---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000827054-26-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCHP"
cik: "0000827054"
company_name: "MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-24T20:16:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-24T20:18:04.315596+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Microchip COO Richard Simoncic resigns effective Aug 17 to become CEO of Menlo Microsystems

## Summary
- Richard J. Simoncic, COO, notified resignation on July 23, 2026, effective August 17, 2026.
- He is leaving to become Chief Executive Officer of Menlo Microsystems, Inc., a private company.
- No successor or interim COO has been announced by Microchip.
- Simoncic's departure is voluntary and for a CEO role at another firm.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000827054-26-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCHP
- cik: 0000827054
- company_name: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-24T20:16:56+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705426000031/0000827054-26-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705426000031/mchp-20260723.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000827054-26-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000827054-26-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000827054-26-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard J. Simoncic resigned as Chief Operating Officer at MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 23, 2026, Richard J. Simoncic, Chief Operating Officer of Microchip Technology Incorporated (the "Company"), notified the Company that he was resigning from the Company effective August 17, 2026 to become Chief Executive Officer of Menlo Microsystems, Inc., a private company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705426000031/0000827054-26-000031-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.