Edgar Filing: Rubicon Technology, Inc.

RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Dated: June 30, 2014

/s/ William F. Weissman

William F. Weissman

Chief Financial Officer

8-K

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 25, 2014

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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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 25, 2014. 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 2017, as follows:


	FOR		WITHHELD		BROKER NON-VOTES
Raja M. Parvez		18,424,257		219,938		4,793,037
Raymond J. Spencer		18,540,466		103,729		4,793,037

The following directors, who were not up for reelection at the Annual Meeting, continue to serve as directors following the meeting: Michael E. Mikolajczyk, Don N. Aquilano and Donald R. Caldwell.

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, 2014

The ratification of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 was approved as follows:


FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
	23,230,773		159,064		47,395

Proposal 3: Approval, on an Advisory, Non-binding Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory, non-binding basis, as follows:


FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN		BROKER NON- VOTES
	18,360,925		207,541		75,729		4,793,037

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.