13D Filing: Aldebaran Capital, LLC and Rubicon Technology Inc. (RBCN)

Page 5 of 8 – SEC Filing

CUSIP No.  78112T206

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

(a-c) As of the date hereof, Aldebaran Capital, LLC, and Kenneth R. Skarbeck may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 160,373 Shares which constitute 5.8% of the Issuer’s stock, based upon the 2,710,239 Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2017. Included in the 160,373 Shares held in Aldebaran Capital Accounts are 3,770 Shares beneficially held in family accounts related to Kenneth R. Skarbeck.

Aldebaran has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 0 Shares, and Kenneth R. Skarbeck has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 0 Shares to which this filing relates. Aldebaran has the shared power to vote or direct the vote of 160,373 Shares, and Kenneth R. Skarbeck has the shared power to vote or direct the vote of 160,373 Shares to which this filing relates.

 Aldebaran has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 0 Shares, and Kenneth R. Skarbeck has the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 0 Shares to which this filing relates. Aldebaran has the shared

power to dispose or direct the disposition of 160,373 Shares, and Kenneth R. Skarbeck has the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 160,373 Shares to which this filing relates.

Transactions in the Shares including the trade dates, number of Shares purchased and the price per share during the past sixty (60) days by the Reporting Persons are set forth in Exhibit B.  These transactions were effected in the open market and are incorporated herein by reference.

The Reporting Persons specifically disclaim beneficial ownership in the Shares reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

(d) Aldebaran advisory clients have the right to receive and the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, and the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares owned by them.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, no person other than the Reporting Persons is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.  No advisory client is known to the Reporting Persons to have more than five percent of the Issuer’s Shares.

(e) Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

    Each of the Reporting Persons is a party to a Joint Filing Agreement dated as of June 30, 2017 (the “Joint Filing Agreement”), pursuant to which the Reporting Persons agreed to jointly file this Statement and any and all amendments and supplements hereto with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Joins Filing Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits

Exhibit A:     Joint Filing Agreement by and among Aldebaran Capital, LLC, and Kenneth R. Skarbeck, dated June 30, 2017.

Exhibit B:     A description of the transactions in the Shares that were effected by the Reporting Persons during the 60 days prior to June 30, 2017 is filed herewith as Exhibit B.

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