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): May 6, 2019

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE	001-36226	22-3531208
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
16 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (978) 253-6200

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	RTEC	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2019 Annual Meeting”) on May 15, 2019 at its principal executive offices located in Wilmington, Massachusetts. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of three Class II directors to serve for three-year terms expiring upon the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected. The director nominees were:

Nominee	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Daniel H. Berry		21,145,760		5,430,272		1,911		2,290,111
Vita A. Cassese		26,432,634		141,355		3,954		2,290,111
Thomas G. Greig		25,924,950		651,082		1,911		2,290,111

Each director nominee was elected a director of Rudolph Technologies, Inc.

Proposal 2: Non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis and in the tabular and accompanying narrative disclosure regarding named executive officer compensation in the Company’s proxy statement:

For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
	25,835,204				632,528				110,211				2,290,111

This proposal was approved.

Proposal 3: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019:

For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
	28,524,036				338,171				5,847				-

This proposal was approved.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.

Date: May 15, 2019

By: /s/ Michael P. Plisinski

Michael P. Plisinski

Chief Executive Officer

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