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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 23, 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, including ZIP code)

(408) 462-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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 satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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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.

(e) As indicated below, on April 23, 2015, the stockholders of Rambus Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Company’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Board of Directors of the Company previously approved these plans subject to stockholder approval. Detailed summaries of the plans are set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2015. The foregoing and the summaries contained in the proxy statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the plans and the related forms of agreements, which are filed as exhibits hereto.

Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 23, 2015, the Company held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There were 115,418,949 shares issued, outstanding and eligible to vote at the meeting as of the record date of February 27, 2015, of which 104,782,981 shares were represented at the meeting, constituting 90.78% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. The proposals considered at the meeting are described in detail in the Company’s 2015 Proxy Statement. The proposal voted upon at the meeting and the vote with respect to each such matter are set forth below:

(i) Election of three Class II directors for a term of two years expiring in 2017:

 

Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
Ronald Black 81,142,186 1,337,350 306,127 21,997,318
Penelope A. Herscher 81,084,013 1,471,206 230,444 21,997,318
Eric Stang 80,891,921 1,669,321 224,421 21,997,318

(ii) Advisory vote on executive compensation:

 

For: 80,547,661 Against: 1,941,481 Abstentions: 296,521 Broker Non-Votes: 21,997,318

(iii) Approval 2015 Equity Incentive Plan:

 

For: 75,900,312 Against: 6,569,634 Abstentions: 315,717 Broker Non-Votes: 21,997,318

(iv) Approval of 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

 

For: 80,788,433 Against: 1,627,253 Abstentions: 369,977 Broker Non-Votes: 21,997,318

(v) Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the period ending December 31, 2015:

 

For: 102,474,833 Against: 1,512,223 Abstentions: 795,925

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

10.1 2015 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreements thereunder.
10.2 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan


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: April 28, 2015     Rambus Inc.
        /s/ Satish Rishi
       

Satish Rishi

Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit Title

10.1 2015 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreements thereunder.
10.2 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan