---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-140580"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RMBS"
cik: "0000917273"
company_name: "RAMBUS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:08:10.446414+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rambus appoints Steven Laub to Board of Directors; annual meeting votes pass

## Summary
- Steven Laub, former Atmel CEO, appointed to Rambus Board as Class II director, effective April 28, 2022; Board expanded to nine members.
- Laub will serve on Audit and Corporate Development Committees; receives standard non-employee director compensation including $170K annual RSU grant.
- At April 28 annual meeting, stockholders elected Kissner, Sayiner, and Seraphin as Class I directors with >85M For votes each.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor passed (93.8M For) and advisory vote on executive compensation approved (86.7M For).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-140580
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RMBS
- cik: 0000917273
- company_name: RAMBUS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312522140580/0001193125-22-140580-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312522140580/d228741d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-140580
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-140580.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-140580.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Meera Rao changed role as Class I Director at RAMBUS INC.
  - Action: moved
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: In connection with Mr. Laub’s appointment to the Board and to rebalance the size of the Company’s two classes of directors, Meera Rao has moved from being a Class II director to a Class I director as approved by the Board, with Ms. Rao’s service on the Board continuing uninterrupted.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312522140580/0001193125-22-140580-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven Laub was appointed as Class II Director at RAMBUS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: On April 28, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rambus Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Steven Laub, age 63, to serve as a Class II director, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312522140580/0001193125-22-140580-index.htm

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