---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-297793"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RMBS"
cik: "0000917273"
company_name: "RAMBUS INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T21:16:14.455754+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rambus CFO Rahul Mathur resigns; Keith Jones named interim CFO; guidance reaffirmed

## Summary
- CFO Rahul Mathur resigned effective Nov 15, 2021 to pursue an opportunity outside the semiconductor industry.
- Keith Jones, current VP, CAO and Corporate Controller, appointed interim CFO effective Nov 15.
- Company reaffirmed previously issued Q3 FY2021 guidance; Q3 results call scheduled Nov 1, 2021.
- Jones will receive $324,571 annual salary plus monthly stipend of $6,250 and a $150K retention bonus after 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-297793
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RMBS
- cik: 0000917273
- company_name: RAMBUS INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312521297793/0001193125-21-297793-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312521297793/d346478d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rahul Mathur resigned as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RAMBUS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 8, 2021, Rahul Mathur, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company tendered his resignation from the Company, to be effective as of November 15, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312521297793/0001193125-21-297793-index.htm
- Executive change
  Keith Jones was appointed as interim Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at RAMBUS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Keith Jones to the position of interim Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, to be effective as of November 15, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312521297793/0001193125-21-297793-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.