- Non-GAAP net sales of $552.0 million.

(PRNewswire) — (NASDAQ: MCHP) - Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today reported results for the three months ended December 31, 2015 as summarized in the following table:

 

GAAP net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 were $540.3 million, up 2.2% from GAAP net sales of $528.7 million in the prior year's third fiscal quarter.  GAAP net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 was $61.2 million, or 28 cents per diluted share, down 28.9% from GAAP net income of $86.1 million, or 39 cents per diluted share, in the prior year's third fiscal quarter.

Non-GAAP net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 were $552.0 million, up 3.0% from non-GAAP net sales of $535.8 million in the prior year's third fiscal quarter.  Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 was $138.4 million, or 64 cents per diluted share, down 3.4% from non-GAAP net income of $143.3 million, or 64 cents per diluted share, in the prior year's third fiscal quarter.  For the third quarters of fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, our non-GAAP results exclude the effect of share-based compensation, expenses related to our acquisition activities (including intangible asset amortization, inventory valuation costs, severance costs, and legal and other general and administrative expenses associated with acquisitions), GAAP non-recognition of revenue for inventory in the distribution channel at the acquisition dates for our acquisitions, revenue recognition changes related to Micrel distributors, revenue recognition changes related to ISSC distributors, non-cash interest expense on our convertible debentures, gains on equity securities, impairments on available-for-sale investments, the related income tax implications of these items and non-recurring tax events.  A reconciliation of our non-GAAP and GAAP results is included in this press release.

Microchip announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 35.9 cents per share.  The quarterly dividend is payable on March 7, 2016 to stockholders of record on February 22, 2016.

On January 19, 2016, Microchip announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Atmel Corporation for $8.15 per share in a combination of cash and shares of Microchip common stock.  The acquisition price represents a total equity value of about $3.56 billion , and a total enterprise value of about $3.40 billion , after excluding Atmel's cash and investments net of debt on its balance sheet of approximately $155.0 million as of December 31, 2015 .