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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): October 18, 2018
 

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
 


 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-33383
 
77-0353939
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
980 Rock Avenue, San Jose, California 95131
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone, including area code: (408) 503-8000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure

On October 18, 2018, Super Micro Computer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), began sending letters to its customers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference, refuting allegations in a recent article that a malicious hardware chip was implanted during the manufacturing process of the Company’s motherboards.
None of the information furnished in Item 7.01 or Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Unless expressly set forth by specific reference in such filings, none of the information furnished in this report shall be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
99.1
 
 
 





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: October 19, 2018
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Charles Liang
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)