8-K: Current report
Published on January 21, 2010
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):    January 21,
2010
    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) | (I.R.S.
      Employer
      
                 Identification
      No.) | ||
|  | ||||
| 1900-B  Carnegie
      Avenue, Santa
      Ana, California | 92705 | |||
| (Address
      of principal executive offices) | (Zip
      Code) | |||
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:    (949)
250-8888
     (Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
    Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
    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
January 21, 2010, SCM Microsystems, Inc., d.b.a. Identive Group (the “Company”)
issued a press release announcing unaudited, preliminary financial results for
its 2009 fiscal fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.
    Item
9.01   Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
    (d)   Exhibits. 
99.1   Press
Release dated January 21, 2010.
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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: January 21, 2010 | SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC. | ||
|  | By:
       | /s/ Melvin Denton-Thompson | |
| Melvin Denton-Thompson | |||
| Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary | |||
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        INDEX TO
EXHIBITS
    | 99.1 | Press
      Release dated January 21, 2010 announcing unaudited, preliminary financial
      results for the Company’s 2009 fiscal fourth quarter and year ended
      December 31, 2009. | 
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