0001628280-18-012549.txt : 20181015 0001628280-18-012549.hdr.sgml : 20181015 20181015141521 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-18-012549 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181004 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20181015 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181015 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Super Micro Computer, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001375365 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS [3571] IRS NUMBER: 770353939 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33383 FILM NUMBER: 181121979 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 980 ROCK AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95131 BUSINESS PHONE: 408-503-8000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 980 ROCK AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95131 8-K 1 form8-k_20181015x701.htm 8-K Document


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 4, 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)
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure
    
On October 4, 2018, Super Micro Computer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing that it strongly refutes reports that servers it sold to customers contained malicious microchips in the motherboards of those systems. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
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 15, 2018
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Charles Liang
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)



 EX-99.1 2 exhibit991_20181015x701.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1

Supermicro Refutes Claims in Bloomberg Article
Supermicro along with Apple and Amazon refute claims in Bloomberg story

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 4, 2018 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, strongly refutes reports that servers it sold to customers contained malicious microchips in the motherboards of those systems.
In an article today, it is alleged that Supermicro motherboards sold to certain customers contained malicious chips on its motherboards in 2015. Supermicro has never found any malicious chips, nor been informed by any customer that such chips have been found.
Each company mentioned in the article (Supermicro, Apple, Amazon and Elemental) has issued strong statements denying the claims:
Apple stated on CNBC, “We are deeply disappointed that in their dealings with us, Bloomberg’s reporters have not been open to the possibility that they or their sources might be wrong or misinformed. Our best guess is that they are confusing their story with a previously reported 2016 incident in which we discovered an infected driver on a single Supermicro server in one of our labs. That one-time event was determined to be accidental and not a targeted attack against Apple."
Steve Schmidt, Chief Information Security Officer at Amazon Web Services stated, "As we shared with Bloomberg BusinessWeek multiple times over the last couple months, at no time, past or present, have we ever found any issues relating to modified hardware or malicious chips in Supermicro motherboards in any Elemental or Amazon systems." 
Supermicro has never been contacted by any government agencies either domestic or foreign regarding the alleged claims.
Supermicro takes all security claims very seriously and makes continuous investments in the security capabilities of their products. The manufacture of motherboards in China is not unique to Supermicro and is a standard industry practice. Nearly all systems providers use the same contract manufacturers. Supermicro qualifies and certifies every contract manufacturer and routinely inspects their facilities and processes closely.
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About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI)
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions® for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its “We Keep IT Green®” initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.
Supermicro, Building Block Solutions and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.
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Super Micro Computer, Inc.
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