AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, HERO ACQUISITION CORPORATION and ATMEL CORPORATION Dated as of January 19, 2016Agreement and Plan of Merger • January 19th, 2016 • Microchip Technology Inc • Semiconductors & related devices • New York
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 19, 2016 (this “Agreement”), is by and among Microchip Technology Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Hero Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Atmel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined where first used have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Section 8.3(e).
