Tessera Technologies (TSRA)

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Our common stock is traded publicly on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “TSRA.” The price range per share is the highest and lowest bid prices, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market, on any trading day during the respective quarter.

As of February 20, 2009 there were outstanding 48,625,065 shares of common stock held by 40 stockholders of record. We have not paid cash dividends on our common stock since our inception and we do not anticipate paying any in the foreseeable future.

The information under the caption, “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 19, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.

On August 24, 2007, the Company announced a plan authorized by the Board of Directors to purchase up to $100 million of its common stock in the open market or through private transactions. No purchases were made during the quarter ended December 31, 2008 under this plan. No expiration date has been specified for this plan. During fiscal 2007 and 2008, the Company repurchased a total of 645,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $16.26 per share for a total cost of $10.5 million under the terms of the repurchase program. As of December 31, 2008, the total amount available for repurchase was $89.5 million. The Company plans to continue to execute authorized repurchases from time to time under the plan.

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The information required by this Item 10 is hereby incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Executive Officers” and “Election of Directors” contained in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 19, 2009 (“Proxy Statement”).

The information required by Section 16(a) is hereby incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement.

We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons serving similar functions. The text of our code of ethics has been posted on our website at http://www.tessera.com.

The information required by this Item 11 is incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Election of Directors,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” and “Compensation of Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 12 is incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 13 is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Election of Directors” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 14 is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Ratification of Auditors” in the Proxy Statement.

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(a) Documents filed as part of this report:

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(a) Documents filed as part of this report:

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The information required by this Item 10 is hereby incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Executive Officers and Other Senior Management” and “Election of Directors” contained in the company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days from the end of the Company’s last fiscal year in connection with the solicitation of proxies for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 17, 2007, (the “Proxy Statement”).

The information required by Section 16(a) is hereby incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement.

We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons serving similar functions. The text of our code of ethics has been posted on our website at http://www.tessera.com.

The information required by this Item 11 is incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Election of Directors” and “Compensation of Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 12 is incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 13 is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 14 is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Ratification of Auditors” in the Proxy Statement.

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The information required by this Item 10 is hereby incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Executive Officers and Other Senior Management” and “Election of Directors” contained in the company’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days from the end of the Company’s last fiscal year in connection with the solicitation of proxies for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 18, 2006, (the “Proxy Statement”).

The information required by Section 16(a) is hereby incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement.

We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons serving similar functions. The text of our code of ethics has been posted on our website at http://www.tessera.com.

The information required by this Item 11 is incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Election of Directors” and “Compensation of Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 12 is incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 13 is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement.

The information required by this Item 14 is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Ratification of Auditors” in the Proxy Statement.

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