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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): September 4, 2012
Tessera Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 000-50460 | 16-1620029 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3025 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(408) 321-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On September 4, 2012, Tessera Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) announced an executive transition at DigitalOptics Corporation (“DOC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In connection with the executive transition, the employment of Farzan Bob Roohparvar, the former president of DOC, terminated on September 4, 2012.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 4, 2012, the Company issued a press release regarding the DOC executive transition. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 4, 2012 | |
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: September 4, 2012
| TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ C. RICHARD NEELY, JR. | |
| Name: | C. Richard Neely, Jr. | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 4, 2012 | |