Charles Liang - Sep 8, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI)

Role: President and CEO, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ David E Weigand, Attorney-In-Fact
Stock symbol: SMCI
Transactions as of: Sep 8, 2022
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 9/12/2022, 04:46 PM
Previous filing: Aug 12, 2022
Next filing: Sep 19, 2022

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	+100%	$0.00	400K	Sep 8, 2022	Common Stock	200K	$45.00	Direct	F1

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	On March 2, 2021, the Reporting Person 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 September 8, 2022, achievement of the revenue goal for the second tranche of 200,000 shares under the Award was certified, which resulted in the creation of the derivative security reported in this filing. This second tranche will be earned and exercisable only if and when the applicable $60 stock price goal achievement is certified.

Content

On March 2, 2021, the Reporting Person 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 September 8, 2022, achievement of the revenue goal for the second tranche of 200,000 shares under the Award was certified, which resulted in the creation of the derivative security reported in this filing. This second tranche will be earned and exercisable only if and when the applicable $60 stock price goal achievement is certified.