** Shares of AI server maker Super Micro Computer plunge ~13% to $31.95 premarket
** Stock to be removed from Nasdaq 100 index
** SMCI earlier this month received a deadline of Feb. 25 from Nasdaq to file its delayed annual and quarterly reports, in an exception to the stock exchange's rules
** SMCI has tumbled from AI-driven peak following a recent auditing scandal
** CEO Charles Liang last week said he was confident the stock will not be delisted from Nasdaq
** Average rating of 12 brokerages on SMCI is a "hold", median PT is $32.56 - LSEG data
** Up to last close, stock had risen 28.2% YTD
(Reporting by Kritika Lamba in Bengaluru)
((Kritika.Lamba@thomsonreuters.com))
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