SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2019-08-28

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.2 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RAMBUS INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2019
INDUCEMENT EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Purpose of the Plan</U>. The purpose of this Plan is to attract and
retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility by providing an inducement material to individuals&#146; entering into employment with the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Plan permits the grant of Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance
Units, Performance Shares and other stock or cash awards as the Administrator may determine. Each Award under the Plan is intended to qualify as an employment inducement award under the Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) or to qualify under the exception
relating to plans or arrangements relating to an acquisition or merger under the Listing Rule 5635(c)(3). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Definitions</U>. As used herein, the following definitions will apply: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Administrator</U>&#148; means the Board or any of its Committees that will be administering the Plan in
accordance with Section&nbsp;4 of the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Applicable Laws</U>&#148; means the requirements relating
to the administration of equity-based awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any
foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Award</U>&#148;
means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units, Performance Shares and other stock or cash awards as the Administrator may determine.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Award Agreement</U>&#148; means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and
provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Board</U>&#148; means the Board of Directors of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<U>Change in Control</U>&#148; means the occurrence of any of the following events: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A change in the ownership of the Company<I> </I>which occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one
person acting as a group (&#147;<U>Person</U>&#148;), acquires ownership of the stock of the Company that, together with the stock held by such Person, constitutes more than 50%&nbsp;of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; provided,
however, that for purposes of this subsection, the acquisition of additional stock by any one Person, who is considered to own more than 50%&nbsp;of the total voting power of the stock of the Company will not be considered a Change in Control;
provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (i), (1) the acquisition of beneficial ownership of additional stock by any one Person who is considered to beneficially own more than 50% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company will
not be considered a Change in Control; and (2)&nbsp;if the stockholders of the Company immediately before such change in ownership continue to retain immediately after the change in ownership, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership
of shares of the Company&#146;s voting stock immediately prior to the change in ownership, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company or of the ultimate parent entity of the Company,
such event will not be considered a Change in Control under this clause (i). For this purpose, indirect beneficial ownership will include, without limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more corporations
or other business entities which own the Company, as the case may be, either directly or through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities; or </P>
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