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 25, 2019
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 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 25, 2019, Rambus Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There were 110,030,515 shares issued, outstanding and eligible to vote at the meeting as of the record date of February 28, 2019, of which 97,953,458 shares were represented at the meeting, constituting 89.02% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. The proposals considered at the meeting, each of which passed, are described in detail in the Company’s 2019 Proxy Statement. The proposals and the vote with respect to each such matter are set forth below:
| (i) | ITEM 1: Election of three Class II directors for a term of two years expiring in 2021: |
| Name |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Emiko Higashi | 76,734,517 | 2,121,029 | 80,980 | 19,016,932 | ||||
| Sanjay Saraf | 77,146,019 | 1,707,550 | 82,957 | 19,016,932 | ||||
| Eric Stang | 69,560,822 | 9,297,463 | 78,241 | 19,016,932 |
| (ii) | ITEM 2: Advisory vote on executive compensation: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 75,205,883 | 3,612,749 | 117,894 | 19,016,932 |
| (iii) | ITEM 3: Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the period ending December 31, 2019: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 95,853,537 | 1,948,251 | 151,670 | — |
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 25, 2019 | Rambus Inc. | |||||
| /s/ Jae Kim | ||||||
| Jae Kim Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||