Liang Chiu-Chu Sara Liu - 04 Jan 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI)

Role: Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ David E Weigand, Attorney-In-Fact
Issuer symbol: SMCI
Transactions as of: 04 Jan 2023
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 06 Jan 2023, 15:37:21 UTC
Previous filing: 14 Nov 2022
Next filing: 19 Jan 2023
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMCI	Common Stock	Gift	$0	-16K	-0.24%	$0.00	6.64M	29 Nov 2022	By Spouse	F1
holding	SMCI	Common Stock						2.86K	04 Jan 2023	Direct

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMCI	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	Award	$0	+200K	+50%	$0.00	600K	04 Jan 2023	Common Stock	200K	$45.00	By Spouse	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	This transaction represents a charitable contribution by the Reporting Person's spouse.
F2	On March 2, 2021, the Reporting Person's spouse was granted a performance-based stock option award to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock (the "Award") if and to the extent the five equal tranches of the Award are earned based on the achievement of certain absolute revenue and stock price goals. On January 4, 2023, achievement of the revenue goal for the third tranche of 200,000 shares under the Award was certified, which resulted in the creation of the derivative security reported in this filing. On such date, the applicable $75 stock price goal achievement for the third tranche was also certified, and the 200,000 shares associated therewith were earned and became exercisable.

Content

This transaction represents a charitable contribution by the Reporting Person's spouse.

On March 2, 2021, the Reporting Person's spouse was granted a performance-based stock option award to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock (the "Award") if and to the extent the five equal tranches of the Award are earned based on the achievement of certain absolute revenue and stock price goals. On January 4, 2023, achievement of the revenue goal for the third tranche of 200,000 shares under the Award was certified, which resulted in the creation of the derivative security reported in this filing. On such date, the applicable $75 stock price goal achievement for the third tranche was also certified, and the 200,000 shares associated therewith were earned and became exercisable.