As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2018
Registration No. 333-209244
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MICROSEMI CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 95-2110371 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
One Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2008 Equity Plan
(Full title of the plan)
J. Eric Bjornholt
Chief Financial Officer
Microsemi Corporation
One Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
(949) 380-6100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following registration statement filed by Microsemi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Registrant):
| Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-209244) (the Registration Statement), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on January 29, 2016, which registered the offer and sale of 2,893,430 shares of the Registrants common stock issuable pursuant to assumed restricted stock units under the PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2008 Equity Plan. |
The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to withdraw and remove any unissued and unsold securities issuable by the Registrant pursuant to the above-referenced Registration Statement.
On May 29, 2018, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 1, 2018 (the Agreement), by and among the Registrant, Microchip Technology Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (Parent), and Maple Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Subsidiary), the Merger Subsidiary merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
As a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, the Registrant has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the above-referenced Registration Statement. Accordingly the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes and withdraws from registration all such securities of the Registrant registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date this Post-Effective Amendment.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on May 29, 2018. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
MICROSEMI CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ J. Eric Bjornholt | |
J. Eric Bjornholt | ||
Chief Financial Officer |