Item 8.01. Other Events.


2023 Note Repurchase

On August 11, 2022, Rambus Inc. (the "Company") entered into individual privately negotiated transactions with certain holders of its outstanding 1.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes"), pursuant to which the Company will pay an aggregate of approximately $57 million in cash for the repurchase of approximately $39 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes (the "2023 Note Repurchases"). The foregoing amount of cash is subject to adjustment during a 10 trading-day measurement period ending August 25, 2022. Accordingly, such approximate amount is an estimate based on an assumed price per share of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), equal to $26.88, the closing price per share of Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 5, 2022. The actual amounts of cash paid could vary depending on changes in the trading price of the Common Stock during the measurement period.

The 2023 Note Repurchases are expected to close on or about August 31, 2022. Following the closing of the 2023 Note Repurchases, approximately $10 million in aggregate principal amount of 2023 Notes will remain outstanding with terms unchanged. The Company will not receive any cash proceeds from the 2023 Note Repurchases. In exchange for paying cash pursuant to the 2023 Note Repurchases, the Company will receive and cancel the repurchased 2023 Notes.

Bond Hedge and Warrant Unwind Transactions

In connection with the 2023 Note Repurchases, the Company expects to enter into agreements with certain financial institutions (the "Option Counterparties") to terminate corresponding portions of the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions the Company previously entered into with the Option Counterparties in connection with the issuance of the 2023 Notes. In connection with the termination, the Option Counterparties or their respective affiliates may sell shares of the Common Stock in secondary market transactions, or may unwind derivative transactions that may in turn result in secondary market sales of the Common Stock, shortly after the Company's entry into the 2023 Repurchases.

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