SEC Form 4
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*
Tassone Joseph

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1900-B CARNEGIE AVENUE

(Street)
SANTA ANA CA 92705

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SCM MICROSYSTEMS INC [ INVE ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Ex VP Technology & Product Mgt
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/15/2010
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
03/18/2010
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 03/15/2010 J(1) 60,999 A $1.7054(2) 114,679 D
Common Stock 03/15/2010 J(1) 43,680 A $1.717 158,359 D
Common Stock 03/15/2010 G(3)(4) 62,500 A $0.00 220,859 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)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Reflects distribution of 104,679 shares of common stock of the Issuer by Mountain Partners AG to the Reporting Person. Prior to such distribution, these shares were held by Mountain Partners AG as custodian on behalf of the Reporting Person following the business combination of the Issuer and Bluehill ID AG, a stock corporation incorporated in Switzerland ("Bluehill ID"), in which the Reporting Person received 104,679 shares of common stock of the Issuer in exchange for 201,306 bearer shares in Bluehill ID.
2. Original cost basis of 1 CHF per share, or $1.7054, based on the average exchange rate for the month of November 2007 as reported on Oanda.com
3. Reflects a bona fide gift to the Reporting Person of 62,500 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock by BH Capital Management AG, a company controlled by the Issuer's CEO and Chairman, Ayman S. Ashour, and Mountain Partners AG. The closing price for the shares of Common Stock on such date, as reported by The NASDAQ Stock Market, was $1.84 per share.
4. This Form 4/A is being filed to correct an inadvertent error in the disclosures contained in the number of shares shown and in footnote 3 of the Form 4/A for this Reporting Person filed on March 18, 2010
/s/ Joseph Tassone 03/23/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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