Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
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PART II
| Item 5. | Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities |
Market Information
Effective at the open of business on August 23, 2018, our common stock was suspended from trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Effective March 22, 2019, our common stock was delisted from the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Since the date our common stock was suspended from trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, our common stock has been quoted on the OTC Market and is currently traded under the symbol “SMCI.” Any OTC Market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. Prior to the suspension, we had traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market since March 29, 2007, and prior to that time there was no public market for our common stock.
Holders
As of November 30, 2019, there were 31 registered stockholders of record of our common stock. Because most of our shares are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of beneficial stockholders represented by these holders of record.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We intend to retain any future earnings and do not expect to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Under the terms of the credit agreement with Bank of America, dated April 19, 2018, we may not pay any dividends.
Equity Compensation Plan
Please see Part III, Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” of this Annual Report for disclosure relating to our equity compensation plans.
Stock Performance Graph
This performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be "filed" with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Super Micro Computer, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
The following graph compares our cumulative five-year total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative return of the Nasdaq Computer Index, the Nasdaq Composite Index and a new industry peer group, which we refer to as the FY2019 Peer Group, consisting of: Cray Inc., Extreme Networks, Inc., Infinera Corporation, NetApp, Inc., and NetGear, Inc. In selecting the companies for inclusion in the FY2019 Peer Group, we considered and selected companies with similar industry comparability, net revenues, and operating income as our company. Due to our delisting from the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 22, 2019, we have added the FY2019 Industry Peer Group.
The graph reflects an investment of $100 (with reinvestment of all dividends, if any) in our common stock, the Nasdaq Computer Index, the Nasdaq Composite Index and the FY2019 Peer Group, on June 30, 2014 and our relative performance tracked through June 30, 2019. The stockholder return shown on the graph below is not necessarily indicative of future performance, and we do not make or endorse any predictions as to future stockholder returns.

| 6/30/2014 | 6/30/2015 | 6/30/2016 | 6/30/2017 | 6/30/2018 | 6/30/2019 | |||||||||||||
| Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 100.00 | 117.06 | 98.34 | 97.55 | 93.59 | 76.57 | ||||||||||||
| FY2019 Peer Group | 100.00 | 105.68 | 101.44 | 109.63 | 169.32 | 140.32 | ||||||||||||
| Nasdaq Composite Index | 100.00 | 113.13 | 109.86 | 139.30 | 170.37 | 181.62 | ||||||||||||
| Nasdaq Computer Index | 100.00 | 110.81 | 112.37 | 153.16 | 198.30 | 214.60 |
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During fiscal years 2018 and 2019 we granted a consultant restricted stock units covering a total of 26,491 shares of our common stock for services rendered. The restricted stock units were fully vested at the time of grant. The issuances did not involve a public offering of securities and we believe that the transactions were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
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