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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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On March 1, 2018, Microchip Technology Incorporated will hold an Analyst and Investor Day Conference at which Microchip’s
pending acquisition of Microsemi Corporation and other matters will be discussed. A copy of the presentation slides from the
conference that relate to the pending acquisition of Microsemi is below. Microchip may use some of all of such slides at other
presentations to employees, stockholders or other parties. Such materials may also be made available to such persons in electronic or
paper form.
ate
me
nts
rega
rdin
g th
e f
utu
re
fin
anc
ial p
erform
anc
e o
f th
e c
om
pa
ny o
r future e
ve
nts, in
clu
din
g o
ur s
tra
tegy, g
row
th d
riv
ers, i
ndustry
outl
ook, i
ndustry
tre
nds, m
arke
t siz
e and
our f
ina
nc
ial m
ode
l. We
will
als
o m
ake p
roje
ctio
ns o
r o
the
r f
orw
ard-lo
okin
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tate
me
nts r
eg
ardin
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ending a
cq
uis
itio
n o
f M
icrose
mi in
clu
din
g dea
l tim
ing, d
ea
l bene
fit
s, s
yne
rgie
s,
inte
gra
tion
pla
ns, p
lans to
fin
an
ce t
he
tran
sa
ctio
n, d
ea
l ac
cre
tion
and
pro-form
a f
ina
nc
ial i
nform
atio
n fo
r th
e tr
ansa
ctio
n.
We
wish to
ca
uti
on y
ou th
at s
uch
sta
tem
ents a
re j
ust p
redic
tions a
nd th
at a
ctu
al e
ve
nts
or
results
ma
y d
iffe
r ma
teri
ally
. Th
ese s
tate
me
nts
are
subjec
t to a
num
be
r of r
isk
s a
nd u
nce
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intie
s, in
cludin
g th
e a
ctu
al ti
min
g o
f th
e c
losin
g o
f t
he M
icro
se
mi a
cq
uisit
ion
, th
e s
atis
fa
ctio
n o
f th
e c
on
ditio
ns to
clo
sin
g in
the M
icro
se
mi
ac
qu
isiti
on
agre
em
en
t, any
term
in
atio
n o
f th
e M
icro
sem
i ac
qu
isitio
n a
gre
em
en
t, th
e e
ffe
ct o
f th
e a
cqu
isiti
on
on
Mic
ro
ch
ip’s a
nd
Mic
ro
se
mi’
s e
xisti
ng
relatio
nsh
ips w
ith c
usto
mers a
nd
ven
do
rs a
nd
their o
pera
ting
re
su
lts a
nd
bu
sin
esse
s; t
he
co
sts
an
d o
utc
om
e o
f an
y lit
iga
tion
inv
olv
ing
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ro
ch
ip, M
icro
se
mi o
r th
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uis
itio
n tr
an
sa
ctio
n,
ou
r a
bili
ty to
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cce
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nte
gra
te th
e o
pe
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plo
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tain
ke
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mp
lo
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cu
sto
mers a
nd
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erw
ise
re
aliz
e t
he
ex
pec
ted
sy
ne
rgie
s a
nd b
en
efits
of o
ur M
icrose
mi a
cq
uis
itio
n; th
e i
mpa
ct o
f a
ny
futu
re s
ign
ific
ant a
cq
uis
itions t
hat w
e m
ay m
ak
e;
any
ec
ono
mic
un
ce
rta
inty
due
to m
one
tary p
olic
y, p
oliti
ca
l or o
the
r is
su
es in
the U
.S. o
r inte
rna
tion
ally
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y u
nex
pec
ted f
luctu
atio
ns o
r w
eakn
ess in
the
U.S
. and
glo
ba
l e
co
no
mie
s (
includin
g C
hina
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ng
es i
n d
em
an
d or
ma
rk
et a
cc
epta
nc
e o
f our p
roduc
ts a
nd
the
prod
uc
ts o
f o
ur c
usto
me
rs; c
ha
nge
s in
U.S
. corpora
te ta
x l
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s a
s a
re
sult o
f th
e T
ax
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ts a
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obs A
ct o
f 2
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r o
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r f
utu
re
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reig
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ffec
ts on o
ur b
usin
ess; th
e m
ix o
f in
ve
nto
ry
we
hold a
nd
our a
bil
ity to
sa
tisfy
sho
rt-t
erm
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rom
our i
nve
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ry; c
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ges in
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f o
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liti
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att
ers in
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g in
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rope
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ers, o
r o
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ssue
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isruptio
ns in
ou
r busin
ess o
r th
e b
usin
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s o
f o
ur
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sto
mers o
r supplie
rs d
ue
to n
atura
l dis
aste
rs (
inclu
din
g a
ny f
loods in
Th
aila
nd), te
rro
rist a
ctiv
ity
, arm
ed c
onflic
t, wa
r, w
orld
wid
e o
il price
s a
nd
supp
ly, p
ublic
he
alth
conc
ern
s o
r d
isru
ptio
ns in
the
tra
nspo
rta
tio
n s
yste
m; a
nd g
en
era
l econom
ic, in
du
str
y o
r po
litic
al c
ondit
ion
s in
the U
nite
d S
tate
s o
r i
nte
rnatio
na
lly. A
ctu
al r
esu
lts
may dif
fer m
ateria
lly f
ro
m t
he e
xpec
ted
re
sults
. For a
de
taile
d d
isc
ussio
n o
f th
ese
an
d o
the
r ri
sk f
actors, p
lea
se
refe
r to
Mic
rochip's
an
d M
icrose
mi’
s f
ilings o
n F
orm
s 1
0-K
, 10-Q
an
d 8
-K
. You c
an o
btain c
opie
s o
f Form
s 1
0-K
, 10-Q
, 8-K
an
d o
the
r r
elev
an
t d
oc
um
en
ts f
or f
ree
at M
icro
chip's w
ebsite
(w
ww
.microc
hip.c
om
), M
icrosem
i’s w
ebsite
(w
ww
.mic
rose
mi.c
om
) o
r th
e S
EC
's w
ebsite
(w
ww
.se
c.gov) o
r f
rom
com
me
rcial d
oc
um
en
t re
triev
al
serv
ice
s.
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ese d
oc
um
en
ts c
on
tain
an
d i
de
ntif
y o
the
r im
po
rta
nt f
acto
rs th
at
co
uld
ca
use
ou
r a
ctu
al r
esu
lts to
diffe
r m
ate
ria
lly
fro
m th
ose
co
nta
ine
d i
n o
ur p
ro
jec
tion
s o
r f
orw
ard
-loo
kin
g s
tate
men
ts. Y
ou
are
cau
tion
ed
n
ot t
o p
lac
e u
ndu
e r
elia
nc
e o
n o
ur f
orw
ard
-lo
ok
ing
sta
tem
en
ts, w
hich
sp
eak
on
ly a
s o
f th
e d
ate
suc
h s
tatem
en
ts a
re
ma
de
. We
do
no
t u
nd
erta
ke
an
y o
blig
atio
n to
pub
licly u
pd
ate
any
fo
rw
ard
-lo
oking s
tatem
en
ts t
o r
efle
ct e
ve
nts
, c
irc
um
sta
nc
es o
r n
ew
inform
atio
n a
fte
r th
is p
resen
tatio
n o
r to
re
flec
t th
e o
ccu
rre
nc
e of
un
antic
ipated ev
ents. A
dditio
nal I
nfo
rma
tion
an
d W
he
re to
Find I
t In c
on
ne
ctio
n w
ith
the
propo
sed
ac
quisit
ion, M
icrose
mi w
ill fi
le a
proxy
statem
ent a
nd o
the
r re
late
d d
ocum
ents
with
the
SE
C. I
NV
ES
TO
RS
AN
D S
TO
CK
HO
LD
ER
S A
RE
AD
VIS
ED
TO
RE
AD
TH
ES
E D
OC
UM
EN
TS
WH
EN
TH
EY
BE
CO
ME
AV
AIL
AB
LE
BE
CA
USE
TH
EY
WIL
L C
ON
TA
IN
IM
PO
RT
AN
T IN
FO
RM
AT
IO
N. I
nv
esto
rs a
nd
sto
ck
hold
ers m
ay
obta
in a f
re
e c
opy
of th
ese
doc
um
en
ts (
whe
n a
va
ilab
le) a
nd
other d
ocu
me
nts
fi
led b
y M
icrose
mi a
t th
e S
ec
tors
an
d e
xec
utiv
e o
ffic
ers o
f Mic
roch
ip is
also
include
d in
Mic
roc
hip
's p
roxy
sta
tem
ent f
or
its 2
017 A
nn
ua
l Me
etin
g o
f S
toc
khold
ers, w
hic
h w
as f
iled w
ith
the S
EC
on J
uly
13
, 2017.
Ad
dit
iona
l in
form
atio
n r
ega
rdin
g th
e d
ire
cto
rs a
nd exe
cuti
ve offi
ce
rs o
f M
icro
sem
i is a
lso i
nc
lude
d i
n M
icrose
mi’
s p
roxy sta
tem
en
t for i
ts 2
018 A
nnu
al M
eetin
g o
f Sto
ck
hold
ers, w
hich
was fi
led w
ith th
e S
EC
on
De
ce
mb
er 2
0, 2
01
7. T
he
se
do
cu
me
nts a
re a
va
ilab
le f
re
e o
f cha
rge
at th
e S
EC
's w
eb
site
at w
ww
.se
c.g
ov
an
d a
s d
escrib
ed a
bov
e.
GA
, Wir
eless, T
imin
g, A
na
log a
nd M
ixe
d-S
igna
l pro
duc
ts L
ea
de
rship
in
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fense
, Ae
ro
spa
ce, D
ata C
ente
r a
nd C
om
munic
atio
n m
arkets –
~ 8
0%
of r
eve
nue
Ma
rk
ets
whe
re
Mic
roc
hip
has le
ss p
ene
tra
tion F
Y2
017 (
9/3
0/2
01
7) re
ve
nue
of ~
$1.8
B 6
4%
no
n-G
AA
P g
ross m
arg
in; 3
1.9
% n
on
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AA
P o
pe
ratin
g m
arg
in
FQ
1 (
12
/31
/20
17
) re
ve
nu
e o
f $
46
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M; 6
3.2
% n
on-G
AA
P g
ross m
argin
an
d 3
2.2
% n
on-G
AA
P o
pe
rati
ng
pro
fit
Div
ersif
ied g
loba
l custom
er b
ase
an
d c
ha
nne
ls ~
64%
of r
even
ue fr
om
Asia
and E
uro
pe ~49%
of r
eve
nue
thro
ug
h d
istr
ibutio
n N
et
deb
t of $
1.8
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n th
e b
ala
nc
e sh
eet a
t 1
2/3
1/2
01
7 H
eadq
ua
rtere
d in
Alis
o V
iejo
, CA
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ima
tely
4800 e
mplo
ye
es w
orld
wid
e S
ource
: Mic
rose
mi
SE
C r
ep
ort
s o
n Fo
rm
10
-K
an
d 1
0-Q
an
d i
nfo
rm
atio
n o
n M
icro
se
mi w
eb
site
munica
tions m
ark
ets
Expa
nds o
ur E
the
rn
et p
ortf
olio
to s
erve In
dustr
ial
IoT
, En
terpris
e a
nd C
arrie
r m
arke
ts A
dds s
pe
cia
lize
d M
icroc
ontrolle
rs to
se
rve t
he
Ente
rp
ris
e S
tora
ge an
d O
ptic
al N
etw
orking m
ark
ets
Exte
nds M
icroc
hip
’s p
ort
folio
of T
imin
g, L
ow
Po
wer W
ire
less, A
nalog P
ow
er a
nd M
ixe
d S
ign
al s
olu
tion
s A
dds D
isc
rete a
nd F
PG
A a
s n
ew
produc
t ca
pa
bili
ties t
o a
dd to
portf
oli
o D
riv
es f
urth
er s
ca
le in
man
ufac
turin
g, c
usto
me
r re
ac
h a
nd s
ale
s c
ha
nne
ls A
dds a
pa
tent p
ort
fo
lio o
f o
ve
r 1500 p
atents to
M
icroc
hip
’s s
tron
g I
P p
ortf
olio
Sig
nifi
ca
nt E
PS
ac
cre
tion
thro
ug
h g
ro
wth
and
sy
ne
rg
y w
ith e
sti
ma
ted $
30
0 m
illio
n in
syn
ergie
s in
yea
r 3
afte
r c
lose
d p
ortf
olio
Spe
cia
lize
d s
olu
tions >
$32
bn S
ource
: G
artn
er/D
ata
que
st re
ports a
nd M
icroc
hip a
nd M
icrosem
i mana
ge
ment e
stim
ate
s
e 2
% I
ndu
str
ial 1
1%
Com
putin
g 2
0%
Co
mm
un
icatio
ns 3
1%
Oth
er 9
% A
erosp
ac
e &
De
fense 2
9%
Mic
roc
hip
M
icrose
mi I
ndustri
al 2
7%
Com
pu
ting
12%
Com
munic
atio
ns 1
3%
Othe
r 3%
Aerospac
e &
De
fe
nse
11%
Com
bin
ed A
uto
motiv
e 1
7%
Consu
me
r 16%
$3.9
bn $
1.8
bn $
5.7
bn N
ote: R
efle
cts n
on
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AP
fin
anc
ials
and
en
d m
ark
et d
iversifi
ca
tion i
s b
ase
d o
n m
an
ag
em
en
t esti
ma
tes
isc
rete Po
we
r m
gm
t. CO
MB
IN
ED
CA
PA
BIL
IT
IE
S I
ndustria
l 27%
Au
tom
otiv
e 1
7%
C
onsum
er 1
6%
Com
munica
tion 1
3%
Com
puti
ng 1
2%
A&
D 1
1%
En
terp
rise
sto
ra
ge
FP
GA
mb
er 2
017 q
ua
rte
r. R
eve
nue
and o
pera
ting in
com
e d
olla
rs a
re b
ased on D
ece
mber 2
017 q
ua
rte
r r
esu
lts w
hic
h w
ere a
nnu
aliz
ed by m
ulti
ply
ing th
e D
ec
em
be
r qua
rter n
um
be
rs b
y f
ou
r. M
icroc
hip
Mic
rose
mi
Mic
roc
hip
+ M
icro
sem
i Lo
ng T
erm
Mode
l Re
ve
nue
($M
) $3,9
77 $
1,8
75 $5,8
52 G
ross M
argin
(%) 6
1.4
% 6
3.2
% 62.0
% 6
3%
R&
D (%
) 1
2.1
% 1
8.5
% 1
4.2
% 1
3%
SG
&A
(%
) 9
.9%
12.5
% 1
0.7
% 9
.5%
Op In
com
e ($
M) $
1,5
67
$603
$2,1
70 O
p I
nc
om
e (
%) 3
9.4
% 3
2.2
% 3
7.1
% 40.5
%
rm
: Ta
rge
ting
18
% g
ro
wth
in no
n-G
AA
P E
PS
fro
m F
Y1
8 t
o F
Y19
wit
h a
cc
retio
n f
ro
m M
icro
se
mi (
assu
mes Jun
e 2
018
clo
se
) M
icro
se
mi a
dds ~
75 c
en
ts o
f n
on-G
AA
P E
PS
ac
cretio
n a
nnu
aliz
ed ru
n r
ate i
n th
e f
irst y
ear a
fte
r close
Long t
erm
: 3rd y
ea
r a
fter c
lose
(F
Y2
021), w
e e
xpe
ct: $
300M
in s
yn
ergy fr
om
cost s
avings a
nd re
ve
nue
grow
th M
icrose
mi to
contrib
ute ~
$1.7
5 o
f n
on G
AA
P E
PS T
arge
tin
g c
onsolid
ate
d M
icro
chip n
on
GA
AP E
PS
of ~
$8
/sh
are
Re
presen
ts n
on G
AA
P E
PS
grow
th o
f o
ve
r 1
4%
pe
r y
ear f
or M
icroc
hip f
rom
FY
18 th
rough F
Y21 E
xte
nds M
icro
chip’s r
ec
ord o
f org
anic as w
ell a
s a
cq
uis
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