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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Rambus Inc · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jun 30, 2026
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We are exposed to financial market risks, primarily arising from the effect of interest rate fluctuations on our investment portfolio. Interest rate fluctuations may arise from changes in the market’s view of the quality of the security issuer, the overall economic outlook and the time to maturity of our portfolio. We mitigate this risk by investing only in highly rated, liquid instruments. Securities with original maturities of one year or less must be rated by two of the three industry standard rating agencies as follows: A1 by Standard & Poor’s, P1 by Moody’s and/or F-1 by Fitch. Securities with original maturities of greater than one year must be rated by two of the following industry standard rating agencies as follows: AA- by Standard & Poor’s, Aa3 by Moody’s and/or AA- by Fitch. Our corporate investment policy limits the amount of exposure to $15.0 million or 10% of the portfolio, whichever is lower, for any single non-U.S. Government issuer. A single U.S. Agency can represent up to 25% of the portfolio. No more than 20% of the total portfolio may be invested in the securities of an industry sector, with money market fund investments evaluated separately. Our policy requires that at least 10% of the portfolio be in securities with a maturity of 90 days or less. We may make investments in time deposits, U.S. government-sponsored obligations and corporate bonds, commercial paper and notes with maturities up to 36 months. We currently bias our investment portfolio to shorter maturities. The majority of our investments are U.S. dollar denominated.
Our policy specifically prohibits trading securities for the sole purpose of realizing trading profits; however, we may liquidate a portion of our portfolio if we experience unforeseen liquidity requirements. In such a case, if the environment has been one of rising interest rates, we may experience a realized loss. Similarly, if the environment has been one of declining interest rates, we may experience a realized gain. As of June 30, 2026, we had an investment portfolio of fixed income marketable securities of $747.3 million, including cash equivalents and time deposits. If market interest rates were to increase immediately and uniformly by 1.0% from the levels as of June 30, 2026, the fair value of the portfolio would decline by approximately $4.3 million. Actual results may differ materially from this sensitivity analysis.
We invoice the majority of our customers in U.S. dollars. Although the fluctuation of currency exchange rates may impact our customers, and thus indirectly impact us, we do not attempt to hedge this indirect and speculative risk. Our overseas operations consist primarily of international business operations in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, design centers in Bulgaria, Canada, India, and Finland, business development and operations activities in South Korea and Taiwan and business development activities in China. We monitor our foreign currency exposure. As of June 30, 2026, we believe our foreign currency exposure is not material enough to warrant foreign currency hedging.
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