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: November 21, 2007
(Date of earliest event reported)
RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-33834 | 36-4419301 | ||
| (State of incorporation) | Commission File No. | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
9931 Franklin Avenue Franklin Park, Illinois | 60131 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On November 21, 2007, Rubicon Technology, Inc. (“Rubicon”) closed the initial public offering of shares of its common stock. Rubicon sold 6,505,000 shares of common stock, which included the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase up to 1,005,000 shares to cover overallotments, and the selling stockholders named in Rubicon’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-145880) sold an aggregate of 1,200,000 shares of common stock. The net proceeds, before expenses, received by Rubicon from the offering were $84,695,100 and the net proceeds received by the selling stockholders were $15,624,000.
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: November 21, 2007 | By: | /s/ Raja M. Parvez | ||||
| Name: | Raja M. Parvez | |||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
