Filing Details

¹ Beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of Rubicon Technology, Inc., par value $0.001 per share (“Shares”), is being reported hereunder solely because the reporting persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such Shares as a result of the relationships described under Item 2 and Item 3 and the matters described in Item 3, Item 4 and Item 5 of this Schedule 13D. Neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by any of the reporting persons that it is the beneficial owner of any Shares referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

² The percentages reported in this Schedule 13D are calculated based upon the 2,446,652 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2022, as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2022.

¹ Beneficial ownership of the Shares is being reported hereunder solely because the reporting persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such Shares as a result of the relationships described under Item 2 and Item 3 and the matters described in Item 3, Item 4 and Item 5 of this Schedule 13D. Neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by any of the reporting persons that it is the beneficial owner of any Shares referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

² The percentages reported in this Schedule 13D are calculated based upon the 2,446,652 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2022, as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2022.

¹ Beneficial ownership of the Shares is being reported hereunder solely because the reporting persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such Shares as a result of the relationships described under Item 2 and Item 3 and the matters described in Item 3, Item 4 and Item 5 of this Schedule 13D. Neither the filing of this Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by any of the reporting persons that it is the beneficial owner of any Shares referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

² The percentages reported in this Schedule 13D are calculated based upon the 2,446,652 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2022, as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2022.

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

On July 1, 2022, Janel and Issuer entered into a Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Janel will commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire 45.0% of the issued and outstanding Shares of Issuer’s common stock on a fully diluted basis, at a price per Share of $20.00 (such per Share amount, the “Offer Price”).

 

 

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Tender and Voting Agreement

 

Each Tender and Voting Agreement was entered into as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Janel to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to increase the likelihood that the Minimum Condition will be satisfied. Pursuant to the Tender and Voting Agreements, the Principal Stockholders party thereto agreed to validly tender to Janel pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer, an aggregate of 675,263 Shares of Issuer common stock beneficially owned by the Principal Stockholders on the date of each Tender and Voting Agreement (the “Existing Shares”), subject to proration for tenders by other stockholders, and not to withdraw the Existing Shares from the Offer. If any Principal Stockholder acquires beneficial ownership of any additional outstanding Shares of Issuer’s common stock after the date of such Tender and Voting Agreement to which it is a party and prior to the termination of the Tender and Voting Agreement (together with the Existing Shares, the “TO Shares”), such Principal Stockholder agrees to validly tender such TO Shares to Janel in accordance with the Offer, and in any event prior to the expiration date of the Offer. Each Principal Stockholder agreed not to withdraw any TO Shares so tendered unless the Tender and Voting Agreement to which such Principal Stockholder is a party or the Offer is terminated or otherwise terminates in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Principal Stockholder may decline to tender, or may withdraw, any and all of such Principal Stockholder’s TO Shares if, without the consent of such Principal Stockholder, Janel amends the Offer to (i) reduce the Offer Price for the TO Shares in the Offer, (ii) reduce the number of Shares of Issuer’s common stock subject to the Offer, (iii) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer (iv) change the “Minimum Condition,” which is contemplated to require tender of 35.0% of the fully diluted Shares of Issuer’s common stock, or (v) amend or modify any term or condition of the Offer in a manner adverse to such Principal Stockholder.

 

In addition, during the term of the Tender and Voting Agreements, each Principal Stockholder irrevocably agreed to vote the TO Shares at any meeting of the holders of Issuer’s common stock, or in connection with any written consent of the holders of Issuer’s common stock: (i) in favor of approving the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement to which it is a party and any actions required in furtherance thereof (the “Transactions”); (ii) in favor of an amendment to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Issuer to implement a restriction to prevent any new stockholders from acquiring shares representing 4.9% or more of the outstanding Shares of Issuer’s common stock (the “Acquisition Restrictions”), (iii) against the following actions, agreements or transactions (other than the Transactions): (A) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, (B) a sale, lease or transfer of a material amount of assets of Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, or a reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, (C) (1) any change in a majority of the persons who constitute the Board of Directors of Issuer, (2) any change in the present capitalization of Issuer or any amendment of the organizational documents of Issuer (other than the Acquisition Restrictions), (3) any other material change in Issuer’s corporate structure or business or (4) any other action which, in the case of each of the matters referred to in clauses (C)(1), (2) or (3), is intended or could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage, frustrate the purpose of or adversely affect the Transactions contemplated by the Tender and Voting Agreement and the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Proxy Matters”).

 

Each Principal Stockholder irrevocably appointed Janel and each of its executive officers, in their capacities as officers of Janel (the “Grantees”), as such Principal Stockholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact, to vote the TO Shares in accordance with the Tender and Voting Agreements and in the discretion of the Grantees as to the Proxy Matters only. Each Principal Stockholder retains the right to vote the TO Shares in such Principal Stockholder’s sole discretion and without any other limitation on all matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the proxy granted by each Principal Stockholder will be revoked upon termination of the Tender and Voting Agreement to which such Principal Stockholder is a party in accordance with its terms. If a Principal Stockholder is not the record owner of all the TO Shares, such Principal Stockholder agrees to cause the record owner thereof to execute and grant an irrevocable proxy conforming to the above provisions.

 

The foregoing description of the Tender and Voting Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each Tender and Voting Agreement, which are attached as Exhibits 3, 4, 5 and 6 and are incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Amendment No. 1 is true, complete and correct.

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