Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

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 20, 2017

 

 

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)

[phone]

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

On April 20, 2017, the Company held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There were 111,619,146 shares issued, outstanding and eligible to vote at the meeting as of the record date of February 22, 2017, of which 103,031,408 shares were represented at the meeting, constituting 92.30% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. The proposals considered at the meeting are described in detail in the Company’s 2017 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 2019:

 

Name		For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Ronald Black			83,530,337				1,676,618				72,756				17,751,697
Penelope A. Herscher			83,862,459				1,349,302				67,950				17,751,697
Eric Stang			81,759,178				3,436,323				84,210				17,751,697

(ii) Advisory vote on executive compensation:

For:  65,694,877             Against:  19,436,054              Abstentions:  148,780             Broker Non-Votes:  17,751,697

(iii) Advisory vote on frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation:

One Year: 80,247,983             Two Years:  289,194             Three Years:  4,595,313              Abstain:  147,221

(iv) Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the period ending December 31, 2017:

For: 100,943,578             Against:  1,492,638             Abstentions:  595,192

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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, 2017						Rambus Inc.
						/s/ Jae Kim
						Jae Kim Senior Vice President & General Counsel