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, 2015
Rambus Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-22339 | 94-3112828 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I. R. S. Employer Identification No.) |
1050 Enterprise Way, Suite 700, Sunnyvale, California | 94089 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(408) 462-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(d) Election of Ellis Thomas Fisher as Director.
On January 21, 2015, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rambus Inc. (the “Company”) elected Ellis Thomas Fisher to be a member of the Board as a Class I director, effective immediately, to stand for reelection at the annual meeting of the Company to be held in 2016. In connection with the election of Mr. Fisher to the Board, the Board, pursuant to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, resolved that the size of the Board be increased from six to seven.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Fisher and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Fisher was named a director of the Company. Mr. Fisher does not have any family relationship with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. Mr. Fisher has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Section 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Fisher will receive standard compensation, including restricted stock unit and option grants available to non-employee directors of the Company.
Mr. Fisher was also appointed to the Compensation Committee of the Board. After giving effect to Mr. Fisher’s appointment, the Compensation Committee is composed of Penelope A. Herscher (Chair), Charles Kissner and Ellis Thomas Fisher.
Attached to this Form 8-K is a press release regarding the appointment of Mr. Fisher as a Director of the Company. The information in the press release attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated January 22, 2015. |
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.
| Date: January 22, 2015 | Rambus Inc. | |
/s/ Satish Rishi | ||
Satish Rishi, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated January 22, 2015. | |