Microchip Technology Announces Pricing of Offering of $1.1 Billion of Convertible Senior Notes
CHANDLER, Ariz., May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (NASDAQ:MCHP) – Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions, today announced the pricing of $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2030 (the “notes”) in a private offering (the “offering”) only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Microchip also granted the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase, within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the date Microchip first issues the notes, up to an additional $150 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. The sale of the notes to the initial purchasers is expected to settle on May 31, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to result in approximately $1.09 billion in net proceeds to Microchip after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Microchip (assuming no exercise of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase additional notes).