8-K: Current report
Published on November 10, 2008
UNITED
      STATES
    SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    Washington,
      D.C. 20549
    FORM
      8-K
    CURRENT
      REPORT
    Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934
    Date
      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 10, 2008
    SCM
      MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
      
        
      
    
    (Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
    | Delaware |  | 000-29440 |  | 77-0444317 | 
| (State
                or Other Jurisdiction of
                Incorporation) |  | (Commission
                File Number) |  | (IRS
                Employer  Identification
                No.) | 
| Oskar-Messter-Str.
                13 85737
                Ismaning Germany
                
                 (Address
                of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code) | |
| Registrant’s
                Telephone Number, Including Area Code: | +49
                89 95 95 5000 | 
(Former
      Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
      2.02    Results
      of Operations and Financial Condition 
    The
      following information, including the text of the press release attached as
      an
      exhibit to this Form 8-K, is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K,
“Results of Operations and Financial Condition.”
    The
      information contained in this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being
      furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
      liabilities of that Section. The information contained in this Current Report
      shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other
      document or filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as
      shall
      be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
    On
      November 10, 2008, SCM Microsystems, Inc. issued a press release announcing
      financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended September 30, 2008.
    Item
      9.01.     Financial
      Statements and Exhibits. 
    (d)        
      Exhibits. 
99.1               
Press Release dated November 10, 2008.
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        SIGNATURES
    Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 
    | Dated:
                November 10, 2008 | SCM
                MICROSYSTEMS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/
                Stephan Rohaly | |
| Stephan
                Rohaly, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
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        INDEX
      TO
      EXHIBITS
    | 99.1 | SCM
                Microsystems’ Press Release dated November 10, 2008 announcing financial
                results for the Company’s fiscal third quarter ended September 30,
                2008. | 
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