AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CO. and STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION Dated as of May 1, 2012Merger Agreement • May 2nd, 2012 • Standard Microsystems Corp • Semiconductors & related devices • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 1, 2012, by and among MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CO., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in Article I.
