UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~the~~Date ~~Securities~~of ~~Exchange~~Report ~~Act~~(Date of ~~1934~~earliest event reported): February 21, 2018

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 1, 2018

RPX Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-35146	26-2990113
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Market Plaza

Suite 1100

San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(866) 779-7641

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 52.02 ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

On ~~December 14~~February 21, ~~2017~~2018, RPX Corporation ~~(the~~issued ~~“Company”)~~a ~~announced~~press release announcing its financial results for the ~~departure~~fourth ofquarter ~~Mr.~~and ~~Steven~~year S.ended ~~Swank~~December 31, 2017. The full text of the ~~Company’s~~press ~~Chief~~release ~~Revenue~~is ~~Officer,~~attached ~~from~~hereto ~~his~~as ~~position~~Exhibit at99.1 ~~the~~and ~~Company~~is incorporated herein by reference.

InThis ~~connection~~information ~~with~~shall ~~Mr.~~not ~~Swank’s~~be ~~departure,~~deemed ~~the~~“filed” ~~Company~~for ~~and~~purposes ~~Mr.~~of ~~Swank~~Section ~~executed~~18 aof ~~Separation~~the ~~Agreement~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “~~Separation~~Exchange ~~Agreement~~Act”), ~~dated~~or ~~February~~incorporated 1,by ~~2018.~~reference ~~Pursuant~~in toany filing under the ~~terms~~Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the ~~Separation~~Exchange ~~Agreement~~Act, ~~Mr.~~except ~~Swank~~as ~~will~~shall ~~receive~~be ~~the~~expressly ~~following~~set ~~severance~~forth ~~benefits:~~by specific reference in such a filing.

1Item 2.06 Material ~~payment of an amount equal to his current base salary for twelve (12) months, or $350,000 (less all applicable withholdings);~~Impairment.

2.On aFebruary 21, ~~one~~2018, RPX Corporation concluded that non-~~time~~cash ~~lump~~impairment ~~sum~~losses ~~payment~~of $94.1 million will be recorded in the ~~amount~~financial information of ~~$175~~the three months and fiscal year ended December 31,~~000~~ ~~(less~~2017, ~~all~~$89.0 ~~applicable~~million ~~withholdings~~of which relates to goodwill in its discovery services segment and the remaining impairment is associated with its cost method investments in its patent risk management segment. RPX Corporation's conclusion on goodwill impairment was made in connection with its annual impairment testing of goodwill for its discovery services business which resulted in the carrying values exceeding the fair values primarily due to (1); decreased expected future cash flows from pricing pressures and competition in the discovery services marketplace as well as significant fluctuations due to the project-based nature of these cash flows, and (2) a decrease in estimated peer company values. No cash expenditures are anticipated as a result of the impairment losses.

3. to the extent Mr. Swank elects to continue health insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”), payment of the monthly premium under COBRA for Mr. Swank and, if applicable, his dependents, until the earliest of (a) December 31, 2018, (b) the expiration of Mr. Swank’s continuation coverage under COBRA or (c) the date when Mr. Swank becomes eligible for health insurance in connection with new employment or self-employment.

The Separation Agreement contains a release of claims by Mr. Swank and a mutual non-disparagement provision.

The foregoing description of the Separation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Separation Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Separation Agreement dated February 1, 2018 by and between RPX Corporation and Steven Swank.
99.1		Press release issued by RPX Corporation dated February 21, 2018

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 hereunto duly authorized.

		RPX Corporation
		By:	/s/ EMILY T. GAVIN
			Emily T. Gavin
			General Counsel
Date:	February 5, 2018



	RPX Corporation


	By:	/s/ EMILY T. GAVIN
		Emily T. Gavin
		General Counsel

Dated: February 21, 2018

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by RPX Corporation dated February 21, 2018

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