UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(Amendment No. __)*
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Rambus, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
750018 10 6
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(CUSIP Number)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
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13G
CUSIP No. 750917 10 6 Page 2 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Merrill Pickard Anderson & Eyre V, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_|
(b) |X|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 Citizenship or place of organization
Delaware
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 1,776,516
SHARES -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
-0-
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7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,776,516
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
- ----------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,776,516
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
7.87%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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<S> <C> <C>
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CUSIP No. 750917 10 6 Page 3 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
MPAE V Management Company, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_|
(b) |X|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 Citizenship or place of organization
United States
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 1,776,516
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
-0-
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,776,516
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
- ----------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,776,516
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
7.87%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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<S> <C> <C>
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CUSIP No. 750917 10 6 Page 4 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Steven L. Merrill
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_|
(b) |X|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 Citizenship or place of organization
United States
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES -0-
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
1,776,516
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,776,516
- ----------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,776,516
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
7.87%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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<FN>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
</FN>
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CUSIP No. 750917 10 6 Page 5 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
James C. Anderson
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_|
(b) |X|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 Citizenship or place of organization
United States
- ----------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF -0-
SHARES -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
1,776,516
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,776,516
- ----------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,776,516
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
7.87%
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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<FN>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
</FN>
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CUSIP No. 750917 10 6 Page 6 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Andrew S. Rachleff
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_|
(b) |X|
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 SEC USE ONLY
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 Citizenship or place of organization
United States
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES -0-
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
1,776,516
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,776,516
- ----------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,776,516
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
7.87%
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<FN>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
</FN>
</TABLE>
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CUSIP No. 750917 10 6 Page 7 of 11 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Bruce W. Dunlevie
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_|
(b) |X|
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 Citizenship or place of organization
United States
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES -0-
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
1,776,516
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
-0-
-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,776,516
- ----------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,776,516
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
7.87%
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<FN>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
</FN>
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Item 1.
(a) Name of Issuer: Rambus, Inc. ("Issuer")
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
2465 Latham Street
Mountain View, California 94040
Item 2.
(a) Name of Person(s) Filing:
Merrill Pickard Anderson & Eyre V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("MPAE V")
MPAE V Management Co., L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("MPAE V M")
Steven L. Merrill ("Merrill")
James C. Anderson ("Anderson")
Andrew S. Rachleff ("Rachleff")
Bruce W. Dunlevie ("Dunlevie")
(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
The address for each person filing is:
Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre
2480 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(c) Citizenship/Place of Organization:
MPAE V: Delaware
MPAE V A: Delaware
MPAE V M: Delaware
Merrill: United States
Anderson: United States
Rachleff: United States
Dunlevie: United States
(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
(e) CUSIP Number: 750917 10 6
Item 3. Not applicable.
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Item 4 Ownership.
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MPAE V MPAE V M Merrill Anderson Rachleff Dunlevie
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(a) Beneficial 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516
Ownership
- ------- --------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
(b) Percentage of 7.87% 7.87% 7.87% 7.87% 7.87% 7.87%
Class
- ------- --------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
(c) Sole Voting 1,776,516 1,776,516 0 0 0 0
Power
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Shared Voting 0 0 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516
Power
- ------- --------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
Sole 1,776,516 1,776,516 0 0 0 0
Dispositive
Power
- ------- --------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
Shared 0 0 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516 1,776,516
Dispositive
Power
- ------- --------------- ---------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
Under certain circumstances set forth in the limited partnership
agreements of MPAE V and MPAE V M, the general partners and/or limited partners
of each such partnership may be deemed to have the right to receive dividends
from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock of Issuer beneficially
owned by each such partnership.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
Not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: February 13, 1998
MERRILL PICKARD ANDERSON & EYRE V, L.P. MPAE V MANAGEMENT CO., L.P.
By its general partner
MPAE V MANAGEMENT CO., L.P.
By: /s/ Steven L. Merrill
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Steven L. Merrill
General Partner
By: /s/ Steven L. Merrill
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Steven L. Merrill
General Partner
/s/ Steven L. Merrill
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Steven L. Merrill
/s/ James C. Anderson
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James C. Anderson
/s/ Andrew S. Rachleff
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Andrew S. Rachleff
/s/ Bruce W. Dunlevie
-----------------------------------
Bruce W. Dunlevie
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EXHIBIT A
AGREEMENT OF JOINT FILING
We, the undersigned, hereby express our agreement that the attached
Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of us.
Date: February 13, 1998
MERRILL PICKARD ANDERSON & EYRE V, L.P. MPAE V MANAGEMENT CO., L.P.
By its general partner
MPAE V MANAGEMENT CO., L.P.
By: /s/ Steven L. Merrill
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Steven L. Merrill
General Partner
By: /s/ Steven L. Merrill
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Steven L. Merrill
General Partner
/s/ Steven L. Merrill
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Steven L. Merrill
/s/ James C. Anderson
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James C. Anderson
/s/ Andrew S. Rachleff
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Andrew S. Rachleff
/s/ Bruce W. Dunlevie
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Bruce W. Dunlevie
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