Former Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer · Rambus Inc (RMBS)

Desmond Lynch

A named executive officer of Rambus in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,858,988

FY2024: $2,391,411

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 6, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Desmond Lynch compensation by year

Rambus Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Rambus reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$326,958$398,958$432,500$453,750
Bonus$100,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,481,185$1,978,389$1,638,124$2,053,416
Option awards—$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$228,380$291,975$309,285$340,170
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0
All other$10,506$11,220$11,502$11,652
Total$2,147,030$2,680,542$2,391,411$2,858,988

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Rambus Inc DEF 14A filed March 6, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-096458, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.1M
$2.7M
$2.4M
$2.9M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU18,167$1,669,366—
PSU18,167$1,669,366—
RSU17,277$1,587,584—
PSU17,277$1,587,584—
RSU13,659$1,255,126—
PSU13,659$1,255,126—
RSU10,244$941,321—
RSU8,638$793,746—
RSU5,087$467,444—
RSU2,200$202,158—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Rambus Inc's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Rambus’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Luc SeraphinChief Executive Officer and President$9,507,546
Sean FanExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$6,390,682
Desmond Lynch · this pageFormer Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer$2,858,988
John ShinnSenior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer$1,610,755

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