What changed in Super Micro Computer,'s 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026

[added] On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment of three individuals either employed or associated with the Company at the time, including Yih-Shyan (Wally) Liaw, a former Senior Vice President, Business Development and director on our Board, in connection with an alleged conspiracy to commit export control violations (the "Indictment"). Although the Company is not named as a defendant or alleged to be a co-conspirator in the Indictment, and the three individuals are no longer employed or associated with the Company, the Company has been cooperating with the government's investigation. The Indictment, as well as the prior publication of the Report and our previous Delinquent Reports have all contributed to significant volatility in, and declines of, the trading price of our common stock, as well as harm to our reputation, and could continue to do so in the future.

In connection with the indictment of three former associates, the Company completed an independent investigation, which was jointly led by our Lead Independent Director and the Chair of the Board's Audit Committee. The independent investigation was conducted by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, and it engaged AlixPartners LLP as an independent forensic accounting consultant (collectively, the law firm and the accounting consultant are referred to as the "Independent Advisors"). The results of the investigation were reported to the entire Board. The investigation reviewed the customer transactions that were the subject of the Indictment, as well as transactions with a selection of other customers that purchased restricted products. The investigation did not find any evidence that any current member of senior management had knowledge of the alleged diversion scheme or of any actual diversion of restricted products by the Company. The investigation found no instance in which the Company directly sold export-controlled products to known restricted parties or locations, and found no basis for concluding that the Company's previously issued financial statements could not be relied upon based on the potential diversion of restricted products. The investigation also concluded that the Company had developed and maintained its export compliance program as its sales of restricted products increased during the period under review, and found that the Company's compliance personnel acted in good faith, with the support of management, to mitigate the risk of export-controlled products being diverted to restricted parties or locations. [added] In connection with the internal investigation, the Company took personnel actions, including terminations, with respect to its sales, technical support and business development functions staff for violations of various company policies. With the assistance of the Independent Advisors, the independent directors made recommendations to further enhance the Company's export compliance program, which the Board has adopted in full and is in the process of implementing. Notwithstanding the conclusion of this internal investigation, the government investigations and inquiries described above and below remain ongoing, are not bound by the conclusions of the internal investigation, and could result in enforcement actions, penalties, fines or other adverse consequences to the Company. In addition, although the Company has taken the measures described above and adopted the Independent Advisors' recommendations in full, there can be no assurance that such measures will be effective in preventing similar circumstances from arising in the future or that the Company will not become subject to similar lawsuits, legal proceedings, disputes, claims, government inquiries or investigations.

[added] In connection with the indictment of three former associates, the Company completed an independent investigation, which was jointly led by our Lead Independent Director and the Chair of the Board's Audit Committee. The independent investigation was conducted by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, and it engaged AlixPartners LLP as an independent forensic accounting consultant (collectively, the law firm and the accounting consultant are referred to as the "Independent Advisors"). The results of the investigation were reported to the entire Board. The investigation reviewed the customer transactions that were the subject of the Indictment, as well as transactions with a selection of other customers that purchased restricted products. The investigation did not find any evidence that any current member of senior management had knowledge of the alleged diversion scheme or of any actual diversion of restricted products by the Company. The investigation found no instance in which the Company directly sold export-controlled products to known restricted parties or locations, and found no basis for concluding that the Company's previously issued financial statements could not be relied upon based on the potential diversion of restricted products. The investigation also concluded that the Company had developed and maintained its export compliance program as its sales of restricted products increased during the period under review, and found that the Company's compliance personnel acted in good faith, with the support of management, to mitigate the risk of export-controlled products being diverted to restricted parties or locations. In connection with the internal investigation, the Company took personnel actions, including terminations, with respect to its sales, technical support and business development functions staff for violations of various company policies. With the assistance of the Independent Advisors, the independent directors made recommendations to further enhance the Company's export compliance program, which the Board has adopted in full and is in the process of implementing. Notwithstanding the conclusion of this internal investigation, the government investigations and inquiries described above and below remain ongoing, are not bound by the conclusions of the internal investigation, and could result in enforcement actions, penalties, fines or other adverse consequences to the Company. In addition, although the Company has taken the measures described above and adopted the Independent Advisors' recommendations in full, there can be no assurance that such measures will be effective in preventing similar circumstances from arising in the future or that the Company will not become subject to similar lawsuits, legal proceedings, disputes, claims, government inquiries or investigations.

[added] The Company also received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York seeking documents and information relating to the individuals and facts referenced in the Indictment, as well as the Company's compliance program and internal controls, and related issues. The Company has also received other subpoenas, and inquiries from the Department of Justice, the Office of Export Enforcement ("OEE") of BIS, as well as foreign authorities requesting documents and information relating to certain other customers. The Company has not been informed that it is the target of any of these investigations to date, but if we become the target of any of these investigations, the Department of Justice could pursue civil or criminal enforcement actions against us, seek monetary or other penalties from us (including disgorgement), or require changes to our compliance program and internal controls.

[added] For example, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting the production of documents relating to certain customers, including one customer that is the subject of the allegations in the Indictment, and the Company's controls and procedures. We are cooperating with the SEC's requests, but we cannot predict the scope, duration, or outcome of this matter, and the SEC may issue additional subpoenas or other information requests.

[added] The $135.0 million or 226.5% increase in interest expense was primarily driven by a $58.6 million or 160.5% increase in interest and amortization related to the amendment of the 2029 Convertible Notes and new issuance of the 2028 Convertible Notes and the 2030 Convertible Notes during the second half of fiscal 2025, as well as $83.0 million additional interest expense related to the drawdown on our revolving credit facilities during the second half of fiscal 2026. These increases were partially offset by a $10.6 million decrease in interest expense associated with our Bank of America and Cathay Bank line of credit and term loans, which were fully repaid during the first half of fiscal 2025.

[added] The $40.2 million or 207.2% increase in interest expense was primarily due to a $34.6 million or 1774.1% increase in interest and amortization related to the amended 2029 Convertible Note and newly issued 2028 Convertible Notes and 2030 Convertible Notes.

[added] In addition, because a large portion of our future expenditures will be to fund our growth, we expect that if needed we will be able to adjust our capital and operating expenditures as necessary. We continually evaluate our cash needs and may decide it is best to raise additional capital or seek alternative financing sources to fund the rapid growth of our business, including through drawdowns on existing or new debt facilities or financing funds. Conversely, we may also from time to time determine that it is in our best interests to voluntarily repay certain indebtedness early.

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We believe that our current cash, cash [added] equivalents and internally generated cash flows [added] that we expect to generate will be sufficient to support our operating businesses and maturing debt and interest payments for the 12 months following the issuance of the financial statements included in this Annual Report. Nevertheless, we intend to continue to grow our business, which could require additional capital. We may need to further expand our credit facilities, enter into new credit facilities or engage in additional equity, debt or other type of financings to secure additional capital to continue or increase our rate of growth. If we raise additional capital through additional future issuances of equity or equity-linked securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we may issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those holders of our common stock. Any credit facility or debt financing that we secure in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which could make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital and to pursue our growth strategies. If we are unable to secure additional funding on favorable terms, or at all, when we seek it, we may not be able to continue the rate of our growth. In addition, no assurances can be given that in the event that we secure such financing that the proceeds thereof will be used effectively or result in growth.

Although we attempt to ensure that we, our [added] customers, suppliers, resellers, and partners comply with the applicable import, export, and sanctions laws, we cannot guarantee full compliance by all. Actions of our [added] customers, suppliers, resellers and partners are not within our complete control, and our products could be re-exported to sanctioned persons or countries or provided by our retailers to third persons in contravention of our requirements or instructions or the laws. In addition, there are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any policies, procedures, and internal controls relating to such compliance, and there can be no assurance that such procedures or internal controls will work effectively at all times or protect us against liability under [added] anti-corruption, sanctions or other laws for actions taken by us, our resellers or partners. [added] For example, the Indictment alleged that the three individuals employed or associated with the Company at the time worked closely with third-party brokers with customers based in China to commit export-control violations. Any such potential violation by us, our [added] customers, suppliers, resellers, or our partners could have negative consequences, including government inquiries, investigations, enforcement actions, monetary fines, or civil and/or criminal penalties, and our reputation, brand, and revenue may be harmed.

We had net income of [added] $2,230.5 million, $1,048.9 million, and [added] $1,152.7 million in fiscal years [added] 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. During fiscal year 2025, we issued $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 2028 Convertible Notes in a private placement, and we issued $2.3 billion aggregate principal amount of our 2030 Convertible Notes in a private placement. [added] During fiscal year 2026, we entered into a credit agreement with JP Morgan for a Revolving Credit Facility of $2,000.0 million. In addition, during fiscal year 2026, our Taiwan subsidiary, where we maintain significant operations, [added] increased its lines of credit, or entered into new lines of credit, with various commercial banks in [added] Taiwan, including also entering into a credit agreement with CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. ("CTBC") which provides for two revolving credit facilities totaling $1,765.0 million.

Like other companies, we are subject to ongoing attempts by malicious actors, including through hacking, malware, ransomware, denial-of-service attacks, social engineering, exploitation of internet-connected devices, and other attacks, to obtain unauthorized access to, acquire or misuse confidential information, or to disrupt service reliability and threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our systems and information we process. Cybersecurity threats may also be enhanced, accelerated or facilitated by artificial intelligence, including through more sophisticated phishing, malware, social engineering, vulnerability discovery, credential attacks, deepfakes, automated intrusion attempts and other techniques. The use of AI by malicious actors may increase the frequency, scale, speed and effectiveness of attacks against us, our suppliers, customers, service providers, partners and products, and may make such attacks more difficult to detect, investigate, contain or remediate. Cyber threats have increased in recent years, in part due to increased remote work and frequent attacks, including in the form of phishing emails, malware attachments and malicious websites. Additionally, cybersecurity researchers have warned of increased risks of cyber-attacks, in connection with the Russia-Ukraine war. While we work to safeguard our internal network systems and validate the security of our third-party service providers to mitigate these potential risks, including through information security policies, employee awareness and training, there is no assurance that such actions have been or will be sufficient to prevent cyber-attacks or security breaches or incidents. [added] We have been in the past, and may be in the future, subject to social engineering and other cybersecurity attacks, and these attacks may become more prevalent with substantial portion of our workforce being distributed geographically, particularly given the increased remote access to our networks and systems as a result. Further, our third-party service providers may have been and may be in the future subject to such attacks or otherwise may suffer security breaches or incidents, and if these third parties do not maintain adequate safeguards, a breach of their systems could in turn compromise our networks, products or customer data. Our systems may also be accessed by contractors, consultants, or other third-party vendors in connection with their services to us, and inconsistent screening, onboarding, or monitoring of such access could increase the risk of unauthorized access to our systems or data compromise. In addition, actions by our employees, service providers, partners, contractors, or others, whether malicious or in error, could affect the security of our systems and information. Further, a breach or compromise of our [added] IT infrastructure or that of our third-party service providers could result in the misappropriation of intellectual property, business plans, trade secrets or other information. Additionally, while our security systems are designed to maintain the physical security of our facilities and information systems, accidental or willful security breaches or incidents or other unauthorized access by third parties to our facilities or our information systems could lead to unauthorized access to, or misappropriation, disclosure, or other processing of proprietary, confidential and other information.[added] Moreover, new laws and regulations, such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), add to the complexity of our compliance obligations and increase our compliance costs. Although we have established internal controls and procedures intended to comply with such laws and regulations, any actual or alleged failure to fully comply could result in significant penalties and other liabilities, harm to our reputation and market position, business and financial condition.

We derive significant tax benefits from non-U.S. operations under current tax laws and incentives. Legislative changes, such as the [added] Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (the "OECD") Pillar Two (15% minimum tax) framework, could reduce these benefits. Malaysia joined Pillar Two effective January 1, 2025. Although our Malaysian subsidiary has a 10-year tax [added] exemption, we may not receive, or may lose eligibility for, an anticipated Malaysian tax incentive, which could increase our effective tax rate and tax liabilities. We have applied for a Malaysian government incentive program providing a 10-year income tax exemption on manufacturing income, but we have not yet received final approval. Qualification requires that we satisfy certain conditions, including a minimum eligible investment threshold, by December 16, 2026. If we fail to satisfy these conditions, or if the incentive is otherwise reduced, modified, delayed, or not granted, our Malaysian subsidiary's income would be subject to tax at the applicable statutory rate rather than the anticipated exemption, which would increase our effective tax rate and cash tax obligations and could adversely affect our results of operations. Government incentive programs of this nature are also subject to changes in law, administrative interpretation, or policy, including in connection with the OECD's Pillar Two global minimum tax framework, which could further reduce or eliminate the anticipated benefit.

We have concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, [added] 2026 due to the existence of [added] a material weakness in such controls, and we have also concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, [added] 2026 due to material [added] weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, as described in Part II, Item 9A, "Controls and Procedures" of this Annual Report. While we have initiated remediation measures to address the identified material [added] weakness, we cannot provide assurance that our remediation efforts will be adequate to allow us to conclude that such controls will be effective in the future. We also cannot assure you that additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not arise or be identified in the future. We intend to continue our control remediation activities and to continue to improve our overall control environment and our operational, [added] IT, financial systems, and infrastructure procedures and controls, as well as to continue to train and develop our personnel who are essential to effective internal controls. In doing so, we will continue to incur expenses and expend management time on compliance-related issues. If we are unable to successfully complete our remediation efforts in a timely manner and are, therefore, not able to favorably assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, this could further cause investors to lose confidence, and our operating results, financial position, ability to accurately report our financial results and timely file our SEC reports, and stock price could be adversely affected.

Our business may not generate sufficient funds, and we may otherwise be unable to maintain sufficient cash reserves to pay amounts due under our indebtedness, including the Convertible Notes, as well as other contractual obligations. For example, in connection with the Master Colocation Service Agreement [added] ("MCSA") we entered into in June 2024, we executed a long-term data center space from a supplier and concurrently sublicensed all of our rights and obligations related to such data center space to another party. While we are charging an additional monthly charge to the party to whom we are sublicensing the data center space, on top of the estimated over [added] $379.2 million financial obligation we have to the supplier for the term of the lease for the data center space, no assurances can be given that this arrangement will be successful or profitable, particularly if the party to whom we are sublicensing the data center space defaults on its obligations to us. If we are unsuccessful in recovering our costs related to our lease of data center space, or if we are otherwise unable to meet our obligations under the MCSA, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected. For more information about the MCSA and the data center space lease arrangements, see Note [added] 10, "Leases" in the notes to the consolidated financial [added] statements in this Annual Report.

Certain components used in the manufacture of our products are available from a limited number of suppliers. Shortages could occur in these essential materials due to an interruption of supply, including interruptions on the global supply chain (such as did occur in connection with the prior COVID-19 pandemic, prior global economic downturns, and emergence of regional conflicts) or increased demand in the industry (such as did occur due to volatility in emergent and rapidly evolving markets, including AI). Similar future events may cause additional interruptions in the global supply chain. [added] One supplier accounted for a significant portion of our total [added] purchases in fiscal year [added] 2026 of 63.1%, and two suppliers accounted for a significant portion of our total purchases in fiscal year [added] 2025 of 64.4% and 5.1%, and 65.4% and 6.3% in fiscal year [added] 2024, respectively. If any of our largest suppliers discontinue their operations, if our relationships with them are adversely impacted, or there are significant adverse changes to the terms upon which we do business, we could experience a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have become increasingly dependent upon larger sales to grow our business. In recent years, we have completed larger sales to leading internet data center and cloud customers, large enterprise customers and OEMs. We had [added] one customer account for 10% or more of our net sales in fiscal [added] year 2026, four customers account for 10% or more of our net sales in fiscal [added] year 2025, and one customer account for 10% or more of net sales in fiscal year [added] 2024. We anticipate we may continue to have customers account for 10% or more of net sales in the future, and any subsequent loss of such customers could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. If customers buy our products in greater volumes and their business becomes a larger percentage of our net sales, we may grow increasingly dependent on those customers to maintain our growth. If our largest customers do not purchase our products, or we are unable to supply such customers with products, at the levels, in the timeframes or within the geographies that we expect, including as a result of a global economic downturn, excessive credit risk, or a desire by such customers to limit their dependency upon us as a supplier, our ability to maintain or grow our net sales will be adversely affected.

• We do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable [added] future, except for the 7.00% dividend on our Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

[added] In addition, the circumstances underlying the legal proceeding related matters discussed continue to create the risk of additional litigation and claims by investors and examinations, investigations, proceedings and orders by regulatory authorities. These include a broad range of potential actions that may be taken against us by the SEC or other regulatory agencies, including a cease-and-desist order and/or the assessment of possible civil monetary penalties.

[added] • Climate change may have a [added] long-term impact on our [added] business;

[added] Import and export controls targeting products containing GPUs and semiconductors associated with AI, which have been imposed and are increasingly likely to be further tightened, would further restrict our ability to export our technology, products, or services given that competitors may not be subject to similar restrictions, creating a competitive disadvantage for us and negatively impacting our business and financial results. In addition, such controls may subject downstream users to additional restrictions on the use, resale, repair, or transfer of our products, negatively impacting our business and financial results. Controls could negatively impact our cost and/or ability to provide services.

[added] Our business and those of our suppliers and customers are subject to sustainability-related laws, regulations and lawsuits. New or proposed regulations relating to carbon taxes, fuel or energy taxes, pollution limits, sustainability-related disclosure and governance and supply chain governance could result in greater direct costs, including costs associated with changes to manufacturing processes or the procurement of raw materials used in manufacturing processes, increased capital expenditures to improve facilities and equipment, higher compliance and energy costs to reduce emissions, other compliance costs, and greater indirect costs resulting from our customers and/or suppliers incurring additional compliance costs that are passed on to us. These costs and restrictions could harm our business and results of operations by increasing our expenses or requiring us to alter our operations and product design activities.

[added] If we fail to meet our contractual commitments or otherwise fail to comply with our contractual obligations, then we could be subject to breach of contract or other claims. Any claims, proceedings, individual or mass arbitration demands, or inquiries or investigations initiated by or against us, whether successful or not, may be time-consuming, subject us to damage awards, regulatory orders, consent decrees, injunctive relief, fines, or other penalties or sanctions, require us to change our policies or practices, result in increased operating costs, divert management's attention, harm our reputation, and require us to incur significant legal fees, other litigation costs and settlement costs, as well as other expenses. In addition, our insurance may not be adequate to protect us from all material expenses related to pending and future claims. Any of these factors could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

• We [added] may be subject to increased audit fees and additional compliance costs, heightened regulatory scrutiny and potential operational disruptions as management and personnel incur significant time and resources to remediation activities;

• Our [added] operating results may be adversely impacted by additional tax liabilities, higher than expected tax rates, changes in tax laws, [added] and other tax-related factors;

• We [added] were delinquent in certain SEC reporting obligations in prior fiscal years, which may increase the risk of SEC enforcement actions, damage investor confidence, and require significant resources to correct. We have since implemented enhanced compliance controls to prevent recurrence;

Despite our implementation of security measures, our systems and those of our third-party service providers are vulnerable to damage from these or other types of attacks, errors or acts of omissions. In addition, our systems may be impacted by natural disasters, terrorism or other similar disruptions. Any system failure, disruption, accident or security breach or incident affecting us or our third-party service providers could result in disruptions to our operations and loss or unavailability of, or unauthorized access or damage to, inappropriate access to, or use, disclosure or other processing of confidential information and other information maintained or otherwise processed by us. Any actual or alleged disruption to, or security breach or incident affecting, our systems or those of our third-party partners could damage our reputation, lead to theft or misappropriation of our intellectual property and trade secrets, result in regulatory investigations, claims or litigation, affect our relationships with our customers, require us to bear significant remediation and other costs, and ultimately harm our business, financial condition and operating results. These risks may be heightened as cyber threats evolve through the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, which could enable attackers to more rapidly identify and exploit vulnerabilities, impersonate employees, customers or business partners, bypass security controls, or target our supply chain, products or customer deployment environments. In addition, we may be required to incur significant costs to protect against or mitigate damage caused by disruptions or security breaches or incidents. [added] Our costs incurred in efforts to prevent, detect, alleviate or otherwise address cyber or other security problems, bugs, viruses, worms, malicious software programs and security vulnerabilities could be significant and such efforts may not be successful. All of these costs, expenses, liability and other matters may not be covered adequately by insurance and may result in an increase in our costs for insurance or insurance not being available to us on economically feasible terms, or at all. Insurers may also deny us coverage as to any future claim. Any of these results could harm our financial condition, business and reputation.

[added] We have business relationships with companies in China, in Eastern Europe, and elsewhere who have been, or may in the future be, added to a restricted party list. We take steps to minimize business disruption when these situations arise; however, we may be required to terminate or modify such relationships if our activities are prohibited by U.S. or other applicable laws. Further, our association with these parties could subject us to greater scrutiny or reputational harm among current or prospective customers, partners, suppliers, investors, other parties doing business with us or using our products, government enforcement agencies, or the general public. The United States and other countries continually update their lists of import and export-controlled items and technologies, and may impose new or more-restrictive import, export, or sanctions requirements on our products in the future. As a result of regulatory changes, we may be required to obtain licenses or other authorizations to continue supporting existing customers or to supply existing products to new customers in China, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Further escalations in trade restrictions or hostilities, particularly between the United States and China, could impede our ability to sell or support our products. Although we historically sold products into Russia before broad sanctions were imposed, we no longer sell products or provide services to Russia. We had last recorded revenue from [added] customers based in Russia in February 2022.

• Provisions in [added] our 2029 Convertible Notes Indenture, the 2028 Convertible Notes Indenture, and the 2030 Convertible Notes [added] Indenture, the conversion of our Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares, or the payment of dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in shares of common stock, may dilute the ownership interest of our [added] existing stockholders;

We are subject to U.S. and other applicable trade control regulations that restrict with whom we may transact business, including [added] economic sanctions administered and enforced by the U.S. [added] Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and the import and export controls enforced by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and [added] Security ("BIS"), among other U.S. government agencies. If we fail to comply with [added] applicable sanctions, export control or import laws and regulations, we may be subject to civil or criminal penalties. [added] Additionally, any violations could have [added] a material adverse impact on our ability to sell our products to United States federal, state and local government and related entities.

We have been, are currently, and may in the future be subject to various lawsuits, stockholder derivative actions, class action lawsuits, individual or mass arbitration proceedings, and other types of legal proceedings, as well as other disputes, claims, and regulatory or governmental inquiries and investigations, including with regard to contract or commercial disputes, consumer protection, privacy, data protection, intellectual property, tax, employment, and corporate governance, among other matters.

[added] The conversion of some or all of our shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares, the payment of dividends on our Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in the form of common stock or the conversion of our outstanding Convertible Debt may dilute the ownership interest of our existing stockholders to the extent we deliver common stock upon conversion of such debt. Certain provisions in the 2029 Convertible Notes, the 2028 Convertible Notes, and the 2030 Convertible Notes indentures governing such convertible notes could make a third-party attempt to acquire us more difficult or expensive. For example, if a takeover constitutes a fundamental change, then noteholders will have the right to require us to repurchase their convertible notes for cash. In addition, if a takeover constitutes a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the 2029 Convertible Notes Indenture, the 2028 Convertible Notes Indenture, and the 2030 Convertible Notes Indenture as applicable), then we may be required to temporarily increase the conversion rate of the 2029 Convertible Notes, the 2028 Convertible Notes, or the 2030 Convertible Notes, as applicable, which could increase the cash cost of acquiring us or increase dilution to the potential acquiror. In either case, and in other cases, our obligations under the 2029 Convertible Notes, the 2028 Convertible Notes, the 2030 Convertible Notes, the 2029 Convertible Notes Indenture, the 2028 Convertible Notes Indenture, and the 2030 Convertible Notes Indenture could increase the cost of acquiring us or otherwise discourage a third party from acquiring us or removing incumbent management, including in a transaction that noteholders or holders of our common stock may view as favorable. Any sales in the public market of any common stock issuable upon conversion of our Convertible Debt, Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares or the payment of dividends on our Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in the form of common stock could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock.

Our [added] employees, contractors, consultants, service providers or other members of our workforce have used and may continue to use internal or third-party AI tools [added] and other machine learning technologies, including publicly available generative AI platforms, on an unauthorized [added] or inappropriate basis, which poses additional risks relating to the protection of [added] data including the potential exposure of our proprietary confidential information to unauthorized recipients and the misuse of our or third-party intellectual property. Use of AI technology by our workforce may [added] also result in allegations or claims against us related to [added] violations of third-party intellectual property rights, unauthorized access to or use of proprietary [added] information, failure to comply with open-source software [added] requirements, or violations of laws, regulations, customer requirements or our internal policies. Moreover, with the use of certain AI and other machine learning technologies, including those licensed from third parties, there may be a lack of transparency of the sources of data used to train or develop such technologies or how inputs are converted to outputs, and we may not be able to fully validate this process and its accuracy. AI technology may also produce inaccurate, incomplete, biased, misleading or fabricated responses that could lead to errors in our decision-making, solution development, financial reporting, compliance activities, customer communications or other business activities, result in content that is biased, harmful or discriminatory, or otherwise not function as intended, and any of the foregoing could have a negative impact on our business, our reputation, operating results and financial condition, or we could be subject to claims (including product liability claims), litigation (including class actions) or incur liability. Our ability to mitigate these risks will depend on our continued effective training, monitoring and enforcement of appropriate policies, procedures and controls governing the use of AI technology, and compliance by our workforce. However, our policies, controls, training and monitoring may not be sufficient to prevent unauthorized, inappropriate or harmful uses of AI technologies.

Harm to our reputation [added] has in the past, and may in the future, arise from many other sources, including employee misconduct, [added] such as in connection with the alleged conduct described in the [added] Indictment involving individuals associated with the Company at the time, and misconduct by our partners, consultants and outsourced service providers. Additionally, negative publicity with respect to our partners or service providers could also affect our business and operating results to the extent that we rely on these partners or if our customers or prospective customers associate us with these partners.

[added] In addition, most of our competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater resources, greater name recognition, or deeper market penetration. They may be able to allocate more resources to the development, promotion, and sale of their products, which could allow them to respond more quickly to new technologies and changes in customer needs. It is also possible that new competitors could emerge and gain significant market share. Both legacy competitors as well as new entrants, predominantly Asia-based competitors, have intensified market competition in recent years leading to pricing pressure. To preserve our revenues and product margin structures, we remain reliant on an integrated customer and market approach that anticipates end customer needs as requirements evolve. We also must continue to develop more advanced, differentiated products that command a premium with customers, while conversely continuing to focus on streamlining product costs for established legacy products. If we fail to continue to develop enhanced or new products that enable us to increase revenues while maintaining consistent margins, or over time are unable to adjust our cost structure to continue to competitively price more mature products, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

• Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and Delaware law and provisions in our governing documents could delay or prevent a change of control of our [added] company;

• The concentration of our capital stock ownership [added] may limit your ability to influence corporate matters.

[added] We expect to continue to face many of the risks and challenges related to previously being delinquent in our SEC reporting obligations, including the following:

As of June 30, [added] 2026, we had approximately [added] $8.7 billion of consolidated indebtedness, including [added] $2.0 billion of outstanding borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility with JP Morgan, $1,763.5 million outstanding borrowings under our CTBC Revolving Credit Facilities, $1,725.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 2029 Convertible Notes, $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 2028 Convertible Notes, and $2.3 billion aggregate principal amount of our 2030 Convertible Notes. We may also incur additional indebtedness to meet future financing needs. Our indebtedness could have significant negative consequences for our security holders and our business, results of operations and financial condition by, among other things:

Like other companies, we are subject to ongoing attempts by malicious actors, including through hacking, malware, ransomware, denial-of-service attacks, social engineering, exploitation of internet-connected devices, and other attacks, to obtain unauthorized access to, acquire or misuse confidential information, or to disrupt service reliability and threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our systems and information we process. [added] Cybersecurity threats may also be enhanced, accelerated or facilitated by artificial intelligence, including through more sophisticated phishing, malware, social engineering, vulnerability discovery, credential attacks, deepfakes, automated intrusion attempts and other techniques. The use of AI by malicious actors may increase the frequency, scale, speed and effectiveness of attacks against us, our suppliers, customers, service providers, partners and products, and may make such attacks more difficult to detect, investigate, contain or remediate. Cyber threats have increased in recent years, in part due to increased remote work and frequent attacks, including in the form of phishing emails, malware attachments and malicious websites. Additionally, cybersecurity researchers have warned of increased risks of cyber-attacks, in connection with the Russia-Ukraine war. While we work to safeguard our internal network systems and validate the security of our third-party service providers to mitigate these potential risks, including through information security policies, employee awareness and training, there is no assurance that such actions have been or will be sufficient to prevent cyber-attacks or security breaches or incidents. We have been in the past, and may be in the future, subject to social engineering and other cybersecurity attacks, and these attacks may become more prevalent with substantial portion of our workforce being distributed geographically, particularly given the increased remote access to our networks and systems as a result. Further, our third-party service providers may have been and may be in the future subject to such attacks or otherwise may suffer security breaches or incidents, and if these third parties do not maintain adequate safeguards, a breach of their systems could in turn compromise our networks, products or customer data. Our systems may also be accessed by contractors, consultants, or other third-party vendors in connection with their services to us, and inconsistent screening, onboarding, or monitoring of such access could increase the risk of unauthorized access to our systems or data compromise. In addition, actions by our employees, service providers, partners, contractors, or others, whether malicious or in error, could affect the security of our systems and information. Further, a breach or compromise of our IT infrastructure or that of our third-party service providers could result in the misappropriation of intellectual property, business plans, trade secrets or other information. Additionally, while our security systems are designed to maintain the physical security of our facilities and information systems, accidental or willful security breaches or incidents or other unauthorized access by third parties to our facilities or our information systems could lead to unauthorized access to, or misappropriation, disclosure, or other processing of proprietary, confidential and other information. Moreover, new laws and regulations, such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), add to the complexity of our compliance obligations and increase our compliance costs. Although we have established internal controls and procedures intended to comply with such laws and regulations, any actual or alleged failure to fully comply could result in significant penalties and other liabilities, harm to our reputation and market position, business and financial condition.

We do not anticipate that we will pay any cash dividends [added] in the foreseeable future, except for the 7.00% dividend on our Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment. Investors seeking cash dividends in the foreseeable future should not purchase our common stock.

• We [added] previously identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, which could, if not remediated, adversely affect our ability to report our financial condition and results of operations in a timely and accurate manner.[added] We are implementing measures to remediate these material weaknesses.

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change [added] of control of our [added] company. These provisions:

To remain competitive and successfully execute our business strategy, we must attract, retain, and motivate our executives and key employees, as well as recruit and develop exceptional and diverse talent. [added] We are particularly dependent on the continued service of our existing research and development personnel because of the complexity of our products and technologies. However, labor is subject to external factors that are beyond our control, including our industry's highly competitive market for skilled workers and leaders, and workforce participation rates. Changes in immigration and work permit regulations, or in their administration or interpretation, could impair our ability to attract and retain qualified employees. Competition for talent drives up costs in the form of cash and stock-based compensation. In times of stock price volatility, as we have experienced in the past and may experience in the future, the retentive value of our stock-based compensation may decrease. Additionally, we are highly dependent on the services of our longstanding executive team. Failure to ensure effective succession planning, transfer of knowledge, and smooth transitions involving executives and key employees could hinder our strategic planning, execution, and long-term success.

• We may be unable to secure additional financing on favorable terms, or at all, which in turn could impair the rate of our [added] growth, and any financing that we do obtain may dilute our stockholders, restrict our growth, or contain other unfavorable terms;

In addition, a sibling of Yih-Shyan (Wally) Liaw, [added] former Senior Vice President, Business Development and director on our Board, owns approximately 11.7% of Ablecom's capital stock and 8.7% of Compuware's capital stock.[added] As of June 30, 2026, Wally Liaw is no longer an employee of the Company and is not a member of the Company's Board of Directors.

Despite our implementation of security measures, our systems and those of our third-party service providers are vulnerable to damage from these or other types of attacks, errors or acts of omissions. In addition, our systems may be impacted by natural disasters, terrorism or other similar disruptions. Any system failure, disruption, accident or security breach or incident affecting us or our third-party service providers could result in disruptions to our operations and loss or unavailability of, or unauthorized access or damage to, inappropriate access to, or use, disclosure or other processing of confidential information and other information maintained or otherwise processed by us. Any actual or alleged disruption to, or security breach or incident affecting, our systems or those of our third-party partners could damage our reputation, lead to theft or misappropriation of our intellectual property and trade secrets, result in regulatory investigations, claims or litigation, affect our relationships with our customers, require us to bear significant remediation and other costs, and ultimately harm our business, financial condition and operating results. [added] These risks may be [added] heightened as cyber threats evolve through the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, which could enable attackers to more rapidly identify and exploit vulnerabilities, impersonate employees, customers or business partners, bypass security controls, or target our supply chain, products or customer deployment environments. In addition, we may be required to incur significant costs to protect against or mitigate damage caused by disruptions or security breaches or incidents. Our costs incurred in efforts to prevent, detect, alleviate or otherwise address cyber or other security problems, bugs, viruses, worms, malicious software programs and security vulnerabilities could be significant and such efforts may not be successful. All of these costs, expenses, liability and other matters may not be covered adequately by insurance and may result in an increase in our costs for insurance or insurance not being available to us on economically feasible terms, or at all. Insurers may also deny us coverage as to any future claim. Any of these results could harm our financial condition, business and reputation.

From time to time, we are involved in lawsuits or other legal proceedings alleging patent infringement or other IP rights violations by us, our employees or parties that we have agreed to indemnify. An unfavorable ruling could include significant damages, invalidation of one or more patents, indemnification of third parties, payment of lost profits, or injunctive relief. Claims that our products or processes infringe the IP rights of others, regardless of their merit, could [added] could hinder our ability to recruit technical personnel.

Import and export controls could disrupt our supply chain and distribution channels, negatively impacting our ability to serve demand, including in markets outside China. Repeated changes in the export control rules are likely to impose compliance burdens on our business and our customers, [added] including increased expenditures for legal counsel, compliance personnel, screening and classification tools, and external advisors, as well as potential delays in product launches and delivery timelines, negatively and materially impacting our business.

In October 2023, Ablecom and Compuware acquired an approximate 30% interest in [added] Leadtek Research Inc. ("Leadtek"), a Taiwan company specializing in providing professional graphics cards and workstation [added] solutions (the "Leadtek Investment"). While prior to the Leadtek Investment none of our related persons had [added] a direct or indirect material [added] interest in any transactions with Leadtek, [added] as of June 30, 2026, Steve Liang, wife of Steve Liang [added] (Chang Jian-Tsun), and Bill Liang [added] serve as three of the seven members of the Leadtek's board of directors.

Negative publicity about us or our products, even if inaccurate or untrue, could adversely affect our reputation and confidence in our products, which could harm our business and operating results. For example, on August 27, 2024, a news article was published by a short seller alleging evidence of accounting manipulation, sibling self-dealing and sanctions evasion (the "Report"). We indicated that such Report contained false or inaccurate statements about us, including misleading presentations of information we previously shared [added] publicly and announced the results of [added] the related investigation by an independent special committee of the Board (the "Special Committee").

As of July 31, [added] 2026, our executive officers and directors together beneficially owned [added] 12.5% of our common stock. In addition, institutional stockholders who are not affiliated with our company and who each hold [added] 5% or more of our common stock, hold an additional [added] 31.8% of our common stock. As a result, if our insiders and these institutional stockholders were to act together, they would have significant influence over matters that require approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. Corporate action might be taken even if other stockholders oppose the action. This concentration of ownership might also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company that other stockholders may view as beneficial.

Concerns regarding third-party use of AI for purposes contrary to governmental interests, including concerns relating to the misuse of AI applications, models, and solutions, has resulted in and could in the future result in unilateral or multilateral restrictions on products that can be used for training, modifying, tuning, and deploying large language models ("LLMs"). Such restrictions have limited and could in the future limit the ability of downstream customers and users worldwide to acquire, deploy and use systems that include our products, software, and services, and negatively impact our business and financial results.

• The AI industry has driven a [added] significant portion of our recent success. The AI industry involves significant risks and uncertainties, and the use of AI by our workforce may present risks to our business;

We market and sell our systems and subsystems and accessories both inside and outside the United States. We intend to expand our international sales efforts, especially into Asia, and we are expanding our business operations in Europe and Asia, particularly in Taiwan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Japan, Mexico and India. We have made, and continue to make, substantial investments for the purchase of land and the development of new facilities in Taiwan and Malaysia to accommodate our expected [added] growth.

We use Ablecom, a related party, for contract design and manufacturing coordination support and warehousing, and Compuware, also a related party and an affiliate of Ablecom, for distribution, contract manufacturing and warehousing. We work with Ablecom to optimize modular designs for our chassis and certain other components. We outsource to Compuware a portion of our design activities and a significant part of our manufacturing of subassemblies, particularly power supplies. Our purchases of products from Ablecom and Compuware represented [added] 2.1%, 3.3%, and 4.3% of our cost of sales for fiscal years [added] 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. Ablecom and Compuware's sales to us constitute a majority of Ablecom's and Compuware's net sales. Ablecom and Compuware are both privately held Taiwan-based companies. In addition, we have appointed Compuware as a nonexclusive authorized distributor of our products in Taiwan, [added] China, Australia, Malaysia, and U.S. in addition to acting as our sales [added] representative. Each of Ablecom and Compuware are also developing campuses in close proximity to the campus we developed in Malaysia to expand our manufacturing.

Net cash [added] (used in) provided by operating activities during fiscal [added] 2026 mostly consisted of [added] $2,230.5 million net income adjusted for certain non-cash items, such as [added] $412.1 million of [added] stock-based compensation expense, [added] $188.1 million of [added] inventory valuation adjustment write-downs, $95.4 million of deferred income taxes, net, $53.7 million of depreciation and amortization expense, and changes in working capital. The [added] decrease in cash flows from operating activities during fiscal [added] 2026, as compared to fiscal [added] 2025, was due to an increase in [added] inventory purchases, accounts receivable from customers, and increased operational spending.

Net cash provided by financing activities during fiscal [added] 2026 mostly consisted of [added] net proceeds from lines of credit and term loans of $3,948.3 million, as well as proceeds received from our equity offerings completed during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 of $5,638.6 million. These proceeds were partially offset by [added] payment for withholding taxes related to settlement of equity awards of $129.9 million. The increase in cash provided by financing activities during fiscal [added] 2026, as compared to fiscal [added] 2025, was mostly due to [added] this increase in net proceeds from lines of credit and term loans, as well as the proceeds received from our equity offerings completed during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.