Charles Liang - Jan 4, 2023 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: Jan 4, 2023
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 1/6/2023, 03:36 PM
Previous filing: Nov 14, 2022
Next filing: Jan 19, 2023

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	Nov 29, 2022	Direct	F1
holding	SMCI	Common Stock						2.86K	Jan 4, 2023	By Spouse

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	Jan 4, 2023	Common Stock	200K	$45.00	Direct	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.
F2	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 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.

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 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.