Insider trade

CFO sold ~$272K of MCHP shares in the open market

Traded Feb 24, 2026 · Filed Feb 26, 2026

~$272K
Reported value · 3,530 sh @ $77.09: 30K
Holds after · shares reported: +3.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.2%, $75.93 → $78.50 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Microchip Technology sold $272K 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 24, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 26, 2026

CFOIndirect holding$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$272,128

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

19 days after results of Feb 5, 2026, 72 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 $75.93 on Feb 24, 2026, 115% above its 52-week low and 6% below its high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $35.34 (Apr 8, 2025) to $80.75 (Feb 11, 2026), 89% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $75.22 on Jan 9, 2026. 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	-13.2%	-2.0%	-11.2%
30 days	-19.5%	-7.9%	-11.7%
90 days	+28.7%	+10.0%	+18.7%
180 days	-0.8%	+11.7%	-12.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001452681-26-000014
Filed / recorded: Feb 26, 2026, 9:27 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: James Eric Bjornholt
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SENIOR VP AND CFO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 24, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,530
Price per share: $77.09
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 30,142
Ownership form: Indirect — Shares held Indirectly, by Trust.
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 May 23, 2025.

Around the same time

7mo ago

431Shares · @ $49.2575

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

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7mo ago

580Shares · @ $49.2575

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

7mo ago

379Shares · @ $49.2575

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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431Shares · @ $49.2575

580Shares · @ $49.2575

379Shares · @ $49.2575

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