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EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES INC | d498027dex991.htm |
EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES INC | d498027dex992.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 4, 2013
Tessera Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-50460 | 16-1620029 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3025 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(408) 321-6000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On March 4, 2013, Tessera Technologies, Inc. (the Company) issued a press release that included a letter from the Companys board of directors (the Board) to Peter Feld, Managing Member of Starboard Value LP, in response to a private letter from Mr. Feld to the Board, dated February 28, 2013, and a public letter from Mr. Feld to the Companys stockholders, dated March 1, 2013.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Companys press release dated March 4, 2013, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. A copy of the letter from Mr. Feld to the Board, dated February 28, 2013, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. The Company is filing the letter from Mr. Feld to the Board as a matter of information for the Companys stockholders and assumes no responsibility for the contents of the letter.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Press Release, dated March 4, 2013 | |
99.2 | Letter from Mr. Feld to the Board, dated February 28, 2013 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 4, 2013
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
By: | /S/ C. RICHARD NEELY, JR. | |
Name: | C. Richard Neely, Jr. | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Press Release, dated March 4, 2013 | |
99.2 | Letter from Mr. Feld to the Board, dated February 28, 2013 |