Thomas Sonderman Form 4 RUDOLPH / THOMAS SONDERMAN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SONDERMAN THOMAS

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

16 JONSPIN ROAD

(Street)

WILMINGTON MA 01887

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES INC [ RTEC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director		10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	X	Other (specify below)
VP & General Manager, ISG

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/16/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/16/2017		D		282(1)	D	$21.8	16,682	D
Common Stock	02/16/2017		A		3,741(2)	A	$0.0	20,423	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares withheld by Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units grants previously received by the Reporting Person.

2. On January 27, 2016, the Compensation Committee of Rudolph Technologies' Board of Directors established targets for the award of performance-based Restricted Stock Units ("RSU's") such that the number of RSU's issued under the award would be contingent on the Company achieving certain revenue and non-GAAP operating income goals for fiscal year 2016 (the "Metrics"). Effective upon the receipt of the Company's 2016 audited financial results from its independent auditors, a final determination of the number of performance-based RSU's to be awarded was made based on achievement against the 2016 Metrics. The awarded performance-based RSU's are still subject to a service requirement such that the award shall vest with respect to twenty percent (20%) of the shares subject to the award (rounded down to the next whole number of shares) on February 16, 2017 and on each of the subsequent four (4) years vesting annually on January 27.

	By: /s/ Robert A. Koch For: Thomas J. Sonderman	02/21/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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