Super Micro Computer, Inc 8-K, filed Mar 16, 2022
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI)
8-K
2022-03-16
For: 2022-03-11
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About this 8-K
Super Micro Computer, Inc filed this 8-K on March 16, 2022, reporting on events of March 11, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 11, 2022
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events | ||||
On March 11, 2022, Super Micro Computer, Inc. (the “Company”), together with the individual defendants, entered into an agreement in principle with plaintiff’s counsel to settle the previously-disclosed securities class action filed in 2018 captioned Hessefort v. Super Micro Computer, Inc., et al., No. 18-cv-00838-JST (N.D. Cal.) (the “Hessefort Litigation”). Pursuant to the terms of the agreement in principle, which is subject to formal documentation in the ordinary course including entry into a definitive stipulation of settlement, as well as notice to the settlement class and approval by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”), plaintiff will dismiss with prejudice and release on behalf of a class of shareholders all claims against defendants, including the Company, in exchange for payment of $18,250,000, of which sum $2,000,000 will be funded by the Company. This settlement, if approved by the Court, will fully resolve the Hessefort Litigation.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||||
| (d) Exhibits | ||||||||
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 104 | ||||||||
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 hereunto duly authorized.
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: March 16, 2022 | By: | /s/ Charles Liang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||