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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2013 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM S-8 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>Tessera Technologies, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification Number)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3025 Orchard Parkway </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>San Jose, California 95134 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(408) 321-6000 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices) </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Tessera Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Full title of the Plan) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Thomas Lacey
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Interim Chief Executive Officer </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Tessera Technologies, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3025 Orchard Parkway </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>San Jose, California 95134 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(408) 321-6000 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Robert A. Koenig, Esq. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>140 Scott Drive </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Menlo Park, California 94025 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(650) 328-4600 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and
&#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount to be<BR>registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed maximum<BR>offering price per<BR>share</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed maximum<BR>aggregate offering<BR>price</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount of<BR>registration fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common stock, par value $0.001 per share</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">400,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$21.07 (2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$8,428,000.00 (2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$1,149.58</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of common stock which become issuable under the Registrant&#146;s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Per Share is $21.07 per share, which is the average of the high ($21.33) and low ($20.81) prices for the Registrant&#146;s common stock reported by The Nasdaq Global Select Market on July&nbsp;23, 2013. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as awards granted under the Plan are
granted, purchased and/or distributed. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on
January&nbsp;27, 2004, File No.&nbsp;333-112238 (the &#147;Original Registration Statement&#148;), we registered 600,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable under the Plan. By a registration
statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;13, 2008, File No.&nbsp;333-151659 (the &#147;2008 Registration Statement&#148;), we registered an additional 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. We are hereby
registering an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, which shares became available for issuance under the Plan due to an automatic annual increase provision in the Plan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration Statement and the 2008 Registration Statement are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART I </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART II </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Incorporation of
Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed, or may file, with the Commission: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012, filed by us with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2013 (File No. 000-50460), including
the information specifically incorporated by reference therein from our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;16, 2013; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2013, filed by us with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2013 (File No. 000-50460);
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by us with the Commission on January&nbsp;16, 2013,&nbsp;February&nbsp;7, 2013 (Item 8.01 only), February&nbsp;20,
2013,&nbsp;February&nbsp;25, 2013,&nbsp;February&nbsp;28, 2013,&nbsp;March&nbsp;4, 2013 (two filings), March&nbsp;7, 2013,&nbsp;March&nbsp;8, 2013,&nbsp;March&nbsp;15, 2013,&nbsp;March&nbsp;22, 2013,&nbsp;March&nbsp;25, 2013,&nbsp;April&nbsp;16,
2013,&nbsp;April&nbsp;30, 2013,&nbsp;May&nbsp;3, 2013,&nbsp;May&nbsp;24, 2013,&nbsp;May&nbsp;30, 2013,&nbsp;June&nbsp;11, 2013,&nbsp;June&nbsp;26, 2013 and July&nbsp;23, 2013 (File No. 000-50460), in each case solely to the extent filed and not
furnished; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by us with the Commission on November&nbsp;7, 2003, as amended (File No.
000-50460). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates </FONT></P>
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that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities covered hereby then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement. Under no circumstances will any information filed under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K
expressly provides to the contrary. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Description of Securities. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6.&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&#146;s board of
directors to grant, indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our bylaws provide that we shall indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. In addition, we have entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors, officers and
certain employees which require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status as directors, officers or certain other employees. We also intend to maintain director and officer
liability insurance, if available on reasonable terms. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">These indemnification provisions and the indemnification agreements
entered into between us and our officers and directors may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;Exemption From Registration Claimed. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;Exhibits. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A list of exhibits filed with this Registration Statement is set forth on the Index to Exhibits included with this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;Undertakings. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)&nbsp;To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, State of California, on July&nbsp;25, 2013. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John K. Allen</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John K. Allen</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Acting Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas Lacey and John Allen, and each or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Thomas Lacey</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thomas Lacey</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John K. Allen</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John K. Allen</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Acting Chief Financial Officer <I>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Richard S. Hill</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard S. Hill</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Tudor Brown</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tudor Brown</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John Chenault</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John Chenault</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ George Cwynar</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">George Cwynar</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Peter A. Feld</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">George A. Riedel</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Christopher A. Seams</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Donald E. Stout</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">July 25, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Timothy J. Stultz</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:55pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tessera Technologies, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-108518),
effective November&nbsp;12, 2003, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment to the Tessera Technologies, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File
No.&nbsp;333-151659), filed June 13, 2008, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tessera Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective July 31, 2013 (filed as Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement on
Schedule 14A, filed April 16, 2013, and incorporated by reference herein)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)</FONT></TD></TR>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2013
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Tessera Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
16-1620029
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
3025 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95134
(408) 321-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
Tessera Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Thomas Lacey
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Tessera Technologies, Inc.
3025 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95134
(408) 321-6000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Robert A. Koenig, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
140 Scott Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 328-4600
Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and
"smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per
share
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
Amount of
registration fee
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share
400,000
$21.07 (2)
$8,428,000.00 (2)
$1,149.58
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of common stock which become issuable under the Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Per Share is $21.07 per share, which is the average of the high ($21.33) and low ($20.81) prices for the Registrant's common stock reported by The Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 23, 2013.
Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as awards granted under the Plan are
granted, purchased and/or distributed.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
By a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
January 27, 2004, File No. 333-112238 (the "Original Registration Statement"), we registered 600,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable under the Plan. By a registration
statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 13, 2008, File No. 333-151659 (the "2008 Registration Statement"), we registered an additional 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. We are hereby
registering an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, which shares became available for issuance under the Plan due to an automatic annual increase provision in the Plan.
Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration Statement and the 2008 Registration Statement are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed, or may file, with the Commission:
(1)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed by us with the Commission on March 1, 2013 (File No. 000-50460), including
the information specifically incorporated by reference therein from our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 16, 2013;
(2)
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, filed by us with the Commission on May 10, 2013 (File No. 000-50460);
(3)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by us with the Commission on January 16, 2013, February 7, 2013 (Item 8.01 only), February 20,
2013, February 25, 2013, February 28, 2013, March 4, 2013 (two filings), March 7, 2013, March 8, 2013, March 15, 2013, March 22, 2013, March 25, 2013, April 16,
2013, April 30, 2013, May 3, 2013, May 24, 2013, May 30, 2013, June 11, 2013, June 26, 2013 and July 23, 2013 (File No. 000-50460), in each case solely to the extent filed and not
furnished; and
(4)
The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by us with the Commission on November 7, 2003, as amended (File No.
000-50460).
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
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that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities covered hereby then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement. Under no circumstances will any information filed under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K
expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of
directors to grant, indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations.
Our bylaws provide that we shall indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. In addition, we have entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors, officers and
certain employees which require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status as directors, officers or certain other employees. We also intend to maintain director and officer
liability insurance, if available on reasonable terms.
These indemnification provisions and the indemnification agreements
entered into between us and our officers and directors may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits filed with this Registration Statement is set forth on the Index to Exhibits included with this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, State of California, on July 25, 2013.
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ John K. Allen
John K. Allen
Acting Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas Lacey and John Allen, and each or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas Lacey
Thomas Lacey
Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 25, 2013
/s/ John K. Allen
John K. Allen
Acting Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 25, 2013
/s/ Richard S. Hill
Richard S. Hill
Chairman of the Board of Directors
July 25, 2013
/s/ Tudor Brown
Tudor Brown
Director
July 25, 2013
/s/ John Chenault
John Chenault
Director
July 25, 2013
/s/ George Cwynar
George Cwynar
Director
July 25, 2013
/s/ Peter A. Feld
Peter A. Feld
Director
July 25, 2013
/s/ George A. Riedel
George A. Riedel
Director
July 25, 2013
/s/ Christopher A. Seams
Christopher A. Seams
Director
July 25, 2013
/s/ Donald E. Stout
Donald E. Stout
Director
July 25, 2013
/s/ Timothy J. Stultz
Timothy J. Stultz
Director
July 25, 2013
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
10.1
Tessera Technologies, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-108518),
effective November 12, 2003, and incorporated by reference herein)
10.2
Amendment to the Tessera Technologies, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File
No. 333-151659), filed June 13, 2008, and incorporated by reference herein)
10.3
Tessera Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective July 31, 2013 (filed as Appendix B to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement on
Schedule 14A, filed April 16, 2013, and incorporated by reference herein)
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)