form8-k02252010.htm
 
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)
 
February 25, 2010
 
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.)
 
4440 El Camino Real, Los Altos, California 94022
(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)
 
(650) 947-5000
(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 8.01 — Other Events.

On February 25, 2010, Rambus Inc. (“the Company”) issued a press release announcing that its board of directors approved a new share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to 12.5 million shares.
 
The information in this current report on Form 8-K and the exhibits 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, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
 
Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
 
99.1
  Press release dated February 25, 2010.
 

 
 
 
 
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: February  25, 2010
      
Rambus Inc.
     
       
/s/ Satish Rishi
       
Satish Rishi, Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer


 
 
 

 
Exhibit Index
 
     
Exhibit
Number
  
Exhibit Title
   
99.1
  
Press release dated February 25, 2010.