SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 6-K
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
March 22, 2005
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
St.-Martin-Strasse
53
D-81541 Munich
Federal Republic of Germany
Tel: +49-89-234-0
(Address of principal executive offices)
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This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release of Infineon Technologies AG dated March 21, 2005, announcing a broad licensing agreement signed with Rambus Inc. and the settlement of all existing claims between the two companies.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | ||
| Date: March 22, 2005 |
By:
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WOLFGANG
ZIEBART
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| Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart | ||
| Chairman, President and | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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PETER
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FISCHL
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| Peter J. Fischl | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |
News Release / Presseinformation
Infineon Technologies
and Rambus Conclude Broad Licensing Agreement
Agreement Also Settles All Existing Claims between the Two Companies
Munich, Germany and Los Altos, California / USA – March 21, 2005 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) and Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS) announced that they have reached an agreement settling all claims between them and licensing the Rambus patent portfolio for use in current and future Infineon products.
Rambus has granted to Infineon a worldwide license to existing and future Rambus patents and patent applications for use in Infineon memory products. In exchange, Infineon will pay a quarterly license fee of US-Dollar 5.85 million starting by November 15, 2005 through November 15, 2007. After November 15, 2007, and only if Rambus enters into additional specified licensing agreements with certain other DRAM manufacturers, Infineon will make additional quarterly payments which may accumulate up to a maximum of an additional US-Dollar 100 million.
The agreement also provides Infineon an option for acquiring certain other licenses. All licenses provide for Infineon to be treated as a “most-favored customer” of Rambus.
Infineon has simultaneously granted to Rambus a fully-paid perpetual license for memory interfaces.
In addition to the licenses, the two companies have agreed to the immediate dismissal of all pending litigation and have released each other from all existing legal claims.
About Rambus
Inc.
Rambus is one of the world's
premier technology licensing companies specializing in the invention and design
of high-speed chip interfaces. Since its founding in 1990, the company's innovations,
breakthrough technologies and integration expertise have helped industry-leading
chip and system companies solve their most challenging and complex I/O problems
and bring their products to market. Rambus's interface solutions can be found
in numerous computing, consumer, and communications products and applications.
Rambus is headquartered in Los Altos, Calif., with regional offices in Chapel
Hill, North Carolina, Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan. Additional information
is available at www.rambus.com.
About Infineon
Infineon Technologies
AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for automotive,
industrial and multimarket sectors, for applications in communication, as well
as memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries
in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in
Japan from Tokyo. In fiscal year 2004 (ending September), the company achieved
sales of Euro 7.19 billion with about 35,600 employees worldwide. Infineon is
listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York
Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at www.infineon.com.
This news release is available online at http://www.infineon.com/news/.
For the Business and Trade Press: INFXX200503.046e
| Media Relations Corporate | Name: | Phone / Fax: | Email: |
| Worldwide Headquarters | Guenter Gaugler | +49 89 234 28481 / 28482 | guenter.gaugler@infineon.com |
| U.S.A. | Christoph Liedtke | +1 408 501 6790 / 2424 | christoph.liedtke@infineon.com |
| Asia | Kaye Lim | +65 6840 0689 / 0073 | kaye.lim@infineon.com |
| Japan | Hirotaka Shiroguchi | +81 3 5449 6795 / 6401 | hirotaka.shiroguchi@infineon.com |
| Investor Relations | EU/APAC +49 89 234 26655 | USA/CAN +1 408 501 6800 | investor.relations@infineon.com |