MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 10-Q

Item 5. Other Information   Certain of our executive officers have entered into trading plans pursuant to Rule 10b5 - 1 (c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A trading plan is a written document that pre-establishes the amounts, prices and dates (or formula for determining the amounts, prices and dates) of future purchases or sales of our common stock, including the exercise and sale of shares acquired pursuant to the Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, amended and restated as of August 16, 2023, and upon vesting of RSUs.     The following table summarizes the adoption of trading plans intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) during the three months ended June 30, 2023:   Name and Title   Adoption Date   Plan Duration   Intended Sale Amount (in shares)   Saria Tseng, Vice President, Strategic Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary   May 31, 2023   One year   20,000     The following table summarizes the termination of trading plans intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) during the three months ended June 30, 2023:   Name and Title   Termination Date   Plan Duration   Intended Sale Amount (in shares)     Sold Amount (in shares)   Jeff Zhou, Director   May 31, 2023   One year   2,000     200     During the three months ended June 30, 2023, no pre-existing trading plans intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) were modified, and no other written trading arrangements that are not intended to qualify for the Rule 10b5-1(c) affirmative defense were adopted, modified, or terminated.   55 Table of Contents   Item 6. Exhibits   Exhibit No. Description 10.1+(1) Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Amended and Restated as of August 16, 2023. 31.1 Certification  of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 31.2 Certification  of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.1* Certification  of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document 101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)   + Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. (1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-51026), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2023. * This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any filings.   56 Table of Contents   MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC   SIGNATURES   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.     MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.           Dated: August 4, 2023         By: /s/ T. Bernie Blegen       T. Bernie Blegen       Chief Financial Officer       (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal       Financial and Accounting Officer)     57