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 28, 2011
 
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)
 
(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 28, 2011, Rambus held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The matters voted upon at the meeting for stockholders of record as of February 28, 2011 and the vote with respect to each such matter are set forth below:

(i) Election of five Class II directors for a term of two years expiring in 2013:

Name
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
J. Thomas Bentley
63,457,918
2,086,889
29,522,344
P. Michael Farmwald, Ph.D.
63,520,847
2,023,960
29,522,344
Penelope A. Herscher
62,424,051
3,120,756
29,522,344
David Shrigley
62,633,873
2,910,934
29,522,344
Eric Stang
62,683,354
2,861,453
29,522,344

(ii) Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:

For: 56,624,065
Against: 8,572,582
Abstentions: 348,160
Broker  Non-Votes: 29,522,344
 

(iii) Frequency of an Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:

1 Year: 61,060,595
2 years: 427,102
3 years: 3,733,435
Abstentions: 323,675
   

(iv) Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the period ending December 31, 2011:

For: 92,423,774
Against: 1,877,061
Abstentions: 766,316

The term for Class II continuing directors J. Thomas Bentley, P. Michael Farmwald, Ph.D., Penelope A. Herscher, David Shrigley and Eric Stang will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2013. There were 107,672,235 shares issued, outstanding and eligible to vote at the meeting.


 
 

 

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: May  3, 2011
     
Rambus Inc.
     
       
/s/ Satish Rishi
       
Satish Rishi, Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer