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
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 25.0207. ~~Results~~Submission of ~~Operations~~Matters ~~and~~to ~~Financial~~a ~~Condition~~Vote of Security Holders.

~~On May 6, 2019,~~ Rudolph Technologies, Inc. ~~issued~~(the a“Company”) ~~press~~held ~~release~~its ~~reporting~~2019 ~~its~~Annual ~~financial~~Meeting ~~results~~of ~~for~~Stockholders (the ~~three~~“2019 ~~months~~Annual ~~ended~~Meeting”) ~~March~~on 31May 15, 2019. ~~The~~at ~~press~~its ~~release~~principal isexecutive ~~attached~~offices ~~hereto~~located asin ~~Exhibit~~Wilmington, 99Massachusetts.1. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as follows:

~~The~~Proposal ~~information~~1: inElection ~~this~~of ~~Current~~three ~~Report~~Class onII ~~Form~~directors ~~8-K~~to ~~and~~serve ~~the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed"~~ for ~~purposes~~three-year ofterms ~~Section~~expiring 18upon of the ~~Securities~~2022 ~~Exchange~~Annual ~~Act~~Meeting of ~~1934~~Stockholders ~~(the "Exchange Act")~~ or ~~otherwise~~until ~~subject~~their tosuccessors ~~the~~are ~~liabilities~~elected. ofThe ~~that~~director ~~section,~~nominees ~~nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.~~were:

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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

~~(d)~~Each ~~Exhibits~~director nominee was elected a director of Rudolph Technologies, Inc.

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Press Release issued May 6, 2019

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:

EXHIBIT INDEX

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

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Press Release issued May 6, 2019

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 615, 2019 By: /s/ Michael P. Plisinski Michael P. Plisinski Chief Executive Officer

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