Form 4 ATMEL CORP For: Apr 01 Filed by: VALITON ROBERT E JR

April 4, 2016 5:41 PM EDT

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

VALITON ROBERT E JR

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE

(Street)

SAN JOSE

95110

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ATMEL CORP [ ATML ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP, General Manager

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	04/01/2016		F		26,685	D	$ 8.12	444,157 ⁽¹⁾	D
Common Stock	04/04/2016		D		444,157	D	⁽²⁾	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects a non-market disposition undertaken to pay taxes for the Reporting Person in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units. No shares were actually sold by the Reporting Person.

2. Disposed of pursuant to merger agreement among Microchip Technology Corporation, Hero Acquisition Corporation and Atmel Corporation as follows: (a) 66,441 shares of common stock were disposed in exchange for, and converted into the right to receive, per share (i) $7.00 in cash and (ii) a fraction of a share of Microchip common stock having a market value of $1.15, calculated in accordance with the merger agreement and (b) 377,716 shares constituting Issuer time-based restricted stock units which were assumed by Microchip and were converted into the right to receive, upon vesting in accordance with time-based vesting schedules subject to earlier acceleration in accordance with the Issuer's change of control plans, such number of shares of Microchip common stock equal to (i) 377,716 multiplied by (ii) $8.15 divided by the market value of a share of Microchip common stock, calculated in accordance with the merger agreement.

	/s/ Steven Ruskin, attorney-in-fact for Robert E. Valiton, Jr.	04/04/2016
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