense that varies in amount from period to period and is affected by the price of our stock at the date of grant.  The price of our stock is affected by market forces that are difficult to predict and are not within the control of management.  Our other non-GAAP adjustments are either non-cash expenses or non-recurring expenses related to such transactions.  Accordingly, management excludes all of these items from its internal operating forecasts and models.

We are using non-GAAP net sales, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross profit percentage, non-GAAP operating expenses in dollars and as a percentage of sales including non-GAAP research and development expenses and non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP other expense, net, non-GAAP income tax provision (benefit)/tax rate, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share which exclude the items noted above, as applicable, to permit additional analysis of our performance.

Management believes these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors because they enhance the understanding of our historical financial performance and comparability between periods.  Many of our investors have requested that we disclose this non-GAAP information because they believe it is useful in understanding our performance as it excludes non-cash and other charges that many investors feel may obscure our underlying operating results.  Management uses these non-GAAP measures to manage and assess the profitability of our business.  Specifically, we do not consider such items when developing and monitoring our budgets and spending.  Our determination of the above non-GAAP measures might not be the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies, and it should not be construed as a substitute for amounts determined in accordance with GAAP.  There are limitations associated with using non-GAAP measures, including that they exclude financial information that some may consider important in evaluating our performance.  Management compensates for this by presenting information on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis for investors and providing reconciliations of the GAAP and non-GAAP results.

2 

Generally, gross margin fluctuates over time, driven primarily by the mix of microcontrollers, mixed-signal products, analog products and memory products sold and licensing revenue; variances in manufacturing yields; fixed cost absorption; wafer fab loading levels; costs of wafers from foundries; inventory reserves; pricing pressures in our non-proprietary product lines; and competitive and economic conditions.  Operating expenses fluctuate over time, primarily due to net sales and profit levels.

3 

Diluted Common Shares Outstanding can vary for, among other things, the trading price of our common stock, the actual exercise of options or vesting of restricted stock units, the potential for incremental dilutive shares from our convertible debentures (additional information regarding our share count is available in the investor relations section of our website under the heading "Supplemental Financial Information"), repurchases or issuances of shares of our common stock.  The diluted common shares outstanding presented in the guidance table above assumes an average Microchip stock price in the June 2016 quarter of $49 per share (however, we make no prediction as to what our actual share price will be for such period or any other period and we cannot estimate what our stock option exercise activity will be during the quarter).

 

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)














Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015







Net sales

$

557,647

$

543,207

$

2,173,334

$

2,147,036

Cost of sales

254,868

229,575

967,870

917,472

Gross profit

302,779

313,632

1,205,464

1,229,564









Research and development

95,638

87,662

372,596

349,543

Selling, general and administrative

78,293

67,778

301,670

274,815

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

48,132

47,087

174,896

176,746

Special charges, net

770

758

3,957

2,840

Operating expenses

222,833

203,285

853,119

803,944









Operating income

79,946

110,347

352,345

425,620

Losses on equity method investments

(56)

(188)

(345)

(317)

Other expense, net

(22,277)

(48,138)

(70,707)

(79,396)









Income before income taxes

57,613

62,021

281,293

345,907

Income tax benefit

(9,742)

(36,559)

(42,632)

(19,418)

Net income

67,355

98,580

323,925

365,325

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

—

822

207

3,684

Net income attributable to Microchip Technology

$

67,355

$

99,402

$

324,132

$

369,009









Basic net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders

$

0.33

$

0.49

$

1.59

$

1.84

Diluted net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders

$

0.31

$

0.45

$

1.49

$

1.65









Basic common shares outstanding

203,736

201,730

203,384

200,937

Diluted common shares outstanding

217,711

220,947

217,388

223,561













 

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)






ASSETS



March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

(Unaudited)

Cash and short-term investments

$

2,446,035

$

1,958,869

Accounts receivable, net

290,183

273,937

Inventories

306,815

279,456

Deferred tax assets

—

71,045

Assets held for sale

—

13,989

Other current assets

53,680

67,321

Total current assets

3,096,713

2,664,617




Property, plant & equipment, net

609,396

581,572

Long-term investments

118,549

383,326

Other assets

1,742,857

1,151,198

Total assets

$

5,567,515

$

4,780,713








LIABILITIES AND EQUITY


Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities

$

198,577

$

187,844

Deferred income on shipments to distributors

183,432

166,128

Total current liabilities

382,009

353,972




Long-term line of credit

1,052,000

461,952

Senior convertible debentures

1,234,733

1,174,036

Junior convertible debentures

196,304

190,870

Long-term income tax payable

111,061

114,336

Long-term deferred tax liability

399,218

381,192

Other long-term liabilities

41,271

43,329




Microchip Technology stockholders' equity

2,150,919

2,044,654

Noncontrolling interests

—

16,372

Total equity

2,150,919

2,061,026

Total liabilities and equity

$

5,567,515

$

4,780,713

 

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES
(in thousands except per share amounts and percentages)
(Unaudited)


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET SALES TO NON-GAAP NET SALES

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Net sales, as reported

$

557,647

$

543,207

$

2,173,334

$

2,147,036

Distributor revenue recognition adjustment

10,791

3,983

40,501

13,570

Non-GAAP net sales

$

568,438

$

547,190

$

2,213,835

$

2,160,606

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP GROSS PROFIT TO NON-GAAP GROSS PROFIT

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Gross profit, as reported

$

302,779

$

313,632

$

1,205,464

$

1,229,564

Distributor revenue recognition adjustment, net of product cost

5,395

1,792

23,794

6,357

Share-based compensation expense

1,927

2,025

8,252

9,010

Manufacturing excursion

3,624

—

3,624

—

Acquisition-related restructuring and acquired inventory valuation costs

18,197

1,511

45,646

26,203

Non-GAAP gross profit

$

331,922

$

318,960

$

1,286,780

$

1,271,134

Non-GAAP gross profit percentage

58.4

%

58.3

%

58.1

%

58.8

%


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES TO NON-GAAP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Research and development expenses, as reported

$

95,638

$

87,662

$

372,596

$

349,543

Share-based compensation expense

(8,399)

(7,519)

(32,022)

(28,164)

Non-GAAP research and development expenses

$

87,239

$

80,143

$

340,574

$

321,379

Non-GAAP research and development expenses as a percentage of net sales

15.3

%

14.6

%

15.4

%

14.9

%


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES TO NON-GAAP SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Selling, general and administrative expenses, as reported

$

78,293

$

67,778

$

301,670

$

274,815

Share-based compensation expense

(6,991)

(5,639)

(31,146)

(21,422)

Acquisition-related costs

(5,040)

(741)

(9,738)

(4,001)

Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses

$

66,262

$

61,398

$

260,786

$

249,392

Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales

11.7

%

11.2

%

11.8

%

11.5

%


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES TO NON-GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Operating expenses, as reported

$

222,833

$

203,285

$

853,119

$

803,944

Share-based compensation expense

(15,390)

(13,158)

(63,168)

(49,586)

Acquisition-related costs

(5,040)

(741)

(9,738)

(4,001)

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

(48,132)

(47,087)

(174,896)

(176,746)

Special charges, net

(770)

(758)

(3,957)

(2,840)

Non-GAAP operating expenses

$

153,501

$

141,541

$

601,360

$

570,771

Non-GAAP operating expenses as a percentage of net sales

27.0

%

25.9

%

27.2

%

26.4

%


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP OPERATING INCOME TO NON-GAAP OPERATING INCOME

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Operating income, as reported

$

79,946

$

110,347

$

352,345

$

425,620

Distributor revenue recognition adjustment

5,395

1,792

23,794

6,357

Share-based compensation expense

17,317

15,183

71,420

58,596

Manufacturing excursion

3,624

—

3,624

—

Acquisition-related restructuring, acquired inventory valuation and other costs

23,237

2,252

55,384

30,204

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

48,132

47,087

174,896

176,746

Special charges, net

770

758

3,957

2,840

Non-GAAP operating income

$

178,421

$

177,419

$

685,420

$

700,363

Non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of net sales

31.4

%

32.4

%

31.0

%

32.4

%


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP OTHER EXPENSE, NET TO NON-GAAP OTHER EXPENSE, NET

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Other expense, net, as reported

$

(22,277)

$

(48,138)

$

(70,707)

$

(79,396)

Loss on retirement of convertible debentures

—

50,631

—

50,631

Gain on equity securities and equity method investment

—

(18,469)

(16,147)

(18,469)

Non-cash other expense, net

15,920

6,854

53,005

14,165

Impairment on available-for-sale investment

—

—

3,995

—

Other expenses on acquisition restructuring

—

—

501

—

Non-GAAP other expense, net

$

(6,357)

$

(9,122)

$

(29,353)

$

(33,069)

Non-GAAP other expense, net, as a percentage of net sales

(1.1)

%

(1.7)

%

(1.3)

%

(1.5)

%


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP INCOME TAX BENEFIT TO NON-GAAP INCOME TAX PROVISION

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Income tax benefit, as reported

$

(9,742)

$

(36,559)

$

(42,632)

$

(19,418)

Income tax rate, as reported

(16.9)%

(58.9)%

(15.2)%

(5.6)%

Distributor revenue recognition adjustment

1,911

251

8,721

1,074

Share-based compensation expense

5,446

3,755

23,012

10,640

Manufacturing excursion

1,324

—

1,324

—

Acquisition-related restructuring, acquired inventory valuation costs, intangible asset amortization and other costs

2,018

3,365

34,799

18,061

Special charges, net

31

239

1,445

962

Loss on retirement of convertible debentures

—

18,809

—

18,809

Non-cash other expense, net

5,692

2,546

19,426

5,262

Gain on equity securities and equity method investment

—

—

(31)

—

Impairment on available-for-sale investment

—

—

1,472

—

Non-recurring tax events

12,300

26,735

24,706

36,718

Non-GAAP income tax provision

$

18,980

$

19,141

$

72,242

$

72,108

Non-GAAP income tax rate

11.0

%

11.4

%

11.0

%

10.8

%


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY AND GAAP DILUTED NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY STOCKHOLDERS TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY AND NON-GAAP DILUTED NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY STOCKHOLDERS

Three months ended

Twelve months ended

March 31,

March 31,

2016

2015

2016

2015

Net income attributable to Microchip Technology, as reported

$

67,355

$

99,402

$

324,132

$

369,009

Noncontrolling interests

—

(995)

(375)

(4,618)

Distributor revenue recognition adjustment, net of tax effect

3,484

1,541

15,073

5,283

Share-based compensation expense, net of tax effect

11,871

11,428

48,408

47,956

Manufacturing excursion, net of tax effect

2,300

—

2,300

—

Acquisition-related restructuring, acquired inventory valuation costs, intangible asset amortization and other costs, net of tax effect

69,351

45,974

195,982

188,889

Special charges, net of tax effect

739

519

2,512

1,878

Loss on retirement of convertible debentures, net of tax effect

—

31,822

—

31,822

Non-cash other expense, net of tax effect

10,228

4,308

33,579

8,903

Gain on equity securities and equity method investment, net of tax effect

—

(18,469)

(16,116)

(18,469)

Impairment on available-for-sale investment, net of tax effect

—

—

2,523

—

Non-recurring tax events

(12,300)

(26,735)

(24,706)

(36,718)

Non-GAAP net income attributable to Microchip Technology

$

153,028

$

148,795

$

583,312

$

593,935

Non-GAAP net income attributable to Microchip Technology as a percentage of net sales

26.9

%

27.2

%

26.3

%

27.5

%






Diluted net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders, as reported

$

0.31

$

0.45

$

1.49

$

1.65

Non-GAAP diluted net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders

$

0.70

$

0.68

$

2.68

$

2.66

Diluted common shares outstanding, as reported

217,711

220,947

217,388

223,561

Diluted common shares outstanding Non-GAAP

217,711

220,420

217,260

223,017

 

Microchip will host a conference call today, May 4, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss this release.  This call will be simulcast over the Internet at www.microchip.com.  The webcast will be available for replay until May 11, 2016.

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available at approximately 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) May 4, 2016 and will remain available until 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 11, 2016.  Interested parties may listen to the replay by dialing 719-457-0820 and entering access code 6897949.

Cautionary Statement:

The statements in this release relating to the operating leverage in our premium business model, bookings and turns for the quarter being strong, the June quarter being typically stronger in Asia but slower in Europe, guiding the June quarter net sales without Atmel to be up between 1% and 5% sequentially or between $574.1 million and $596.9 million, expecting Atmel to add approximately $225 million to $245 million in net sales from continuing operations in the June quarter, expecting our consolidated non-GAAP revenue to be between $799.1 million to $841.9 million in the June quarter, expecting Microchip's business without Atmel to contribute 70 cents to 74 cents to non-GAAP earnings per share for the June quarter, expecting Atmel to contribute zero to five cents to our earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis, expecting our consolidated non-GAAP earnings per share to be between 70 cents to 79 cents per share in the June quarter, remaining confident that we can achieve 25 cents of accretion to non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from Atmel in fiscal 2017, the mobile touch business of Atmel being an asset held for sale, continuing to be a leader in LoRa® technology, that our MOST technology is a leading standard for automotive infotainment, our first quarter fiscal 2017 guidance including net sales, gross margin, operating expenses, operating income, other expense, income tax expense, net income, diluted common shares outstanding, earnings per diluted share, inventory days, capital expenditures for the June 2016 quarter and for all of fiscal 2017, continuing to invest to support the growth of our production capabilities for fast growing new products and technologies, net cash generation, and assumed average stock price in the June 2016 quarter are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to: any economic uncertainty due to monetary policy, political or other issues in the U.S. or internationally, any unexpected fluctuations or weakness in the U.S. and global economies (including China), changes in demand or market acceptance of our products (including Atmel products) and the products of our customers; foreign currency effects on our business; the mix of inventory we hold and our ability to satisfy short-term orders from our inventory; changes in utilization of our manufacturing capacity and our ability to effectively manage our production levels; competitive developments including pricing pressures; the level of orders that are received and can be shipped in a quarter; the level of sell-through of our products through distribution; changes or fluctuations in customer order patterns and seasonality; our ability to successfully integrate the operations and employees, retain key employees and customers and otherwise realize the expected synergies and benefits of our Atmel acquisition; our ability to continue to realize the expected benefits of our other acquisitions; the impact of any other significant acquisitions that we may make; our ability to obtain a sufficient supply of wafers from third party wafer foundries and the cost of such wafers, the costs and outcome of any current or future tax audit or any litigation involving intellectual property, customers, the Atmel transaction or other issues; our actual average stock price in the March 2016 quarter and the impact such price will have on our share count; fluctuations in our stock price and trading volume which could impact the number of shares we acquire under our share repurchase program and the timing of such repurchases; disruptions in our business or the businesses of our customers or suppliers due to natural disasters (including any floods in Thailand), terrorist activity, armed conflict, war, worldwide oil prices and supply, public health concerns or disruptions in the transportation system; and general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally.

For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to Microchip's filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.  You can obtain copies of Forms 10-K and 10-Q and other relevant documents for free at Microchip's website ( www.microchip.com) or the SEC's website ( www.sec.gov) or from commercial document retrieval services.

Stockholders of Microchip are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date such statements are made.  Microchip does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or new information after this May 4, 2016 press release, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

About Microchip:

Microchip Technology Incorporated is a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide.  Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.  For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.

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