<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950103-20-017338.txt : 20200902
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20200902161417
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-20-017338
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200902
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200902

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Adams Mark
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001349123

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38102
		FILM NUMBER:		201157080

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		834 TERRACE DRIVE
		CITY:			LOS ALTOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94024

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001616533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				981013909
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0828

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39870 EUREKA DRIVE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94560-4809
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(510) 623-1231

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		39870 EUREKA DRIVE
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94560-4809
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents a grant of 225,000 restricted ordinary shares with restrictions generally lapsing and shares vesting over a period of approximately four years, subject to continued employment as CEO through each vesting date, with (x) 25% vesting on October 20, 2021 and (y) the remainder vesting in approximately equal quarterly installments thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents a grant of 125,000 restricted ordinary shares with restrictions generally lapsing and shares vesting in four equal tranches of 25% on October 20, 2021 and each of the first three anniversaries of that date, subject to (x) continued employment as CEO through each vesting date, and (y) the closing price of an ordinary share of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (&quot;SMART&quot;) equaling or exceeding 150% of the closing price of an ordinary share of SMART on the grant date for at least 60 consecutive trading days at any time during the one-year period preceding (i) that vesting date or (ii) any subsequent annual vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents a grant of 125,000 restricted ordinary shares with restrictions generally lapsing and shares vesting in four equal tranches of 25% on October 20, 2021 and each of the first three anniversaries of that date, subject to (x) continued employment as CEO through each vesting date, and (y) the closing price of an ordinary share of SMART equaling or exceeding 200% of the closing price of an ordinary share of SMART on the grant date for at least 60 consecutive trading days at any time during the one-year period preceding (i) that vesting date or (ii) any subsequent annual vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Bruce Goldberg as attorney-in-fact for Mark Adams</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-09-02</signatureDate>
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