Super Micro Looks to Raise $7 Billion to Fill Order Backlog

<p><strong>SAN JOSE<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Super Micro Computer announced it will raise &dollar;7 billion in stock sales as part of its plan to fund the purchase of components to satisfy &dollar;39 billion in AI orders that the Company has received in recent weeks for its advanced AI servers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shares in the company have dropped by over 30&percnt; on the news&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The proposed offerings consist of&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><strong>Concurrent underwritten offerings&colon; <&sol;strong>&dollar;5&period;0 billion underwritten public offerings&comma; consisting of&colon; &lpar;1&rpar; approximately &dollar;1&period;25 billion of common stock &lpar;the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;common stock offering”&rpar; and &lpar;2&rpar; approximately &dollar;3&period;75 billion of depositary shares &lpar;the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;depositary share offering”&rpar;&semi; and<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>At-the-market offering&colon; <&sol;strong>up to &dollar;2&period;0 billion at-the-market&comma; or ATM&comma; offering program for common stock&comma; expected to begin no earlier than the third quarter of 2026 &lpar;the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ATM program”&rpar;&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offerings&comma; together with proceeds from the ATM program&comma; to fund the purchase of components to satisfy the approximately &dollar;39 billion of orders that the Company has received in recent weeks for its advanced AI servers&comma; including its Data Center Building Block Solutions&comma; from more than 20 customers&comma; that the Company plans to fulfill in future quarters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Company may also use a portion of the net proceeds from the offerings for other general corporate purposes&comma; which may include repayment of debt&comma; additions to working capital and capital expenditures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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