MCHP Microchip Technology Incorporated

NASDAQ
$71.48

Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal Moderately bearish Selling ran elevated versus MCHP's own trailing one-year pace, with 92% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 1 seller in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
5
14 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$52.1M
578,822 shares
Net activity
-$52.1M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 92% planned / 8% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $47.7M 5 transactions · 533,997 shares
Discretionary sales $4.3M 9 transactions · 44,825 shares

Largest single sale: $36.9M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Bjornholt James Eric SENIOR CORPORATE VP AND CFO Sell 10b5-1 4,112 $75.32 $309.7K 28,573 −12.6% of holding
Bjornholt James Eric SENIOR CORPORATE VP AND CFO Sell 837 $80.26 $67.2K 30,960 −2.6% of holding
Simoncic Richard J CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Sell 5,000 $97.52 $487.6K 130,508 −3.7% of holding
CHAPMAN MATTHEW W Director Sell 3,000 $97.52 $292.5K 17,665 −14.5% of holding
Simoncic Richard J CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Sell 5,000 $93.44 $467.2K 135,508 −3.6% of holding
Bjornholt James Eric SENIOR VP AND CFO Sell 10b5-1 3,333 $90.64 $302.1K 28,907 −10.3% of holding
Bjornholt James Eric SENIOR VP AND CFO Sell 334 $93.11 $31.1K 28,573 −1.2% of holding
CHAPMAN MATTHEW W Director Sell 10,000 $95.48 $954.8K 20,665 −32.6% of holding
Simoncic Richard J CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Sell 83 $93.85 $7.8K 140,261 −0.1% of holding
Bunker Mathew B SENIOR VP, OPERATIONS Sell 10,571 $96.88 $1.0M 14,587 −42% of holding
Simoncic Richard J CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Sell 10,000 $97.55 $975.5K 136,127 −6.8% of holding
Sanghi Steve President, CEO and Chair of Bd Sell 10b5-1 76,469 $93.58 $7.2M 9,385,834 −0.8% of holding
Sanghi Steve President, CEO and Chair of Bd Sell 10b5-1 33,502 $92.37 $3.1M 9,462,303 −0.4% of holding
Sanghi Steve President, CEO and Chair of Bd Sell 10b5-1 416,581 $88.53 $36.9M 9,495,805 −4.2% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.