8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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): April 1, 2022

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-33383	77-0353939
(State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)

980 Rock Avenue, San Jose, California 95131

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(408) 503-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading<br>Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange<br>on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value	SMCI	The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Appointment of Judy Lin to the Board of Directors

On April 1, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company fixed the number of directors at eight (8) pursuant to provisions in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.

On the same date, Ms. Judy Lin was appointed as a Class II director by the Board to fill the vacancy on the Board resulting from the increase in the authorized number of directors to eight (8), with her term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders following fiscal year 2023. She was also appointed to serve as a member of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Ms. Lin is a retired executive who has 30 years of experience in the disk drive industry. She currently serves as an Independent Board Director of MORESCO Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals based in Japan, since June 2014. Ms. Lin served as Vice President of Western Digital Media Operations, a leader in data infrastructure, from September 2007 until her retirement in September 2012. Prior to Western Digital, Ms. Lin served as Vice President at Komag Inc., a leading supplier of thin-film disks to the hard disk drive industry, and held various management positions from April 1994 until Western Digital acquired Komag in September 2007. Before joining Komag, Ms. Lin was with IBM Almaden Research Center Storage Systems Division for 11 years as a Senior Scientist from January 1983 to April 1994. Ms. Lin holds a MSc degree in Materials Science and Mineral Engineering from University of California, Berkeley where she was also a PhD candidate, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Our Governance Committee concluded that Ms. Lin should serve on the Board based on her substantial leadership and management experience and, considering she is well versed in technology innovation, product development, engineering and global operations, she will add valuable perspective to the Board.

Ms. Lin is entitled to receive the Company’s standard indemnity agreement and non-employee director compensation. The Company reimburses non-employee directors for reasonable expenses in connection with attendance at Board and committee meetings. The Company’s non-employee directors receive an annual retainer of $60,000, payable quarterly in cash. In addition, each director serving in a non-chairperson capacity on the Company’s Audit, Compensation or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees receives an additional annual retainer of $15,000, $10,000 and $7,500 per committee, respectively, payable quarterly in cash. Non-employee directors are entitled to $2,000 per meeting for each meeting attended in excess of (1) the regular meetings of the Board and (2) up to 10 additional meetings beyond such regular meetings, provided that notice of the meeting was properly given, a quorum was present and minutes of the meeting were prepared. Each non-employee director is entitled to receive an annual grant of RSUs equal in value to $220,000. Initial RSU grants upon election as a director are prorated.

Item 8.01	Other Events

On April 5, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing matters related to the matters discussed herein, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language contained in such filing, unless otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits | | --- | --- || (d) Exhibits | | | --- | --- | | Exhibit <br>Number | Description | | 99.1 | Press Release, dated April 5, 2022 | | 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. |

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: April 5, 2022	By:	/s/ Charles Liang
		President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Document

Supermicro Announces Appointment to Board of Directors

Judy Lin, Technology and Operations Executive, Joins Board

San Jose, Calif., April 5, 2022 – Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, has announced the appointment of Judy Lin to the Board of Directors.

"The Board of Directors and I are excited to announce that Judy Lin has joined Supermicro as a Director," said Charles Liang, chairman of Supermicro's Board of Directors. "Judy is an accomplished technology leader who brings global product management and operations experience to the Board. Julie's appointment significantly strengthens and adds diversity to the Board, and I look forward to working with her as we focus on positioning Supermicro for continued growth."

Ms. Lin is a retired executive who has 30 years of experience in the disk drive industry. She currently serves as an Independent Board Director of MORESCO Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals based in Japan, since June 2014. Ms. Lin served as Vice President of Western Digital Media Operations, a leader in data infrastructure, from September 2007 until her retirement in September 2012. Prior to Western Digital, Ms. Lin served as Vice President at Komag Inc., a leading supplier of thin-film disks to the hard disk drive industry, and held various management positions from April 1994 until Western Digital acquired Komag in September 2007. Before joining Komag, Ms. Lin was with IBM Almaden Research Center Storage Systems Division for 11 years as a Senior Scientist from January 1983 to April 1994. Ms. Lin holds a MSc degree in Materials Science and Mineral Engineering from University of California, Berkeley where she was also a PhD candidate, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

About Supermicro

Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are transforming into a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, and switch systems, software, and services while delivering advanced high-volume motherboard, power, and chassis products. The products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).

Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things, positioning the Company for continued growth. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including: (i) the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to present significant uncertainties for all parts of our business including our supply chain, our production operations and customer demand, (ii) our quarterly operating results may fluctuate, which could cause rapid declines in our stock price, (iii) as we increasingly target larger customers and larger sales opportunities, our customer base may become more concentrated, our cost of sales may increase, our margins may be lower and our sales may be less predictable, (iv) if we fail to meet publicly announced financial guidance or other expectations about our business, our stock could decline in value, (v) the average sales prices for our server solutions could decline if customers do not continue to purchase our latest generation products or additional components, and (vi) adverse economic conditions may harm our business. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in such filings, particularly in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.

Investor Relations Contact

Avelina Kauffman

email: ir@supermicro.com