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accession: "0000827054-26-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCHP"
cik: "0000827054"
company_name: "MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-19T18:57:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-19T18:58:07.212669+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Microchip shareholders approve 12M share increase to equity plan; all 7 directors elected

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 12,000,000 to 84,389,717 total.
- All seven director nominees elected: Barker, Cassidy, Chapman, Little, Peng, Rapp, Sanghi with votes for ranging from 386M to 439M.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 366.4M for, 77.3M against; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY2027.
- Plan continues until August 24, 2031; no other material changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000827054-26-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCHP
- cik: 0000827054
- company_name: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-19T18:57:09+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705426000042/0000827054-26-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705426000042/mchp-20260818.htm

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