secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     RAMBUS INC (RMBS)
CIK:        0000917273
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-04T20:05:06+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-383630
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Rambus CAO John Allen to retire; William Taulbee appointed as successor
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- John Allen, VP Accounting and CAO, retires effective Sept 8, 2026; stays through Sept 30 for transition.
- William Taulbee appointed VP and CAO effective Sept 8, 2026; previously at Gartner and Western Digital.
- Taulbee compensation: $355k base, $142k target bonus, $175k sign-on over 2 years, $700k RSU vesting over 4 years.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312526383630/0001193125-26-383630-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/917273/000119312526383630/d80115d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-383630

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