Rambus Inc.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rambus Inc. (“Rambus” or the “Company”) has appointed Sumeet Gagneja as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective April 29, 2026, reporting to Luc Seraphin, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In connection with the appointment, John Allen will cease serving as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial officer, effective as of the same date, and will continue to serve as the Company’s Vice President, Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer. Sumeet Gagneja, age 56, previously served as divisional Chief Financial Officer of the Data Center Segment at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. from October 2024 to April 2026. Prior to that role, Mr. Gagneja was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Flash Business at Western Digital Corporation from September 2022 to October 2024. From November 2021 to September 2022, Mr. Gagneja served as Vice President, Corporate Controller at 10x Genomics, Inc. Mr. Gagneja was Chief Financial Officer at Innovium, Inc. from May 2021 to October 2021, before that company’s acquisition by Marvell Technology, Inc. Before joining Innovium, Inc., Mr. Gagneja served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Xilinx, Inc. from March 2019 to May 2021. Mr. Gagneja served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (“Maxim Integrated”) from August 2017 to February 2019, and various finance roles at Maxim Integrated from 2013 to August 2017. Prior to joining Maxim Integrated, Mr. Gagneja held various finance positions at Broadcom Limited (previously Avago Technologies) and Intel Corporation. Mr. Gagneja received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University, and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan (Stephen M. Ross) School of Business. Mr. Gagneja’s annual compensation consists of a base salary of $475,000 and a target bonus of 75% of his base salary, with payment prorated for time actually served in 2026. Mr. Gagneja will also receive a new hire bonus of $300,000, a restricted stock unit (“RSU”) grant valued at $1,625,000, a performance share award grant valued at $1,625,000, and a new hire RSU grant valued at $3,000,000. The foregoing compensation terms are contained in Mr. Gagneja’s offer letter and are qualified by reference to the offer letter, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The Company and Mr. Gagneja have also entered into a standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2021, and a standard form of change of control severance agreement for executive officers other than the CEO, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2015. There are no family relationships between Mr. Gagneja and any of our directors or executive officers. There are no related party transactions between Mr. Gagneja and Rambus other than his employment relationship with Rambus. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Gagneja and any other persons in connection with his employment by Rambus. A copy of Rambus’ press release regarding these events is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. The exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.