8-K: Current report
Published on April 17, 2009
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): | April 17,
    2009 | 
SCM Microsystems,
Inc.
    (Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
    | Delaware | 000-29440 | 77-0444317 | ||
| (State or other
      jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S.
      Employer | ||
| of
      incorporation) | File
Number) | Identification
      No.) | ||
|  | ||||
| Oskar-Messter-Str. 13, Ismaning,
      Germany, | 85737 | |||
| (Address of principal executive
      offices) | (Zip
  Code) | 
| Registrant’s telephone number,
      including area code: | +49 89 95 95
      5000 | 
Not Applicable
    Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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      240.13e-4(c)) | 
Item 8.01.  Other
Events.
    On April
17, 2009, SCM Microsystems, Inc. (“SCM”) issued a press release in which it
announced that its stockholders had approved a proposal to issue shares of SCM
common stock and warrants to purchase shares of SCM common stock in connection
with SCM’s proposed merger with Hirsch Electronics Corporation (“Hirsch”),
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 10, 2008, by
and among SCM, Hirsch, and two wholly-owned subsidiaries of SCM.  A
copy of the press release announcing the SCM stockholder approval of the
proposal is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference
herein.
    Item
9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
    | (c)  | Exhibits | 
| Exhibit | Description | 
| 99.1  | Press
      Release issued on April 17, 2009 | 
SIGNATURES
    Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
    | SCM Microsystems,
      Inc. | |||
|  | |||
| April 17,
    2009 | By: | /s/ Stephan
      Rohaly | |
| Stephan
    Rohaly | |||
| Chief Financial Officer and
      Secretary | |||
EXHIBIT INDEX
    | Exhibit
      No. | Description | 
| 99.1 | Press release issued by SCM
      on April 17,
      2009 |