Insider trade

CEO sold ~$7.82M of MCHP shares in the open market

Traded Feb 12, 2026 · Filed Feb 17, 2026

~$7.82M
Reported value · 95K sh @ $82.4631: 9.83M
Holds after · shares reported: -0.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.1%, $78.92 → $78.50 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Microchip Technology sold $7.82M of Microchip Technology shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 12, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 17, 2026

CEOIndirect holding$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$7,823,192

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

7 days after results of Feb 5, 2026, 84 days before results of May 7, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $78.92 on Feb 12, 2026, within 3% of its 52-week high, after a 22% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $35.34 (Apr 8, 2025) to $80.75 (Feb 11, 2026), 96% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $64.68 on Dec 30, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-4.6%	+1.0%	-5.6%
30 days	-20.4%	-5.5%	-14.9%
90 days	+16.1%	+6.9%	+9.1%
180 days	+1.4%	+12.6%	-11.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001181928-26-000010
Filed / recorded: Feb 17, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC
Issuer CIK: 827054
Ticker: MCHP
Reporting person: Steve Sanghi
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: President, CEO and Chair of Bd
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 12, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 94,869
Price per share: $82.4631
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 9,827,450
Ownership form: Indirect — Shares held Indirectly, by Trust and by Family Limited Partnership.
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sale(s) reported in this Form 4 was/were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on June 6, 2025.
Of the 9,827,450 shares held, 3,921,578 shares were held by The Sanghi Trust; and 5,905,872 shares were held by The Sanghi Family Limited Partnership.