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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-715964
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160919
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160921
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160921

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RAMBUS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917273
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				943112828
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22339
		FILM NUMBER:		161895786

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089
		BUSINESS PHONE:		408-462-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>September 19, 2016 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rambus Inc.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>94-3112828</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1050 Enterprise Way, Suite 700, Sunnyvale, California 94089 </B></P>
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name or former address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On
September 19, 2016, Rambus Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced that Rahul Mathur has accepted the offer to join the Company as its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mathur is planning to commence employment on October 3, 2016.
Mr. Mathur will replace Martin Pilling, who has been serving as interim Chief Financial Officer since August 5, 2016. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Mathur will serve as the Company&#146;s principal financial officer and principal accounting
officer, subject to formal approvals. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr. Mathur, 42, has served as senior vice president of finance at Cypress Semiconductor Corp., a provider of embedded memory, microcontroller, and analog
semiconductor system solutions, since March 2015, where he is responsible for financial planning and investor relations. From August 2012 to March 2015, Mr. Mathur served as vice president of finance at Spansion, Inc. (later acquired by Cypress
Semiconductor Corp.). Mr. Mathur served as vice president of finance at Picaboo Corporation from January 2012 to August 2012 and vice president of finance at CDNetworks Inc. from January 2011 to December 2011.&nbsp;Prior to January 2011, Mr. Mathur
held senior finance positions at Telesis Technologies, Inc., NetSuite Inc. and KLA-Tencor Corporation.&nbsp;Mr. Mathur holds a Bachelor of Arts in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the
University of Pennsylvania. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are no family relationships between Mr. Mathur and any of our directors or executive officers and there are no
arrangements or understandings between him and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer. There are no related party transactions between Mr. Mathur and the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Mr. Mathur&#146;s offer letter, Mr. Mathur
will receive an annual salary of $330,000 and will be eligible to participate in the Company&#146;s 2016 Corporate Incentive Plan (&#147;2016 CIP&#148;), under which he will have a 2016 CIP target of $270,000, with payout based on an assessment of
his performance and the performance of his division, business unit or other area of responsibility. In addition, Mr. Mathur will receive a $50,000 hiring bonus. Mr. Mathur will be granted an option to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock of the
Company. 10% of the shares subject to the option will vest six months from the date of grant, and the remaining shares will vest monthly thereafter until fully vested four years from the date of grant. Mr. Mathur will also be granted 80,000
restricted stock units which will vest annually over four years. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of Mr. Mathur&#146;s offer letter is a summary and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the offer letter, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company
plans to enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 1997, and
its standard form of change of control severance agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 8-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2015, with Mr. Mathur. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rambus lnc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1050 Enterprise
Way, Suite 700 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sunnyvale, CA 94089 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">408-462-8000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">rambus.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">September 9, 2016 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rahul Mathur </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Rahul: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are pleased to offer you a position with Rambus or one of its affiliates or subsidiaries (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Rambus&#148;) as a <B>SVP, Chief
Financial Officer.</B> This letter will confirm the terms of your employment with the Company as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Your starting base salary will be $13,750.00
semi-monthly, which over a full year would equal <B>$330,000.00.</B> You will also have a target bonus of <B>$270,000.00</B> annually so long as you are an employee with the Company on the bonus payout date (as stated in the Corporate Incentive
Plan). You will be classified as an exempt employee, reporting to Ronald Black. You will be eligible for Rambus&#146; standard benefits package including insurance and flex time-off. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You will also receive a hiring bonus of <B>$50,000.00.</B> This will be payable within 30 days of your start date. If you should voluntarily terminate
employment with Rambus for any reason within one year of your date of hire, you will be required to repay a pro-rated portion of the amount received. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rambus will grant an option to you to purchase <B>60,000</B> shares of Rambus common stock. The option grant will be made after the grant approval process is
completed on the first business day of the first full month after your first day of employment at Rambus. The option will vest as follows: 10% of the option granted will vest six months from the date of grant; thereafter the option will vest monthly
until fully vested four years from the date of grant. This is a standard vesting schedule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, you will be granted <B>80,000</B> Restricted
Stock Units (&#147;RSUs&#148;) after the grant approval process is completed on the first business day of the first full month after your first day of employment at Rambus. The RSUs will vest as follows: 25% of the RSUs will vest twelve months from
the date of grant, and the remaining RSUs will vest at 25% every twelve months for the following three years. The actual vesting schedule will be included when you receive your grant paperwork. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rambus Announces New Chief Financial Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Rahul Mathur brings over 20 years of financial experience to management team </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SUNNYVALE, Calif. </B><B>&#150;</B><B> September 19, 2016</B> &#150; <U>Rambus Inc.</U> (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced that Mr. Rahul Mathur has accepted
the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Mathur will be responsible for the overall financial direction of the company and will report to president and chief executive officer Dr. Ron Black. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to joining Rambus, Mr. Mathur served as senior vice president of finance at Cypress Semiconductor where he was responsible for financial planning and
investor relations for the $2.1B provider of embedded memory, microcontroller, and analog semiconductor system solutions.&nbsp;Prior to that, Rahul served as vice president of finance at Spansion (later acquired by Cypress).&nbsp;Rahul has
previously worked at numerous technology companies such as NetSuite and KLA-Tencor, and started his career as a consultant with Arthur Andersen.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Rahul brings to Rambus extensive experience of managing assets and highlighting market relevance which will help the public markets better understand
and appreciate the value we bring to our customers and target areas,&#148; said Dr. Black. &#147;As we focus on the data center and mobile edge markets, we believe we are on the cusp of great opportunity and Rahul is right person to help us achieve
our revenue and growth goals.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr. Mathur holds a Bachelor of Arts in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Wharton School
of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About Rambus Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rambus creates innovative hardware and software technologies, driving advancements from the data center to the mobile edge. Our chips, customizable IP cores,
architecture licenses, tools, services, software, training and innovations improve the competitive advantage of our customers. We collaborate with the industry, partnering with leading ASIC and SoC designers, foundries, IP developers, EDA companies
and validation labs. Our products are integrated into tens of billions of devices and systems, powering and securing diverse applications, including Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, consumer and media platforms. At Rambus, we are makers
of better. For more information, visit <U>rambus.com</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>RMBSFN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Press contacts: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Racepoint Global </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hilary Costa </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(415) 694-6705 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>hcosta@racepointglobal.com </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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