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)

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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.

 

    RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Dated: June 30, 2014     By:   /s/ William F. Weissman
    Name:   William F. Weissman
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer