Item 5.02.
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Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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(b) Departure of David Shrigley as Director.
On October 24, 2019, David Shrigley informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rambus Inc. (the “Company”) that he would retire and resign from the Board effective October 24, 2019. Mr. Shrigley’s decision to resign from the Board was not because of any disagreement with the Company.
(d) Appointment of Necip Sayiner as Director.
On October 24, 2019, the Board appointed Dr. Necip Sayiner, age 54, as a member of the Board and as a Class II director, effective immediately, and to stand for reelection at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to be held in 2021. The size of the Board will remain at eight directors.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Sayiner and any other person pursuant to which Dr. Sayiner was named a director of the Company. Dr. Sayiner does not have any family relationship with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. Dr. Sayiner 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. Dr. Sayiner will receive standard compensation, including cash, restricted stock units and option grants available to non-employee directors of the Company.
Dr. Sayiner also was appointed to the Compensation and Corporate Development Committees of the Board, effective immediately. After giving effect to Dr. Sayiner’s appointments, the Compensation Committee is composed of Eric Stang, Emiko Higashi and Dr. Sayiner, and the Corporate Development Committee is composed of Emiko Higashi, Sanjay Saraf, E. Thomas Fisher and Dr. Sayiner.
In connection with his appointment and service as a non-employee director, Dr. Sayiner entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement and will receive an annual cash retainer of $40,000 paid quarterly. Dr. Sayiner will also receive an initial option grant to purchase 40,000 shares of common stock of the Company vesting over four years, with one-quarter of the shares subject to option vesting one year after the date of grant and the remaining shares vesting ratably each month thereafter. In addition, for so long as he remains a member of the Board, Dr. Sayiner will be eligible to receive annual equity grants of a number of RSUs with an approximate fair market value equal to $160,000 at the time of grant, vesting in full one year after the date of grant.
Attached to this Form 8-K is a press release regarding the appointment of Dr. Sayiner 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.