Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Tries To Avoid A Potential Delisting By Seeking Additional Time To File Its Annual Report

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Super Micro Computer (SMCI), a retailer of high-performance servers and liquid-cooled AI racks, could not have finalized its annual report for the year that ended on the 30th of June, 2024, without engaging another auditor, given the fact that Ernst & Young (EY) unceremoniously quit towards the end of October. Now, SMCI is leveraging this resignation and the need to again conduct a comprehensive audit by a newly engaged firm as the basis for seeking relief under the Nasdaq exchange’s delisting rules.

To wit, Super Micro Computer has now filed a Form NT 10-Q, explaining why its much-delayed annual report could not be filed by the 16th of November deadline given by the Nasdaq exchange. Moreover, the firm has sought additional time under the Rule 12b-25(b) by detailing the following reasons for the inordinate delay:

1. Super Micro Computer needs additional time to “select and engage” a successor audit firm.
2. More time is needed for the company’s management “to complete its assessment of the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting as of June 30, 2024.”
3. The successor audit firm will need additional time to conduct its audit of the financial statements pertaining to the FY 2024 and Q1 2025.

Bear in mind that Super Micro Computer had until the 16th of November to either file the requisite annual report or come up with a plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s rules. Given the…