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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): December 21, 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)

(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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

x Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 21, 2012, Tessera Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) received from Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd (“Starboard”) a notice of Starboard’s intent to nominate seven candidates to the Board of Directors at the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which has not yet been scheduled.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on December 24, 2012 in response to the notice from Starboard is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release issued by Tessera Technologies, Inc. on December 24, 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: December 24, 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 issued by Tessera Technologies, Inc. on December 24, 2012