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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):  08/12/2013
 
Tessera Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  000-50460
 
Delaware
  
16-1620029
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
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)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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:

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Item 2.05.    Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities
 
On August 12, 2013, Tessera Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") announced that it sold a significant portion of the assets of the Company's Micro-Optics business based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In connection with the sale of the Micro-Optics business, the Company expects to incur total exit and disposal costs in the range of approximately $2.0 million to $2.5 million in the third quarter of 2013, which represent severance costs, all of which will be cash expenditures.
In the second quarter of 2013, the Company started classifying the Micro-Optics business in Charlotte, North Carolina as discontinued operations and the severance costs described above will be included in discontinued operations in the third quarter of 2013.
 
 
Item 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure
 
On August 12, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the sale of a significant portion of the assets of the Company's Micro-Optics business based in Charlotte, North Carolina. A copy of the 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 August 12, 2013
 

 

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.
 
           
Tessera Technologies, Inc.
 
 
Date: August 13, 2013
     
By:
 
/s/    John K. Allen

               
John K. Allen
               
Acting Chief Financial Officer
 
 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.

  
Description

EX-99.1
  
Press Release