Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report: July 30, 2008

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   Commission File No.   36-4419301
(State of Incorporation)   001-33834   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

9931 Franklin Avenue

Franklin Park, Illinois

   60131
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

(847) 295-7000

 

 

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 30, 2008, Rubicon Technology, Inc. (“Rubicon”) issued a press release and Rubicon will host a conference call on July 30, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. Central Time to announce its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Rubicon is making reference to non-GAAP financial information in both the press release and the conference call. Certain of the non-GAAP measures are described below and are included in the reconciliation to the corresponding GAAP measures in the financial tables contained in the press release.

GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.10 in the second quarter and diluted earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis (excluding the costs of Rubicon’s secondary offering) were $0.12. GAAP operating margin in the second quarter was 15.6% and non-GAAP operating margin (excluding costs of the secondary offering) was 20.3%. GAAP operating expenses in the second quarter were $2.5 million as compared to non-GAAP operating expenses (excluding secondary offering costs) of $2.0 million in the second quarter.

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

   

Exhibit

99.1    Press Release of Rubicon Technology, Inc. dated July 30, 2008.

SIGNATURE

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.
Date: July 30, 2008   By:  

/s/ William F. Weissman

  Name:   William F. Weissman
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit No.

   

Exhibit

99.1    Press Release of Rubicon Technology, Inc. dated July 30, 2008.