UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 26, 2013
RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-33834 | 36-4419301 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 900 East Green Street Bensenville, Illinois |
60106 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(847) 295-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Rubicon Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting on June 26, 2013. The matters that were voted on at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results as to each such matter are set forth below.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The following nominees were elected to the Board of Directors for a three-year term expiring in 2016, as follows:
| BROKER | ||||||||||||
| FOR | WITHHELD | NON-VOTES | ||||||||||
| Don N. Aquilano |
13,364,673 | 818,904 | 5,309,461 | |||||||||
| Donald R. Caldwell |
13,169,877 | 1,013,700 | 5,309,461 | |||||||||
The following directors, who were not up for reelection at the Annual Meeting, continue to serve as directors following the meeting: Raja M. Parvez, Raymond J. Spencer and Michael E. Mikolajczyk.
Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Company for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2013
The ratification of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 was approved as follows:
| FOR |
AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
| 19,271,804 |
104,320 | 116,914 | ||||||
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.
| RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: July 2, 2013 | By: | /s/ William F. Weissman | ||||
| Name: | William F. Weissman | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||