SEC FORM 4

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^*

CALDWELL DONALD R

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O RUBICON TECHNOLOGY, INC.

900 EAST GREEN ST., UNIT A

(Street)

BENSENVILLE

60106

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Rubicon Technology, Inc. [ RBCN ]

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

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2015

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	01/01/2015		A		8,670⁽¹⁾	A	$0.00	35,533⁽²⁾	D⁽³⁾
Common Stock								2,217,851⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	I	See footnote.⁽⁴⁾

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Consists of restricted stock pursuant to grants that vest according to the following schedule: 2,167 shares vest on March 31, 2015, 2,167 shares vest on June 30, 2015, 2,168 shares vest on September 30, 2015 and 2,168 shares vest on December 31, 2015.

2. Includes 8,670 shares of restricted stock pursuant to grants that vest as indicated in footnote 1.

3. Under the terms of the applicable partnership agreements of the Funds (as defined below), the Reporting Person is deemed to hold the newly acquired shares plus an additional 19,763 shares (for a total of 28,433 shares), for the benefit of the Funds, which are entitled to receive the net economic benefit of the shares as a credit against the management fees owed by the Funds to Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

4. Consists of shares held by Cross Atlantic Technology Fund, II, L.P. and/or The Co-Investment 2000 Fund, L.P. (the "Funds"). The Reporting Person is the owner and director of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc., which is the investment manager for each of the Funds. The Reporting Person is a director, shareholder and officer of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners II, Inc., which is the general partner of XATF Management II, L.P., which is the general partner of Cross Atlantic Technology Fund II, L.P. The Reporting Person is a shareholder, director and officer of Co-Invest Capital Partners, Inc., which is the general partner of Co-Invest Management, L.P., which is the general partner of The Co-Investment 2000 Fund, L.P. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Funds except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

5. Cross Atlantic Technology Fund II, L.P. holds 1,047,698 shares of common stock and The Co-Investment 2000 Fund, L.P. holds 1,170,153 shares of common stock.

Remarks:

	/s/ Scott Glickson, attorney-in-fact	01/05/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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