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 23, 2015
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 23, 2015. The matters that were voted on at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results as to each such matter are set forth below. For additional information on these proposals, please see the Company’s 2015 Proxy Statement.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The following nominee was elected to the Board of Directors for a three-year term expiring in 2018, as follows:
| FOR | WITHHELD | BROKER NON-VOTES |
||||||||||
| Michael E. Mikolajczyk |
17,818,264 | 495,750 | 4,865,798 | |||||||||
The following directors, who were not up for reelection at the Annual Meeting, continue to serve as directors following the meeting: Don N. Aquilano, Donald R. Caldwell, Raymond J. Spencer and William F. Weissman.
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, 2015
The ratification of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was approved as follows:
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
| 23,023,009 | 72,252 | 84,551 |
Proposal 3: Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to Implement a Majority Voting Standard in Uncontested Director Elections
The stockholders did not approve the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to implement a majority voting standard in uncontested director elections:
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKER | |||
| 18,232,072 | 57,201 | 24,741 | 4,865,798 |
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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: June 26, 2015 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Mardel A. Graffy | |||||
| Name: | Mardel A. Graffy | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
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