---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001375365-24-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMCI"
cik: "0001375365"
company_name: "Super Micro Computer, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:39:08.503134+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Supermicro appoints former Intel interim GC Susie Giordano to board

## Summary
- Board expanded to 9 directors; Giordano appointed as Class III director on Aug 15, 2024.
- Giordano has 25+ years experience; served as Intel interim GC and VP/Managing Director of Intel Capital.
- Non-employee director compensation: $60,000 annual cash retainer plus $255,000 equity grant.
- Committee service adds $15,000 (Audit), $10,000 (Comp), or $7,500 (Governance) annually.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001375365-24-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMCI
- cik: 0001375365
- company_name: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1375365/000137536524000029/0001375365-24-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1375365/000137536524000029/smci-20240815.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001375365-24-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001375365-24-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001375365-24-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susie Giordano was appointed as Director at Super Micro Computer, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On the same date, Ms. Susie Giordano was appointed as a Class III director by the Board to fill the vacancy on the Board resulting from the increase in the authorized number of directors to nine (9), with her term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders following fiscal year 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1375365/000137536524000029/0001375365-24-000029-index.htm

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