Sun roof control
Cordless tools
Active suspension
Speedometer
Tire-pressure monitoring
Security system
Postage meter
Disk drive
Bar code reader
Disk drive
Stereo receiver
Internet appliances
Robotics
Tape back-up unit
Tape back-up unit
Pay phone
Turn signals
CD player
Fax machines
Climate control
Gas pump
Auto security systems
Anti-lock braking
Cordless tools
Smoke detector
Keyless entry
Cruise control
Computer keyboard
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Turn signals
Computer mouse
X/Y plotter
Handheld scanner
Laptop trackball
Laptop trackball
Disk drive
Disk drive
Gas pump
Camera
Vacuum cleaner
Electric blanket
Postage meter
Air bag sensor
PC LAN system
Video games
Video games
Anti-lock braking
Anti-lock braking
Security system
Security system
Cable TV converter
Washer/dryer
Power seats
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
START WITH MICROCHIP
Computer keyboard
Computer keyboard
Feature phone
Feature phone
Modem
Handheld scanner
Handheld scanner
Garage door opener
Garage door opener
Tire-pressure monitoring
Credit card verification
Radar detector
Cable TV converter
Cable TV converter
Motor control
Motor control
Smoke detector
Smoke detector
Climate control
Climate control
Internet appliances
Internet appliances
Robotics
Internet appliances
Internet appliances
Compressor
Compressor
Feature phone
Feature phone
Gas pump
Gas pump
Turn signals
Fax machines
Internet appliances
Internet appliances
Speedometer
Speedometer
Remote controls
Remote controls
Answering machine
Answering machine
PC LAN system
PC LAN system
TV/VCR equipment
Thermostat
Thermostat
Camera
Camera
Turn signals
Turn signals
Electric blanket
Electric blanket
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Postage meter
Postage meter
Cruise control
Cruise control
Stereo receiver
Smoke detector
Smoke detector
Radar detector
Radar detector
Video games
Video games
Thermostat
Thermostat
Kitchen appliances
Kitchen appliances
Cruise control
Active suspension
Active suspension
Washer/dryer
Washer/dryer
Cruise control
Cruise control
Sun roof control
Sun roof control
Security system
Security system
Air bag sensor
Air bag sensor
Anti-lock braking
Turn signals
Turn signals
Keyless entry
Keyless entry
Garage door opener
Garage door opener
Credit card verification
Credit card verification
Robotics
Robotics
Power seats
Power seats
X/Y plotter
X/Y plotter
Computer keyboard
Anti-lock braking
Anti-lock braking
Computer keyboard
Computer keyboard
Anti-lock braking
Anti-lock braking
Camera
Camera
Stereo receiver
Stereo receiver
Handheld scanner
Handheld scanner
Handheld scanner
Cordless tools
Cordless tools
Cruise control
Cruise control
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Bar code reader
Bar code reader
Microwave oven
Microwave oven
Disk drive
Disk drive
Modem
Modem
Garage door opener
Garage door opener
Computer keyboard
Computer keyboard
Laser printer interface board
Smoke detector
Smoke detector
Fax machines
Fax machines
Compressor
Cordless tools
Cordless tools
Fax machines
Fax machines
Gas pump
Gas pump
Keyless entry
Keyless entry
Speedometer
Speedometer
Bar code reader
Bar code reader
Answering machine
Answering machine
Answering machine
Feature phone
Feature phone
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Credit card verification
Credit card verification
CD player
CD player
Postage meter
Postage meter
Power seats
Pay phone
Pay phone
Thermostat
Thermostat
Turn signals
Turn signals
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Radar detector
Sun roof control
Sun roof control
Robotics
Robotics
Cordless phone
Cordless phone
Active suspension
Camera
Camera
Bar code reader
Answering machine
Answering machine
PC LAN system
PC LAN system
Vacuum cleaner
Vacuum cleaner
Radar detector
Radar detector
Climate control
Climate control
X/Y plotter
X/Y plotter
Pay phone
Pay phone
Thermostat
Thermostat
Security system
Internet appliances
Postage meter
Postage meter
Security system
Security system
Remote controls
Remote controls
Air bag sensor
Air bag sensor
Cruise control
Cruise control
Security system
Security system
Cordless tools
Cordless tools
Auto security systems
Auto security systems
Smoke detector
Smoke detector
Motor control
Motor control
Stereo receiver
Stereo receiver
Bar code reader
Bar code reader
Tire-pressure monitoring
Tire-pressure monitoring
Garage door opener
Garage door opener
Computer keyboard
Computer keyboard
Video games
Video games
Climate control
Climate control
Fax machines
Fax machines
Modem
Modem
Disk drive
Disk drive
Fax machines
Fax machines
Power seats
Power seats
Speedometer
Speedometer
Feature phone
Feature phone
Keyless entry
Keyless entry
Bar code reader
Tape back-up unit
Tape back-up unit
CD player
Gas pump
Microwave oven
Microwave oven
Speedometer
Speedometer
Microwave oven
Microwave oven
Credit card verification
Credit card verification
Cordless tools
Cordless tools
Climate control
Climate control
Cable TV converter
Cable TV converter
Feature phone
Feature phone
Handheld scanner
Handheld scanner
Security system
Security system
Smoke detector
Smoke detector
Radar detector
Radar detector
Turn signals
Turn signals
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Power seats
Power seats
Turn signals
Turn signals
Cable TV converter
Cable TV converter
Process control
Process control
Washer/dryer
Washer/dryer
PC LAN system
PC LAN system
Air bag sensor
Air bag sensor
Compressor
Compressor
Electric blanket
Electric blanket
Cordless phone
Cordless phone
Washer/dryer
Washer/dryer
Sun roof control
Sun roof control
X/Y plotter
X/Y plotter
Tape back-up unit
Tape back-up unit
Vacuum cleaner
Vacuum cleaner
Anti-lock braking
Anti-lock braking
PC LAN system
PC LAN system
Kitchen appliances
Kitchen appliances
Internet appliances
Internet appliances
Smoke detector
Smoke detector
Smoke detectors
Smoke detectors
Stereo receiver
Stereo receiver
Modem
Modem
Gas pump
Gas pump
Cruise control
Cruise control
Microwave oven
Microwave oven
Bar code reader
Bar code reader
Air bag sensor
Air bag sensor
CD player
CD player
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Copier
Copier
Active suspension
Active suspension
Electric blanket
Electric blanket
Laptop trackball
Laptop trackball
Postage meter
Postage meter
Climate control
Climate control
Power seats
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Thermostat
Thermostat
Pager
Pager
Modem
Modem
Security system
Security system
Thermostat
Thermostat
Handheld scanner
Handheld scanner
Internet appliances
Internet appliances
Cable TV converter
Cable TV converter
Computer keyboard
Computer keyboard
Credit card verification
Credit card verification
Credit card verification
Credit card verification
Video games
Video games
Laser printer interface board
Laser printer interface board
TV/VCR equipment
TV/VCR equipment
Sun roof control
Sun roof control
Radar detector
Radar detector
Robotics
Robotics
Internet appliances
Internet appliances
Thermostat
Thermostat
Cordless tools
Cordless tools
Auto security systems
Auto security systems
Disk drive
Disk drive
Feature phone
Feature phone
Process control
Process control
Garage door opener
Garage door opener
Postage meter
Postage meter
Process control
Process control
Stereo receiver
Stereo receiver
Tape back-up unit
Tape back-up unit
Security system
Security system
Washer/dryer
Washer/dryer
Fuel pump control
Air bag sensor
Air bag sensor
Computer keyboard
Computer keyboard
Microwave oven
Microwave oven
Gas pump
Gas pump
CD player
CD player
Answering machine
Answering machine
Cruise control
Tape back-up unit
Tape back-up unit
Video games
Video games
Cable TV converter
Cable TV converter
Smoke detector
Smoke detector
Keyless entry
Keyless entry
Garage door opener
Active suspension
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Cordless phone
Cordless phone
Kitchen appliances
Kitchen appliances
Vacuum cleaner
Vacuum cleaner
Thermostat
Thermostat
Handheld scanner
Speedometer
Disk drive
Disk drive
PC LAN system
PC LAN system
Cordless tools
Cordless tools
Electric blanket
Electric blanket
Vacuum cleaner
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Smoke detectors
Smoke detectors
Anti-lock braking
Anti-lock braking
Bar code reader
Bar code reader
Compressor
Compressor
Garage door opener
Handheld scanner
Stereo receiver
CD player
CD player
Handheld scanner
Handheld scanner
Fuel pump control
Fuel pump control
Power seats
Bar code reader
Fax machines
Smoke detector
Air bag sensor
Air bag sensor
Keyless entry
Keyless entry
Sun roof control
Sun roof control
Tire-pressure monitoring
Electric blanket
TV/VCR equipment
Vacuum cleaner
Power seats
Power seats
TV/VCR equipment
TV/VCR equipment
Disk drive
Internet appliances
Fuel pump control
Kitchen appliances
Compressor
Tire-pressure monitoring
Tire-pressure monitoring
Garage door opener
Garage door opener
Tape back-up unit
Postage meter
Power seats
Cordless tools
TV/VCR equipment
Internet appliances
Answering machine
Gas pump
Cordless tools
Tire-pressure monitoring
Feature phone
CORPORATE PROFILE
Microchip Technology Incorporated is a leading provider of microcontroller and analog
semiconductors, 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 web site at www.microchip.com.
• Founded in 1989
• Approximately 3,900 employees worldwide
• Quality systems are ISO/TS-16949:2002 certified
• 41 sales offices worldwide
• Manufacturing facilities: Tempe, AZ; Gresham, OR; Bangkok, Thailand
• Design centers: Bangalore, India; St-Sulpice, Switzerland; Mountain View, CA; Chandler, AZ
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(in thousands, except per share and dividend amounts)
Net Sales
Non-GAAP Net Income*
GAAP Net Income
Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share*
GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share
Stockholders’ Equity
Annual Cash Dividend Per Share
2001
$715,730
$155,473
$142,836
$0.76
$0.70
$942,848
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2002
$571,254
$94,814
$94,814
$0.45
$0.45
$1,075,779
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2003
$651,462
$133,875
$88,232
$0.64
$0.42
$1,178,949
$0.040
2004
$699,260
$156,834
$137,262
$0.74
$0.65
$1,320,517
$0.113
2005
$846,936
$226,761
$213,785
$1.07
$1.01
$1,485,734
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Microcontroller Portfolio
(Number of Products at Calendar Year End)
Analog and Interface Portfolio
(Number of Products at Calendar Year End)
All charts are based on fiscal year data except where noted.
*Excludes restructuring and acquisition-related special charges/special income and costs associated with the closure of Fab 1 and charges related to the settlement of patent license litigation. Please
see “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Net Income to Reported Results” located at the end of this document following our Form 10-K for our reported GAAP results and additional information. Also see our
Form 10-K for additional detail and discussion of our GAAP results.
TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
Microchip Technology continued to deliver value and
generate solid performance in fiscal year 2005, despite
challenging conditions in the semiconductor industry.
For the fi scal year ending March 31, 2005, Microchip’s net
sales were a record $846.9 million, an increase of 21.1%
from net sales of $699.3 million for the fi scal year ending
March 31, 2004. Non-GAAP net income for the fiscal 2005
period was $226.8 million, an increase of 44.6% over non-
GAAP net income in the prior fiscal year of $156.8 million.
We achieved record gross margins and non-GAAP operating
margins of 57.1% and 33.0%, respectively, in fiscal 2005.
Our balance sheet is strong, and we increased our cash
and short-term investment balances by $328.3 million
(prior to our stock buy-back activity of $68.3 million), driven
by our sound operating results and successful business
model.
During fiscal 2005, Microchip initiated a stock repurchase
program and continued to increase our quarterly cash
dividend payment to offer additional value to our share-
holders. Microchip’s total annual dividend payment in fis-
cal 2005 was $0.208 per share, a rise of 84.1% over the
annual dividend payment of $0.113 per share in fiscal
2004. Microchip began quarterly cash dividend payments
in the third quarter of fiscal 2003 and (through the date of
this letter) has increased the cash dividend by 375% since
the initial declaration.
These outstanding financial results place Microchip in a
leadership position when compared to most other semi-
conductor manufacturers based on several of these fac-
tors: sales growth, operating profit, operating margin,
earnings per share, long-term stock price performance,
dividend payment and dividend growth.
This continued strong performance stems from our
successful business model, unique Company culture of
employee empowerment and continuous improvement, and
the many contributions from all facets of our operation,
including manufacturing, technology development, product
development and worldwide sales.
Microchip’s fiscal 2005 began with indications of a healthy
recovery taking shape in the worldwide semiconductor
industry. The rebound was short-lived because an industry-
wide inventory correction impacted our third fi scal quarter
results. This correction lingered throughout the rest of the
fi scal year.
During this modest slowdown, Microchip took the unusual
step of maintaining wafer fabrication production levels. The
resulting increase in product inventory helps position the
Company to take advantage of future market demands. We
believe this move has relatively low risk because many of
the products in our portfolio have longer effective lives in
comparison to most semiconductor companies.
As anticipated, our Fab 4 semiconductor manufacturing
facility in Gresham, Oregon, continues to push our oper-
ating margins higher and provides ample manufacturing
capacity to address additional customer demand. We
maintained low capital expenditures and plan to do so
throughout fiscal year 2006.
Our most significant accomplishment in fiscal 2005 was
the execution of a strong new product introduction and
design cycle.
These new devices, brought to market during the fi scal
year, further expand each of our product lines, including
8-bit microcontrollers, 16-bit digital signal controllers,
analog and serial EEPROMs. Our product portfolio
continues to offer a highly competitive embedded system
solution for design engineers worldwide and allows us to
attach complementary devices to existing applications at
our current customers.
But we’re not stopping here. Our relentless research
and development activities today are identifying new
technologies and driving further innovation to help position
us for continued long-term growth.
We continue to seek out and win a large number of new
opportunities in the 8-bit microcontroller market with our
proprietary PIC®microcontrollers.
Microchip again pushed the boundaries of low pin count
microcontrollers by launching the industry’s first 8-bit Flash
devices in 6-pin, SOT-23 packages—the world’s smallest
microcontrollers. The combination of small form factor,
high performance and extremely low cost found in the
PIC10F family is creating new applications that have not
been traditionally served by microcontrollers, such as ASIC
bug fixes and discrete logic replacement.
Microchip also drove innovation at the high end of the
8-bit microcontroller space by introducing more than 32
PIC18 Flash microcontrollers during the fiscal year. A
mixture of rich on-board peripherals, higher levels of
processing performance and nanoWatt Technology power
management features provides additional functionality for
an array of demanding applications. Many of these devices
are already experiencing strong interest from current and
new customers.
With our 16-bit dsPIC®digital signal controllers (DSCs),
Microchip released 19 devices to volume production
during the fiscal year, completing the first launch phase of
this new product line. The dsPIC DSC solution is steadily
gaining market traction with over 100 customer designs
being manufactured today and more than 1,000 customers
currently designing with these devices. Over 6,000 dsPIC
DSC development systems have been delivered to engi-
neers worldwide, further seeding the market for additional
design wins.
Microchip shipped a record 53,311 development systems
during the fiscal year, demonstrating the continued strong
interest in our products. The total cumulative number
of development systems shipped now stands at over
358,000.
Our analog portfolio continues to grow with many proprietary,
high-precision devices focusing on low power. Highlights
include the fastest power-supply, pulse-width-modulation
controller on the market today; two fully integrated linear
battery chargers that maximize battery capacity and safety
with high system accuracy; and three dual-connected opera-
tional amplifiers that offer rail-to-rail input/output and an
extended temperature range.
We expanded our technology leadership in serial EEPROMs
by introducing 2x3 millimeter DFN (dual flat no leads) pack-
age options across the entire product line of I²C™ and
Microwire serial EEPROMs. Microchip now offers the
highest-density-memory serial EEPROMs in the smallest
standard package available today.
The many innovations brought to market in fiscal 2005 help
round out Microchip’s already strong product portfolio,
creating highly competitive embedded solutions for the
designs which leading engineers are creating today.
As we look to fi scal year 2006 and beyond, we believe
Microchip has the pieces in place—including the products,
technology development, manufacturing capacity and sales
capability—to continue to gain market share and outpace
the semiconductor industry.
With sincere appreciation to our shareholders, customers
and employees for your continued confidence in Microchip.
Steve Sanghi
President and CEO
Microchip Technology Incorporated
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
THE TYPICAL EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN
This chart illustrates the various devices that could be used by engineers to create a typical embedded system
design. The items listed in the blue boxes are products that Microchip offers today. Our broad product portfolio
provides a total system solution for thousands of diverse applications worldwide.
Microchip wrapped up fiscal year 2005 with a well-executed new product
introduction and design cycle that pushed our industry-leading
performance and augmented our core competencies even further.
We have a strong product portfolio that remains highly competitive with
the types of product lines we offer and the depth of features and
functionality within each product line. These complete silicon solutions
allow us to penetrate additional digital and analog design opportunities
worldwide and capture an even greater number of electronic components
in high-volume embedded designs.
We start our new product development by listening to our customers—
and understanding their unique needs.
Microchip then builds “horizontal” products in which we produce devices
that offer the right price/performance ratio for use in thousands of diverse
applications worldwide. Our complete silicon solutions provide the advan-
tages that leading engineers need to remain competitive: faster time to
market, lower total system cost, low-risk product development, outstand-
ing technical support and dependable delivery and quality. Our world-class
development systems make our silicon devices easy to use and speed the
design cycle.
Today, Microchip proudly serves approximately 44,000 end customers. Our
employees understand the complex and dynamic market trends that are
shaping the engineer’s design environment (see sidebar). Microchip’s
business continues to grow because we offer the product solutions that
bring greater flexibility to our customers—and therefore help make them
more successful.
Market Trends Driving
Growth in Embedded Design
Microchip’s new product develop-
ment focuses on giving engineers
the best solutions to these macro
design challenges:
• Distributing small amounts of
low-cost electronics intelligence
throughout an application, instead
of using one powerful, expensive
core processor
• The unrelenting need in consumer
electronics to add more features/
functionality while packing this into
smaller, faster and cheaper end
products
• Reducing power consumption
based on the growing worldwide
governmental and environmental
regulations; greater motor control
efficiency
• Continuing the migration of
mechanical-based systems to
adding first-time electronics
intelligence, enabling new features/
functionality and higher reliability at
a similar or even lower total cost
• Adding connectivity and industry-
standard compatibility to products
• Reprogramming products already
purchased by end consumers to
add new features/functionality or
support new industry standards
• Managing battery power in the
growing number of portable
electronics products
•
Integrating additional safety/
security functions and system
redundancy
• Embedding a “black box” to collect
data for system maintenance and
help diagnose system failure
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
MICROCONTROLLERS
Microcontroller: A computer-on-a-chip that contains a Central Processing Unit (CPU),
program memory, data memory and digital/analog peripherals and is dedicated to
performing a specific function, such as controlling an appliance. This device takes
external inputs (keypad entry, temperature reading) and makes a decision based on
those inputs using the unique software code that the engineer writes and programs
into the chip’s memory. The microcontroller then generates a resulting output (turn
on air conditioner, operate at a certain speed). Sometimes referred to as an “MCU.”
Eight-bit microcontrollers are found in thousands of diverse applications worldwide,
providing low-cost electronics intelligence to automotive subsystems, white goods
appliances, consumer electronics, computing/office automation, industrial control
and networking/communications products.
The worldwide 8-bit microcontroller market reached $5.5 billion in 20041. This
expansive market continues to grow because 8-bit microcontrollers provide a small
—but appropriate—amount of processing power for the average embedded design.
Many of these designs simply do not need the higher performance of 16- or 32-bit
microcontrollers (and their larger sizes and additional cost/complexity).
GROWTH IN FLASH MICROCONTROLLERS
In the 8-bit market, there is a compelling growth opportunity for those products that
are field programmable and reprogrammable, such as Flash memory. Microchip
estimates the field-programmable memory segment today is approximately 35% of
the total 8-bit microcontroller market and is anticipated to grow to 60% of the total
market within five years.
Flash memory, when built into a microcontroller or digital signal controller, enables
the designer to electrically erase and program/reprogram the on-chip program
memory with an external programmer or under program control. The ability of the
device to reprogram itself enables software updates to be sent to an application via
a communication link and the program to be updated in the field.
The use of on-chip Flash memory is rapidly expanding because it provides an ideal
solution for engineers designing products for embedded systems. Our engineer-
ing customers benefi t during the development stages when the software code fre-
quently changes, by responding quickly to today’s ever-changing market demands,
in reprogramming their systems late in the manufacturing process or updating their
systems in the fi eld with code revisions, system parameterization or customer-spe-
cifi c options.
THE PIC® MICROCONTROLLER ADVANTAGE
THE PIC® MICROCONTROLLER ADVANTAGE
To win these design opportunities, Microchip offers more than 280 microcontrollers
that feature combinations of flexible memory technologies, low power and power
management options, a broad range of on-chip peripherals and easy-to-use develop-
ment systems—among many of our product attributes.
Our proprietary PIC microcontroller architecture is based on a modified Harvard
Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) instruction set that provides an easy migra-
tion path from 6 to 84 pins and from 384 bytes to 128K bytes of program memory. By
combining RISC features with a modified Harvard dual-bus architecture, Microchip’s
fast and flexible 10 MIPS PIC18F core is the most popular architecture for new micro-
controller designs.
PIC microcontrollers achieve low-risk product development by providing seamless
program size expansion. Pin compatibility facilitates drop-in replacements of package
types, as well as variations of memories, without having to completely rewrite code.
The MPLAB®Integrated Development Environment (IDE) offers low-risk product devel-
opment by providing a complete management solution for all development systems in
one free tool. Engineers simply need to learn one design environment that provides the
platform for all PIC microcontroller design activities.
Microchip’s seamless migration path with standard pin schemes and code compatibil-
ity enables engineers to reuse verified code and a proven printed circuit board layout.
Designers can add higher memory options, incremental I/O and complex digital and
analog peripherals without losing their software investment, reducing time to market.
A broad product line allows Microchip to offer engineers an appropriate integration of
both analog and digital peripherals, ranging from simple digital to sophisticated analog
modules. These integrated peripherals minimize the need for additional components
and thereby lower total system cost while increasing reliability.
Our new product development efforts are focusing on all performance levels within the
8-bit segment. To further grow our total available market share, we have initiatives to
develop new read-only-memory microcontrollers and expand the revolutionary PIC10F
6-pin microcontroller offering. Microchip continues to fill out the high-performance
PIC18F microcontrollers with greater performance and value-priced options.
DIGITAL SIGNAL CONTROLLERS
Digital Signal Controller (DSC): A high-performance, 16-bit controller that integrates
the real-time control abilities of a microcontroller with the processing power of a digital
signal processor (DSP), a specialized processor optimized to compute large numbers
of complex mathematical calculations. This class of controllers is ideal for applications
requiring higher power than a microcontroller can offer, such as advanced motor control,
speech processing, software modem, encryption and much more.
The DSC market evolved from the convergence of the performance requirement of an
8- or 16-bit microcontroller with the processing power of a DSP. The DSC market space
is being carved out of the existing 16-bit microcontroller and DSP markets—and we
believe that the addressable market is approximately $2 billion annually.
Engineers who need to add DSP to their embedded applications are faced with the
daunting task of developing DSP theoretical expertise and then learning an unfamiliar
architecture and tool set, a time-consuming process. Microchip’s dsPIC DSC provides
DSP functionality in the familiar PIC microcontroller design environment, offering an
easy-to-implement solution to engineers familiar with microcontrollers.
Microchip is the number
one supplier of 8-bit
microcontrollers based
on worldwide unit ship-
ments2. We estimate
having an approximate
18% market share
(based on unit ship-
ments) in 20043. We
believe Microchip is
uniquely positioned to
take advantage of the
rising market demand
for Flash microcon-
trollers and anticipate
continuing to grow
market share.
Microchip is a
pioneer in the emerging
DSC market space with
19 products in produc-
tion and many more in
development.
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
PRODUCT TYPES
Operational Amplifiers
Programmable Gain Amplifiers
Comparators
Linear Integrated Devices
PRODUCT TYPES
Encoder Devices
Decoder Devices
LINEAR PRODUCTS
Operational Amplifier: Commonly referred to as an “op amp,” a device used to
buffer, increase and filter electrical signals generated by sensors and transmitters.
With each of our four product types (listed at the left), Microchip has designed
linear circuits that operate at very low current and low voltages, creating devices
that are power efficient and ideal for battery-powered systems.
We continue to push forward in offering smaller package sizes. For example, all of
our standard single op amps are now featured in the ultra-small, SOT-23 package.
By continuing to develop and enhance our core competencies, we are providing
higher integration for more cost-effective compact solutions to meet the needs of
our expanding customer base.
With the market for op amps and comparators alone expected to reach $3.37
billion in 20064, we believe we have the right product solutions to grow in this
market space.
SECURE DATA PRODUCTS
Secure Data Products: An encoder and decoder function that communicates wire-
lessly to form a safety/security system (such as automotive RKE). The encoder
generates a secure value and creates a data stream that is unique, which is then
transmitted to the decoder (by pressing a button on the keyfob). Through a system
“handshake,” the decoder authenticates and interprets the data stream, confirming
that it is valid (unlocking the vehicle’s door).
Microchip’s secure data products have a commanding presence in automotive
remote-keyless-entry (RKE) and garage door opener applications worldwide.
Our encoders and decoders provide a highly secure “authentication system on
a chip” based on the patented KEELOQ®code hopping technology. Using a highly
sophisticated encryption algorithm, the code changes or “hops” each time it is
transmitted. This thwarts high-tech thieves who use tools that can pull unprotected
code from the air and then retransmit the signal to gain unauthorized access to a
home or vehicle.
Microchip also offers the ability to implement the KEELOQ technology
via software that can be programmed on a PIC microcontroller, pro-
viding engineers with different options for their design requirements.
Future innovations are expected to offer greater design flexibility with
additional features and functionality. Emerging applications are auto-
motive passive keyless entry and authenticating products to reduce
counterfeiting.
counterfeiting.
counterfeiting.
POWER MANAGEMENT
Switching Regulator: A power efficient device used to convert a DC input voltage to
a different DC output voltage. The switching regulator helps reduce heat and minimize
current consumption, extending the life of a battery.
Power management represents one of the fastest growing segments of the analog
semiconductor market, totaling an estimated $5.9 billion in 20045. Many embed-
ded designs today use electronic components that require different voltages to
function properly. Power management refers to a variety of components that regu-
late and monitor the correct supply voltage and current to the system.
Microchip’s product line today provides a wide range of the fundamental “building
blocks” engineers need to complete their designs. These devices deliver low power,
low current and small package size advantages attractive to the large horizontal
base of embedded designs, including battery-powered, hand-held applications.
Future innovations will follow these same performance trends while integrating
additional features and functions.
PRODUCT TYPES
Low Dropout Regulators and
Switching Regulators
Charge Pump DC/DC
Converters
Power MOSFET Drivers
PWM Controllers
System Supervisors
Voltage Detectors
Voltage References
MIXED SIGNAL
Analog-to-Digital Converter: An integrated circuit that converts analog or “real
world” signals (inputs) into digital representations which are delivered to the
microcontroller or other devices. Referred to as an “ADC” or “A/D converter.”
Despite the dominance of digital-based technology, the world is still driven by
analog circuitry. Just about every embedded system incorporates analog inputs or
outputs somewhere in the design.
Therefore mixed-signal devices, those components that convert analog signals to
digital inputs or digital outputs to analog, remain an integral part of the design
board. Estimated 2004 sales for A/D converters were $1.25 billion and for D/A
converters were $860 million6.
PRODUCT TYPES
Analog/Digital Converter
Families
Digital Potentiometers
System Digital/Analog
Converters
Voltage/Frequency and
Frequency/Voltage Converters
Microchip sees attractive growth potential in this large market. We offer high-
precision, stand-alone analog products, as well as fundamental workhorse devices.
Our mixed-signal products offer low power and small size advantages ideal for the
growing number of space-constrained portable or battery-powered applications.
We have extensive analog design expertise. Microchip pioneered the addition of
rich analog peripherals onto 8-bit microcontrollers, and the acquisition of TelCom
Semiconductor in 2001 significantly expanded our analog knowledge base.
We create our mixed-signal products using the same technology development and
Flash-based processes as with our PIC microcontrollers. This ensures that the
microcontrollers and analog products are compatible on the design board and that
we can seamlessly integrate our stand-alone analog technology onto the microcon-
troller to quickly respond to evolving market demands. Utilizing Flash processes on
our analog products enables higher precision devices and shorter lead times for
customers.
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
PRODUCT TYPES
Battery Chargers
Smart Battery Managers
Fuel Gauges
BATTERY MANAGEMENT
Fuel Gauge: A device that accurately reports the status of and remaining energy
in a battery to the system being powered by the battery, such as a laptop computer.
This allows the user to know when the battery needs to be recharged and when the
system should be powered down to prevent loss of unsaved data.
Designers choose Microchip’s battery management solutions because they combine
highly accurate measurement hardware with proprietary algorithms to achieve the
highest precision solution available. These devices support portable battery-
powered systems, such as PDAs, laptop computers, digital cameras and cell
phones, with the hardware integrated circuit, precision analog circuitry and software
with battery charging or battery management algorithms.
Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) is the fastest growing battery cell technology, especially for new
portable consumer products. Charging a Li-Ion battery is a complex process using
sophisticated algorithms built into the system.
Our charge management controllers accurately and safely charge Li-Ion and Lithium
Polymer batteries, maximizing battery capacity and extending battery life. We offer
a range of single-chip charging solutions for cost-sensitive, high-volume consumer
applications. Microchip’s development boards make it easy to evaluate our different
devices.
Our research and development expertise, stemming in part from our PowerSmart®
and TelCom Semiconductor acquisitions, is focusing on solutions to support the
rapidly changing needs of the portable, rechargeable market, which was expected to
total approximately three billion rechargeable cells shipped in 20047. These devel-
total approximately three billion rechargeable cells shipped in 2004
opments include algorithm updates, new hardware and additional safety and secu-
rity features.
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
Temperature Sensor: A device that measures temperature and outputs it in a
format for the system microcontroller to use. For example, a serial output temperature
sensor takes a temperature reading, converts it to a digital value and then sends the
value to the microcontroller.
Thermal management describes devices that measure temperature and use this data
for compensation purposes within an application. Our products offer competitive advan-
tages in small package sizes, low current consumption and low power.
Microchip has a large product line of temperature sensors with a variety of output types
(logic, linear and serial) in a range of accuracy values and packages, including the ultra-
small SC-70 package (the actual size fits inside this letter “O”).
PRODUCT TYPES
Temperature Sensors
Fan Speed Controllers
Fan Fault Detectors
Product innovation is focused on further enhancing accuracy in temperature sensors.
Many embedded control applications require temperature control and compensation,
such as power supplies, PCs and telephone displays. As sensor technology becomes
smaller and less expensive, new applications are taking advantage of temperature
compensation to provide a more robust solution. The annual thermal sensor market is
approximately $1 billion8, and Microchip estimates the silicon-based temperature
sensor market represents approximately 30% of the total—-a sizable opportunity for
this product line alone.
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
PRODUCT TYPES
CAN Peripherals
Infrared Peripherals
LIN Transceivers
Serial Peripherals
INTERFACE
Interface Device: A device that provides a network connection based on an industry
standard, enabling the end product to communicate and be compatible with other
products based on that standard, like adding CAN to one automotive subsystem
(braking system) so it can communicate with another subsystem on a CAN network
(automatic cruise control).
Microchip’s interface devices support protocols such as IrDA®for wireless personal
computing applications and Controller Area Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect
Network (LIN) for automotive and industrial applications.
Microchip is the only supplier who offers IrDA protocol handling in small, cost-effective
devices, which allow engineers to implement IrDA without having to understand the
nuances of the protocol. This reduces learning curves of a new technology and speeds
time to market.
Microchip features CAN and LIN capability in stand-alone versions as well as on certain
PIC microcontrollers, giving the engineer the flexibility to choose the best solution for
the design requirements. The total worldwide market for CAN nodes used in automo-
tive applications is estimated at $374 million in 20049.
New product development for interface devices is focused on new and emerging
industry standards that we believe offer strong growth potential.
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
SERIAL EEPROMs
Serial EEPROM: A stand-alone memory device that retains data after power is
removed from it, like remembering user pre-sets for favorite channels in a car radio
or brightness and contrast settings in a television set. EEPROM stands for Electrically
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
Serial EEPROMs are found in thousands of diverse applications, such as providing
calibration data in a blood glucose meter or storing plug-and-play specifications in a
PC monitor. About half of all microcontroller applications require stand-alone memory
to store some kind of information.
In this $698 million market, Microchip ranks third in sales volume with a market
share of 15.9%10. Serial EEPROMs are considered commodity products in the
marketplace. We succeed here by bringing many aspects of value that differentiate us
from other suppliers, including low power, consistent delivery, ultra-small packaging,
advanced manufacturing processes and higher endurance and quality.
Microchip’s superior design, manufacturing and testing have also yielded industry-
leading specifications, such as 200-year data retention and one million erase/write
cycles that work in the broadest voltage ranges and at very high speeds. Microchip
also leads the industry with ultra-small package sizes, packing more memory into a
SOT-23 package (16 Kbits) and a 2x3 millimeter DFN package (64 Kbits) than any
competitor.
New product development strategies have focused on doubling, and in some cases
tripling, the die per wafer while continuing to increase the overall quality. This allows
engineers to put more memory into their applications while enjoying smaller package
sizes at about the same cost. To grow our market position, Microchip is focusing on
expanding the product line with higher speeds, new packages and the broadest
available memory densities.
In addition, Microchip’s technical prowess in serial EEPROMs helps drive innovation
with Flash memory that is then incorporated into our microcontroller process
technologies. This capability continues to provide us with a strong advantage in the
development of highly cost-effective microcontroller solutions.
REFERENCES:
1 Gartner Dataquest, “Top Companies Revenue from Shipments of 8-bit MCU - All Applications” April 2005
2 Gartner Dataquest, 2003 Microcontroller Market Share and Unit Shipments, Tom Starnes, July 2004
3 Gartner Dataquest, “Top Companies Revenue from Shipments of 8-bit MCU - All Applications” April 2005 and Microchip estimates
4 IMS Research, The World Market for Standard Signal Conditioning and Interface ICs 2004 Edition, Peter Cooney, July 2004
5 Venture Development Corporation, The Global Market for Power Supply and Power Management ICs, Fourth Edition, December 2003
6 IMS Research, The World Market for Standard Data Conversion ICs 2004 Edition, Peter Cooney, July 2004
7 Institute of Information Technology, Ltd., Advanced Rechargeable Battery Market Survey Program 2002-2003
8 EDN Magazine, “Silicon Sensors Harness Thermal Management,” David Marsh, Dec. 11, 2003
9 Strategy Analytics, “Automotive Multiplex Network Growth,” Chris Webber, Dec. 20, 2004
10 Web-Feet Research, 2004 Non-Volatile Memory Market Shares by Vendor, Alan Niebel, March 2005
ALL THINGS ELECTRONIC — START WITH MICROCHIP
PRODUCT TYPES
Integrated Development
Environment
C Compilers, Assemblers
and Linkers
Software Libraries
Application Development Tools
Device Programmers
In-Circuit Debuggers
In-Circuit Emulators
Development and Evaluation
Boards
DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
In-Circuit Debugger: A tool that engineers utilize to design, program and test
embedded system hardware. By using dedicated logic available on the microcon-
troller or DSC device, the in-circuit debugger uploads and downloads data to the
device, then provides control over the device to run, halt and inspect the state of
variables and peripherals in the application.
Before a customer’s design can go into production (and we sell our silicon solu-
tions), the engineer needs to write the software code that will be programmed into
the microcontroller or DSC, providing the end product with its own intelligence/
functionality. Once the code is written, it must be tested, compiled, debugged and
then programmed into the controller.
A series of hardware and software development systems is used by engineers to
accomplish these important tasks. These tools can significantly impact how quickly
an engineer can complete the design so it is ready for volume production. Many
engineers are passionate about the development tools they use, to the extent that
they may select the microcontroller architecture based on their affinity for the
supporting development systems.
Microchip enjoys a strong reputation of providing world-class development tools that
are easy to use and offer robust hardware and software capabilities, dramatically
reducing time-to-market pressures for customers.
Microchip’s MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE) presents a single,
common graphical user interface for all of our tools, just as most people are
familiar with the Windows®operating system “look and feel.” New tools can be
added to this platform with ease and a minimal learning curve. The comprehensive
MPLAB IDE can be downloaded at no cost from Microchip’s web site.
The typical design cycle is about 18 months from the time an engineer purchases
a development tool to the time his or her design goes into volume production.
Therefore, Microchip uses the number of tool sales as a leading indicator of contin-
ued customer acceptance. In addition, more than 150 third-party companies have
created and sell development tools supporting our PIC microcontroller and dsPIC
DSC products.
Microchip continues to design additional development tools,
supporting new silicon solutions with further feature
enhancements and making them even more user friendly.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
(Mark One)
FORM 10-K
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Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005
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For the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission File Number: 0-21184
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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(State of Incorporation)
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Number of shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value, outstanding as of May 16, 2005: 208,490,094.
Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
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MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
FORM 10-K
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1.
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Business
Properties
Legal Proceedings
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
Selected Financial Data
Item 6.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 8.
Item 9.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9B. Other Information
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees Services
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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This Form 10-K contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements
regarding our strategy and future financial performance. We use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,”
“estimate,” “future,” “intend” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results could
differ materially from the results described in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including those
set forth under “Item 1 – Business – Additional Factors That May Affect Results of Operations,” beginning below at page 12,
“Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” beginning below at
page 22, and elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Although we believe that the matters reflected in the forward-looking statements
are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. You should not place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in any
forward-looking statement.
Item 1.
BUSINESS
We develop and manufacture specialized semiconductor products used by our customers for a wide variety of embedded
control applications. Our product portfolio comprises our PICmicro® field–reprogrammable (Flash) RISC microcontrollers
which serve 8-bit and 16-bit embedded control applications, and a broad spectrum of high-performance linear and mixed-
signal, power management and thermal management devices. We also offer complementary microperipheral products
including interface devices, Serial EEPROMs, and application-specific standard products (ASSPs). Our synergistic product
portfolio targets thousands of applications and a growing demand for high-performance designs in the automotive,
communications, computing, consumer and industrial control markets. Our quality systems are ISO/TS16949 (2002 version)
certified.
Microchip Technology Incorporated was incorporated in Delaware in 1989. In this Form 10-K, “we,” “us,” and “our”
each refers to Microchip Technology Incorporated and its subsidiaries. Our executive offices are located at 2355 West
Chandler Boulevard, Chandler, Arizona 85224-6199 and our telephone number is (480) 792-7200.
Our Internet address is www.microchip.com. We post the following filings on our Web site as soon as reasonably
practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission:
• Our annual report on Form 10-K
• Our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
• Our current reports on Form 8-K, and
• Any amendments to the above-listed reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
All SEC filings on our Web site are available free of charge. The information on our Web site is not incorporated into
this Form 10-K.
Industry Background
Competitive pressures require manufacturers of a wide variety of products to expand product functionality and provide
differentiation while maintaining or reducing cost. To address these requirements, manufacturers often use integrated circuit-
based embedded control systems that enable them to:
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differentiate their products
replace less efficient electromechanical control devices
reduce the number of components in their system
add product functionality
decrease time to market for their products, and
significantly reduce product cost.
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Embedded control systems have been incorporated into thousands of products and subassemblies in a wide variety of
applications and markets worldwide, including:
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automotive comfort, safety and
entertainment applications
remote control devices
handheld tools
home appliances
portable computers
robotics
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cordless and cellular telephone
accessories
• motor controls
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security systems
educational and entertainment devices, and
consumer electronics.
Embedded control systems also facilitate the emergence of new classes of products when applications not previously
existing become possible. Embedded control systems typically incorporate a microcontroller as the principal active, and
sometimes sole, component. A microcontroller is a self-contained computer-on-a-chip consisting of a central processing unit,
non-volatile program memory, random access memory for data storage and various input/output peripheral capabilities. In
addition to the microcontroller, a complete embedded control system incorporates application-specific software and may
include specialized peripheral device controllers, non-volatile memory components such as EEPROMs, and various analog
and interface products.
The increasing demand for embedded control has made the market for microcontrollers one of the largest segments of
the semiconductor market. Microcontrollers are currently available in 4-bit through 32-bit architectures. Although 4-bit
microcontrollers are relatively inexpensive, they generally lack the minimum functionality required in most applications and
are typically used in relatively simple applications. While traditional 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers provide very high
performance and functionality, they are generally too expensive for many high-volume embedded control applications. As a
result, many manufacturers of competitive, high-volume products have found 8-bit microcontrollers to be the most cost-
effective embedded control solution.
Most microcontrollers shipped today are ROM-based and must be programmed by the semiconductor supplier during
manufacturing, resulting in 8-12-week lead times, based on market conditions, for delivery of such microcontrollers. In
addition to delayed product introduction, these long lead times can result in potential inventory obsolescence and temporary
factory shutdowns when changes in the firmware are required. To address these issues, some suppliers offer programmable
microcontrollers that can be configured by the customer in the customer’s manufacturing line, thus significantly reducing
lead-time and inventory risks when the inevitable firmware changes occur. While these microcontrollers were initially
expensive relative to ROM-based microcontrollers, manufacturing technology has evolved over the last several years to the
point where reprogrammable microcontrollers are now available for little to no premium over ROM-based microcontrollers,
thus providing significant value to microcontroller customers. As a result, reprogrammable microcontrollers are the fastest
growing segment of the microcontroller market.
Our Products
Our strategic focus is on embedded control solutions, including:
• microcontrollers
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digital signal controllers
high-performance linear and mixed-signal devices
power management and thermal management devices
® security ASSPs
patented KEELOQ
smart battery management ASSPs, and
We provide highly cost-effective embedded control solutions that also offer the advantages of small size, high
performance, low voltage/power operation and ease of development, enabling timely and cost-effective embedded control
product integration by our customers.
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Microcontrollers
We offer a broad family of microcontroller products featuring a unique, proprietary architecture marketed under the
PIC® brand name. We believe that our PIC product family is a price/performance leader in the worldwide microcontroller
market. We have shipped over 3 billion PIC microcontrollers to customers worldwide since their introduction in 1990. Our
PIC products are designed for applications requiring field-programmability, high performance, low power and cost
effectiveness. They feature a variety of memory technology configurations, low voltage and power, small footprint and ease
of use. Our performance results from an exclusive product architecture which features dual data and instruction pathways,
referred to as a Harvard dual-bus architecture; a Reduced Instruction Set Computer, referred to as RISC; and variable length
instructions; all of which provide significant speed advantages over alternative single-bus, Complex Instruction Set Computer
architectures, referred to as CISC. With over 260 microcontrollers in our product portfolio, we target the entire performance
range of 8-bit microcontrollers. Additionally, our scalable product architecture allows us to successfully target both the
entry-level of the 16-bit microcontroller market, as well as the 4-bit microcontroller marketplace, significantly enlarging our
addressable market.
We have used our manufacturing experience and design and process technology to bring additional enhancements and
manufacturing efficiencies to the development and production of our PIC family of microcontroller products. Our extensive
experience base has enabled us to develop our advanced, low cost user programmability feature by incorporating non-volatile
memory, such as Flash, EEPROM and EPROM Memory, into the microcontroller, and to be a leader in reprogrammable
microcontroller product offerings.
Digital Signal Controllers
We recently began production shipments of our Digital Signal Controller product line. Our family of dsPIC® Digital
Signal Controllers, currently 19 products, integrates control features of high-performance 16-bit microcontrollers with the
processing capabilities of Digital Signal Processors (DSPs). During the last three fiscal years, all of our Digital Signal
Controller product development has been focused on reprogrammable (Flash) products. These controllers integrate a wide
variety of peripheral functions making them suitable for a large number of embedded control applications.
Our dsPIC product family offers a broad suite of hardware and software development tools, software application
libraries, development boards and reference designs to ease and expedite the customer application development cycle. With
its field-re-programmability, large selection of peripheral functions, small footprint and ease of use, we believe that our
dsPIC controllers will significantly enlarge our addressable market.
Development Systems
We offer a comprehensive set of low-cost and easy-to-learn application development tools. These tools enable system
designers to quickly and easily program a PIC microcontroller and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers for specific applications
and are a key factor for obtaining design wins.
Our family of development tools operates in the standard Windows® environment on standard PC hardware. These tools
range from entry-level systems, which include an assembler and programmer or in-circuit debugging hardware, to fully
configured systems that provide in-circuit emulation hardware. Customers moving from entry-level designs to those
requiring real-time emulation are able to preserve their investment in learning and tools as they migrate to future PIC devices
since all of our systems share the same integrated development environment.
Many independent companies also develop and market application development tools and systems that support our
standard microcontroller product architecture. Currently, there are more than 150 third-party tool suppliers worldwide whose
products support our proprietary microcontroller architecture.
We believe that familiarity with and adoption of our, and third-party, development systems by an increasing number of
product designers will be an important factor in the future selection of our embedded control products. These development
tools allow design engineers to develop thousands of application-specific products from our standard microcontrollers. To
date, we have shipped more than 358,000 development systems.
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ASSPs
Our application-specific standard products, referred to as ASSPs, are specialized products designed to perform specific
end-user applications, compared to our other products that are more general purpose in nature. Our ASSP device families
currently include, among others, our KEELOQ family of secure data transmission products and smart battery management
products.
Analog and Interface Products
Our analog and interface products now consist of several families with over 420 power management, linear, mixed-
signal, thermal management and interface products. At the end of fiscal 2005, our mixed-signal analog and interface
products were being shipped to more than 9,500 end customers.
We continue marketing and selling our analog and interface products into our existing microcontroller customer base,
which we refer to as our analog “attach” strategy, as well as to new customers. In addition to our “attach” strategy, we
market and sell other products that may not fit our traditional PIC microcontroller and memory products customer base. We
market these, and all of our products, based on an application segment approach, targeted to solve different problems in
development of our customers’ products.
Memory Products
Our memory products consist primarily of serial electrically erasable programmable read only memory, referred to as
EEPROMs. We sell these devices primarily into the embedded control market, and we are one of the largest suppliers of
such devices worldwide. EEPROM products are used for non-volatile program and data storage in systems where such data
must be either modified frequently or retained for long periods. Serial EEPROMs have a very low I/O pin requirement,
permitting production of very small devices.
We address customer requirements by offering products with extremely small package sizes and very low operating
voltages for both read and write functions. Our memory products also feature long data retention and high erase/write
endurance.
Manufacturing
Our manufacturing operations include wafer fabrication and assembly and test. The ownership of our manufacturing
resources is an important component of our business strategy, enabling us to maintain a high level of manufacturing control
resulting in us being one of the lowest cost producers in the embedded control industry. By owning our wafer fabrication
facilities and much of our assembly and test operations, and by employing proprietary statistical process control techniques,
we have been able to achieve and maintain high production yields. Direct control over manufacturing resources allows us to
shorten our design and production cycles. This control also allows us to capture the wafer manufacturing and a portion of the
assembly and testing profit margin.
Our manufacturing facilities are located in:
• Tempe, Arizona (Fab 2)
• Chandler, Arizona (probe operations)
• Puyallup, Washington (Fab 3) (non-operational)
• Gresham, Oregon (Fab 4), and
• Bangkok, Thailand (assembly and test).
Wafer Fabrication
Fab 2 currently produces 8-inch wafers and supports manufacturing processes between 0.35 and 5.0 microns. During
fiscal 2005, Fab 2 operated at approximately 96% of its capacity compared to approximately 91% during fiscal 2004.
Operating at higher percentages of capacity has a positive impact on our operating results due to the relatively high fixed
costs inherent in wafer fabrication manufacturing.
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On June 30, 2003, we completed closure of our Chandler, Arizona (Fab 1) wafer fabrication facility and integrated
certain Fab 1 personnel and processes into our Tempe, Arizona (Fab 2) wafer fabrication facility. The facility where Fab 1 is
located is an integral part of our overall campus in Chandler, Arizona. Within this same facility resides our wafer probe,
mask making and other manufacturing related activities. We have no specific plans for utilizing the space formerly housing
the wafer fabrication operations, and intend to leave it in an idle status.
Fab 3 is currently non-operational and being held-for-future-use. See “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Special Charges – Fab 3 Impairment Charge,” below at page 33, for a
discussion of the status of Fab 3.
Fab 4 was acquired by us in August 2002 and began production on October 31, 2003. Fab 4 produces 8-inch wafers
using 0.5 micron manufacturing processes and is capable of supporting technologies below 0.18 microns. Fab 4 has reached
a level of production where costs and efficiencies have met our initial expectations. Fab 4 costs on comparable technologies
are in fact lower than those of Fab 2. We have a significant amount of clean room capacity and equipment still to be placed
in service at Fab 4 that was acquired in the original acquisition of Fab 4 that we can bring on line in the future to support
incremental wafer fabrication capacity needs. We believe the combined capacity of Fab 2, Fab 4 and Fab 3 will provide
sufficient capacity to allow us to respond to increases in future demand.
We continue to transition products to more advanced process technologies to reduce future manufacturing costs. We
believe that our ability to successfully transition to more advanced process technologies is important for us to remain
competitive. Our future operating results could be adversely affected if any such transition is substantially delayed or
inefficiently implemented.
We also contract with third-party wafer foundries to fabricate less than 3% of our total production. On a strategic basis,
we will continue to use third-party foundries to shorten our product design cycle on certain key technologies and products.
Assembly and Test
We perform product assembly and testing at our facilities located near Bangkok, Thailand. At March 31, 2005,
approximately 70% of our assembly requirements were being performed in our Thailand facility. As of March 31, 2005, our
Thailand facility was testing substantially all of our wafer production. A 67,000 square foot expansion area that was placed
in service in fiscal 2005 provides the Thailand facility with sufficient space for our projected expansion needs in fiscal 2006.
We also use third-party assembly and test contractors in several Asian countries for the balance of our assembly and test
requirements.
General Matters Impacting Our Manufacturing Operations
We employ proprietary design and manufacturing processes in developing our microcontroller and memory products.
We believe our processes afford us both cost-effective designs in existing and derivative products and greater functionality in
new product designs. While many of our competitors develop and optimize separate processes for their logic and memory
product lines, we use a common process technology for both microcontroller and non-volatile memory products. This allows
us to more fully absorb our process research and development costs and to deliver new products to market more rapidly. Our
engineers utilize advanced Computer Aided Design tools and software to perform circuit design, simulation and layout, and
our in-house photomask and wafer fabrication facilities enable us to rapidly verify design techniques by processing test
wafers quickly and efficiently.
Due to the high fixed costs inherent in semiconductor manufacturing, consistently high manufacturing yields have
significant positive effects on our gross profit and overall operating results. During fiscal 2005, our focus on manufacturing
productivity allowed us to maintain excellent manufacturing yields at our facilities. Our manufacturing yields are primarily
driven by a comprehensive implementation of statistical process control, extensive employee training and selective upgrading
of our manufacturing facilities and equipment. Maintenance of manufacturing productivity and yields are important factors
in the achievement of our operating results. The manufacture and assembly of integrated circuits, particularly non-volatile,
erasable CMOS memory and logic devices, such as those that we produce, are complex processes. These processes are
sensitive to a wide variety of factors, including the level of contaminants in the manufacturing environment, impurities in the
materials used and the performance of our wafer fabrication personnel and equipment. As is typical in the semiconductor
industry, we have from time to time experienced lower than anticipated manufacturing yields. Our operating results will
suffer if we are unable to maintain yields at approximately the current levels.
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Our semiconductor manufacturing operations require raw materials and equipment that must meet exacting standards.
We generally have more than one source for these supplies, but there are only a limited number of suppliers capable of
delivering various raw materials and equipment that meet our standards. In addition, the raw materials and equipment
necessary for our business could become more difficult to obtain as worldwide use of semiconductors in product applications
increases. We have experienced supply shortages from time to time in the past, and on occasion our suppliers have told us
they need more time than expected to fill our orders. An interruption of any raw materials or equipment sources could harm
our business.
Our reliance on third parties for a portion of wafer fabrication and assembly and testing involves some reduction in our
level of control over the portions of our business that we subcontract. While we review the quality, delivery and cost
performance of these third-party contractors, our future operating results could suffer if any third-party contractor is unable to
maintain manufacturing yields, assembly and test yields and costs at approximately their current levels.
The foregoing statements related to the combined capacity of Fab 2, Fab 4 and Fab 3 providing sufficient capacity to
allow us to respond to future increases in demand and the transition to more advanced process technologies to reduce future
manufacturing costs are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially because of the following factors,
among others: changes in utilization of our current manufacturing capacity; unanticipated costs in ramping production at
Fab 4; our ability to increase production at Fab 2; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel in the Portland,
Oregon area; changes in demand for products and the products of our customers; supply disruption; absorption of fixed
costs, labor and other direct manufacturing costs; fluctuations in production yields; production efficiencies and overall
capacity utilization; changes in product mix; competitive pressures on prices; labor unrest; political instability and
expropriation; and other general economic conditions.
At the end of fiscal 2005, we owned long-lived assets (consisting of property, plant and equipment and goodwill) in the
United States amounting to $622.3 million and $102.9 million in other countries, including $100.6 million in Thailand. At
the end of fiscal 2004, we owned long-lived assets in the United States amounting to $608.3 million and $113.2 million in
other countries, including $111.7 million in Thailand.
Research and Development (R&D)
We are committed to continuing our investment in new and enhanced products, including development systems, and in
our design and manufacturing process technologies. We believe these investments are significant factors in maintaining our
competitive position. Our current R&D activities focus on the design of new microcontrollers, digital signal controllers,
ASSPs, memory and mixed-signal products, new development systems, software and application-specific software libraries.
We are also developing new design and process technologies to achieve further cost reductions and performance
improvements in existing products.
In fiscal 2005, our R&D expenses were $93.0 million, compared to $85.4 million in fiscal 2004 and $88.0 million in
fiscal 2003.
Sales and Distribution
General
We market our products worldwide primarily through a network of direct sales personnel and distributors.
Our direct sales force focuses primarily on major strategic accounts in three geographical markets: the Americas, Europe
and Asia. We currently maintain sales and support centers in major metropolitan areas in North America, Europe and Asia.
We believe that a strong technical service presence is essential to the continued development of the embedded control market.
The majority of our field sales engineers (FSEs), field application engineers (FAEs), and sales management have technical
degrees and have been previously employed in an engineering environment. We believe that the technical knowledge of our
sales force is a key competitive advantage in the sale of our products. The primary mission of our FAE team is to provide
technical assistance to strategic accounts and to conduct periodic training sessions for FSEs and distributor sales teams.
FAEs also frequently conduct technical seminars in major cities around the world, and work closely with our distributors to
provide technical assistance and end-user support.
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Distribution
Our distributors focus primarily on servicing the product and technical support requirements of a broad base of diverse
customers. We believe that distributors provide an effective means of reaching this broad and diverse customer base.
In fiscal 2005, we derived 65% of our net sales from sales through distributors and 35% of our net sales from direct sales
to original equipment manufacturers, referred to as OEM customers. Distributors accounted for 64% of our net sales in fiscal
2004 and 60% of our net sales in fiscal 2003. Our largest distributor accounted for approximately 13% of our net sales in
fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004. Our second largest distributor accounted for approximately 12% of our net sales in fiscal 2005
and fiscal 2004. In fiscal 2003, one distributor accounted for 12% of our net sales. No other distributor or end customer
accounted for more than 10% of our net sales in fiscal 2005, 2004 or 2003.
Distributors generally have broad-based rights to return product to us. As revenue on distributor shipments is not
recognized until the distributors sell our product to their end customers, distributor returns have no impact on our revenue.
We also grant certain credits to our third-party distributors and also offer these distributors price protection. The credits
are granted to the distributors on specifically identified pieces of the distributors’ business to allow them to earn a
competitive gross margin on the sale of our products to their end customers. The credits are on a per unit basis and are not
given to the distributor until they provide information regarding the sale to their end customer. The effect of granting these
credits establishes the net selling price from us to our distributors for the products and results in the net revenue recognized
by us when the product is sold by the distributors to their end customers.
We reduce product pricing through price protection based on market conditions, competitive considerations and other
factors. Price protection is granted to third-party distributors on the inventory that they have on hand at the date the price
protection is offered. When we reduce the selling price of our products, it allows the distributors to claim a credit against
their outstanding accounts receivables balances based on the new price of the inventory they have on hand as of the date of
the price reduction. There is no revenue recognition impact from the price protection activity.
We do not offer material incentive programs to our third-party distributors.
We do not have long-term agreements with our distributors and we, or our distributors, may terminate our relationships
with each other with little or no advanced notice. The loss of, or the disruption in the operations of, one or more of our
distributors could reduce our future net sales in a given quarter and could result in an increase in inventory returns.
Sales by Geography
Sales by geography for fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Year Ended March 31,
Americas
Europe
Asia
2005
$ 248,881
232,493
365,562
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29.4
27.4
43.2
2004
$ 219,641
194,187
285,432
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31.4
27.8
40.8
2003
$ 219,504
177,727
254,231
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33.7
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39.0
Total Sales
$ 846,936
100.0%
$ 699,260
100.0%
$ 651,462
100.0%
Sales to customers in Asia have increased as a percentage of sales from fiscal 2003 to fiscal 2004 and from fiscal 2004 to
fiscal 2005. We attribute this primarily to many of our customers transitioning their manufacturing operations to Asia.
Sales to foreign customers accounted for approximately 73% of our net sales in fiscal 2005 and 71% of our net sales in
fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003. Our sales to foreign customers have been predominately in Asia and Europe, which we attribute
to the manufacturing strength in those areas for automotive, communications, computing, consumer and industrial control
products. Americas sales include sales to customers in the United States, Canada, Central America and South America.
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Sales to customers in China, including Hong Kong, accounted for approximately 16% of our net sales in fiscal 2005,
approximately 14% of our net sales in fiscal 2004 and 13% of our net sales in fiscal 2003. In fiscal 2005, sales to customers
in Taiwan accounted for approximately 10% of our net sales. We did not have sales into any other foreign countries that
exceeded 10% of our net sales during fiscal 2005, 2004 or 2003.
Our international sales are predominately U.S. dollar denominated. Although foreign sales are subject to certain
government export restrictions, we have not experienced any material difficulties as a result of export restrictions to date.
Our foreign operations are subject to a number of risks as described under the heading, “We are highly dependent on
foreign sales and operations, which exposes us to foreign political and economic risks,” on page 16.
Backlog
As of April 29, 2005, our backlog was approximately $166.9 million, compared to $209.9 million as of April 23, 2004.
Our backlog includes all purchase orders scheduled for delivery within the subsequent 12 months.
We primarily produce standard products that can be shipped from inventory within a short time after we receive an order.
Our business and, to a large extent, that of the entire semiconductor industry, is characterized by short-term orders and
shipment schedules. Orders constituting our current backlog are subject to changes in delivery schedules, or to cancellation
at the customer’s option without significant penalty. Thus, while backlog is useful for scheduling production, backlog as of
any particular date may not be a reliable measure of sales for any future period.
Competition
The semiconductor industry is intensely competitive and has been characterized by price erosion and rapid technological
change. We compete with major domestic and international semiconductor companies, many of which have greater market
recognition and greater financial, technical, marketing, distribution and other resources than we have with which to pursue
engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of their products. Emerging companies may also increase their
participation in the market for embedded control applications. Furthermore, capacity in the semiconductor industry is
generally increasing over time and such increased capacity or improved product availability could adversely affect our
competitive position.
We currently compete principally on the basis of the technical innovation and performance of our embedded control
products, including the following product characteristics:
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We believe that other important competitive factors in the embedded control market include:
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functionality of application development systems
dependable delivery and quality, and
technical service and support.
We believe that we compete favorably with other companies on all of these factors, but we may be unable to compete
successfully in the future, which could harm our business.
Patents, Licenses and Trademarks
We maintain a portfolio of United States and foreign patents, expiring on various dates between 2005 and 2023. We also
have numerous additional United States and foreign patent applications pending. We do not expect that the expiration of any
particular patent will have a material impact on our business. While we intend to continue to seek patents on our inventions
and manufacturing processes, we believe that our continued success depends primarily on the technological skills and
innovative capabilities of our personnel and our ability to rapidly commercialize product developments, rather than on our
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patents. Our existing patents and any new patents that are issued may not be of sufficient scope or strength to provide
meaningful protection or any commercial advantage to us. In addition, the laws of certain foreign countries do not protect
our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States.
We have entered into certain intellectual property licenses and cross-licenses with other companies related to
semiconductor products and manufacturing processes. As is typical in the semiconductor industry, we and our customers
have from time to time received, and may in the future receive, communications from third parties asserting patent or other
intellectual property rights on certain of our products or technologies. We investigate all such notices and respond as we
believe is appropriate. Based on industry practice, we believe that in most cases we can obtain any necessary licenses or
other rights on commercially reasonable terms, but we cannot assure that licenses would be on acceptable terms, that
litigation would not ensue or that damages for any past infringement would not be assessed. Litigation, which could result in
substantial cost to us and require significant attention from management, may be necessary to enforce our patents or other
intellectual property rights, or to defend us against claimed infringement of the rights of others. The failure to obtain
necessary licenses or other rights, or litigation arising out of infringement claims, could harm our business.
Environmental Regulation
We must comply with many different federal, state and local governmental regulations related to the use, storage,
discharge and disposal of certain chemicals and gases used in our manufacturing processes. Our facilities have been designed
to comply with these regulations and we believe that our activities are conducted in compliance with such regulations. Any
changes in such regulations or in their enforcement could require us to acquire costly equipment or to incur other significant
expenses to comply with environmental regulations. Any failure by us to control adequately the storage, use and disposal of
regulated substances could result in future liabilities.
Increasing public attention has been focused on the environmental impact of electronic manufacturing operations. While
we have not experienced any materially adverse effects on our operations from environmental regulations, our business and
results of operations could suffer if for any reason we fail to control the use of, or to restrict adequately the discharge of,
hazardous substances under present or future environmental regulations.
Employees
As of April 30, 2005, we had 3,943 employees. None of our employees are represented by a labor organization. We
have never had a work stoppage and believe that our employee relations are good.
Executive Officers
The following sets forth certain information regarding our executive officers as of April 23, 2005:
Name
Steve Sanghi
Steven V. Drehobl
David S. Lambert
Mitchell R. Little
Ganesh Moorthy
Gordon W. Parnell
Richard J. Simoncic
Age
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Position
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Vice President, Security, Microcontroller and Technology Division
Vice President, Fab Operations
Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Applications
Vice President, Advanced Microcontroller and Memory Division
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Vice President, Analog and Interface Products Division
Mr. Sanghi has been President since August 1990, CEO since October 1991, and Chairman of the Board since October
1993. He has served as a director since August 1990. Mr. Sanghi holds an M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a B.S. degree in Electronics and Communication from Punjab
University, India.
Mr. Drehobl has served as Vice President of the Security, Microcontroller, and Technology Division since July 2001. He
has been employed by Microchip since August 1989 and has served as a Vice President in various roles since February 1997.
Mr. Drehobl holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the University of Dayton.
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Mr. Lambert has served as Vice President, Fab Operations since November 1993. From 1991 to November 1993, he
served as Director of Manufacturing Engineering, and from 1988 to 1991, he served as Engineering Manager of Fab
Operations. Mr. Lambert holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
Mr. Little has served as Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Applications since July 2000. From April 1998 through
July 2000, he served as Vice President, Americas Sales. From November 1995 to April 1998, he served as Vice President,
Standard Microcontroller and ASSP Division. Joining Microchip in 1989, Mr. Little also held positions with the Memory
Products Division including Vice President of that division. Mr. Little holds a BSET degree from United Electronics
Institute.
Mr. Moorthy has served as Vice President, Advanced Microcontroller and Memory Division, since December 2003.
From November 2001 to December 2003, he served as Vice President, Advanced Microcontroller and Automotive Division.
From August 2000 through November 2001, he served as Chairman and CEO of Cybercilium, Inc., a business intelligence
solutions provider for mid-market companies. From 1981 through July 2000, Mr. Moorthy worked at Intel Corporation in
various operations and management capacities, including his last assignment as Director of Operations for Intel’s Home
Products Group. Mr. Moorthy holds an MBA in Marketing from National University, a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Washington and a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Bombay.
Mr. Parnell has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 2000. He served as Vice President,
Controller and Treasurer from April 1993 to May 2000. Mr. Parnell holds a finance/accounting qualification with the
Association of Certified Accountants from Edinburgh College, Scotland.
Mr. Simoncic has served as Vice President, Analog and Interface Products Division since September 1999. From
January 1996 to September 1999, he served as Vice President, Memory and Specialty Products Division. Mr. Simoncic holds
a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from DeVry Institute of Technology.
Additional Factors That May Affect Our Results of Operations
When evaluating Microchip and its business, you should give careful consideration to the factors listed below, in
addition to the information provided elsewhere in this Form 10-K and in other documents that we file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate due to factors that could reduce our net sales and profitability.
Our quarterly operating results are affected by a wide variety of factors that could reduce our net sales and profitability,
many of which are beyond our control. Some of the factors that may affect our quarterly operating results include:
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changes in demand or market acceptance of our products and products of our customers
the mix of inventory we hold and our ability to satisfy orders from our inventory
levels of inventories at our customers
changes in utilization of our manufacturing capacity and fluctuations in manufacturing yields
our ability to secure sufficient assembly and testing capacity
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
constrained availability from other electronic suppliers impacting our customers’ ability to ship their products,
which in turn may adversely impact our sales to those customers
costs and outcomes of any tax audits or any litigation involving intellectual property, customers or other issues
disruptions in our business or our customers’ businesses due to terrorist activity, armed conflict, war, worldwide
oil prices and supply, public health concerns or disruptions in the transportation system
property damage or other losses which are not covered by insurance, and
general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally.
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We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily meaningful and that you should
not rely upon any such comparisons as indications of future performance. In future periods our operating results may fall
below our public guidance or the expectations of public market analysts and investors, which would likely have a negative
effect on the price of our common stock.
Our operating results will suffer if we ineffectively utilize our manufacturing capacity or fail to maintain manufacturing
yields.
The manufacture and assembly of integrated circuits, particularly non-volatile, erasable CMOS memory and logic
devices such as those that we produce, are complex processes. These processes are sensitive to a wide variety of factors,
including the level of contaminants in the manufacturing environment, impurities in the materials used and the performance
of our wafer fabrication personnel and equipment. As is typical in the semiconductor industry, we have from time to time
experienced lower than anticipated manufacturing yields. Our operating results will suffer if we are unable to maintain yields
at approximately the current levels.
Our operating results are also adversely affected when we operate at less than optimal capacity. Lower capacity
utilization results in certain costs being charged directly to expense and lower gross margins.
We are dependent on orders that are received and shipped in the same quarter and therefore limited in our visibility of
future product shipments.
Our net sales in any given quarter depend upon a combination of shipments from backlog and orders received in that
quarter for shipment in that quarter, which we refer to as turns orders. We measure turns orders at the beginning of a quarter
based on the orders needed to meet the shipment targets that we set entering the quarter. Historically, we have proven our
ability to respond quickly to customer orders as part of our competitive strategy, resulting in customers placing orders with
relatively short delivery schedules. Shorter lead times generally mean that turns orders as a percentage of our business are
relatively high in any particular quarter and reduces our backlog visibility on future product shipments. Turns orders
correlate to overall semiconductor industry conditions and product lead times. Because turns orders are difficult to predict,
varying levels of turns orders make our net sales more difficult to forecast. If we do not achieve a sufficient level of turns
orders in a particular quarter relative to our revenue targets, our revenue and operating results may suffer.
Intense competition in the markets we serve may lead to pricing pressures, reduced sales of our products or reduced
market share.
The semiconductor industry is intensely competitive and has been characterized by price erosion and rapid technological
change. We compete with major domestic and international semiconductor companies, many of which have greater market
recognition and substantially greater financial, technical, marketing, distribution and other resources than we do with which
to pursue engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of their products. Emerging companies are also increasing
their participation in the market for embedded control applications. We may be unable to compete successfully in the future,
which could harm our business.
Our ability to compete successfully depends on a number of factors both within and outside our control, including:
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our success in designing and manufacturing new products including those implementing new technologies
the rate at which customers incorporate our products into their own applications
product introductions by our competitors
the number, nature and success of our competitors in a given market
our ability to obtain adequate supplies of raw materials and other supplies at acceptable prices
our ability to protect our products and processes by effective utilization of intellectual property rights
the quality of our customer service and our ability to address the needs of our customers, and
general market and economic conditions.
Historically, average selling prices in the semiconductor industry decrease over the life of any particular product. The
overall average selling prices of our microcontroller and proprietary analog and interface products have remained relatively
constant, while average selling prices of our Serial EEPROM and non-proprietary analog and interface products have
declined over time.
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We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, modest pricing declines in certain of our more mature
proprietary product lines, due primarily to competitive conditions. We have been able to moderate average selling price
declines in many of our proprietary product lines by continuing to introduce new products with more features and higher
prices. We have experienced in the past and expect to continue to experience in the future varying degrees of competitive
pricing pressures in our Serial EEPROM products.
We may be unable to maintain average selling prices for our products as a result of increased pricing pressure in the
future, which could adversely impact our operating results.
Our business is highly dependent on selling through distributors.
Sales through distributors accounted for 65% of our net sales in fiscal 2005, 64% of our net sales in fiscal 2004 and 60%
of our net sales in fiscal 2003. Our two largest distributors together accounted for approximately 25% of our net sales in
fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004 and approximately 21% of our net sales in fiscal 2003. We do not have long-term agreements
with our distributors and our distributors may terminate their relationships with us with little or no advanced notice.
The loss of, or a disruption in the operations of, one or more of our distributors could reduce our net sales in a given
quarter and could result in an increase in inventory returns.
Our success depends on our ability to introduce new products on a timely basis.
Our future operating results will depend on our ability to develop and introduce new products on a timely basis that can
compete effectively on the basis of price and performance and which address customer requirements. The success of our new
product introductions depends on various factors, including:
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timely completion and introduction of new product designs
development of support tools and collateral literature that make complex new products easy for engineers to
understand and use, and
• market acceptance of our customers’ end products.
Because our products are complex, we have experienced delays from time to time in completing development of new
products. In addition, our new products may not receive or maintain substantial market acceptance. We may be unable to
design, develop and introduce competitive products on a timely basis, which could adversely impact our future operating
results.
Our success also depends upon our ability to develop and implement new design and process technologies.
Semiconductor design and process technologies are subject to rapid technological change and require significant R&D
expenditures. We and other companies in the industry have, from time to time, experienced difficulties in effecting
transitions to advanced process technologies and, consequently, have suffered reduced manufacturing yields or delays in
product deliveries. Our future operating results could be adversely affected if any transition to future process technologies is
substantially delayed or inefficiently implemented.
We must attract and retain qualified personnel to be successful, and competition for qualified personnel is intense in our
market.
Our success depends upon the efforts and abilities of our senior management, engineering and other personnel. The
competition for qualified engineering and management personnel is intense. We may be unsuccessful in retaining our
existing key personnel or in attracting and retaining additional key personnel that we require. The loss of the services of one
or more of our key personnel or the inability to add key personnel could harm our business. We have no employment
agreements with any member of our senior management team.
We are dependent on several third-party contractors to perform key manufacturing functions for us.
We use several third-party contractors located in Asia for a portion of the assembly and testing of our products. We also
rely on outside wafer foundries for a portion of our wafer fabrication. Although we own the majority of our manufacturing
resources, the disruption or termination of any of our third-party contractors could harm our business and operating results.
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Our use of third parties involves some reduction in our level of control over the portions of our business that we
subcontract. Our future operating results could suffer if any third-party contractor were to experience financial, operations or
production difficulties or situations when demand exceeds capacity, or if they were unable to maintain manufacturing yields,
assembly and test yields and costs at approximately their current levels, or if due to their locations in foreign countries they
were to experience political upheaval or infrastructure disruption. In such case, we may not be able to qualify additional
manufacturing sources for our products in a timely manner or at all, and such arrangements, if any, may not be on favorable
terms to us. In such event, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.
We may lose sales if our suppliers of raw materials and equipment fail to meet our needs.
Our semiconductor manufacturing operations require raw materials and equipment that must meet exacting standards.
We generally have more than one source for these supplies, but there are only a limited number of suppliers capable of
delivering various raw materials and equipment that meet our standards. The raw materials and equipment necessary for our
business could become more difficult to obtain as worldwide use of semiconductors in product applications increases. We
have experienced supply shortages from time to time in the past, and on occasion our suppliers have told us they need more
time than expected to fill our orders or that they will no longer support certain equipment with updates or spare and
replacements parts. An interruption of any raw materials or equipment sources, or the lack of supplier support for a particular
piece of equipment, could harm our business.
Our operating results may be impacted by the wide fluctuations of supply and demand in the semiconductor industry.
The semiconductor industry is characterized by wide fluctuations of supply and demand. The industry has experienced
significant economic downturns, characterized by diminished product demand and production over-capacity. We have
sought to reduce our exposure to this industry cyclicality by selling proprietary products that cannot be easily or quickly
replaced, to a geographically diverse base of customers across a broad range of market segments. However, we have
experienced substantial period-to-period fluctuations in operating results and expect, in the future, to experience period-to-
period fluctuations in operating results due to general industry or economic conditions.
We are exposed to various risks related to legal proceedings or claims.
We are currently, and in the future may be, involved in legal proceedings or claims regarding patent infringement,
intellectual property rights, contracts and other matters. From October 2001 to October 2004, we were involved in patent
infringement litigation with Philips Corporation which has since been settled. However, as is typical in the semiconductor
industry, we receive notifications from customers from time to time who believe that we owe them indemnification or other
obligations related to infringement claims made against the customers by third parties. These legal proceedings and claims,
whether with or without merit, could result in substantial cost to us and divert our resources. If we are not able to resolve a
claim, negotiate a settlement of a matter, obtain necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms, and/or successfully
prosecute or defend our position, we could incur uninsured liability in any one of them and our business, financial condition
or results of operations could be harmed.
It is also possible that from time to time we may be subject to warranty or product liability claims that could lead to
significant expenses related to the defense of such claims or any requirement to pay damages claims. We do have product
liability insurance, but there is no certainty that insurance will cover all claims or be of a sufficient amount to fully protect
against such claims. Costs or payments we may make in connection with warranty or product liability claims may adversely
affect the results of our operations.
Failure to adequately protect our intellectual property could result in lost revenue or market opportunities.
Our ability to obtain patents, licenses and other intellectual property rights covering our products and manufacturing
processes is important for our success. To that end, we have acquired certain patents and patent licenses and intend to
continue to seek patents on our inventions and manufacturing processes. The process of seeking patent protection can be
long and expensive, and patents may not be issued from currently pending or future applications. In addition, our existing
patents and any new patents that are issued may not be of sufficient scope or strength to provide meaningful protection or any
commercial advantage to us. We may be subject to or may initiate interference proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, which can require significant financial and management resources. In addition, the laws of certain foreign countries
do not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Infringement of our
intellectual property rights by a third party could result in uncompensated lost market and revenue opportunities for us.
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We do not have long-term contracts with our customers.
We do not typically enter into long-term contracts with our customers and we cannot be certain about future order levels
from our customers. When we do enter into customer contracts, the contract is generally cancelable at the convenience of the
customer. In the event of any early termination of a contract by one of our major customers, it is unlikely that we would be
able to rapidly replace that revenue source which could harm our financial results.
Business interruptions could harm our business.
Operations at any of our manufacturing facilities, or at any of our wafer fabrication or test and assembly subcontractors,
may be disrupted for reasons beyond our control, including work stoppages, power loss, incidents of terrorism or security
risk, political instability, public health issues, telecommunications, transportation or other infrastructure failure, fire,
earthquake, floods, or other natural disasters. If operations at any of our facilities, or our subcontractors’ facilities are
interrupted, we may not be able to shift production to other facilities on a timely basis. If this occurs, we would likely
experience delays in shipments of products to our customers and alternate sources for production may be unavailable on
acceptable terms. This could result in reduced revenues and profits and the cancellation of orders or loss of customers. In
addition, business interruption insurance will likely not be enough to compensate us for any losses that may occur and any
losses or damages incurred by us as a result of business interruptions could significantly harm our business.
We are highly dependent on foreign sales and operations, which exposes us to foreign political and economic risks.
Sales to foreign customers account for a substantial portion of our net sales. During fiscal 2005, approximately 73% of
our net sales were made to foreign customers. During fiscal 2004, approximately 71% of our net sales were made to foreign
customers. We purchase a substantial portion of our raw materials and equipment from foreign suppliers. In addition, we
own product assembly and testing facilities located near Bangkok, Thailand. We also use various foreign third-party
contractors for a portion of our assembly and testing and for a portion of our wafer fabrication requirements. Substantially all
of our finished goods inventory is maintained in Thailand.
Our reliance on foreign operations, foreign suppliers, maintenance of substantially all of our finished goods in inventory
at foreign locations and significant foreign sales exposes us to foreign political and economic risks, including:
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political, social and economic instability
public health conditions
trade restrictions and changes in tariffs
import and export license requirements and restrictions
difficulties in staffing and managing international operations
employment regulations
disruptions in international transport or delivery
fluctuations in currency exchange rates
difficulties in collecting receivables
economic slowdown in the worldwide markets served by us, and
potentially adverse tax consequences.
If any of these risks materialize, our sales could decrease and our operating results could suffer.
We are subject to stringent environmental regulations, which may force us to incur significant expenses.
We must comply with many different federal, state and local governmental regulations related to the use, storage,
discharge and disposal of toxic, volatile or otherwise hazardous chemicals used in our manufacturing process. Although we
believe that our activities conform to presently applicable environmental regulations, our failure to comply with present or
future regulations could result in the imposition of fines, suspension of production or a cessation of operations. Any such
environmental regulations could require us to acquire costly equipment or to incur other significant expenses to comply with
such regulations. Any failure by us to control the use of or adequately restrict the discharge of hazardous substances could
subject us to future liabilities. Environmental problems may occur that could subject us to future costs or liabilities.
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Further, certain of our customers shipping their products into European markets are also subject to governmental
environmental regulations such as the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
(RoHS) which will be effective July 1, 2006, and the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. These
directives focus on limiting the amounts of certain elements, such as lead, in electrical devices, and providing for the proper
disposal of the electrical devices and their components. The inability of this sub-set of our customers to use Microchip
products which contain lead after July 2006 may adversely affect our results of operations.
Recently enacted and proposed changes in securities laws and related regulations have result in increased costs to us.
Recently enacted and proposed changes in the laws and regulations affecting public companies, including the provisions
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and recent rules enacted and proposed by the SEC, NASDAQ and the NYSE, have
resulted in significantly increased costs to us as we respond to their requirements. In particular, complying with the internal
control audit requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 has resulted in increased internal efforts and significantly higher
fees from our independent accounting firm.
This report on Form 10-K contains a report by our management on our internal control over financial reporting including
an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005. This Form 10-K also
contains an attestation and report by our auditors with respect to our management’s assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting under Section 404. While these assessments and reports did not reveal any material
weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, compliance with Section 404 is an ongoing process and will be
required for each future fiscal year. We expect that the ongoing compliance with Section 404 will continue to be both very
costly and very challenging and there can be no assurance that material weaknesses with not be identified in future periods.
Any adverse results from such ongoing compliance efforts could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial
reports and have an adverse effect on our stock price.
Recent regulations related to equity compensation could adversely affect our earnings and our ability to attract and retain
key personnel.
Since our inception, we have used stock options and other long-term equity incentives as a fundamental component of
our employee compensation packages and have accounted for them using the intrinsic value method of APB No. 25,
“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” We believe that stock options and other long-term equity incentives directly
motivate our employees to maximize long-term stockholder value and, through the use of vesting, encourage employees to
remain with Microchip. In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payments,” (SFAS 123R) which changed U.S.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in such a way to require us to record a charge to earnings for the fair value of
employee stock option grants and other share based compensation beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. This
regulation will negatively impact our earnings for those share based awards that vest beginning in fiscal 2007. For example,
recording a charge for employee stock options under SFAS 123 would have decreased our net income by $37.2 million,
$36.8 million and $36.2 million for fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The impact on net income of SFAS 123R may
differ significantly than the impact as calculated under SFAS 123. Furthermore, adoption of SFAS 123R will require us to
make certain assumptions and judgments in the valuation of stock options that we may grant in the future. A change in any of
those assumptions or judgments could change the compensation expense that is charged against our earnings and,
consequently, adversely affect our results of operations. See also Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements –
Significant Accounting Policies: Share-Based Payment.
In addition, recent regulations implemented by The NASDAQ Stock Market® requiring shareholder approval for all
stock option plans as well as recent regulations implemented by the New York Stock Exchange prohibiting NYSE member
organizations from giving a proxy to vote on equity-compensation plans unless the beneficial owner of the shares has given
voting instructions could make it more difficult for us to grant equity-based awards to employees in the future. To the extent
that these or other new regulations make it more difficult or expensive to grant options to employees, we may incur
compensation costs, productivity losses, change our equity compensation strategy or find it difficult to attract, retain and
motivate employees, each of which could materially and adversely affect our business.
The future trading price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors.
The market price of our common stock has fluctuated significantly in the past and is likely to fluctuate in the future. The
future trading price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors, many of
which are beyond our control, including:
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quarterly variations in our operating results and the operating results of other technology companies
actual or anticipated announcements of technical innovations or new products by us or our competitors
changes in analysts’ estimates of our financial performance or buy/sell recommendations
changes in our financial guidance or our failure to meet such guidance
general conditions in the semiconductor industry, and
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• worldwide economic and financial conditions.
In addition, the stock market has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have particularly affected the
market prices for many high technology companies and that often have been unrelated to the operating performance of such
companies. These broad market fluctuations and other factors may harm the market price of our common stock.
Item 2.
PROPERTIES
At March 31, 2005, we owned the facilities described below:
Approx.
Total Sq.
Ft.
415,000
Location
Chandler,
Arizona (1)
Uses
Executive and Administrative Offices; Wafer Probe; R&D
Center; Sales and Marketing; and Computer and Service
Functions
Tempe, Arizona
379,000 Wafer Fabrication (Fab 2); R&D Center; Administrative
Offices; and Warehousing
Puyallup,
Washington (2)
Gresham,
Oregon (3)
Chacherngsao,
Thailand (4)
700,000 Wafer Fabrication (Fab 3); R&D Center; Administrative
Offices; and Warehousing (non-operational; held-for-future-
use)
826,500 Wafer Fabrication (Fab 4); R&D Center; Administrative
290,000
Offices; and Warehousing
Test and Assembly; Sample Center; Warehousing; and
Administrative Offices
(1) On June 30, 2003, we closed Fab 1 on our Chandler campus, and integrated certain of the personnel and processes from Fab 1 into
Fab 2.
(2) Currently non-operational and being held-for-future-use. Fab 3 consists of manufacturing buildings and land, with no equipment.
(3) Acquired in August 2002. Production commenced on October 31, 2003.
(4) Located in the Alphatechnopolis Industrial Park near Bangkok on land to which we expect to acquire title in accordance with our
agreement with the landowner. Progress towards obtaining full title of the land has been delayed due to a complex financial
restructuring situation relating to the seller of the land. At this time it is not possible to estimate when, or if, full title transfer will be
completed. We have provided reserves that we estimate will be adequate to obtain full title. Such reserves are set at the estimated fair
value of the land.
In addition to the facilities we own, we lease several research and development facilities and sales offices in North
America, Europe and Asia. Our aggregate monthly rental payment for our leased facilities is approximately $0.4 million.
We currently believe that our existing facilities will be adequate to meet our production requirements for the next 12
months.
The foregoing statements related to the acquisition of title to the land on which the Thailand facility is situated and the
adequacy of existing facilities for the next 12 months are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially
because of the following factors, among others: developments in the financial restructuring of the seller of the land where the
Thailand facility is situated; demand for our products; fluctuations in production yields, production efficiencies and overall
capacity utilization; competitive pressures on prices; political instability and expropriation; and other economic conditions.
See also the factors set forth under “Item 1 – Business – Additional Factors That May Affect Results of Operations,”
beginning at page 12 of this report.
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Item 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In the ordinary course of our business, we are involved in a limited number of legal actions, both as plaintiff and
defendant, and could incur uninsured liability in any one or more of them. Although the outcome of these actions is not
presently determinable, we believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not harm our business and will not have a
material adverse effect on our financial position, cash flows or results of operations. Litigation relating to the semiconductor
industry is not uncommon, and we are, and from time to time have been, subject to such litigation. No assurances can be
given with respect to the extent or outcome of any such litigation in the future.
Item 4.
SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our common stock is traded on The NASDAQ National Market® under the symbol “MCHP.” Our common stock has
been quoted on The NASDAQ National Market since our initial public offering on March 19, 1993. The following table sets
forth the quarterly high and low closing prices of our common stock as reported by The NASDAQ National Market for the
last two years.
Fiscal 2005
High
Low
Fiscal 2004
High
Low
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
$ 32.63
30.61
30.63
28.49
$ 26.80
25.26
26.03
24.28
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
$ 24.86
28.19
36.03
34.67
$ 18.15
23.66
24.56
25.29
On May 16, 2005, there were approximately 505 holders of record of our common stock. This figure does not reflect
beneficial ownership of shares held in nominee names.
We have been declaring and paying quarterly cash dividends since the third quarter of fiscal 2003. Our total cash
dividends paid were $43.0 million, $23.3 million and $8.1 million in fiscal 2005, fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003, respectively.
The following table sets forth our quarterly cash dividends per common share and the total amount of the dividend payment
each quarter in fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004 (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts).
Fiscal 2005
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Dividends per
Common
Share
Amount of
Dividend
Payment
Dividends per
Common
Share
Amount of
Dividend
Payment
Fiscal 2004
$
0.040
0.046
0.052
0.070
$ 8,267
9,473
10,752
14,508
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
$ 0.024
0.024
0.030
0.035
$ 4,893
4,919
6,223
7,284
On April 27, 2005, we declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.095 per share, which will be paid on June 3, 2005 to
stockholders of record on May 13, 2005 and is estimated to be $19.8 million. Our Board is free to change its dividend
practices at any time and to decrease or increase the dividend paid, or not to pay a dividend, on our common stock on the
basis of our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements and future prospects, and other factors deemed
relevant by our Board. Our current intent is to provide for ongoing quarterly cash dividends depending upon market
conditions and our results of operations.
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The following table sets forth our purchases of our common stock and the information below the table designates the
repurchase program that the shares were purchased under:
Period
January 1, 2005 – January 31, 2005
February 1, 2005 – February 28, 2005
March 1, 2005 – March 31, 2005
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
49,300
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---
Average Price
Paid per
Share
$ 24.395
---
$
---
$
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced
Programs
49,300
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---
Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Programs
1,615,100
1,615,100
1,615,100
On April 22, 2004, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 2,500,000 shares of our common stock in
the open market or privately negotiated transactions. As of March 31, 2005, 1,615,100 shares related to this authorization
remained available to be purchased under this program.
Please refer to “Item 12, Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management And Related Stockholder
Matters,” at page 42 below, for the information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K with respect to securities
authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans at March 31, 2005.
Item 6.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
You should read the following selected consolidated financial data for the five-year period ended March 31, 2005 in
conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Item 7 of this Form 10-K. Our consolidated statements of
income data for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2005, and the balance sheet data as of March 31,
2005 and 2004, are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements, included in Item 8 of this Form 10-K (for
information below all amounts are in thousands, except per share data).
Statement of Income Data (1):
Net sales ..................................................
Cost of sales.............................................
Research and development ......................
Selling, general and administrative .........
Special charges (2) ..................................
Operating income ....................................
Interest income (expense), net .................
Other income (expense), net....................
Net loss in equity investment (2).............
Gain on sale of investment (2).................
Income before income taxes ....................
Income tax provision ...............................
Income before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle ............
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle (3) .........................................
Net income ..............................................
Basic net income per common share .......
Diluted net income per common share ....
Dividends declared per common share....
Basic common shares outstanding...........
Diluted common shares outstanding........
2005
$ 846,936
362,961
93,040
111,188
21,100
258,647
16,864
1,757
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277,268
63,483
Year Ended March 31,
2003
2004
2002
$ 699,260
349,301
85,389
92,411
865
171,294
4,639
1,963
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---
177,896
40,634
$ 651,462
299,227
87,963
89,355
50,800
124,117
3,344
871
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---
128,332
28,657
$ 571,254
284,518
81,650
82,615
---
122,471
4,344
376
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---
127,191
32,377
2001
$ 715,730
335,016
78,595
102,620
17,358
182,141
12,741
2,080
(2,190)
1,427
196,199
53,363
213,785
137,262
99,675
94,814
142,836
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---
---
11,443
---
$ 213,785
$ 142,836
$ 94,814
$ 88,232
$ 137,262
0.74
$
0.48
$
0.44
$
0.67
$
1.03
$
0.70
$
0.45
$
0.42
$
0.65
$
1.01
$
$
---
--- $
0.040 $
0.113 $
0.208 $
193,632
206,740
205,190
211,962
199,184
208,907
202,483
210,646
206,032
212,172
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Balance Sheet Data (1):
Working capital .......................................
Total assets ..............................................
Long-term obligations, less current .........
portion .....................................................
Stockholders’ equity................................
2005
$ 768,683
1,817,554
2004
$ 613,894
1,622,143
Year Ended March 31,
2003
$ 393,979
1,428,275
2002
$ 381,211
1,275,600
2001
$ 176,936
1,161,349
---
1,485,734
---
1,320,517
---
1,178,949
---
1,075,779
---
942,848
(1) On January 16, 2001, we merged with TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. and accounted for the merger as a pooling-of-
interests. Accordingly, the selected financial data has been restated to include the operations of TelCom for all
periods presented. TelCom had a December 31 fiscal year end, and we have conformed the TelCom financial data
to a March 31 year end for the March 31, 2001 fiscal year.
(2) There were no special charges during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. Detailed discussions of the special
charges for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 are contained in Note 4 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements. Detailed explanations of the special charges for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001 are
provided below. The following table presents a summary of special charges for the five-year period ended
March 31, 2005:
2005
Year Ended March 31,
2003
2004
2002
2001
Intellectual property settlement ...... $ 21,100
Contract cancellation, severance
and other costs related to Fab 1
closure ..........................................
Fab 3 impairment charge................
In-process research and
development charge......................
Restructuring charges .....................
TelCom merger charges .................
---
---
---
---
---
$
---
$
---
$
---
$
---
865
---
---
---
---
---
41,500
9,300
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
6,409
10,949
Totals.............................................. $ 21,100
$
865
$ 50,800
$
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$ 17,358
(3) We changed our revenue recognition policy as it relates to Asia regional distributors during fiscal 2003. See
“Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Change in
Accounting Principle,” beginning at page 36 below, for a discussion of this change.
Fiscal 2001
During the March 2001 quarter, we implemented capacity and cost reduction actions necessitated by adverse business
conditions in the semiconductor industry. We reduced cumulative wafer fab capacity at Fabs 1 and 2 by approximately 24%,
compared to our December 31, 2000 levels. We also decided to close our Hong Kong test facility, acquired as part of the
TelCom transaction, and migrate these test requirements to our Thailand test facility. The capacity reduction at Fabs 1 and 2
was completed by the end of the March 2001 quarter. The closure of the Hong Kong facility was completed by June 30,
2001. These actions resulted in a restructuring charge of $6.4 million in the March 2001 quarter. These actions were
undertaken to reduce both manufacturing capacity and manufacturing costs. The reduction in wafer fab capacity was
required due to reduced customer demand. The closure of the Hong Kong facility was undertaken to rationalize our test
manufacturing capacity and migrate the test requirements to our more cost-effective test facility in Thailand.
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Included in the restructuring charges resulting from these actions were:
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$4.0 million related to equipment that was written off
$2.1 million related to employee severance costs, and
$0.3 million related to other restructuring costs.
On January 16, 2001, we completed our merger with TelCom. Under the terms of the merger agreement, we exchanged
each share of TelCom common stock for 0.795 of a share of our common stock. We issued 14,702,184 shares of our
common stock and assumed all outstanding TelCom stock options. The transaction was structured as a tax-free
reorganization and has been accounted for as a pooling-of-interests.
During the March 2001 quarter, we recognized a special charge of $10.9 million for costs associated with the TelCom
transaction. These costs included:
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$7.3 million associated with investment banking fees
$1.6 million associated with legal and accounting fees
$0.9 million of severance costs, and
$1.1 million related to other costs.
All reserves relating to the special charges for the fiscal 2001 actions have been fully utilized and there were no reversals
of previously provided amounts.
Item 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains certain forward-
looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding our strategy, financial performance
and revenue sources. We use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “estimate,” “future,” “intend” and
similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from the results
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including those set forth in this Item 7, and
under “Item 1 – Business – Additional Factors That May Affect Our Results of Operations,” beginning at page 12, above,
and elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. You should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in any forward-
looking statement.
We begin our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) with a
summary of Microchip’s overall business strategy to give the reader an overview of the goals of our business and the overall
direction of our business and products. This is followed by a discussion of the Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
that we believe are important to understanding the assumptions and judgments incorporated in our reported financial results.
In the next section, beginning at page 26, we discuss our Results of Operations for fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004, and
for fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003. We then provide an analysis of changes in our balance sheet and cash flows, and
discuss our financial commitments in sections titled “Liquidity and Capital Resources,” “Contractual Obligations” and “Off-
Balance Sheet Arrangements.”
This MD&A should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including “Item 1 –
Business”; “Item 6 – Selected Financial Data”; and “Item 8 – Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
Strategy
Our goal is to be a worldwide leader in providing specialized semiconductor products for a wide variety of embedded
control applications. Our strategic focus is on embedded control products, which include microcontrollers, high-performance
linear and mixed signal devices, power management and thermal management devices, and complementary microperipheral
security devices. We provide highly cost-
products including interface devices, Serial EEPROMs, and our patented KEELOQ
effective embedded control products that also offer the advantages of small size, high performance, low voltage/power
operation and ease of development, enabling timely and cost-effective embedded control product integration by our
customers.
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Our manufacturing operations include wafer fabrication and assembly and test. The ownership of our manufacturing
resources is an important component of our business strategy, enabling us to maintain a high level of manufacturing control
resulting in us being one of the lowest cost producers in the embedded control industry. By owning our wafer fabrication
facilities and much of our assembly and test operations, and by employing proprietary statistical process control techniques,
we have been able to achieve and maintain high production yields. Direct control over manufacturing resources allows us to
shorten our design and production cycles. This control also allows us to capture the wafer manufacturing and a portion of the
assembly and test profit margin.
We employ proprietary design and manufacturing processes in developing our embedded control products. We believe
our processes afford us both cost-effective designs in existing and derivative products and greater functionality in new
product designs. While many of our competitors develop and optimize separate processes for their logic and memory
product lines, we use a common process technology for both microcontroller and non-volatile memory products. This allows
us to more fully leverage our process research and development costs and to deliver new products to market more rapidly.
Our engineers utilize advanced computer-aided design (CAD) tools and software to perform circuit design, simulation and
layout, and our in-house photomask and wafer fabrication facilities enable us to rapidly verify design techniques by
processing test wafers quickly and efficiently.
We are committed to continuing our investment in new and enhanced products, including development systems, and in
our design and manufacturing process technologies. We believe these investments are significant factors in maintaining our
competitive position. Our current research and development activities focus on the design of new microcontrollers, digital
signal controllers, ASSPs, memory and mixed-signal products, new development systems, software and application-specific
software libraries. We are also developing new design and process technologies to achieve further cost reductions and
performance improvements in existing products.
We market our products worldwide primarily through a network of direct sales personnel and distributors. Our
distributors focus primarily on servicing the product and technical support requirements of a broad base of diverse customers.
We believe that distributors provide an effective means of reaching this broad and diverse customer base. Our direct sales
force focuses primarily on major strategic accounts in three geographical markets: the Americas, Europe and Asia. We
currently maintain sales and support centers in major metropolitan areas in North America, Europe and Asia. We believe that
a strong technical service presence is essential to the continued development of the embedded control market. Many of our
field sales engineers (FSEs), field application engineers (FAEs), and sales management have technical degrees and have been
previously employed in an engineering environment. We believe that the technical knowledge of our sales force is a key
competitive advantage in the sale of our products. The primary mission of our FAE team is to provide technical assistance to
strategic accounts and to conduct periodic training sessions for FSEs and distributor sales teams. FAEs also frequently
conduct technical seminars in major cities around the world, and work closely with our distributors to provide technical
assistance and end-user support.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
General
Our discussion and analysis of Microchip’s financial condition and results of operations is based upon our Consolidated
Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. We review the accounting policies we use in reporting our financial results on a regular basis. The
preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate
our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, inventories, income taxes, property plant and equipment,
impairment of property, plant and equipment and assets held for sale and litigation. We base our estimates on historical
experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which
form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other
sources. Results may differ from these estimates due to actual outcomes being different from those on which we based our
assumptions. We review these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We believe the following critical accounting
policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
We also have other policies that we consider key accounting policies, such as our policy regarding revenue recognition to
OEMs; however, we do not believe these policies require us to make estimates or judgments that are as difficult or subjective
as our policies described below.
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Revenue Recognition -- Distributors
Our distributors worldwide have broad rights to return products and price protection rights, so we defer revenue
recognition until the distributor sells the product to their customers. We reduce product pricing through price protection
based on market conditions, competitive considerations and other factors. Price protection is granted to third-party
distributors on the inventory that they have on hand at the date the price protection is offered. When we reduce the price of
our products, it allows the distributor to claim a credit against its outstanding accounts receivable balances based on the new
price of the inventory it has on hand as of the date of the price reduction. There is no revenue impact from the price
protections. We also grant certain credits to our third-party distributors. The credits are granted to the distributors on
specially identified pieces of the distributors’ business to allow them to earn a competitive gross margin on the sale of our
products to their end customers. The credits are on a per unit basis and are not given to the distributor until they provide
documentation of the sale to their end customer. The effect of granting these credits establishes the net selling price from us
to our distributors for the product and results in the net revenue recognized by us when the product is sold by the distributors
to their end customers. Upon shipment, amounts billed to distributors are included as accounts receivable, inventory is
relieved, and the sale and the gross margin are deferred and are reflected as a current liability until the product is sold by the
distributor to their customers. We changed our revenue recognition policy as it relates to sales to Asia regional distributors
during fiscal 2003 as described below at page 36 and in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements to conform with our
revenue recognition policies for our distribution channels in the Americas and Europe.
Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. We write down our
inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory in an amount equal to the difference between the cost of
inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual
market conditions are less favorable than those we projected, additional inventory write-downs may be required. Inventory
impairment charges establish a new cost basis for inventory and charges are not subsequently reversed to income even if
circumstances later suggest that increased carrying amounts are recoverable. In estimating our reserves for obsolescence, we
primarily evaluate estimates of demand over a 12-month period and provide reserves for inventory on hand in excess of the
estimated 12-month demand.
Income Taxes
As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in
each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our actual current tax exposure together with
assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These
differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We must
then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income within the relevant
jurisdiction and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance. We have not
provided for a valuation allowance because we believe that it is “more likely than not” that our deferred tax assets will be
recovered from future taxable income. Should we determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net
deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such
determination was made. At March 31, 2005, our gross deferred tax asset was $105.1 million.
Various taxing authorities in the United States and other countries in which we do business are increasing their scrutiny
of various tax structures employed by businesses. Companies of our size and complexity are regularly audited by the taxing
authorities in the jurisdictions in which they conduct significant operations. We are currently under audit by the United
States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for our fiscal years ended March 31, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. As part of this
ongoing audit, the IRS has proposed certain adjustments related to positions reflected on these returns. The IRS has issued
formal assessments for these adjustments. We do not agree with these adjustments and intend to appeal these assessments.
We recognize liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues in the United States and other tax jurisdictions based on our estimate
of whether, and the extent to which, additional tax payments are probable. We believe that we maintain adequate tax reserves
to offset any potential tax liabilities that may arise upon final resolution of the pending audit through either settlement or the
appeals process with the IRS. We also believe that we maintain adequate tax reserves to offset any potential tax liabilities
that may arise upon other audits in the United States and other countries in which we do business. If such amounts ultimately
prove to be unnecessary, the resulting reversal of such reserves would result in tax benefits being recorded in the period the
reserves are no longer deemed necessary. If such amounts ultimately prove to be less than an ultimate assessment, a future
charge to expense would be recorded in the period in which the assessment is determined.
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The foregoing statements regarding the recoverability of our deferred tax asset and the adequacy of our tax reserves are
forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially because of the following factors, among others: results of
any audit conducted by the various taxing authorities in the countries in which we do business; the level of our taxable
income and whether our taxable income will be sufficient to realize the benefits available from our deferred tax assets;
current and future tax laws and regulations; and taxation rates in geographic regions where we have significant operations.
Property, Plant & Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized, while maintenance
and repairs are expensed when incurred. At March 31, 2005, the carrying value of our property and equipment totaled $693.3
million, which represents 38.1% of our total assets. This carrying value reflects the application of our property and
equipment accounting policies, which incorporate estimates, assumptions and judgments relative to the useful lives of our
property and equipment. Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets,
which range from five to seven years on manufacturing equipment and approximately 30 years on buildings.
We began production activities at Fab 4 on October 31, 2003. We began to depreciate the Fab 4 assets as the assets were
placed in service for production purposes. As of March 31, 2005, all of the buildings and supporting facilities were being
depreciated as well as the manufacturing equipment that had been placed in service. All manufacturing equipment that was
not being used in production activities was maintained in projects in process and is not being depreciated until it is placed
into service since management believes there is no change to its utility from the present time until it is placed into productive
service. The lives to be used for depreciating this equipment at Fab 4 will be evaluated at such time as the assets are placed
in service. We do not believe that the temporary idling of such assets has impaired the estimated life or carrying values of the
underlying assets.
On March 31, 2005, we changed the classification of Fab 3 from an asset held-for-sale to an asset held-for-future-use.
Fab 3 had been on the market for over two years, and we had not received any acceptable offers on the facility. Over that
period of time, our business had increased significantly and over the next several years we will need to begin planning for
future wafer fabrication capacity as a larger percentage of Fab 4’s clean room capacity is utilized. We determined that the
appropriate action to take was to stop actively marketing the Fab 3 facility and hold it for our future use. As a result of this
change in classification, we had to assess the fair value of the Fab 3 asset to determine if any additional impairment charge
was required upon the change in classification from “held-for-sale” to “held-for-future-use” under Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144. We performed a discounted cash flow analysis of the Fab 3 asset based on various
financial projections in developing the fair value estimate given that it was the best available valuation technique for the
asset. The discounted cash flow analysis confirmed the carrying value of the Fab 3 asset at March 31, 2005 was not in excess
of its fair value. If indicators of impairment for the Fab 3 assets arise in the future, we will determine if the sum of the
estimated undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets in question are less than their carrying value. If less, we would
recognize an impairment loss on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their respective fair values. We will
begin to depreciate the Fab 3 asset in April 2005.
The estimates, assumptions and judgments we use in the application of our property and equipment policies reflect both
historical experience and expectations regarding future industry conditions and operations. The use of different estimates,
assumptions and judgments regarding the useful lives of our property and equipment and expectations regarding future
industry conditions and operations, would likely result in materially different carrying values of assets and results of
operations.
We do not currently hold title to the land on which our Thailand facility resides. The land is subject to a complex
restructuring situation relating to the seller of the land. We have provided reserves that we estimate will be adequate to
obtain full title. Such reserves are set at the estimated fair value of the land. However, timing of the resolution is difficult to
predict and the ultimate amount to be paid could change.
Impairment of Property, Plant and Equipment
We assess whether indicators of impairment of long-lived assets are present. If such indicators are present, we determine
whether the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets in question is less than their carrying
value. If less, we recognize an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their respective
fair values. Fair value is determined by discounted future cash flows, appraisals or other methods. If the assets determined to
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be impaired are to be held and used, we recognize an impairment loss through a charge to our operating results to the extent
the present value of anticipated net cash flows attributable to the asset are less than the asset’s carrying value, which we
depreciate over the remaining estimated useful life of the asset. We may incur impairment losses, or additional losses on
already impaired assets, in future periods if factors influencing our estimates change.
Litigation
Our current estimated range of liability related to certain pending litigation is based on the probable loss of claims for
which we can estimate the amount and range of loss. Recorded reserves were not significant at March 31, 2005.
Because of the uncertainties related to both the probability of loss and the amount and range of loss on the remaining
pending litigation, we are unable to make a reasonable estimate of the liability that could result from an unfavorable outcome.
As additional information becomes available, we will assess the potential liability related to our pending litigation and revise
our estimates. Revisions in our estimates of the potential liability could materially impact our results of operation and
financial position.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth certain operational data as a percentage of net sales for the years indicated:
Net sales ................................................................................
Cost of sales ..........................................................................
Gross profit............................................................................
Research and development....................................................
Selling, general and administrative .......................................
Special charges......................................................................
Operating income ..................................................................
Net Sales
2005
100.0%
42.9%
57.1%
11.0%
13.1%
2.5%
30.5%
Year Ended March 31,
2004
100.0%
50.0%
50.0%
12.2%
13.2%
0.1%
24.5%
2003
100.0%
45.9%
54.1%
13.5%
13.7%
7.8%
19.1%
We operate in one industry segment and engage primarily in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of
semiconductor products. We sell our products to distributors and OEMs in a broad range of market segments, perform
ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and generally require no collateral.
Our net sales of $846.9 million in fiscal 2005 increased by $147.6 million, or 21.1%, over fiscal 2004, and net sales of
$699.3 million in fiscal 2004 increased by $47.8 million, or 7.3%, over fiscal 2003. The increases in net sales in fiscal 2005
compared to fiscal 2004 and in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 resulted primarily from increased demand, predominantly
for our proprietary microcontroller products. Average selling prices for our products were down approximately 4% in fiscal
2005 over fiscal 2004 and 9% in fiscal 2004 over fiscal 2003. The number of units of our products sold was up
approximately 26% in fiscal 2005 over fiscal 2004 and 17% in fiscal 2004 over fiscal 2003. The average selling prices and
the unit volumes of our sales are impacted by the mix of our products sold. We believe that we have continued to grow our
percentage of market share in the embedded control market over the last three fiscal years. Key factors in achieving the
amount of net sales during the last three fiscal years include:
•
•
•
•
•
continued market share gains
increasing semiconductor content in our customers’ products
customers’ increasing needs for the flexibility offered by our programmable solutions
our new product offerings that have increased our served available market, and
increasing demand for our products.
We recognize revenue from product sales upon shipment to OEMs. Under our shipping terms, legal title passes to the
customer upon shipment from Microchip. We have no post shipment obligations. Distributors worldwide generally have
broad rights to return products and price protection rights, so we defer revenue recognition until the distributors sell the
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product to their customers. Upon shipment, amounts billed to distributors are included in accounts receivable, inventory is
relieved, the sale is deferred and the gross margin is reflected as a current liability until the product is sold by the distributors
to their customers.
During the quarter ended December 31, 2003, we changed our accounting policy relating to amounts billed to customers
for shipping and handling costs to be consistent with EITF 00-10. With this change, we have reclassified amounts billed to
customers for shipping and handling costs from a reduction of cost of sales to revenue for the first three quarters of fiscal
2004, and we have continued this treatment in all subsequent periods. This reclassification had no impact on net income and
an immaterial impact on revenues and cost of sales. Prior year amounts have not been reclassified, as these amounts were
immaterial.
Sales by product line for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
2005
Microcontrollers .......................
Memory products .....................
Analog and interface products..
$ 674,902
115,120
56,914
%
79.7
13.6
6.7
Year Ended March 31,
%
2004
2003
%
$ 556,764
91,640
50,856
79.6
13.1
7.3
$ 516,383
87,158
47,921
79.3
13.4
7.3
Total Sales ................................
$ 846,936
100.0%
$ 699,260
100.0%
$ 651,462
100.0%
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
Microcontrollers
Our microcontroller product line represents the largest component of our total net sales. Microcontrollers and associated
application development systems accounted for approximately 79.7% of our total net sales in fiscal 2005, approximately
79.6% of our total net sales in fiscal 2004 and approximately 79.3% of our total net sales in fiscal 2003.
Net sales of our microcontroller products increased approximately 21.2% in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004, and
increased approximately 7.8% in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003. The increases in net sales were primarily due to
increased demand for our microcontroller products in end markets, driven principally by market share gains and those factors
described above under “Net Sales” at page 26. The end markets that we serve include the automotive, communications,
computing, consumer and industrial control markets.
Historically, average selling prices in the semiconductor industry decrease over the life of any particular product. The
overall average selling prices of our microcontroller products have remained relatively constant over time due to the
proprietary nature of these products. We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, moderate pricing pressure
in certain microcontroller product lines, primarily due to competitive conditions. We have in the past been able to, and
expect in the future to be able to, moderate average selling price declines in our microcontroller product lines by introducing
new products with more features at higher prices. However, we may be unable to maintain average selling prices for our
microcontroller products as a result of increased pricing pressure in the future, which could adversely affect our operating
results.
Memory Products
Sales of our memory products accounted for approximately 13.6% of our total net sales in fiscal 2005, approximately
13.1% of our total net sales in fiscal 2004 and approximately 13.4% of our total net sales in fiscal 2003.
Net sales of our memory products increased approximately 25.6% in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004, and increased
approximately 5.1% in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003, driven primarily by customer demand conditions within the
Serial EEPROM market, which products comprise substantially all of our memory product net sales.
Serial EEPROM product pricing has historically been cyclical in nature, with steep price declines followed by periods of
relative price stability, driven by changes in industry capacity at different stages of the business cycle. During the past three
fiscal years, we have experienced several Serial EEPROM product pricing trends, both up and down, due to market
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conditions. We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, varying degrees of competitive pricing pressures in
our Serial EEPROM products. We may be unable to maintain the average selling prices of our Serial EEPROM products as a
result of increased pricing pressure in the future, which could adversely affect our operating results.
Analog and Interface Products
Sales of our analog and interface products accounted for approximately 6.7% of our total net sales in fiscal 2005, 7.3%
of our total net sales in fiscal 2004 and approximately 7.3% of our total net sales in fiscal 2003.
Net sales of our analog and interface products increased approximately 11.9% in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004 and
increased approximately 6.1% in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003. The increase in net sales of our analog and interface
products in these periods were driven primarily by new proprietary design wins, supply and demand conditions within the
market and our ability to gain market share.
Analog and interface products can be proprietary or non-proprietary in nature. Currently, we consider more than half of
our analog and interface product mix to be proprietary in nature, where prices are relatively stable, similar to the pricing
stability experienced in our microcontroller products. The non-proprietary portion of our analog and interface business will
experience price fluctuations, driven primarily by the current supply and demand for those products. We may be unable to
maintain the average selling prices of our analog and interface products as a result of increased pricing pressure in the future,
which could adversely affect our operating results. We anticipate the proprietary portion of our analog and interface products
to increase over time.
Turns Orders
Our net sales in any given quarter depend upon a combination of shipments from backlog and orders received in that
quarter for shipment in that quarter, which we refer to as turns orders. We measure turns orders at the beginning of a quarter
based on the orders needed to meet the shipment targets that we set entering the quarter. Historically, we have proven our
ability to respond quickly to customer orders as part of our competitive strategy, resulting in customers placing orders with
short delivery schedules. Shorter lead times generally mean that turns orders as a percentage of our business are relatively
high in any particular quarter and reduces our backlog visibility on future product shipments. Turns orders correlate to
overall semiconductor industry conditions and product lead times. Turns orders are difficult to predict, and we may not
experience the combination of turns orders and shipments from backlog in a quarter that would be sufficient to achieve
anticipated net sales. If we do not achieve a sufficient level of turns orders in a particular quarter, our net sales and operating
results may suffer.
The foregoing statements regarding competitive pricing pressure in our microcontroller, Serial EEPROM and analog
and interface product lines, our ability to moderate future average selling price declines in our microcontroller product lines
and the proprietary portion of our analog and interface product lines increasing over time are forward-looking statements.
Actual results could differ materially because of the following factors, among others: the level of orders that are received and
can be shipped in a quarter; changes in demand for our products and the products of our customers; the level and timing at
which previous design wins become actual orders and sales; inventory mix and timing of customer orders; customers’
inventory levels, order patterns and seasonality; level of sell-through of our products through distribution in any particular
fiscal period; our ability to ramp products into volume production; competition and competitive pressures on pricing and
product availability; disruptions in commercial activities, or international transport or delivery occasioned by terrorist
activity, armed conflict, war or an unexpected increase in the price of, or decrease in the supply of, oil resulting in reduced
end-user purchases relative to expectations; impact of events outside the United States, such as the business impact of
fluctuating currency rates or unrest or political instability; the cyclical nature of both the semiconductor industry and the
markets addressed by our products; market acceptance of our new products and those of our customers; the financial
condition of our customers; fluctuations in production yields, production efficiencies and overall capacity utilization;
changes in product mix; absorption of fixed costs, labor and other fixed manufacturing costs; and general industry, economic
and political conditions.
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Distribution
Distributors accounted for 65% of our net sales in fiscal 2005, 64% of our net sales in fiscal 2004 and 60% of our net
sales in fiscal 2003.
Our largest distributor accounted for approximately 13% of our net sales in fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004 and 12% of our
net sales in fiscal 2003. Our two largest distributors accounted for 25% of our net sales in fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004.
Generally, we do not have long-term agreements with our distributors and we, or our distributors, may terminate their
relationships with us with little or no advanced notice. The loss of, or the disruption in the operations of, one or more of our
distributors could reduce our future net sales in a given quarter and could result in an increase in inventory returns.
At March 31, 2005, distributors were maintaining an average of approximately 2.3 months of inventory of our products.
Over the past three fiscal years, the months of inventory maintained by our distributors have fluctuated between
approximately 2.0 months and 2.8 months. Thus, inventory levels at our distributors are at the low to moderate end of the
range we have experienced over the last three years. As we recognize revenue based on sell through for all of our
distributors, we do not believe that inventory holding patterns at our distributors will materially impact our net sales.
Distributors generally have broad-based rights to return product to us. As revenue on distributor shipments is not
recognized until the distributors sell our product on to their end customers, distributor returns have no impact on revenue
recognition.
We also grant certain credits to our third-party distributors and also offer these distributors price protection. The credits
are granted to the distributors on specifically identified pieces of the distributors’ business to allow them to earn a
competitive gross margin on the sale of our products to their end customers. The credits are on a per unit basis and are not
given to the distributor until they provide information regarding the sale to their end customer. The effect of granting these
credits establishes the net selling price from us to our distributors for the products and results in the net revenue recognized
by us when the product is sold by the distributors to their end customers.
We reduce product pricing through price protection based on market conditions, competitive considerations and other
factors. Price protection is granted to third-party distributors on the inventory that they have on hand at the date the price
protection is offered. When we reduce the selling price of our products, it allows the distributors to claim a credit against its
outstanding accounts receivables balances based on the new price of the inventory it has on hand as of the date of the price
reduction. There is no revenue recognition impact from the price protections.
We do not offer material incentive programs to our third-party distributors.
The foregoing statements regarding our expectation that distributors will increase their current inventory levels and our
belief that inventory holding patterns at our distributors will not materially impact our net sales are forward-looking
statements. Actual results could differ materially because of the following factors, among others: the rate of recovery in the
overall economy and the uncertainty of current economic and political conditions; changes in demand for our products and
the products of our customers; the level and timing at which previous design wins become actual orders and sales; inventory
mix and timing of customer orders; customers’ inventory levels, order patterns and seasonality; the impact on our business
and customer order patterns due to major public health concerns, such as the SARS virus; level of sell-through of our
products through distribution in any particular fiscal period; disruptions in commercial activities, or international transport
or delivery occasioned by terrorist activity, armed conflict, war or an unexpected increase in the price of, or decrease in the
supply of, oil resulting in reduced end-user purchases relative to expectations; impact of events outside the United States,
such as the business impact of fluctuating currency rates or unrest or political instability; the cyclical nature of both the
semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by our products; market acceptance of our new products and those of our
customers; and the financial condition of our customers.
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Sales by Geography
Sales by geography for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
Year Ended March 31,
Americas
Europe
Asia
2005
$ 248,881
232,493
365,562
%
29.4
27.4
43.2
2004
$ 219,641
194,187
285,432
%
31.4
27.8
40.8
2003
$ 219,504
177,727
254,231
%
33.7
27.3
39.0
Total Sales
$ 846,936
100.0%
$ 699,260
100.0%
$ 651,462
100.0%
Our sales to foreign customers have been predominately in Asia and Europe, which we attribute to the manufacturing
strength in those areas for automotive, communications, computing, consumer and industrial control products. Americas
sales include sales to customers in the United States, Canada, Central America and South America. Sales to customers in
Asia have increased during the last three fiscal years due to many of our customers transitioning their manufacturing
operations to Asia.
Sales to foreign customers accounted for approximately 73% of our net sales in fiscal 2005, and 71% of our net sales in
fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003. Substantially all of our foreign sales are U.S. dollar denominated.
Sales to customers in China, including Hong Kong, accounted for approximately 16% of our net sales in fiscal 2005,
approximately 14% of our net sales in fiscal 2004 and approximately 13% of our net sales in fiscal 2003. Sales to customers
in Taiwan accounted for approximately 10% of our net sales in fiscal 2005. We did not have sales into any other countries
that exceeded 10% of our net sales during the last three fiscal years.
Gross Profit
Our gross profit was $484.0 million in fiscal 2005, $350.0 million in fiscal 2004 and $352.2 million in fiscal 2003.
Gross profit as a percent of sales was 57.1% in fiscal 2005, 50.0% in fiscal 2004 and 54.1% in fiscal 2003.
The most significant factors affecting gross profit percentage over the past three fiscal years were:
•
•
Improvements in capacity utilization and product absorption, which positively affected gross margin by
$11.8 million in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004, and by $10.4 million in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal
2003.
$31.8 million in accelerated depreciation and other costs associated with the closure of Fab 1, which negatively
affected gross margin in fiscal 2004.
• Changes in period cost of sales in Fab 3 and Fab 4, our non-operational facilities at certain times during the last
three fiscal years, which negatively impact gross margin. Period cost of sales amounted to $3.3 million in fiscal
2005, $18.1 million in fiscal 2004 and $13.1 million in fiscal 2003.
• A one-week unpaid shutdown negatively affecting gross profit by $1.7 million in fiscal 2004. The shutdown
occurred in the three months ended September 30, 2003 and had a negative impact on gross profit due to the
fact that certain fixed costs including depreciation, utilities, property taxes and other ongoing costs continued
when the factory was shut down. There were no shutdowns in fiscal 2005 or fiscal 2003.
Other factors that impacted gross profit percentage in the periods covered by this report include:
•
•
•
•
continued cost reductions in wafer fabrication and assembly and test manufacturing such as new manufacturing
technologies and more efficient manufacturing techniques
factors impacting the average selling prices of our products
fluctuations in the product mix of proprietary microcontroller and analog products and related Serial EEPROM
products, and
inventory write-offs and the sale of inventory that was previously written off.
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During fiscal 2005, we operated at approximately 96% of our Fab 2 capacity, which favorably impacted gross margins
compared to fiscal 2004. During fiscal 2004, we operated at approximately 91% of our Fab 2 capacity, which favorably
impacted gross margins, compared to fiscal 2003. During fiscal 2003, we operated at approximately 85% of our cumulative
total Fab 1 and Fab 2 capacity. Our utilization of Fab 4’s total capacity is at relatively low levels although we are utilizing all
of the installed equipment base. We expect to maintain the current level of capacity utilization at Fab 2 and Fab 4 during the
first quarter of fiscal 2006.
The process technologies utilized impact our gross margins. Fab 2 currently utilizes various manufacturing process
technologies, but predominantly utilizes our 0.5 to 1.0 micron processes. Fab 4 currently utilizes our 0.5 micron process
technology. We continue to transition products to more advanced process technologies to reduce future manufacturing costs.
Since the closure of Fab 1 in June 2003, all of our production has been on 8-inch wafers. In fiscal 2003 and the first quarter
of fiscal 2004, approximately 80% of our production was on 8-inch wafers.
Our overall inventory levels were $103.7 million at March 31, 2005, compared to $94.5 million at March 31, 2004 and
$102.3 million at March 31, 2003. We maintained 107 days of inventory on our balance sheet at March 31, 2005 compared
to 101 days of inventory at March 31, 2004 and 128 days at March 31, 2003.
We anticipate that our gross margins will fluctuate over time, driven primarily by the overall product mix of
microcontroller, analog and interface and memory products and the percentage of net sales of each of these products in a
particular quarter, as well as manufacturing yields, fixed cost absorption, capacity utilization levels, particularly those at
Fab 4, and competitive and economic conditions.
The foregoing statements relating to our expectation to maintain the current level of capacity utilization at Fab 2 and
Fab 4 during the first quarter of fiscal 2006, our transition to more advanced process technologies to reduce future
manufacturing costs and the fluctuation of gross margins over time are forward-looking statements. Actual results could
differ materially because of the following factors, among others: changes in demand for our products and the products of our
customers; fluctuations in production yields, production efficiencies and overall capacity utilization; absorption of fixed
costs, labor and other direct manufacturing costs; competition and competitive pressure on pricing; disruptions in
commercial activities, or international transport or delivery occasioned by terrorist activity, armed conflict, war or an
unexpected increase in the price of, or decrease in the supply of, oil resulting in reduced end-user purchases relative to
expectations; impact of events outside the United States, such as the business impact of fluctuating currency rates or unrest
or political instability; our ability to increase manufacturing capacity as needed; cost and availability of raw materials;
changes in product mix; and other general industry, economic and political conditions.
At March 31, 2005, approximately 70% of our assembly requirements were being performed in our Thailand facility,
compared to approximately 71% as of March 31, 2004 and approximately 77% at March 31, 2003. Third-party contractors
located in Asia perform the balance of our assembly operations. Substantially all of our test requirements were being
performed in our Thailand facility over the last three fiscal years. We believe that the assembly and test operations
performed at our Thailand facility provide us with significant cost savings when compared to third-party contractor assembly
and test costs, as well as increased control over these portions of the manufacturing process.
We rely on outside wafer foundries for a small portion of our wafer fabrication requirements.
Our use of third parties involves some reduction in our level of control over the portions of our business that we
subcontract. While we review the quality, delivery and cost performance of our third-party contractors, our future operating
results could suffer if any third-party contractor is unable to maintain manufacturing yields, assembly and test yields and
costs at approximately their current levels.
Research and Development (R&D)
R&D expenses for fiscal 2005 were $93.0 million, or 11.0% of sales, compared to $85.4 million, or 12.2% of sales, for
fiscal 2004 and $88.0 million, or 13.5% of sales, for fiscal 2003. We are committed to investing in new and enhanced
products, including development systems software, and in our design and manufacturing process technologies. We believe
these investments are significant factors in maintaining our competitive position. We expense all R&D costs as incurred.
R&D expenses include expenditures for labor, depreciation, masks, prototype wafers, and expenses for the development of
process technologies, new packages, and software to support new products and design environments.
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R&D expenses increased $7.6 million, or 9.0%, for fiscal 2005 over fiscal 2004. The primary reasons for the dollar
increase in R&D costs in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004 was higher labor costs as a result of expanding our technical
resources and increases in bonuses. R&D expenses decreased $2.6 million, or 3.0%, for fiscal 2004 over fiscal 2003. The
primary reasons for the dollar decrease in R&D costs in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 were reductions in professional
services and lower costs associated with product prototyping which were partially offset by increases in labor costs.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses for fiscal 2005 were $111.2 million, or 13.1% of sales, compared to $92.4
million, or 13.2% of sales, for fiscal 2004, and $89.4 million, or 13.7% of sales, for fiscal 2003. Selling, general and
administrative expenses include salary expenses related to field sales, marketing and administrative personnel, advertising
and promotional expenditures and legal expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses also include costs related to
our direct sales force and field applications engineers who work in sales offices worldwide to stimulate demand by assisting
customers in the selection and use of our products.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $18.8 million, or 20.3% for fiscal 2005 over fiscal 2004. The
primary reasons for the dollar increases in selling, general and administrative expenses in fiscal 2005 over fiscal 2004 were
higher labor costs as a result of expanding our internal resources, increases in bonuses, increases in travel expenses and
increases in audit and legal services. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $3.0 million, or 3.4%, for fiscal
2004 over fiscal 2003. The primary reasons for the dollar increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in fiscal
2004 over fiscal 2003 were increases in labor costs and travel expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses fluctuate over time, primarily due to revenue and operating expense
investment levels.
Special Charges
The following table presents a summary of special charges for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(dollars in thousands).
Patent license settlement
Contract cancellation, severance and
other costs related to Fab 1 closure
Fab 3 impairment charge
In-process research & development
charge
Year Ended March 31,
2004
2003
2005
$
21,100
$
---
$
---
---
---
---
865
---
---
---
41,500
9,300
Totals
$
21,100
$
865
$
50,800
Fiscal 2005
Settlement with U.S. Philips Corporation
We reached an agreement with U.S. Philips Corporation and Philips Electronics North America Corp. (together
“Philips”) regarding patent license litigation between Philips and ourselves which had been ongoing from October 2001 to
October 2004. The agreement includes dismissal of the then pending litigation and the cross-license of certain patents
between Philips and Microchip. We recorded a special charge of $21.1 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2004 associated
with this matter. As part of the settlement, we licensed certain of our patents related to 8-pin microcontrollers to Philips, and
Philips licensed its patents related to I2C serial communications to us, each on fully-paid up, non-royalty bearing worldwide
licenses. The definitive agreement related to this matter was finalized and executed and the cash payment was made by us to
Philips during our fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2004.
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Fiscal 2004
Fab 1 Closure and Special Charges
On April 7, 2003, we announced our intention to close our Chandler, Arizona (Fab 1) wafer fabrication facility and
integrate certain Fab 1 personnel and processes into our Tempe, Arizona (Fab 2) wafer fabrication facility. We completed
this integration process during the three-month period ended June 30, 2003. The closure of Fab 1 and the integration of
certain Fab 1 personnel into Fab 2 operations resulted in a reduction in force of 207 employees who were either directly
involved in our manufacturing operations or provided support to Fab 1. The detail of the charges incurred related to the
closure of Fab 1 that were included in cost of sales for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 is as follows (amounts in
thousands):
Accelerated depreciation for Fab 1
Fab 1 related charges including severance,
material and other costs
$
30,608
1,147
Total charges in cost of sales
$
31,755
For the quarter ended June 30, 2003, operating expense included $1,612,000 of special charges recorded principally for
contract cancellation, severance and other costs related to the closure of Fab 1 and other actions. We incurred $865,000 of
such expenditures during fiscal 2004. We reversed $747,000 of the special charges recorded in the quarter ended June 30,
2003 in the quarter ended December 31, 2003 as a result of a favorable outcome in the settlement of a contract cancellation.
The facility where Fab 1 is located is an integral part of our overall campus in Chandler, Arizona. Within this same
facility resides our wafer probe, mask making and other manufacturing related activities. The accelerated depreciation that
was taken only related to assets used in the wafer fabrication operations at the facility. We have no specific plans for
utilizing the space formerly housing the wafer fabrication operations, and intend to leave it in an idle status. The property,
plant and equipment that was subject to the accelerated depreciation is reflected in the gross and accumulated depreciation
carrying values in the property, plant and equipment section of our balance sheet and related footnote disclosures.
Fiscal 2003
Fab 3 Impairment Charge
We recorded a $41.5 million asset impairment charge during the quarter ended September 30, 2002, as described below.
We acquired Fab 3, a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Puyallup, Washington, in July 2000. The original
purchase consisted of semiconductor manufacturing facilities and real property. It was our intention to bring Fab 3 to
productive readiness and commence volume production of 8-inch wafers using our 0.7 and 0.5 micron process technologies
by August 2001. We delayed our production start up at Fab 3 due to deteriorating business conditions in the semiconductor
industry during fiscal 2002. Fab 3 has never been brought to productive readiness.
On August 23, 2002, we acquired Fab 4, a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Gresham, Oregon. See Note 2 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-12, below. We decided to purchase Fab 4 instead of bringing Fab 3 to
productive readiness because, among other things, the cost of the manufacturing equipment needed to ramp production at
Fab 3 over the next several years was significantly higher than the total purchase price of Fab 4, and the time to bring Fab 4
to productive readiness was significantly less than the time required to bring Fab 3 to productive readiness.
After the acquisition of Fab 4 was completed, we undertook an analysis of the potential production capacity at Fab 4.
The results of the production capacity analysis led us to determine that Fab 3’s capacity would not be needed in the
foreseeable future and during the September 2002 quarter we committed to a plan to sell Fab 3. At that time, we retained a
third-party broker to market Fab 3 on our behalf. Accordingly, Fab 3 was classified as an asset held-for-sale as of September
30, 2002 and maintained that classification until the end of fiscal 2005.
Management determined the value assigned to the assets through various methods including assistance from a third-party
appraisal. The independent third party used the market approach and considered sales of comparable properties in
determining the fair value of Fab 3. The comparable sales included eight properties, including our purchases of Fab 3 in July
2000 and Fab 4 in August 2002. Based on the results of this appraisal, we recorded an asset impairment charge on Fab 3 of
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$36.9 million, including estimated costs to sell. The remaining value of $60.2 million was classified as an asset held-for-sale
and was included as a component of other current assets until March 31, 2005.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2002, we also recorded an asset impairment charge of $4.6 million to write-
down certain excess manufacturing equipment located at Fab 3 to its net realizable value of $0.2 million. This manufacturing
equipment became “excess” as a result of duplicate equipment acquired in the purchase of Fab 4. The net realizable value for
the excess manufacturing equipment was determined based on management estimates. Substantially all of the other
manufacturing equipment located at Fab 3 has been transferred to and will be used in our other wafer fabrication facilities
located in Tempe, Arizona (Fab 2) and Gresham, Oregon (Fab 4).
At March 31, 2005, we changed the classification of Fab 3 from an asset held-for-sale to an asset held-for-future use.
Fab 3 consists of manufacturing buildings and land, with no equipment. Fab 3 had been on the market for over two years,
and we had not received any acceptable offers on the facility. Over that period of time, our business has increased
significantly and over the next several years we need to begin planning for future wafer fabrication capacity as a larger
percentage of Fab 4’s clean room capacity is utilized. We determined that the appropriate action to take was to stop actively
marketing the Fab 3 facility and hold it for our future use. As a result of this change in classification, we had to assess the
fair value of the Fab 3 asset to determine if any additional impairment charge was required upon the change in classification
from “held-for-sale” to “held-for-future-use” under SFAS 144. We performed a discounted cash flow analysis of the Fab 3
asset based on various financial projections in developing the fair value estimate given that it was the best available valuation
technique for the asset. The discounted cash flow analysis confirmed the carrying value of the Fab 3 asset at March 31, 2005
was not in excess of its fair value. We will begin to depreciate the Fab 3 asset in the first quarter of fiscal 2006.
PowerSmart In-Process Research and Development Charge
During the quarter ended June 30, 2002, purchased in-process research and development of $9.3 million associated with
our acquisition of PowerSmart, Inc. was written off at the date of the acquisition (June 5, 2002) in accordance with FASB
Interpretation No. 4, “Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2, Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase
Method” (“FIN 4”). PowerSmart delivered a battery management whole product solution that improves system runtimes
with a lower system cost for the user. Included in the whole product solution is an application tools suite designed to speed
up implementation during the user’s development and production. The acquisition was intended to strengthen our position in
battery management applications such as laptop computers, personal digital assistants, cellular telephones, digital cameras
and camcorders.
The assets acquired included in-process research and development for which there is no alternative future use. Management
determined the value assigned to this asset through various methods including assistance from third party appraisal firms in
valuing the PowerSmart business. As of the valuation date, there were 15 projects that were considered to be in process. The
values of the projects were determined based on analyses of estimated cash flows to be generated by the products that are expected
to result from the in-process projects. These cash flows were estimated by forecasting total revenues expected from these
products then deducting appropriate operating expenses, cash flow adjustments and contributory asset returns to establish a
forecast of the net return on the in-process technology. These net returns were substantially reduced to take into account the time
value of money and the risks associated with the inherent difficulties and uncertainties in achieving commercial readiness. The
above analysis resulted in $9.3 million of value assigned to acquired in-process research and development, which was expensed
on the acquisition date. We believe the assumptions used in valuing in-process research and development are reasonable, but are
inherently uncertain.
Other Income (Expense)
Interest income in fiscal 2005 increased from interest income in fiscal 2004 as our average invested cash balances were
at higher levels in fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004, and we extended the average maturity term of our invested cash
balances and thus earned a higher interest rate on our invested balances. Interest income in fiscal 2004 increased from
interest income in fiscal 2003 as our average invested cash balances were at higher levels in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal
2003.
Provision for Income Taxes
Provisions for income taxes reflect tax on our foreign earnings and federal and state tax on our U.S. earnings. Our
effective tax rate was 22.9% in fiscal 2005, 22.8% in fiscal 2004 and, 22.3% in fiscal 2003, and is lower than statutory rates
in the United States due primarily to lower tax rates at our foreign locations and R&D tax credits.
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As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in
each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our actual current tax exposure, together with
assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These
differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We must
then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax asset will be recovered from future taxable income within the relevant
jurisdiction and, to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance. We have not
provided for a valuation allowance because we believe that our deferred tax asset will be recovered from future taxable
income. Should we determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset in the future, an
adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such determination was made. At March 31,
2005 our gross deferred tax asset was $105.1 million.
Various taxing authorities in the United States and other countries in which we do business are increasing their scrutiny
of various tax structures employed by businesses. Companies of our size and complexity are regularly audited by the taxing
authorities in the jurisdictions in which they conduct significant operations. We are currently under audit by the United
States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for our fiscal years ended March 31, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. As part of this
ongoing audit, the IRS has proposed certain adjustments related to positions reflected on these returns. The IRS has issued
formal assessments for these adjustments. We do not agree with these adjustments and intend to appeal these assessments.
We believe that we maintain adequate tax reserves to offset any potential tax liabilities that may arise upon final resolution of
the pending audit through either settlement or the appeals process with the IRS. We also believe that we maintain adequate
tax reserves to offset any potential tax liabilities that may arise upon other audits in the United States and other countries in
which we do business. If such amounts ultimately prove to be unnecessary, the resulting reversal of such reserves would
result in tax benefits being recorded in the period the reserves are no longer deemed necessary. If such amounts ultimately
prove to be less than an ultimate assessment, a future charge to expense would be recorded in the period in which the
assessment is determined.
Our Thailand manufacturing operations currently benefit from numerous tax holidays that have been granted to us by the
Thailand government based on our investments in property, plant and equipment in Thailand. Although our tax holidays in
Thailand partially expired in October 2003, our manufacturing operations in Thailand are being predominantly conducted
using equipment that was invested pursuant to tax holidays that do not begin to expire until September 2006. The expiration
of a portion of our tax holiday in Thailand did not have a material impact on our effective tax rate in fiscal 2004.
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the "Jobs Act"), enacted on October 22, 2004, provides for a temporary
deduction of 85% of dividends received on certain foreign earnings repatriated during a one-year period. The deduction
would result in an approximate 5.25% federal tax rate on the repatriated earnings. To qualify for the deduction, the earnings
must be reinvested in the United States pursuant to a domestic reinvestment plan established by a company's chief executive
officer and approved by the company's board of directors. Certain other criteria in the Jobs Act must be satisfied as well. The
maximum amount of our foreign earnings that qualify for the temporary deduction is $500 million. The one-year period for
which we are considering the qualifying distribution is fiscal 2006.
We are in the process of evaluating whether we will repatriate foreign earnings under the repatriation provisions of the
Jobs Act, and if so, the amount that will be repatriated. The range of reasonably possible amounts that we are considering for
repatriation, which would be eligible for the temporary deduction, is zero to $500 million. We are in the process of analyzing
and evaluating the recently issued regulatory guidance and statutory technical corrections associated with the Jobs Act to
determine the amount, if any, we will repatriate. We expect to determine the amounts and sources of foreign earnings to be
repatriated, if any, during fiscal 2006.
We are not yet in a position to determine the impact of a qualifying repatriation, should we choose to make one, on our
income tax expense for fiscal 2006 or the amount of our indefinitely reinvested foreign earnings. If we were to plan to
repatriate the maximum amount eligible for the temporary deduction, which is $500 million, from foreign earnings which
were previously indefinitely reinvested, we estimate we would incur additional tax expense in fiscal 2006 of between $26.3
million and $28.7 million.
The foregoing statements regarding the recoverability of our deferred tax asset from our future taxable income, the
adequacy of our tax reserves to offset any potential tax liabilities that may arise upon audit, the range of possible
repatriation amounts and the estimated amount of additional tax expense are forward-looking statements. Actual results
could differ materially because of the following factors, among others: current and future tax laws and regulations; taxation
rates in geographic regions where we have significant operations; results of any current or future audit conducted by the
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U.S. Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authorities in the countries in which we do business; and the level of our
taxable income and whether our taxable income will be sufficient to utilize our deferred tax asset.
Change in Accounting Principle
We had historically recognized revenue from sales to our Americas, European and multinational Asian distributors at
Point of Sale (POS), or when those distributors sell our products to their customers, and, prior to fiscal 2003, we recognized
revenue on sales to regional Asian distributors at Point of Purchase (POP), or when we shipped product to these distributors.
Upon shipment, amounts billed to distributors at POS are included as accounts receivable, inventory is relieved, the sale is
deferred and the gross margin is reflected as a current liability until the product is sold by the distributor to its customers.
On March 18, 2003, we announced that we would change our revenue recognition policy relating to regional Asian
distributors from POP to POS. We believe that revenue recognition at POS for sales to distributors as our sole revenue
recognition policy worldwide is a more reflective measure of end customer demand for our products. To implement the
change in revenue recognition, we recorded the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of $11.4 million (net of
income taxes of $6.6 million) as of April 1, 2002, the beginning of fiscal 2003. The cumulative effect of this change in
accounting principle was calculated by multiplying the quantity of our inventory that the regional Asia distributors
maintained as of April 1, 2002 by the gross margin we would realize on those sales, net of related income tax.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had $734.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at March 31, 2005, an increase of $260.1
million from the March 31, 2004 balance. The increase in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments over this time
period is primarily attributable to our cash flows generated from operations.
During fiscal 2005, we maintained an unsecured short-term line of credit with various financial institutions in Asia,
which at March 31, 2005 totaled $5 million (U.S. dollar equivalent). There were no borrowings under the foreign line of
credit as of March 31, 2005, but an allocation of approximately $0.4 million of the available line was made, relating to import
guarantees associated with our business in Thailand. There are no covenants related to the foreign line of credit.
Net cash provided from operating activities was $352.7 million for fiscal 2005, $343.1 million for fiscal 2004 and $260.2
million for fiscal 2003. The increase in cash flow from operations was primarily due to increases in net income.
Net cash used in investing activities was $370.7 million for fiscal 2005, $267.6 million for fiscal 2004 and $376.8
million in fiscal 2003. The increase in cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2005 over fiscal 2004 was due to changes in
our net purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments. The decrease in cash used in investing activities in fiscal
2004 over fiscal 2003 was primarily due to the purchases of Fab 4 and PowerSmart that occurred in fiscal 2003.
We enter into hedging transactions from time to time in an attempt to minimize our exposure to currency rate
fluctuations. Although none of the countries in which we conduct significant foreign operations have had a highly
inflationary economy in the last five years, there is no assurance that inflation rates or fluctuations in foreign currency rates in
countries where we conduct operations will not adversely affect our operating results in the future. There were no hedges
outstanding as of March 31, 2005.
Our level of capital expenditures varies from time to time as a result of actual and anticipated business conditions.
Capital expenditures were $63.2 million in fiscal 2005, $63.5 million in fiscal 2004 and $265.1 million in fiscal 2003. The
primary reason for the dollar decrease in capital expenditures in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003 was a reduced need for
additional capital equipment as a result of our purchase of Fab 4 during fiscal 2003. We currently intend to spend
approximately $55 to $60 million during the next 12 months to invest in equipment and facilities to maintain, and selectively
increase, capacity to meet our currently anticipated needs.
We expect to finance capital expenditures through our existing cash balances and cash flows from operations. We
believe that the capital expenditures anticipated to be incurred over the next 12 months will provide sufficient manufacturing
capacity to meet our currently anticipated needs.
Net cash used in financing activities was $18.6 million for fiscal 2005, $24.0 million for fiscal 2004 and $3.1 million for
fiscal 2003. Proceeds from the sale of stock, the exercise of stock options and employee purchases under our employee stock
purchase plan were $47.2 million for fiscal 2005, $53.2 million for fiscal 2004 and $31.5 million for fiscal 2003. Cash
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expended for the repurchase of our common stock was $68.3 million in fiscal 2005, $53.9 million in fiscal 2004 and $26.5
million in fiscal 2003. We had short-term borrowings of $45.5 million at March 31, 2005. The short-term debt is a result of
repurchase agreements that are in place with two investment firms.
On March 11, 2004, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 2,500,000 shares of our common stock in the
open market or in privately negotiated transactions. As of March 31, 2005, we had repurchased the entire 2,500,000 common
shares under this authorization for a total of $66.1 million. On April 22, 2004, our Board of Directors authorized the
repurchase of up to an additional 2,500,000 shares of our common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated
transactions. As of March 31, 2005, we had repurchased 884,900 common shares under this authorization for a total of $23.3
million. As of March 31, 2005, all but 818,332 of the purchased shares under both authorizations had been reissued to fund
stock option exercises and purchases under our employee stock purchase plan. The timing and amount of any future
repurchases will depend upon market conditions and corporate considerations.
On October 28, 2002, we announced that our Board of Directors had approved and instituted a quarterly cash dividend
on our common stock. The initial quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share was paid on December 6, 2003 in the amount of
$4.0 million. We have continued to pay quarterly dividends and have increased the amount of such dividends on a regular
basis. During fiscal 2004, we paid dividends in the amount of $0.113 per share for a total dividend payment of $23.3 million.
During fiscal 2005, we paid dividends in the amount of $0.208 per share for a total dividend payment of $43.0 million. On
April 27, 2005, we declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.095 per share, which will be paid on June 3, 2005 to stockholders
of record on May 13, 2005 and is estimated to be $19.8 million. Our Board is free to change its dividend practices at any
time and to decrease or increase the dividend paid, or not to pay a dividend, on our common stock on the basis of our results
of operations, financial condition, cash requirements and future prospects, and other factors deemed relevant by our Board.
Our current intent is to provide for ongoing quarterly cash dividends depending upon market conditions and our results of
operations.
We believe that our existing sources of liquidity combined with cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet
our currently anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, the semiconductor industry is capital
intensive. In order to remain competitive, we must constantly evaluate the need to make significant investments in capital
equipment for both production and research and development. We may seek additional equity or debt financing from time to
time to maintain or expand our wafer fabrication and product assembly and test facilities, or for other purposes. The timing
and amount of any such financing requirements will depend on a number of factors, including demand for our products,
changes in industry conditions, product mix, and competitive factors. There can be no assurance that such financing will be
available on acceptable terms, and any additional equity financing would result in incremental ownership dilution to our
existing stockholders.
The foregoing statements regarding our anticipated level of capital expenditures over the next 12 months, the nature of
such expenditures, the financing and sufficiency of our capital expenditures and our belief that existing sources of liquidity
will be sufficient to meet our requirements are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially because of
the following factors, among others: changes in demand for our products and those of our customers; changes in utilization
of current manufacturing capacity; unanticipated costs in continuing to ramp production at Fab 4; market acceptance of our
products and of our customers’ products; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by our
products; the availability and cost of raw materials, equipment and other supplies; actual levels of capital expenditures; the
costs and outcome of any tax audit or any litigation involving intellectual property, customer or other issues; the financial
condition of our customers and vendors; uninsured losses; and the economic, political and other conditions in the worldwide
markets served by us.
Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations at March 31, 2005, and the effect such
obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods. This table excludes amounts already
recorded on our balance sheet as current liabilities at March 31, 2005 (dollars in thousands):
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Payments Due by Period
Total
Less than
1 year
1 – 3 years
3 – 5 years
More than
5 years
Operating lease obligations
Capital purchase obligations (1)
Other purchase obligations and
commitments (2)
Long-term debt obligations
$ 10,127
15,547
$
4,183
15,547
$
5,521
---
2,950
---
$
$
4,986
---
2,281
---
929
---
290
---
Total contractual obligations (3)
$ 31,195
$ 22,680
$
7,267
$
1,219
$
29
---
---
---
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(1) Capital purchase obligations represent commitments for construction or purchases of property, plant and
equipment. They are not recorded as liabilities on our balance sheet as of March 31, 2005, as we have not yet
received the related goods or taken title to the property.
(2) Other purchase obligations and commitments include payments due under various types of licenses.
(3) Total contractual obligations do not include contractual obligations recorded on the balance sheet as current
liabilities, or certain purchase obligations as discussed below.
Purchase orders or contracts for the purchase of raw materials and other goods and services are not included in the table
above. We are not able to determine the aggregate amount of such purchase orders that represent contractual obligations, as
purchase orders may represent authorizations to purchase rather than binding agreements. For the purpose of this table,
contractual obligations for purchase of goods or services are defined as agreements that are enforceable and legally binding
on Microchip and that specify all significant terms, including: fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum
or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction. Our purchase orders are based on our current
manufacturing needs and are fulfilled by our vendors with short time horizons. We do not have significant agreements for
the purchase of raw materials or other goods specifying minimum quantities or set prices that exceed our expected
requirements for three months. We also enter into contracts for outsourced services; however, the obligations under these
contracts were not significant and the contracts generally contain clauses allowing for cancellation without significant
penalty.
The expected timing of payment of the obligations discussed above is estimated based on current information. Timing of
payments and actual amounts paid may be different depending on the time of receipt of goods or services or changes to
agreed-upon amounts for some obligations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2005, we are not involved in any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 3(a)(4)(ii) of SEC
Regulation S-K.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
During December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123R which requires companies to measure and recognize
compensation expense for all share-based payments at fair value. Share-based payments include stock option grants. We
grant options to purchase common stock to some of our employees and directors under our stock option plan at prices equal
to the market value of the stock on the dates the options were granted. SFAS No. 123R is effective for us beginning April 1,
2006. Early adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 123R is encouraged, but not required. We have not yet adopted this
pronouncement and are currently evaluating the expected impact that the adoption of SFAS No. 123R will have on our
consolidated financial position and results of operations. We expect the adoption of SFAS No. 123R will have an
unfavorable impact on our consolidated results of operations and net income per common share. SFAS No. 123R also
requires the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost to be reported as a financing cash flow,
rather than as an operating cash flow as required under current literature. This requirement will reduce net operating cash
flows and increase net financing cash flows in periods after adoption. We cannot estimate what those amounts will be in the
future because they depend on, among other things, when employees exercise stock options.
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FASB Staff Position (“FSP“) No. 109-2, “Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation
Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 20044” (“FSP 109-2”), provides guidance under FASB Statement No.
109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” (“SFAS 109”) with respect to recording the potential impact of the repatriation
provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the "Jobs Creation Act") on enterprises' income tax expense and
deferred tax liability. The Jobs Creation Act was enacted on October 22, 2004. FSP 109-2 states that an enterprise is allowed
time beyond the financial reporting period of enactment to evaluate the effect of the Jobs Act on its plan for reinvestment or
repatriation of foreign earnings for purposes of applying SFAS 109. As of March 31, 2005, we are in the process of
evaluating whether we will repatriate any foreign earnings under the Act and, if so, the amount that we will repatriate.
However, we do not expect to be able to complete this evaluation until later in fiscal 2006. Accordingly, as provided for in
FSP 109-2, we have not adjusted our tax expense or deferred tax liability to reflect the repatriation provisions of the Jobs
Creation Act. The Jobs Creation Act also provides a deduction for income from qualified domestic production activities, to
be phased in from 2005 through 2010, which is intended to replace the existing extra-territorial income exclusion for foreign
sales. In FSP 109-1, the FASB decided the deduction for qualified domestic production activities should be accounted for as
a special deduction under SFAS 109, rather than as a rate reduction. Accordingly, any benefit from the deduction will be
reported in the period in which the deduction is claimed on the tax return and no adjustment to deferred taxes at March 31,
2005 is required.
In March 2004, the FASB approved the consensus reached on the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 03-1,
“The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments” (“EITF 03-1”). The Issue's
objective is to provide guidance for identifying other-than-temporarily impaired investments. EITF 03-1 also provides new
disclosure requirements for investments that are deemed to be temporarily impaired. In September 2004, the FASB issued a
FSP EITF 03-1-1 that delays the effective date of the measurement and recognition guidance in EITF 03-1 until further
notice. The disclosure requirements of EITF 03-1 are effective with this annual report for fiscal 2005. Once the FASB
reaches a final decision on the measurement and recognition provisions, we will evaluate the impact of the adoption of the
accounting provisions of EITF 03-1.
In December 2004, the FASB also issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4,”
(“SFAS 151”) which will become effective for us beginning January 1, 2006. This standard clarifies that abnormal amounts
of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted material should be expensed as incurred and not included in
overhead. In addition, this standard requires that the allocation of fixed production overhead costs to inventory be based on
the normal capacity of the production facilities. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of this standard on our
financial position and results of operations, but do not believe the impact of the change will be material.
Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our investment portfolio, consisting of fixed income securities that we hold on an available-for-sale basis, was
$728.7 million as of March 31, 2005, and $462.9 million as of March 31, 2004. These securities, like all fixed income
instruments, are subject to interest rate risk and will decline in value if market interest rates increase. We have the ability to
hold our fixed income investments until maturity and, therefore, we would not expect to recognize any material adverse
impact in income or cash flows if market interest rates increase. The following table provides information about our
available-for-sale securities that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. We have aggregated our available-for-sale
securities for presentation purposes since they are all very similar in nature (dollars in thousands):
Financial instruments mature during the fiscal year ended March 31,
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Thereafter
Available-for-sale securities
$ 76,116
$ 81,421
$ 94,711
$ 169,237
$ 231,215
$13,174
Weighted-average yield rate
2.31%
2.74%
3.01%
3.50%
4.02%
3.14%
We have international operations and are thus subject to foreign currency rate fluctuations. To date, our exposure related
to exchange rate volatility has not been significant. Approximately 99% of our sales are denominated in U.S. dollars. At
times we maintain hedges of foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. There were no hedges
outstanding as of March 31, 2005. The amounts of the hedges outstanding as of March 31, 2004 were immaterial. If foreign
currency rates fluctuate by 15% from the rates at March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, the effect on our financial position and
results of operation would not be material.
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During the normal course of business we are routinely subjected to a variety of market risks, examples of which include,
but are not limited to, interest rate movements and foreign currency fluctuations, as we discuss in this Item 7A, and
collectability of accounts receivable. We continuously assess these risks and have established policies and procedures to
protect against the adverse effects of these and other potential exposures. Although we do not anticipate any material losses
in these risk areas, no assurance can be made that material losses will not be incurred in these areas in the future.
Item 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The Consolidated Financial Statements listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(1) hereof are filed as part of this
Form 10-K. See also Index to Financial Statements, below.
Item 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Not applicable.
Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
As of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as required by paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-15 or
Rule 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we evaluated under the supervision of our Chief
Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on this evaluation, our Chief
Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to
ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange
Commission rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our
disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and
communicated to our management. Our disclosure controls and procedures include components of our internal control over
financial reporting. Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting is
expressed at the level of reasonable assurance because a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can
provide only reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met.
Management Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection
of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Management assessed our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, the end of our fiscal year.
Management based its assessment on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Management’s assessment included evaluation of
such elements as the design and operating effectiveness of key financial reporting controls, process documentation,
accounting policies, and our overall control environment. This assessment is supported by testing and monitoring performed
by our finance organization.
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Based on our assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as
of the end of the fiscal year to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We
reviewed the results of management’s assessment with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors.
Our independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, who also audited the Company’s consolidated
financial statements, audited management’s assessment and independently assessed the effectiveness of our internal control
over financial reporting. Ernst & Young LLP has issued their attestation report, which is included in Part II, Item 8 of this
Form 10-K.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
During the three months ended March 31, 2005, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting
identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART III
Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Information on the members of our Board of Directors is incorporated herein by reference to our proxy statement for the
2005 annual meeting of stockholders under the captions “The Board of Directors,” and “Proposal One – Election of
Directors.”
Information on the composition of our audit committee and the members of our audit committee, including information
on our audit committee financial experts, is incorporated by reference to our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of
stockholders under the caption “The Board of Directors – Committees of the Board of Directors – Audit Committee.”
Information on our executive officers is provided in Item I, Part I of this Form 10-K under the caption “Executive
Officers” at page 11, above.
Information with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is
incorporated herein by reference to our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders under the caption
“Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.”
Information with respect to our code of ethics that applies to our directors, executive officers (including our principal
executive officer and our principal financial and accounting officer) and employees is incorporated by reference to our proxy
statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders under the caption “Code of Ethics.” A copy of the Code of Ethics is
available on our website at the Investor Relations section under Mission Statement/Corporate Governance on
www.microchip.com.
Item 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Information with respect to executive compensation is incorporated herein by reference to the information under the
caption “Executive Compensation” in our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders.
Information with respect to director compensation is incorporated herein by reference to the information under the
caption “The Board of Directors – Director Compensation” in our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of
stockholders.
Information with respect to compensation committee interlocks and insider participation in compensation decisions is
incorporated herein by reference to the information under the caption “The Board of Directors – Compensation Committee
Interlocks and Insider Participation” in our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders.
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Our Board compensation committee report on executive compensation is incorporated herein by reference to the
information under the caption “Executive Compensation – Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation” in
our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders.
Information with respect to changes in our cumulative shareholder return on our common stock is incorporated herein by
reference to the information under the caption “Performance Graph” in our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of
stockholders.
Item 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Information with respect to securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans is incorporated herein
by reference to the information under the caption “Executive Compensation – Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our
proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders.
Information with respect to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is incorporated herein by
reference to the information under the caption “Security Ownership of Principal Stockholders, Directors and Executive
Officers” in our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders.
Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Not applicable.
Item 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this Item related to principal accountant fees and services as well as related pre-approval
policies is incorporated by reference to the information under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”
contained in our proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders.
[The area below is left blank intentionally.]
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Item 15.
EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Form 10-K:
PART IV
(1)
Financial Statements:
Reports of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and 2004
Consolidated Statements of Income for each of the years in the three-year
period ended March 31, 2005
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended March 31, 2005
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the years in the three-
year period ended March 31, 2005
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(2)
(3)
Financial Statement Schedules – Applicable schedules have been omitted because
information is included in the footnotes to the Financial Statements.
The Exhibits filed with this Form 10-K or incorporated herein by reference are set
forth in the Exhibit Index appearing on page E-1 hereof, which Exhibit Index is
incorporated herein by this reference.
Page No.
F-1
F-3
F-4
F-5
F-6
F-7
E-1
(b)
See Item 15(a)(3) above.
(c)
See “Index to Financial Statements” included under Item 8 to this Form 10-K.
43
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SIGNATURES
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Steve Sanghi
Steve Sanghi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 23, 2005
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Steve Sanghi
Steve Sanghi
Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Albert J. Hugo-Martinez
Albert J. Hugo-Martinez
/s/ L.B. Day
L.B. Day
/s/ Matthew W. Chapman
Matthew W. Chapman
/s/ Wade F. Meyercord
Wade F. Meyercord
/s/ Gordon W. Parnell
Gordon W. Parnell
Director
Director
Director
Director
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005
44
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
File Number
Exhibit
Filing
Date
Filed
Herewith
Incorporated by Reference
2.1
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
4.1
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 18,
2002 between Registrant and Fujitsu
Microelectronics, Inc.
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Registrant, as
amended through August 16, 2002
Certificate of Ownership and Merger Merging ASIC
Technical Solutions, Inc. into Microchip Technology
Incorporated
Certificate of Ownership and Merger Merging
TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. with and into
Microchip Technology Incorporated
Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights
Agreement, dated as of October 11, 1999, between
Registrant and Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A.,
including the Amended Certificate of Designations,
the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of
Rights, attached as exhibits thereto
Form of Indemnification Agreement between
Registrant and its directors and certain of its officers
*Microchip Technology 2004 Equity Incentive Plan,
effective October 2, 2004
*Form of Notice of Grant for 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan (including Exhibit A Stock Option Agreement)
*Form of Notice of Grant (foreign) for 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan (including Exhibit A Stock Option
Agreement (foreign)
*Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units
for 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (including Exhibit A
Restricted Stock Units Agreement)
*1993 Stock Option Plan, as Amended through
August 16, 2002
*Form of Notice of Grant For 1993 Stock Option
Plan, with Exhibit A thereto, Form of Stock Option
Agreement; and Exhibit B thereto, Form of Stock
Purchase Agreement
8-K
000-21184
2.1
7/18/02
10-Q
10-Q
000-21184
000-21184
3.1
3.2
11/12/02
11/12/02
10-K
000-21184
3.3
5/15/01
10-K
000-21184
3.4
5/15/01
8-K
000-21184
4.1
10/12/99
S-1
33-57960
10.1
2/5/93
S-8
333-119939
4.4
10/25/04
S-8
333-119939
4.5
10/25/04
10-Q
000-21184
10.1
11/12/02
S-8
333-872
10.6
1/23/96
10.8
*2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as Amended
through August 16, 2002
S-8
333-99655
10.3
9/17/02
X
X
10.9
*Form of Executive Officer Severance Agreement
S-8
333-872
10-Q
000-21184
10.7
10.1
1/23/96
2/13/98
10.10
10.11
Development Agreement dated as of August 29,
1997 by and between Registrant and the City of
Chandler, Arizona
Development Agreement dated as of July 17, 1997
by and between Registrant and the City of Tempe,
Arizona
E-1
10-Q
000-21184
10.2
2/13/98
Exhibit
Number
10.12
10.13
10.14
Exhibit Description
Form
File Number
Exhibit
Filing
Date
Filed
Herewith
Incorporated by Reference
Addendum to Development Agreement by and
between Registrant and the City of Tempe, Arizona,
dated May 11, 2000
*1997 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as Amended
Through March 3, 2003
Form of Notice of Grant For 1997 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan, with Exhibit A thereto, Form of
Stock Option Agreement
10-K
000-21184
10.14
5/15/01
10-K
000-21184
10.13
6/5/03
10-K
000-21184
10.17
5/27/98
10.15
*International Employee Stock Purchase Plan as
Amended Through March 3, 2003
S-8
333-103764
4.1
3/12/03
10.16 Microchip Technology Inc. International Employee
S-8
333-119939
4.1
10/25/04
Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through August
20, 2004
10.17 Microchip Technology Inc. Stock Purchase
S-8
333-119939
4.2
10/25/04
10.18
10.19
10.20
10.21
10.22
10.23
10.24
10.25
10.26
10.27
Agreement for the International Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (including attached Form of
Enrollment Form)
Form of Change Form for Microchip Technology
Inc. International Employee Stock Purchase Plan
*Description of Registrant’s Management Incentive
Compensation Plan
TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 1994 Stock Option
Plan and forms of agreements thereunder
TelCom Semiconductor, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan and forms of agreements used
thereunder
Strategic Investment Program Contract dated as of
August 15, 2002 by and between Registrant,
Multnomah County, Oregon and City of Gresham,
Oregon
PowerSmart, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan,
Including Forms of Incentive Stock Option
Agreement and Nonqualified Stock Option
Agreement
*Microchip Technology Incorporated Supplemental
Retirement Plan
*Amendment dated August 29, 2001 to the
Microchip Technology Incorporated Supplemental
Retirement Plan
*Adoption Agreement to the Microchip Technology
Incorporated Supplemental Retirement Plan dated
January 1, 1997
*Amendment Dated December 9, 1999 to the
Adoption Agreement to the Microchip Technology
Incorporated Supplemental Retirement Plan
E-2
S-8
333-119939
4.3
10/25/04
10-Q
000-21184
10.1
8/9/02
S-8
333-53876
4.1
1/18/01
S-8
333-53876
4.4
1/18/01
8-K
000-21184
2.2
8/23/02
S-8
333-96791
4.1
7/19/02
S-8
333-101696
4.1.1
12/6/02
S-8
333-101696
4.1.2
12/6/02
S-8
333-101696
4.1.3
12/6/02
S-8
333-101696
4.1.4
12/6/02
Exhibit
Number
10.28
21.1
23.1
24.1
31.1
31.2
32
Exhibit Description
Form
File Number
Exhibit
Filing
Date
Filed
Herewith
Incorporated by Reference
10-K
000-21184
10.28
6/5/03
10-K
000-21184
24.1
6/7/00
X
X
X
X
X
*February 3, 2003 Amendment to the Adoption
Agreement to the Microchip Technology
Incorporated Supplemental Retirement Plan
Subsidiaries of Registrant
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
Power of Attorney re: Microchip Technology
Incorporated, the Registrant
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)
Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002
*Compensation plans or arrangements in which
directors or executive officers are eligible to
participate
E-3
Annual Report on Form 10-K
Item 8, Item 15(a)(1) and (2), (c) and (d)
_________________________________
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
EXHIBITS
_________________________________
YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2005
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CHANDLER, ARIZONA
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
Reports of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and 2004
Consolidated Statements of Income for each of the years in the three-year
period ended March 31, 2005
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended March 31, 2005
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the years in the
three-year period ended March 31, 2005
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Page Number
F-1
F-3
F-4
F-5
F-6
F-7
i
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share amounts)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories
Prepaid expenses
Deferred tax assets
Other current assets
Total current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net
Goodwill
Intangible assets, net
Other assets
Total assets
March 31,
2005
2004
$
$
68,730
665,874
113,088
103,728
10,828
105,097
8,003
1,075,348
693,302
31,886
9,289
7,729
105,334
369,216
107,890
94,514
6,884
126,046
74,061
883,945
689,206
32,346
9,698
6,948
$
1,817,554
$
1,622,143
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Short-term debt
Accounts payable
Accrued liabilities
Deferred income on shipments to distributors
Total current liabilities
Pension accrual
Deferred tax liability
Stockholders’ equity:
$
$
45,454
34,328
135,153
91,730
306,665
599
24,556
---
61,184
124,051
84,816
270,051
871
30,704
Preferred stock, $.001 par value; authorized 5,000,000 shares;
no shares issued or outstanding.
Common stock, $.001 par value; authorized 450,000,000 shares;
issued 208,556,546 and outstanding 207,738,214 shares at March 31, 2005;
issued 208,556,546 and outstanding 206,589,038 shares at March 31, 2004
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
Retained earnings
Less shares of common stock held in treasury at cost; 818,332 shares
at March 31, 2005 and 1,967,508 shares at March 31, 2004.
Net stockholders’ equity
---
---
208
532,666
(9,718)
984,095
(21,517)
1,485,734
207
558,354
733
813,307
(52,084)
1,320,517
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
1,817,554
$
1,622,143
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-3
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Year Ended March 31,
2005
2004
2003
$
Net sales
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Research and development
Selling, general and administrative
Special charges
Operating income
Other income (expense):
Interest income
Interest expense
Other, net
Income before income taxes
Income tax provision
846,936
362,961
483,975
93,040
111,188
21,100
225,328
258,647
17,804
(940)
1,757
277,268
63,483
$
699,260
349,301
349,959
85,389
92,411
865
178,665
171,294
4,888
(249)
1,963
177,896
40,634
Income before cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle
213,785
137,262
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle, net of income tax benefit of $6,645
---
---
$
651,462
299,227
352,235
87,963
89,355
50,800
228,118
124,117
3,837
(493)
871
128,332
28,657
99,675
11,443
Net income
$
213,785
$
137,262
$
88,232
Basic income per common share:
Income before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
Basic income per common share
Diluted income per common share:
Income before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
Diluted income per common share
Dividends declared per common share
Weighted average common share outstanding
Weighted average common and potential
common shares outstanding
$
$
$
$
$
1.03
---
1.03
1.01
---
1.01
0.208
206,740
$
$
$
$
$
0.67
---
0.67
0.65
---
0.65
0.113
206,032
$
$
$
$
$
0.49
(0.05)
0.44
0.47
(0.05)
0.42
0.040
202,483
211,962
212,172
210,646
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-4
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Gain on sale of fixed assets
Loss on write-down of fixed assets
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
Special charges:
Accelerated depreciation – Fab 1
Fab 1 severance and shutdown charges
Special charges – operating expenses
In-process research and development
Fab 3 impairment charge
Depreciation and amortization
Deferred income taxes
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase in accounts receivable
(Increase) decrease in inventory
Increase in deferred income on shipments to distributors
Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Change in other assets and liabilities
Year ended March 31,
2005
2004
2003
$
213,785
$
137,262
$
88,232
(1,224)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
120,466
16,869
15,296
(5,198)
(9,214)
6,914
1,178
(6,162)
(1,097)
---
---
30,608
598
645
---
---
111,627
(12,188)
37,639
(12,503)
7,357
13,828
30,901
(1,597)
(555)
2,165
11,443
---
---
---
9,300
41,500
111,076
(17,101)
17,951
(13,520)
(13,230)
12,100
13,129
(2,303)
260,187
Net cash provided by operating activities
352,710
343,080
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of short-term investments
Sales and maturities of short-term investments
Investment in other assets
Proceeds from sale of assets
Purchase of Fab 4
PowerSmart acquisition, net of cash acquired
Capital expenditures
(1,061,237)
752,060
---
1,659
---
---
(63,211)
(1,291,676)
1,085,934
(700)
2,329
---
---
(63,507)
(1,078,925)
1,023,373
(6,032)
608
(184,717)
(50,674)
(80,387)
Net cash used in investing activities
(370,729)
(267,620)
(376,754)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payment of cash dividend
Repurchase of common stock
Proceeds from short-term borrowings
Proceeds from sale of common stock
Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year
(42,997)
(68,276)
45,454
47,234
(23,321)
(53,864)
---
53,150
(18,585)
(24,035)
(36,604)
105,334
51,425
53,909
(8,129)
(26,520)
---
31,528
(3,121)
(119,688)
173,597
Cash and cash equivalents end of year
$
68,730
$
105,334
$
53,909
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
F-5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Balance at March 31, 2002
Shares
200,803
Amount
$
459,504
Shares
173
$
Amount
(2,979) $
(in thousands)
Common
Stock and Additional
Paid-in Capital
Common
Stock held in
Treasury
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
---
Retained
Earnings
$
619,254 $
Net
Stockholders’
Equity
1,075,779
Net and comprehensive income
Exercise of stock options and assumption of stock
options in connection with PowerSmart
acquisition
Employee stock purchase plan
Purchase of treasury stock
Treasury stock used for new issuances
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options
Acquisition-related unearned stock compensation,
net of $59 of amortization
Cash dividend
---
---
---
---
3,565
503
---
(1,126)
---
---
---
23,588
8,511
---
(23,107)
17,951
---
---
1,265
(1,126)
---
---
---
(27,063)
23,107
---
71
---
---
---
---
---
Balance at March 31, 2003
203,745
486,518
312
(6,935)
Components of comprehensive income:
Net Income
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale
investments, net of $139 of tax
Total comprehensive income
Exercise of stock options
Employee stock purchase plan
Purchase of treasury stock
Treasury stock used for new issuances
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options
options
Unearned compensation amortization
Cash dividend
---
---
---
5,114
477
---
(780)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
44,986
8,154
---
(18,782)
37,639
46
---
---
---
---
---
2,435
(780)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
(63,931)
18,782
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
733
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
88,232
88,232
---
---
---
---
---
---
(8,120)
23,588
8,511
(27,063)
---
17,951
71
(8,120)
699,366
1,178,949
137,262
137,262
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
(23,321)
733
137,995
44,986
8,154
(63,931)
---
37,639
46
(23,321)
Balance at March 31, 2004
208,556
558,561
1,967
(52,084)
733
813,307
1,320,517
Components of comprehensive income:
Net Income
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale
investments, net of $2,068 of tax
Total comprehensive income
Exercise of stock options
Employee stock purchase plan
Purchase of treasury stock
Treasury stock used for new issuances
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options
Unearned compensation amortization
Cash dividend
---
---
---
---
---
213,785
213,785
---
---
2,882
452
---
(3,334)
---
---
---
---
---
36,831
10,403
---
(88,233)
15,296
16
---
---
---
---
---
2,185
(3,334)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
(57,666)
88,233
---
---
---
(10,451)
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
---
(42,997)
(10,451)
203,334
36,831
10,403
(57,666)
---
15,296
16
(42,997)
Balance at March 31, 2005
208,556
$
532,874
818
$
(21,517) $
(9,718)
$
984,095 $
1,485,734
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
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MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Nature of Business
Microchip develops and manufactures specialized semiconductor products used by its customers for a wide variety
of embedded control applications. Microchip’s product portfolio comprises the PICmicro® field-programmable
(FLASH) RISC microcontrollers, which serve 8-bit and 16-bit embedded control applications, and a broad spectrum
of high-performance linear and mixed-signal, power management and thermal management devices. Microchip also
offers complementary microperipheral products including interface devices, Serial EEPROMs, and application-
specific standard products (ASSPs). This synergistic product portfolio targets thousands of applications and a
growing demand for high-performance designs in the automotive, communications, computing, consumer and
industrial control markets.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Microchip Technology Incorporated and its wholly-
owned subsidiaries (“Microchip” or the “Company”). The Company does not have any subsidiaries in which it does
not own 100% of the outstanding stock. All of the Company’s subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial
statements. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Change in Accounting Principle
On March 18, 2003, the Company announced that it would change its revenue recognition policy relating to regional
Asian distributors from Point of Purchase (POP), or when the Company ships product to these distributors, to Point
of Sale (POS), or when those distributors sell the Company’s products to their customers. The change in accounting
principle is preferable because: (i) it better reflects the substance of end customer demand for the Company’s
products, and will better focus the Company on, and allow investors to better understand, end user demand trends
for its products; (ii) it provides uniformity in the revenue recognition policy of the Company; and (iii) the new
accounting method is consistent with other companies in the semiconductor industry and, therefore, provides greater
comparability in the presentation of financial results among the Company and its peers. To implement the change in
revenue recognition, the Company recorded a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle charge of $11.4
million (net of income taxes of $6.6 million) as of April 1, 2002.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when the earnings process is complete, as evidenced by an agreement with the
customer, transfer of title as well as fixed pricing and probable collectability. The Company recognizes revenue
from product sales to OEMs upon shipment and records reserves for estimated customer returns. Distributors
worldwide generally have broad price protection and product return rights, so the Company defers revenue
recognition until the distributor sells the product to their customer. The Company reduces product pricing through
price protection based on market conditions, competitive considerations and other factors. Price protection is
granted to third-party distributors on the inventory that they have on hand at the date the price protection is offered.
When the Company reduces the price of its products, it allows the distributor to claim a credit against its outstanding
accounts receivable balances based on the new price of the inventory it has on hand as of the date of the price
reduction. There is no revenue impact from the price protections. The Company also grants certain credits to its
third-party distributors. The credits are granted to the distributors on specially identified pieces of the distributors’
business to allow them to earn a competitive gross margin on the sale of the Company’s products to their end
customers. The credits are on a per unit basis and are not given to the distributor until they provide information
regarding the sale to their end customer. The effect of granting these credits establishes the net selling price from
the Company to its distributors for the product and results in the net revenue recognized by the Company when the
product is sold by the distributors to their end customers. Upon shipment, amounts billed to distributors are
included as accounts receivable, inventory is relieved, the sale and the gross margin are deferred and reflected as a
current liability until the product is sold by the distributor to its customers. Shipping charges billed to customers are
included in net sales, and the related shipping costs are included in cost of sales.
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Product Warranty
The Company generally sells products with a limited warranty related to product quality and a limited
indemnification of customers against intellectual property infringement claims related to the Company’s products.
Due to comprehensive product testing, the short time between product shipment and the detection and correction of
product failures, and a low historical rate of payments on indemnification claims, the accrual based on historical
activity and the related expense were not significant as of and for the fiscal years presented.
Advertising Costs
The Company expenses all advertising costs as incurred. Advertising costs were not material in the years ended
March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses include
expenditures for labor, masks, prototype wafers, and expenses for development of process technologies, new
packages, and software to support new products and design environments.
Foreign Currency Translation and Forward Contracts
The Company’s foreign subsidiaries are considered to be extensions of the U.S. Company and any translation gains
and losses related to these subsidiaries are included in other income and expense. As the U.S. dollar is utilized as
the functional currency, gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions (transactions denominated in a
currency other than the subsidiaries’ functional currency) are also included in income. Gains and losses associated
with currency rate changes on forward contracts are recorded currently in income. These gains and losses have
historically been immaterial to the Company’s financial statements.
Income Taxes
As part of the process of preparing its consolidated financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its
income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which it operates. This process involves estimating the Company’s
actual current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items
for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included
within the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The Company must then assess the likelihood that its deferred
tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent it believes that recovery is not likely, it
must establish a valuation allowance. The Company has not provided for a valuation allowance because
management currently believes that it is “more likely than not” that its deferred tax assets will be recovered from
future taxable income.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
All highly liquid investments, including marketable securities purchased with a remaining maturity of three months
or less when acquired are considered to be cash equivalents.
Short-Term Investments
The Company’s investments are classified as available-for-sale. The Company defines short-term investments as
income yielding securities, which can be readily converted to cash. Short-term investments consist of government
agency bonds, municipal bonds, corporate preferred stock, state student loan bonds and fixed rate annuity contracts.
These investments are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in stockholders’ equity.
Realized gains and losses are included in interest income. The cost of securities sold is based upon the specific
identification method.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its
customers to make required payments, which is included in bad debt expense. The Company determines the
adequacy of this allowance by regularly reviewing the composition of its accounts receivable aging and evaluating
individual customer receivables, considering such customer’s financial condition, credit history and current
economic conditions.
Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. The Company
writes down its inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory in an amount equal to the difference
between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and
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market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by the Company, additional
inventory write-downs may be required. Inventory impairment charges establish a new cost basis for inventory and
charges are not subsequently reversed to income even if circumstances later suggest that increased carrying amounts
are recoverable. In estimating reserves for obsolescence, the Company primarily evaluates estimates of demand
over a 12-month period and provides reserves for inventory on hand in excess of the estimated 12-month demand.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized, while
maintenance and repairs are expensed when incurred. The Company’s property and equipment accounting policies
incorporate estimates, assumptions and judgments relative to the useful lives of its property and equipment.
Depreciation is provided for assets placed in service on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the
relative assets, which range from 3 to 30 years. The Company evaluates the carrying value of its property and
equipment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may be impaired.
Asset impairment evaluations are, by nature, highly subjective.
Litigation
The Company’s estimated range of liability related to certain pending litigation is based on claims for which
management believes a loss is probable and it can estimate the amount or range of loss. Because of the uncertainties
related to both the amount and range of the loss on the remaining pending litigation, the Company is unable to make
a reasonable estimate of the liability that could result from an unfavorable outcome. As additional information
becomes available, the Company will assess the potential liability related to its pending litigation and revise its
estimates, if necessary.
Goodwill
Goodwill is recorded when the purchase price paid for an acquisition exceeds the estimated fair value of the net
identified tangible and intangible assets acquired. The Company is required to perform an annual impairment
review, and more frequently under certain circumstances. The goodwill is subjected to this test during the fourth
quarter of the Company’s fiscal year. The Company engages primarily in the design, development, manufacture and
marketing of semiconductor products and, as a result, the Company concluded there is one reporting unit. The
impairment review process compares the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying value. If the Company
determines through the impairment process that goodwill has been impaired, the Company will record the
impairment charge in the statement of income. As of March 31, 2005, there was no impairment charge related to
goodwill. There can be no assurance that future goodwill impairment tests will not result in a charge to earnings.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company assesses whether indicators of impairment of long-lived assets are present. If such indicators are
present, the Company determines whether the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows attributable to the
assets in question is less than their carrying value. If less, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the
excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their respective fair values. Fair value is determined by discounted
future cash flows, appraisals or other methods. If the assets determined to be impaired are to be held and used, the
Company recognizes an impairment loss through a charge to operating results to the extent the present value of
anticipated net cash flows attributable to the asset are less than the asset’s carrying value. The Company would
depreciate the remaining value over the remaining estimated useful life of the asset.
Share-Based Payment
The Company grants stock options for a fixed number of shares to certain employees and directors with an exercise
price equal to the fair market value of the shares at the date of grant. The Company accounts for stock option grants
in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees” and related Interpretations, and, accordingly, recognizes no compensation expense for the stock option
grants.
The following table represents the effect on net income and earnings per share (shown in thousands, except for per
share amounts) if the Company had applied the fair value based method and recognition provisions of SFAS
No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” to share-based employee and director compensation. For
purposes of this pro forma disclosure, the value of the options is estimated using a Black-Scholes option pricing
model and amortized ratably to expense over the options’ vesting periods. Because the estimated value is
determined as of the date of grant, the actual value ultimately realized by the employee may be significantly
different.
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Year Ended March 31,
2004
2003
2005
Net income, as reported
$
213,785
$
137,262
$
88,232
Deduct: Total share-based employee
compensation expense determined under fair value
methods for all awards, net of related tax effects
Pro forma net income
Net income per common share:
Basic, as reported
Basic, pro forma
Diluted, as reported
Diluted, pro forma
Weighted average shares used in computation:
Basic
Diluted
37,211
176,574
36,821
100,441
$
1.03
0.85
1.01
0.83
$
$
$
$
0.67
0.49
0.65
0.47
36,151
52,081
0.44
0.26
0.42
0.25
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
206,740
211,962
206,032
212,172
202,483
210,646
See Note 17 for further discussion of the Company’s equity incentive plan.
At a meeting held on February 17, 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of
Directors of the Company approved the acceleration of the vesting of certain Company stock options with an option
price of $27.153 per share or greater. The purpose of the accelerated vesting was to enable the Company to avoid
recognizing in its income statement compensation expense associated with these options in future periods, upon
adoption of SFAS No. 123R (Share-Based Payment) in April 2006. The pre-tax charge to be avoided amounts to
approximately $13.7 million and represents the fair value of the unvested awards as of the date of the acceleration as
determined under SFAS No. 123. This amount would otherwise have been required to be recognized as
compensation expense over the vesting period upon adoption of SFAS No. 123R. As a result of the accelerated
vesting, approximately 2.3 million option shares or 25.4% of the total number of the outstanding unvested option
shares with varying remaining vesting schedules became immediately exercisable. In order to help avoid
unintended personal benefits to the holders of the accelerated options, any shares received through the exercise of
accelerated options may not be sold by the option holder until the first to occur of the original vesting date of the
accelerated option or the termination of the employment of the option holder. In connection with the accelerated
vesting, each option agreement underlying such options was amended. As of the date of the acceleration, the fair
market value of the Company’s common stock was below the option price of the accelerated options in all material
respects, so no APB 25 charges were incurred and future potential charges are immaterial.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of
investments in debt securities and trade receivables. The Company generally places its investments with high-credit
quality counterparties. Investments in debt securities with original maturities of greater than six months consist
primarily of AAA rated financial instruments and counterparties. The Company’s investments are primarily in
direct obligations of the United States government or its agencies.
Concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable are generally not significant due to the diversity of
the Company’s customers and geographic sales areas. The Company sells its products primarily to OEMs and
distributors in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’
financial condition and requires collateral, primarily letters of credit, as deemed necessary. No single end customer
accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s net sales or accounts receivable balances during the years ended
March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003. The Company had two distributors that accounted for more than 10% of its net
sales in the year ended March 31, 2005. See Note 19, Geographic Information, for additional information on the
Company’s largest distributors.
Use of Estimates
The Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets, liabilities,
revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare the consolidated financial
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statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
During December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123R, which requires companies to measure and recognize
compensation expense for all share-based payments at fair value. Share-based payments include stock option grants.
The Company grants options to purchase common stock to some of our employees and directors under our stock
option plan at prices equal to the market value of the stock on the dates the options were granted. SFAS No. 123R is
effective for the Company beginning April 1, 2006. Early adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 123R is
encouraged, but not required. The Company has not yet adopted this pronouncement and is currently evaluating the
expected impact that the adoption of SFAS No. 123R will have on our consolidated financial position and results of
operations. The adoption of SFAS No. 123R is expected to have an unfavorable impact on the consolidated results
of operations and net income per common share. SFAS No. 123R also requires the benefits of tax deductions in
excess of recognized compensation cost to be reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating cash
flow as required under current literature. This requirement will reduce net operating cash flows and increase net
financing cash flows in periods after adoption. The Company cannot estimate what those amounts will be in the
future because they depend on, among other things, when employees exercise stock options.
FASB Staff Position ("FSP") No. 109-2, "Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign Earnings
Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004" ("FSP 109-2"), provides guidance under
FASB Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," (“SFAS No. 109”) with respect to recording the
potential impact of the repatriation provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the "Jobs Creation Act")
on enterprises' income tax expense and deferred tax liability. The Jobs Creation Act was enacted on October 22,
2004. FSP 109-2 states that an enterprise is allowed time beyond the financial reporting period of enactment to
evaluate the effect of the Jobs Act on its plan for reinvestment or repatriation of foreign earnings for purposes of
applying SFAS No. 109. As of March 31, 2005, the Company is in the process of evaluating whether it will
repatriate any foreign earnings and, if so, the amount that it will repatriate. However, the Company does not expect
to be able to complete this evaluation until later in fiscal 2006. Accordingly, as provided for in FSP 109-2, the
Company has not adjusted our tax expense or deferred tax liability to reflect the repatriation provisions of the Jobs
Creation Act. The Jobs Creation Act also provides a deduction for income from qualified domestic production
activities, to be phased in from 2005 through 2010, which is intended to replace the existing extra-territorial income
exclusion for foreign sales. In FSP 109-1, the FASB decided the deduction for qualified domestic production
activities should be accounted for as a special deduction under SFAS No. 109, rather than as a rate reduction.
Accordingly, any benefit from the deduction will be reported in the period in which the deduction is claimed on the
tax return and no adjustment to deferred taxes at March 31, 2005, is required.
In March 2004, the FASB approved the consensus reached on the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue
No. 03-1, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments" (“EITF
03-1”). The Issue's objective is to provide guidance for identifying other-than-temporarily impaired investments.
EITF 03-1 also provides new disclosure requirements for investments that are deemed to be temporarily impaired. In
September 2004, the FASB issued FSP EITF 03-1-1 that delays the effective date of the measurement and
recognition guidance in EITF 03-1 until further notice. The disclosure requirements of EITF 03-1 are effective with
this annual report for fiscal 2005. Once the FASB reaches a final decision on the measurement and recognition
provisions, the Company will evaluate the impact of the adoption of the accounting provisions of EITF 03-1.
In December 2004, the FASB also issued SFAS No. 151, "Inventory Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43,
Chapter 4," which will become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2006. This standard clarifies that
abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted material should be expensed as
incurred and not included in overhead. In addition, this standard requires that the allocation of fixed production
overhead costs to inventory be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. The Company is currently
evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its financial position and results of operations, but does not
believe the impact of the change will be material.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
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2.
ACQUISITION OF GRESHAM, OREGON WAFER FABRICATION FACILITY
On August 23, 2002, the Company completed its acquisition of a semiconductor manufacturing complex in
Gresham, Oregon. The Company acquired the facility for $183.5 million in cash plus direct acquisition costs of
approximately $1.2 million. The facility is situated on an approximately 140-acre campus east of Portland and
comprises approximately 826,500 square feet. The facility came equipped with approximately 350 process tools and
170 support tools. The Company is currently producing 8-inch wafers on its 0.5 micron process technology at the
Gresham facility. The facility also houses offices, meeting rooms and support functions. The Company began
production activities on October 31, 2003 at this facility. As of March 31, 2005, all of the buildings and supporting
facilities were being depreciated as well as the manufacturing equipment that had been placed in service. All
manufacturing equipment that was not being used in production activities was maintained in projects in process
since the Company believes there is no change to their utility from the present time until they are placed into
productive service. The lives to be used for depreciating this equipment at this facility will be evaluated at such time
as the assets are placed in service. The temporary idling of such assets has not impaired the estimated life or
carrying values of the underlying assets.
3.
ACQUISITION OF POWERSMART, INC.
On June 5, 2002, the Company completed the acquisition of PowerSmart, Inc. in which the Company acquired all of
PowerSmart’s outstanding capital stock and assumed certain stock options for consideration of $54.0 million in cash
plus other acquisition-related costs of $1.2 million. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase business
combination in accordance with SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, and accordingly, the results of
PowerSmart’s operations are included in the Company’s consolidated results from the date of the acquisition. The
acquisition was not considered significant under the rules and regulations of the SEC (Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X).
The purchase price was allocated among PowerSmart’s tangible and intangible assets, in-process research and
development and goodwill. Management determined the value assigned to the assets acquired through various
methods including assistance from a third-party appraisal. An allocation of $9.3 million of the purchase price was
assigned to in-process research and development and was written off at the date of the acquisition. The amount paid
in excess of the fair value of the net tangible assets has been allocated to separately identifiable intangible assets
based upon an independent valuation analysis. An allocation of $5.6 million of the purchase price was made to core
technology and other identifiable intangible assets and is being amortized over an estimated useful life of seven
years. An allocation of approximately $32.3 million of the purchase price was made to goodwill. None of the
goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill related to the PowerSmart acquisition was reduced by $0.4
million to $31.9 million in the year ended March 31, 2005 due to a favorable settlement of a liability that was
recorded as of the original acquisition date.
The Company records acquisition-related purchase consideration as unearned stock-based compensation. During
the year ended March 31, 2003, the Company recorded unearned stock-based compensation of $130,000. The
unearned stock-based compensation includes the intrinsic value of stock options assumed in connection with the
acquisition of PowerSmart that is earned as the employees provide future services. The compensation is being
recognized over the period earned, and the expense is included in the amortization of acquisition-related intangibles
and costs. Amortization of unearned stock compensation was $16,000 in fiscal 2005, $46,000 in fiscal 2004 and
$59,000 in fiscal 2003.
The acquisition was intended to strengthen the Company’s position in battery management applications such as
laptop computers, personal digital assistants, cellular telephones, digital cameras and camcorders.
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4.
SPECIAL CHARGES
The components of special charges are (in thousands):
Patent license settlement
Contract cancellation, severance and other
costs related to Fab 1 closure
Fab 3 impairment charge
In-process research and development
Year Ended March 31,
2004
2003
2005
$
21,100
$
--- $
---
---
---
---
865
---
---
---
41,500
9,300
Totals
$
21,100 $
865 $
50,800
Fiscal 2005
Settlement with U.S. Philips Corporation
The Company reached an agreement with U.S. Philips Corporation and Philips Electronics North America Corp.
(together “Philips”) regarding patent license litigation with Philips which was ongoing from October 2001 to
October 2004. The agreement included dismissal of the then pending litigation and the cross-license of certain
patents between Philips and the Company. The Company recorded a special charge of $21.1 million in the quarter
that ended June 30, 2004 associated with this matter. Pursuant to this cross-license, the Company licensed certain of
its patents related to 8-pin microcontrollers to Philips, and Philips licensed its patents related to I2C serial
communications to the Company, each on fully-paid up, non-royalty bearing worldwide licenses. The Company
finalized and executed the definitive settlement agreement related to this matter and made the cash payment to
Philips during the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2004.
Fiscal 2004
Closure of Fab 1
On April 7, 2003, the Company announced its intention to close its Chandler, Arizona (Fab 1) wafer fabrication
facility and integrate certain Fab 1 personnel and processes into its Tempe, Arizona (Fab 2) wafer fabrication
facility. The Company completed this integration process during the three-month period ended June 30, 2003. The
closure of Fab 1 and the integration of certain Fab 1 personnel into Fab 2 operations resulted in a reduction in force
of 207 employees who were either directly involved in the Company’s manufacturing operations or provided
support functions to Fab 1. The detail of the charges incurred related to the closure of Fab 1 that were included in
cost of sales for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 is as follows (amounts in thousands):
Accelerated depreciation for Fab 1
Fab 1 related charges including severance,
material and other costs
Total charges in cost of sales
$ 30,608
1,147
$ 31,755
The facility where Fab 1 was located is an integral part of the Company’s overall campus in Chandler, Arizona.
Within this same facility resides the Company’s wafer probe, mask making and other manufacturing related
activities. Consequently it is not possible to abandon or otherwise dispose of this facility. The accelerated
depreciation that was taken only related to assets used in the wafer fabrication operations at the facility. The
Company has no specific plans for utilizing the space formerly housing the wafer fabrication operations, and intends
to leave it in an idle state. The property, plant and equipment that was subject to the accelerated depreciation is
reflected in the gross and accumulated depreciation carrying values in the property, plant and equipment section of
the Company’s balance sheet and related footnote disclosures.
The Company incurred $865,000 of special charges recorded principally for contract cancellation, severance and
other costs related to the closure of Fab 1 and other actions.
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Fiscal 2003
Fab 3 Impairment Charge
The Company recorded a $41.5 million asset impairment charge during the quarter ended September 30, 2002, as
described below.
The Company acquired a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Puyallup, Washington, referred to as Fab 3, in
July 2000. The original purchase consisted of semiconductor manufacturing facilities and real property. It was the
Company’s intention to bring Fab 3 to productive readiness and commence volume production of 8-inch wafers
using its 0.7 and 0.5 micron process technologies by August 2001. The Company delayed its intended production
start up at Fab 3 due to deteriorating business conditions in the semiconductor industry during fiscal 2002. Fab 3
has never been brought to productive readiness.
As is described in Note 2, in August 2002 the Company acquired a semiconductor manufacturing facility in
Gresham, Oregon, referred to as Fab 4. After the acquisition of Fab 4 was completed, the Company undertook an
analysis of the potential production capacity at Fab 4. The results of the production capacity analysis at that time led
the Company to determine that Fab 3’s capacity would not be needed in the foreseeable future and during the second
quarter of fiscal 2003 the Company committed to a plan to sell Fab 3. The Company subsequently retained a third-
party broker to market Fab 3 on its behalf and began actively seeking potential buyers. Accordingly, Fab 3 was
classified as an asset held-for-sale as of September 30, 2002 and maintained that classification until March 31, 2005.
Management determined the value assigned to the Fab 3 assets through various methods including assistance from a
third-party appraisal. The independent third party used the market approach and considered sales of comparable
properties in determining the fair value of Fab 3. The comparable sales included eight properties, including the
Company’s purchases of Fab 3 in July 2000 and Fab 4 in August 2002. Based on the results of this appraisal, the
Company recorded an asset impairment charge on Fab 3 of $36.9 million, including estimated costs to sell. The
remaining value of $60.2 million was classified as an asset held-for-sale and was included as a component of other
current assets until March 31, 2005.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2002, the Company recorded an asset impairment charge of $4.6 million to
write-down certain excess manufacturing equipment located at Fab 3 to its net realizable value of $0.2 million. This
manufacturing equipment became “excess” as a result of duplicate equipment acquired in the purchase of Fab 4.
The net realizable value for the excess manufacturing equipment was determined based on management estimates.
Substantially all of the other manufacturing equipment located at Fab 3 has been transferred to and will be used in
the Company’s other wafer fabrication facilities located in Tempe, Arizona (Fab 2) and Gresham, Oregon (Fab 4).
At March 31, 2005, the Company changed the classification of Fab 3 from an asset held-for-sale to an asset held-for-
future-use. Fab 3 had been on the market for over two years, and the Company had not received any acceptable
offers on the facility. Over that period of time, the Company’s business had increased significantly and over the
next several years the Company will need to begin planning for future wafer fabrication capacity as a larger
percentage of Fab 4’s clean room capacity is utilized. The Company determined that the appropriate action to take
was to stop actively marketing the Fab 3 facility and hold it for its future use. As a result of this change in
classification, the Company had to assess the fair value of the Fab 3 asset to determine if any additional impairment
charge was required upon the change in classification from “held-for-sale” to “held-for-future-use” under SFAS 144.
The Company performed a discounted cash flow analysis of the Fab 3 asset based on various financial projections in
developing the fair value estimate given that it was the best available valuation technique for the asset. The
discounted cash flow analysis confirmed the carrying value of the Fab 3 asset at March 31, 2005 was not in excess
of its fair value. The Company will begin to depreciate the Fab 3 asset in April 2005.
PowerSmart In-Process Research and Development Charge
As described in Note 3, an allocation of $9.3 million of the purchase price was assigned to in-process research and
development and was written off at the date of the acquisition in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 4,
“Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2, Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase Method.”
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5.
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
The Company’s short-term investments are intended to establish a high-quality portfolio that preserves principal,
meets liquidity needs, avoids inappropriate concentrations and delivers an appropriate yield in relationship to the
Company’s investment guidelines and market conditions. Short-term investments consist of corporate and various
government agency and municipal debt securities. Management classifies the Company’s short-term investments as
available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in
stockholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary, if any, are
included in operations. A decline in the market value of any available-for-sale security below cost that is deemed to
be other than temporary, results in an impairment in the fair value of the investment. The impairment is charged to
earnings and a new cost basis for the security is established. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over
the life of the related available-for-sale security. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned. The
cost of security sold is calculated using the specific identification method. The following is a summary of available-
for-sale securities at March 31, 2005 (amounts in thousands):
Government agency bonds
Municipal bonds
Corporate preferred stock
Adjusted
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair Value
$ 639,720 $
3,626
34,175
$ 677,521 $
---
---
---
---
$ 11,601
46
---
$ 11,647
$ 628,119
3,580
34,175
$ 665,874
The following is a summary of available-for-sale securities at March 31, 2004 (amounts in thousands):
State student loan bonds
Government agency bonds
Municipal bonds
Corporate preferred stock
Fixed rate annuity contracts
Adjusted
Cost
$ 15,600
338,491
3,706
3,000
7,547
$ 368,344 $
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair Value
$
---
872
---
---
---
872
$
$
---
---
---
---
---
---
$
15,600
339,363
3,706
3,000
7,547
$ 369,216
The Company’s unrealized losses of $11.6 million were due to fluctuations in interest rates. Management does not
believe any of the unrealized losses represented an other-than-temporary impairment based on its evaluation of
available evidence as of March 31, 2005.
During the year ended March 31, 2005, the Company did not have any gross realized gains or losses on sales of
available-for-sale securities. During the year ended March 31, 2004, the Company had a gross realized gain of
$8,000 on sales of available-for-sale securities.
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of the available-for-sale securities at March 31, 2005, by maturity, are
shown below (amounts in thousands). Expected maturities can differ from contractual maturities because the issuers
of the securities may have the right to prepay obligations without prepayment penalties, and the Company views its
available-for-sale securities as available for current operations.
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Available-for-sale
Due in one year or less
Due after one year and through five years
Due after five years through ten years
Due after ten years
Adjusted
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair Value
$ 76,646
566,700
---
34,175
$677,521
$
$
---
---
---
---
---
$
531
11,116
---
---
$ 11,647
$ 76,115
555,584
---
34,175
$ 665,874
6.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Accounts receivable consists of the following (amounts in thousands):
Trade accounts receivable
Other
March 31,
2005
2004
$ 116,689
216
116,905
$ 111,548
152
111,700
Less allowance for doubtful accounts
3,817
3,810
$ 113,088
$ 107,890
7.
INVENTORIES
The components of inventories are as follows (amounts in thousands):
Raw materials
Work in process
Finished goods
March 31,
2005
2004
$
4,852
73,295
25,581
$ 103,728
$
9,169
57,589
27,756
$ 94,514
Inventory impairment charges establish a new cost basis for inventory and charges are not subsequently reversed to
income even if circumstances later suggest that increased carrying amounts are recoverable.
8.
OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Other current assets consists of the following (amounts in thousands):
Assets held-for-sale
Income tax receivable
Accrued interest receivable
Other current assets
March 31,
2005
2004
$
---
---
6,273
1,730
$
60,414
6,862
1,341
5,444
$
8,003
$
74,061
The assets held-for-sale at March 31, 2004 of $60.4 million related primarily to Fab 3. These assets were
reclassified to held-for-future-use at March 31, 2005 and are included in property, plant and equipment. See
discussion of “Fab 3 Impairment Charge” in Footnote 4.
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9.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consists of the following (amounts in thousands):
Land
Building and building improvements
Machinery and equipment
Projects in process
Less accumulated depreciation
and amortization
March 31,
2005
2004
$
45,641
356,233
938,261
84,846
1,424,981
$
33,494
293,230
852,087
145,070
1,323,881
731,679
634,675
$ 693,302
$ 689,206
Property, plant and equipment at March 31, 2005 includes $12.1 million in land and $48.1 million in buildings and
building improvements related to Fab 3. These assets were included in other current assets at March 31, 2004 since
they were classified as assets held-for-sale prior to the Company’s recent decision to retain them for future use (see
Note 4).
Depreciation and amortization expense attributed to property, plant and equipment was $119.0 million, $109.8
million and $109.6 million for the years ending March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. In addition to
depreciation and amortization expense, accelerated depreciation charges of $30.6 million in the year ended
March 31, 2004, related to the Company’s Fab 1 shutdown, are included in cost of sales.
10.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The table below summarizes the gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible
assets (amounts in thousands):
Gross
Amount
March 31, 2005
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Amount
Developed technology
Distribution rights
$
$
14,566
4,804
19,370
$
(8,793)
(1,288)
$ (10,081)
$
$
5,773
3,516
9,289
Gross
Amount
March 31, 2004
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Amount
Developed technology
Distribution rights
$
$
13,566
4,804
18,370
$
$
(7,846)
(826)
(8,672)
$
$
5,720
3,978
9,698
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The Company amortizes intangible assets over their expected useful lives, which range between 1 and 10 years. The
weighted average total amortization period for the Company’s intangible assets at March 31, 2005 was 7 years,
consisting of 6 years for developed technology and 10 years for distribution rights. The following is an expected
amortization schedule for the intangible assets for the fiscal years March 31, 2006 through March 31, 2010, absent
any future acquisitions or impairment charges (amounts in thousands):
Year Ending
March 31,
Projected
Amortization Expense
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
$ 1,403
1,545
1,646
1,645
978
The Company has not recorded any impairment losses associated with the intangible assets acquired.
11.
SHORT-TERM DEBT
The Company had short-term debt of $45.5 million as of March 31, 2005. The short-term debt is a result of
repurchase agreements that are in place with two of the Company’s investment brokerages. The short-term debt is
collateralized with $47.5 million of the Company’s short-term investments. The short-term debt had a weighted
average interest rate of 2.71% as of March 31, 2005. The Company used these borrowings to fund the activity under
its stock repurchase programs beginning in the second quarter of the year ended March 31, 2005.
The Company has an unsecured line of credit with a financial institution in Asia for up to $5.0 million (U.S. dollar
equivalent). There were no borrowings against this line of credit as of March 31, 2005, but an allocation of
$0.4 million of the available line was made, relating to import guarantees associated with the Company’s business in
Thailand. There are no covenants associated with the foreign line of credit. The foreign line of credit is due to
expire in July 2005.
12.
ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities consist of the following (amounts in thousands):
March 31,
2005
2004
Income taxes
Other accrued expenses
$ 101,406
33,747
$ 91,771
32,280
$ 135,153
$ 124,051
13.
INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes is as follows (amounts in thousands):
Current expense:
Federal
State
Foreign
Total current
2005
Year Ended March 31,
2004
2003
$
34,320
3,436
8,858
46,614
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$
37,580
3,268
11,974
52,822
$
32,602
2,835
10,321
45,758
Deferred expense (benefit):
Federal
State
Foreign
Total deferred
Less: deferred tax benefit
allocated to cumulative effect of
accounting method
5,908
591
10,370
16,869
(3,795)
(330)
(8,063)
(12,188)
(19,892)
(1,730)
(2,124)
(23,746)
---
---
6,645
$
63,483
$
40,634
$
28,657
The tax benefit associated with the exercise of employee stock options reduced taxes currently payable by
$15.3 million, $37.6 million and $18.0 million for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
These amounts were credited to additional paid-in capital in each of the three fiscal years.
The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal tax rate to
income before income taxes. The sources and tax effects of the differences in the total income tax provision for
income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle are as follows (amounts in thousands):
Computed expected provision
$ 97,044
$ 62,264
$ 44,916
2005
Year Ended March 31,
2004
2003
State income taxes, net
of federal benefits
Foreign export sales benefit
Research and development
tax credits
Foreign income taxed at
lower than the federal rate
2,738
(1,111)
1,424
(96)
554
(2,278)
(4,750)
(4,000)
(2,959)
(30,438)
(18,958)
(11,576)
$ 63,483
$ 40,634
$ 28,657
Pretax income from foreign operations was $199.0 million, $136.3 million and $108.2 million for the years ended
March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Unremitted foreign earnings that are considered to be permanently
invested outside the United States, and on which no deferred taxes have been provided, amounted to approximately
$766.0 million at March 31, 2005. Should the Company elect in the future to repatriate a portion of the foreign
earnings so invested, the Company would incur income tax expense on such repatriation, net of any available
deductions and foreign tax credits. This would result in additional income tax expense beyond the computed
expected provision in such periods.
In December 2004, the FASB issued Financial Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 109-2, “Accounting and Disclosure
Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004” (FSP
109-2). On October 22, 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Act”) was signed into law. The Act
creates a temporary incentive for U.S. corporations to repatriate accumulated income earned abroad by including an
85 percent deduction for certain foreign earnings that are repatriated, as defined in the Act, at an effective tax cost of
5.25 percent. FSP 109-2 is effective immediately and provides accounting and disclosure guidance for the
repatriation provision. FSP 109-2 allows companies additional time to evaluate the effects of the law on its
unremitted earnings for the purpose of applying the “indefinite reversal criteria” under APB 23, “Accounting for
Income Taxes – Special Areas,” and requires explanatory disclosures from companies that have not yet completed
the evaluation.
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The Company is in the process of evaluating whether it will repatriate any foreign earnings under the Act and, if so,
the amount that it will repatriate. However, the Company does not expect to be able to complete this evaluation
until later in fiscal 2006. Based on our preliminary analysis, the range of possible amounts that the Company is
considering for repatriation under this provision is between zero and $500 million. The related potential range of
income tax is between zero and approximately $28.7 million. The Company expects to determine the amounts and
sources of foreign earnings to be repatriated, if any, during fiscal year 2006.
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred
tax liabilities are as follows (amounts in thousands):
March 31,
2005
2004
Deferred tax assets:
Intercompany profit in inventory
Deferred income on shipments to distributors
Inventory valuation
Net operating loss carryforward
Tax credit carryforward
Fab 3 impairment
Fab 1 closure and impairment charges
Accrued expenses and other
Gross deferred tax assets
$ 11,616
22,699
8,020
5,942
47,337
---
---
9,483
105,097
$ 10,887
34,500
1,987
12,531
29,944
15,977
10,421
9,799
126,046
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment, principally
due to differences in depreciation
Other
Gross deferred tax liability
Net deferred tax asset
(23,258)
(1,298)
(24,556)
$ 80,541
(28,958)
(1,746)
(30,704)
$ 95,342
The Fab 3 asset changed classifications from an asset held-for-sale at March 31, 2004 to an asset held-for-future-use
at March 31, 2005. At March 31, 2005, any tax effects of temporary differences related to Fab 3 are included in the
deferred tax liability related to depreciation on property, plant and equipment.
Management believes that the results of future operations will generate sufficient taxable income such that it is
“more likely than not” that deferred tax assets will be realized.
On June 5, 2002, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of PowerSmart Inc. in a taxable stock
acquisition. As a result of the PowerSmart acquisition, $6.7 million of net deferred tax assets were acquired
consisting of a deferred tax asset of $8.8 million relating primarily to net operating loss carryforwards and a deferred
tax liability of $2.1 million relating to intangible assets acquired.
At March 31, 2005, the Company had a net operating loss carryforward for federal income tax purposes of
approximately $15.4 million, which begins to expire in varying amounts in the years 2018 through 2022. The net
operating loss carryforward is attributable to the acquisition of PowerSmart. An analysis of the annual limitation on
the utilization of the PowerSmart net operating losses was performed in accordance with Internal Revenue Code
Section 382. It was determined that Section 382 will not limit the use of the PowerSmart net operating losses in full
over the carryover period.
At March 31, 2005, the Company had recorded credit carryforwards of approximately $19.7 million for foreign tax
credits, $22.9 million for research and development credits, and $4.7 million for alternative minimum tax credits.
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The foreign tax credits begin to expire in varying amounts in the years ending March 31, 2006 through March 31,
2010, the research and development credits begin to expire in varying amounts in the years ending March 31, 2011
through March 31, 2025 and the alternative minimum tax credits have no expiration date. The Company believes
that all of its credit carryforwards will be utilized in future periods.
The Company’s Thailand manufacturing operations currently benefit from numerous tax holidays granted to the
Company based on its investment in property, plant and equipment in Thailand. Although the Company’s tax
holidays in Thailand partially expired in October 2003, the Company’s manufacturing operations in Thailand are
being conducted using primarily equipment that was invested pursuant to tax holidays that do not begin to expire
until September 2006. The aggregate dollar benefits derived from these tax holidays approximated $11.5 million,
$45.3 million and $31.4 million for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The benefit the
tax holiday had on net income per share approximated $0.05, $0.21 and $0.15 for the years ended March 31, 2005,
2004 and 2003, respectively. The reduction in the benefits derived from the Company’s tax holiday in Thailand in
the year ended March 31, 2005 compared to the year ended March 31, 2004 was a result of changes in the
Company’s overall international tax structure. These changes did not have a material impact on the Company’s
overall effective tax rate.
The Company is currently under audit by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for its fiscal years ended
March 31, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. The IRS has proposed certain adjustments related to positions reflected on
these tax returns. The IRS has issued formal assessments for these adjustments. The Company does not agree with
these adjustments and intends to appeal these assessments. The Company believes that it maintains adequate tax
reserves to offset the potential liabilities that may arise upon final resolution of the audit through either settlement or
the appeals process with the IRS. If such amounts ultimately prove to be unnecessary, the resulting reversal of such
reserves would result in tax benefits being recorded in the period the reserves are no longer deemed necessary. If
such amounts ultimately prove to be less than the ultimate assessment, a future charge to expense would result. The
Company has included in income taxes payable reserves for potential losses. Should such losses occur, they would
result in the reduction of deferred tax assets or payments of amounts accrued.
14.
CONTINGENCIES
The Company’s assembly and test facility in Thailand is located in Alphatechnopolis Industrial Park near Bangkok
on land to which the Company expects to acquire title in accordance with its agreement with the landowner.
Progress towards obtaining full title of the land has been delayed due to a complex financial restructuring situation
relating to the seller of the land. At this time it is not possible to estimate when, or if, full title will be completed.
The Company has provided reserves that it estimates will be adequate to obtain full title. Such reserves are set at the
estimated fair value of the land.
In the ordinary course of its business, the Company is involved in a limited number of legal actions, both as plaintiff
and defendant, and could incur uninsured liability in any one or more of them. Although the outcome of these
actions is not presently determinable, the Company believes that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not
harm its business. Litigation relating to the semiconductor industry is not uncommon, and the Company is, and
from time to time has been, subject to such litigation. In the Company’s opinion, based on consultation with legal
counsel, as of March 31, 2005, the effect of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
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15.
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Stockholder Rights Plan. Effective October 11, 1999, the Company adopted an Amended and Restated Preferred
Shares Rights Agreement (the “Amended Rights Agreement”). The Amended Rights Agreement amends and
restates the Preferred Share Rights Agreement adopted by the Company as of February 13, 1995 (the “Prior Rights
Agreement”). Under the Prior Rights Agreement, on February 13, 1995, the Company’s Board of Directors
declared a dividend of one right (a “Right”) to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of the Company’s Series A
Participating Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”) for each outstanding share of common stock, $.001 par value, of
the Company. The dividend was payable on February 24, 1995 to stockholders of record as of the close of business
on that date. The Amended Rights Agreement supersedes the Prior Rights Agreement as originally executed. Under
the Amended Rights Agreement, each Right enables the holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of
a share of Series A Preferred at a purchase price of seventy four dollars and seven cents ($74.07) (the “Purchase
Price”), subject to adjustment. Under the Amended Rights Agreement, the rights will become exercisable upon the
earlier of (i) 10 days following a public announcement that a person or a group of affiliated or associated persons
has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Company’s outstanding
common shares, or (ii) 10 days (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company’s Board of
Directors) following the commencement of, or announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange
offer the consummation of which would result in a beneficial ownership by a person or group of 15% or more of the
Company’s outstanding common shares.
Stock Repurchase Activity. On August 7, 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to
repurchase up to 2,500,000 shares of its common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.
As of March 31, 2005, the Company had repurchased the entire 2,500,000 common share authorization for
$59.3 million. On March 11, 2004, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional
2,500,000 shares of its common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. As of March 31,
2005, the Company had repurchased the entire 2,500,000 common share authorization for $66.1 million. On April
22, 2004, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional 2,500,000 shares of its
common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. As of March 31, 2005, the Company had
repurchased 884,900 shares under this authorization for $23.3 million. As of March 31, 2005, all but 818,332 of the
purchased shares under the authorizations had been reissued to fund stock option exercises and purchases under the
Company’s employee stock purchase plan. During the twelve months ended March 31, 2003, the Company
purchased 1,264,700 shares of its common stock for $27.1 million. During the twelve months ended March 31,
2004, the Company purchased 2,435,400 shares of its common stock for $63.9 million, of which $10.6 million was
not paid until April 2004 and is reflected in the March 31, 2004 accounts payable balance. During the twelve
months ended March 31, 2005, the Company purchased 2,184,800 shares of its common stock for $57.7 million.
16.
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company maintains a contributory profit-sharing plan for its domestic employees meeting certain eligibility and
service requirements. The plan qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and allows employees to contribute up to 60% of their base salary, subject to maximum annual limitations
prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company shall make a matching contribution of up to 25% of the
first 4% of the participant’s eligible compensation and may award up to an additional 25% under the discretionary
match. All matches are provided on a quarterly basis and require the participant to be an active employee at the end
of each quarter. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company contributions to the plan
totaled $1.4 million, $1.1 million and $0.8 million, respectively.
The Company’s 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2001 Purchase Plan”) became effective on March 1,
2002. The Board of Directors approved the 2001 Purchase Plan in May 2001 and the stockholders approved it in
August 2001. Under the 2001 Purchase Plan, eligible employees of the Company may purchase shares of common
stock at semi-annual intervals through periodic payroll deductions. The purchase price in general will be 85% of the
lower of the fair market value of the common stock on the first day of the participant’s entry date into the offering
period or 85% of the fair market value on the semi-annual purchase date. Depending upon a participant’s entry date
into the 2001 Purchase Plan, purchase periods under the 2001 Purchase Plan consist of overlapping periods of either
24, 18, 12 or 6 months in duration. 2,450,000 shares of common stock have been previously reserved for issuance
under the 2001 Purchase Plan. In May 2003, the Board of Directors reserved an additional 975,000 shares of
common stock for issuance under the 2001 Purchase Plan, which was approved by the stockholders in August 2003.
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In May 2003 and August 2003, the Company’s Board and stockholders, respectively, each approved an annual
automatic increase in the number of shares reserved under the 2001 Purchase Plan. The automatic increase took
effect on January 1, 2005, and on each January 1 thereafter during the term of the plan, and is equal to the lesser of
(i) 1,500,000 shares, (ii) one half of one percent (0.5%) of the then outstanding shares of the Company’s common
stock, or (iii) such lesser amount as is approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. On January 1, 2005,
1,035,863 additional shares were reserved under the 2001 Purchase Plan based on the automatic increase.
During fiscal 1995, a purchase plan was adopted for employees in non-U.S. locations. Such plan allows for the
purchase price per share to be 100% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock on the beginning or
end of the semi-annual purchase plan period. Since the inception of this purchase plan, 348,593 shares of common
stock have been reserved for issuance and 232,254 shares have been issued under this purchase plan.
Effective January 1, 1997, the Company adopted a non-qualified deferred compensation arrangement. This plan is
unfunded and is maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of
highly compensated employees as defined in ERISA Sections 201, 301 and 401. There are no Company matching
contributions made under this plan.
The Company has a management incentive compensation plan which provides for bonus payments, based on a
percentage of base salary, from an incentive pool created from operating profits of the Company, at the discretion of
the Board of Directors. During the years ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, $10.2 million and $1.8 million
was charged against operations for this plan, respectively. The Company did not make any payments under its
management incentive compensation plan during fiscal 2003.
The Company also has a plan that, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, provides a cash bonus to all
employees of the Company based on the operating profits of the Company. During the years ended March 31, 2005,
2004 and 2003, $4.9 million, $2.4 million and $1.8 million, respectively, were charged against operations for this
plan.
17.
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS
Under the Company’s equity incentive plans (the “Plans”), eligible participants may be granted different types of
equity incentive awards. No awards other than stock options have been awarded under our equity incentive plans as
of March 31, 2005. Officers, key employees, non-employee directors and consultants may be granted non-statutory
stock options to purchase shares of common stock at a price not less than 100% of the fair value of the option shares
on the grant date. Options granted under the Plans vest over the period determined by the Board of Directors at the
date of grant, at periods ranging from one year to four years. The maximum term of options granted under the Plans
is 10 years. The Company did not make any stock option grants to consultants during the years ended March 31,
2005, 2004 and 2003. At March 31, 2005, there were 15,122,075 shares available for grant under the Plans. The
per share weighted average fair value of stock options granted under the Plans for the years ended March 31, 2005,
2004 and 2003 was $15.82, $12.06 and $15.00, respectively, based on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
Expected life (years)
Risk-free interest rate
Volatility
Dividend yield
Year Ended March 31,
2004
5.19
2.90%
70%
0.48%
2003
5.00
2.80%
71%
0.48%
2005
5.30
3.78%
67%
0.97%
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Under the Plans, 105,281,645 shares of common stock had been reserved for issuance since the inception of the
Plans.
The stock option activity is as follows:
Outstanding at March 31, 2002
24,666,811
$
12.12
Options Outstanding
Shares
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Granted
Exercised
Canceled
Outstanding at March 31, 2003
Granted
Exercised
Canceled
Outstanding at March 31, 2004
Granted
Exercised
Canceled
5,126,899
(3,564,895)
(993,899)
25,234,916
4,186,351
(5,114,292)
(947,047)
23,359,928
2,693,824
(2,881,830)
(801,236)
25.76
6.47
18.11
15.45
20.68
8.79
21.53
17.60
27.35
12.78
23.34
Outstanding at March 31, 2005
22,370,686
$
19.19
The following table summarizes information about the stock options outstanding at March 31, 2005:
Range
Exercise Price
$ 0.009 -- $ 6.370
$ 6.525 -- $ 10.037
$ 10.407 -- $ 15.917
$ 16.167 -- $ 17.846
$ 18.480 -- $ 18.480
$ 18.649 -- $ 23.389
$ 23.700 -- $ 26.250
$ 26.600 -- $ 27.050
$ 27.153 -- $ 27.153
$ 27.170 -- $ 35.080
$ 0.009 -- $ 35.080
Number
Outstanding
2,475,899
2,941,161
2,858,854
192,097
2,420,121
3,130,839
2,317,374
1,814,983
2,618,266
1,601,092
22,370,686
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life
2.33
3.22
5.81
5.45
8.02
5.57
7.74
8.88
7.01
7.42
5.99
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
$ 5.74
$ 9.30
$ 15.62
$ 17.24
$ 18.48
$ 22.31
$ 25.04
$ 27.04
$ 27.15
$ 29.29
$ 19.19
Number
Exercisable
2,475,114
2,941,161
1,263,084
190,676
855,142
2,885,073
1,588,151
62,295
2,607,672
1,145,702
16,014,070
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
$ 5.74
$ 9.30
$ 15.24
$ 17.25
$ 18.48
$ 22.33
$ 24.86
$ 26.79
$ 27.15
$ 29.15
$ 18.09
At March 31, 2005 and 2004, the number of option shares exercisable was 16,014,070 and 11,583,715, respectively,
and the weighted-average exercise price of those options was $18.09 and $13.26, respectively.
The Company received a tax benefit of $15.3 million, $37.6 million and $18.0 million for the years ended March 31,
2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, from the exercise of non-qualified stock options and the disposition of stock
acquired with incentive stock options or through the Company’s employee stock purchase plan. For financial
reporting purposes, the tax effect of this deduction is accounted for as a credit to additional paid-in capital rather
than as a reduction of income tax expense.
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18.
LEASE COMMITMENTS
The Company leases office space, transportation and other equipment under operating leases, which expire at
various dates through March 31, 2010. The future minimum lease commitments under these leases are payable as
follows (amounts in thousands):
Year Ending
March 31,
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Total minimum payments
Operating
Leases
$ 4,183
3,081
1,522
522
195
$ 9,503
Rental expense under operating leases totaled $5.9 million, $5.4 million and $5.7 million for the years ended
March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
19.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
The Company operates in one operating segment and engages primarily in the design, development, manufacture
and marketing of semiconductor products. The Company sells its products to distributors and original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) in a broad range of market segments, performs on-going credit evaluations of its customers
and generally requires no collateral. The Company’s operations outside the United States consist of product
assembly and final test facilities in Thailand, and sales and support centers and design centers in certain foreign
countries. Domestic operations are responsible for the design, development and wafer fabrication of all products, as
well as the coordination of production planning and shipping to meet worldwide customer commitments. The
Thailand assembly and test facility is reimbursed in relation to value added with respect to assembly and test
operations and other functions performed, and certain foreign sales offices receive compensation for export sales
within their territory. Accordingly, for financial statement purposes, it is not meaningful to segregate sales or
operating profits for the assembly and test and foreign sales office operations. Identifiable long-lived assets
(consisting of property, plant and equipment and goodwill) by geographic area are as follows (amounts in
thousands):
United States
Thailand
Various
March 31,
2005
2004
$ 622,287
100,622
2,279
$ 608,343
111,730
1,479
Total long-lived assets
$
725,188
$ 721,552
Sales to unaffiliated customers located outside the United States, primarily in Asia and Europe, aggregated
approximately 73%, 71% and 71% of consolidated net sales for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003,
respectively. Sales to customers in Europe represented 27%, 28% and 27% of consolidated net sales for the years
ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Sales to customers in Asia represented 43%, 41% and 39% of
consolidated net sales for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Sales into China, including
Hong Kong, represented 16%, 14% and 13% of consolidated net sales for the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and
2003, respectively. Sales into Taiwan represented 10% of consolidated net sales for the year ended March 31, 2005.
Sales into any other individual foreign country did not exceed 10% of the Company’s net sales for any of the years
presented.
The Company had two distributors who represented more than 10% of its net sales during fiscal 2005 and fiscal
2004. The Company’s largest distributor accounted for approximately 13% of its net sales and its second largest
distributor accounted for approximately 12% of net sales in fiscal 2005. The Company’s largest distributor
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accounted for approximately 13% of its net sales and its second largest distributor accounted for approximately 12%
of its net sales in fiscal 2004. In fiscal 2003, the Company had one distributor that accounted for approximately
12% of its net sales.
20.
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying amount of cash equivalents approximates fair value because their maturity is less than three months.
The carrying amount of short-term investments approximates fair value because the longer-term instruments have
interest rate reset features that regularly adjust to current market rates. The carrying amount of accounts receivable,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of the amounts. The
fair value of capital lease obligations, long-term debt and lines of credit approximate their carrying value as they are
estimated by discounting the future cash flows at rates currently offered to the Company for similar debt
instruments.
The Company has entered into certain financial instruments in the normal course of business to reduce its exposure
to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. These financial instruments include standby letters of credit and foreign
currency forward contracts. When engaging in forward contracts, risks arise from the possible inability of
counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in securities values, interest rates and
foreign exchange rates. At March 31, 2005, there were no foreign currency forward contracts outstanding. At
March 31, 2004, the Company held contracts with nominal amounts totaling $3.2 million, which were entered into
and hedged the Company’s foreign currency risk. The value of the contracts is based on quoted market prices. The
contracts matured in June 2004. Unrealized gains and losses as of the balance sheet dates and realized gains and
losses for the years ending March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 were not material.
21.
NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands except per
share amounts):
2005
Year Ended March 31,
2004
2003
Net income
$ 213,785
$ 137,262
$
88,232
Weighted average common shares
outstanding
206,740
206,032
202,483
Dilutive effect of stock options
5,222
6,140
8,163
Weighted average common and common
equivalent shares outstanding
211,962
212,172
210,646
Basic net income per common share
Diluted net income per common share
$
$
1.03
1.01
$
$
0.67
0.65
$
$
0.44
0.42
Weighted average common shares exclude the effect of antidilutive options. As of March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003,
the number of options that were antidilutive were 1,310,018, 4,532,872 and 4,282,029, respectively.
22.
QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED)
The following table presents the Company’s selected unaudited quarterly operating results for eight quarters ended
March 31, 2005. The Company believes that all necessary adjustments have been made to present fairly the related
quarterly results (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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Fiscal 2005
First
Quarter
Second
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Fourth
Quarter
Total
Net sales
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income
Diluted net income per common share
$ 212,775
121,459
49,854
43,799
0.21
$ 220,694
126,377
75,051
60,443
0.29
$ 205,384
116,788
65,622
53,140
0.25
$ 208,083
119,351
68,120
56,403
0.27
$ 846,936
483,975
258,647
213,785
1.01
Fiscal 2004
First
Quarter
Second
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Fourth
Quarter
Total
Net sales
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income
Diluted net income per common share
$ 161,283
55,521
10,512
13,470
0.06
$ 168,486
91,194
47,594
36,104
0.17
$ 177,967
97,019
53,852
40,843
0.19
$ 191,524
106,225
59,336
46,845
0.22
$ 699,260
349,959
171,294
137,262
0.65
Refer to Note 4, Special Charges, for an explanation of the unusual and infrequent items that occurred in the
applicable fiscal quarters that materially impacted the Company’s operating results.
23.
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Cash paid for income taxes amounted to $15.6 million, $4.6 million and $5.2 million during the years ended
March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Cash paid for interest amounted to $0.8 million, $0.2 million and
$0.5 million during the years ended March 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Included in the special charge for
the year ended March 31, 2003 was a non-cash amount of $41.5 million, which pertained to the write-down of the
Fab 3 fixed assets.
Treasury stock purchases for which settlement has not occurred are included as treasury stock repurchased in
shareholders’ equity and accounts payable and amounted to $10.6 million and $0.5 million as of March 31, 2004 and
2003, respectively.
A summary of additions and deductions related to the allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended March 31,
2005, 2004 and 2003 follows (amounts in thousands):
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
2005
2004
2003
Balance at
beginning
of year
Charged to
costs and
expenses
Deductions (1)
Balance at
end of year
$ 3,810
3,768
3,937
$
7
250
60
$
0
(208)
(229)
$ 3,817
3,810
3,768
(1) Deductions represent uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.
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24.
DIVIDENDS
On October 28, 2002, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved and instituted a quarterly
cash dividend on its common stock. The initial quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share was paid on December 6, 2003
in the amount of $4.1 million. The Company has continued to pay quarterly dividends and has increased the amount
of such dividends on a regular basis. During the year ended March 31, 2005, the Company paid dividends totaling
$0.208 per share for a total dividend payment of $43.0 million. During the year ended March 31, 2004, the
Company paid dividends totaling $0.113 per share for a total dividend payment of $23.3 million.
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MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
LIST OF SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
Exhibit 21.1
Microchip Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
14 Moo 1, T. Wangtakien
A. Muang Chacherngsao
Chacherngsao 24000
Thailand
Microchip Technology (Barbados) Incorporated
Hastings Business Services Limited
Hastings, Christ Church
Barbados
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Form S-8 Nos. 33-59686, 33-80072, 33-81690,
33-83196, 333-872, 333-40791, 333-67215, 333-93571, 333-51322, 333-53876, 333-73506, 333-96791, 333-99655, 333-
101696, 333-103764, 333-109486 and 333-119939) of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our reports dated May 17,
2005 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Microchip Technology Incorporated , Microchip Technology
Incorporated management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting of Microchip Technology Incorporated, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-
K) for the year ended March 31, 2005.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
May 20, 2005
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CERTIFICATION
Exhibit 31.1
I, Steve Sanghi, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed, this Form 10-K of Microchip Technology Incorporated;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and l5d-l5(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to
be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 23, 2005
/s/ Steve Sanghi
Steve Sanghi
President and CEO
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CERTIFICATION
Exhibit 31.2
I, Gordon Parnell, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed, this Form 10-K of Microchip Technology Incorporated;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and l5d-l5(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to
be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 23, 2005
/s/ Gordon W. Parnell
Gordon W. Parnell
Vice President and CFO
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Exhibit 32
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Steve Sanghi, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report of Microchip Technology Incorporated on Form 10-K for the period
ended March 31, 2005 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of Microchip Technology Incorporated.
By: /s/ Steve Sanghi
Name: Steve Sanghi
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 23, 2005
I, Gordon W. Parnell, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report of Microchip Technology Incorporated on Form 10-K for the
period ended March 31, 2005 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of Microchip Technology Incorporated.
By: /s/ Gordon W. Parnell
Name: Gordon W. Parnell
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: May 23, 2005
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Board of Directors and Officers
Board of Directors
Corporate Officers
Steve Sanghi
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Microchip Technology Inc.
Matthew W. Chapman
President and CEO
Centrisoft Corporation
L.B. Day
President
L.B. Day & Co., Inc.
Albert J. Hugo-Martinez
Chief Executive Officer
Hugo-Martinez & Associates
Wade F. Meyercord
President
Meyercord & Associates, Inc.
Appointed Officers
J. Eric Bjornholt
Secretary
Richard A. Bosshardt
Vice President, Worldwide Distribution Sales
Paul R. Breault
Vice President, Americas Sales
Randall L. Drwinga
Vice President, ROM Microcontroller and
Memory Division
Michael A. Finley
Vice President, Fab 2 Operations
Bryan J. Liddiard
Vice President, Analog and Interface
Marketing
Robert J. Lloyd
Vice President, Site Services and
Facilities Management
Steve Sanghi
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
Stephen V. Drehobl
Vice President, Security, Microcontroller and
Technology Development Division
David S. Lambert
Vice President, Fab Operations
Mitchell R. Little
Vice President, Worldwide Sales and
Applications
Ganesh Moorthy
Vice President, Advanced Microcontroller and
Memory Division
Gordon W. Parnell
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Richard J. Simoncic
Vice President, Analog and Interface Products
Division
Sumit K. Mitra
Vice President, Digital Signal Controller Division
John F. Oatley
Vice President, Pacific Rim Manufacturing
Operations
Mitchel Obolsky
Vice President, Advanced Microcontroller
Architecture Division
Robert H. Owen
Vice President, Information Services
Lawrence G. Ross
Vice President, Asia Pacific Sales
Dan L. Termer
Vice President, Vertical Markets Group
William Yang
Vice President, Pacific Rim Finance
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Ernst & Young LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
Legal Counsel
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Palo Alto, California
Austin, Texas
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Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
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Microchip Technology Incorporated
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Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Microchip Technology
Incorporated will be held at the Company’s Chandler facility,
2355 West Chandler Boulevard, Chandler, Arizona, on Monday,
August 15, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Common Stock
Microchip Technology’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq
National Market under the symbol “MCHP.” The following table
sets forth the quarterly high and low closing prices as reported by
the Nasdaq National Market for our last two fiscal years.
LOW
$26.80
$25.26
$26.03
$24.28
LOW
$18.15
$23.66
$24.56
$25.29
FISCAL 2005
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
FISCAL 2004
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
HIGH
$32.63
$30.61
$30.63
$28.49
HIGH
$24.86
$28.19
$36.03
$34.67
Corporate Facilities
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Additional Company information, along with the most recent
financial and product information and press releases, can be
accessed at: www.microchip.com.
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The statements contained in this annual report relating to our positioning to take advantage of future market demands and the low risk of such action, continuing to push
operating margins higher, our ample manufacturing capacity to address additional customer demand, planning to maintain low capital expenditures in fiscal 2006, actions
positioning us for continued long-term growth, continuing to seek out and win new 8-bit microcontroller opportunities, strong interest from current and new customers in our
8-bit microcontrollers, seeding the market for additional design wins, the continued strong interest in our products, our ability to continue to gain market share and outpace the
semiconductor industry, penetrating additional digital and analog opportunities, 8-bit market continuing to grow and anticipated growth rate of such market, continuing to grow
market share, our ability to grow our 8-bit microcontroller market share, our ability to take advantage of the growing market demand for Flash microcontrollers, our initiatives
to develop and expand our microcontroller offering, our belief there is an addressable DSC market of approximately $2 billion annually, that we have the right products to grow
in op amps and comparators, our future innovations in secure data products, future innovations in power management products, our growth potential in the large A/D market,
our ability to seamlessly integrate analog technology onto the microcontroller, our estimates of the thermal sensor market and silicon-based temperature sensor market, strong
growth potential for interface devices, expansion of our serial EEPROM product line, the number of tool sales being a leading indicator of continued customer acceptance and
our plans to develop and innovate our development tools are forward looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially because of the following factors, among others: changes in demand or market acceptance of our products and the products of
our customers; our ability to ramp products into volume production; the level of orders that are received and can be shipped in a quarter; levels of inventories at our distributors
and other customers; the mix of inventory we hold and our ability to satisfy short-term orders from our inventory; changes in customer order pattern and seasonality; the level at
which design wins become actual orders and sales; pricing pressures; changes in utilization of our manufacturing capacity; our ability to continue to secure sufficient assembly
and testing capacity; disruptions in international transport or delivery occasioned by terrorist activity, armed conflict, war or an unexpected increase in the price of, or decrease
in supply of, oil; impact of events outside the United States, such as the business impact of fluctuating currency rates or unrest or political instability; general industry, economic
and political conditions; the impact on our business and on customer order patterns due to major health concerns; financial stability in foreign markets; our ability to maintain
operating margins; our timely introduction of new technologies; competitive factors, such as competing architectures and manufacturing technologies; the costs and outcome of
any tax audit or any litigation involving intellectual property, customers or other issues; our ability to continue to ramp products into volume production at Fab 4 and production
execution at Fab 4; and the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel in the Gresham, Oregon, area.
For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to Microchip’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Our fiscal
2005 Form 10-K is contained in this document. Additionally, you can obtain copies of our Forms 10-K and 10-Q and any other relevant documents for free at the SEC’s web site
(www.sec.gov) or from commercial document retrieval services.
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Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and in other countries. I²C is a trademark of Philips Corporation. IrDA is a registered trademark of Infrared Data Association. All other
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