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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, DC20549
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b>FORM 8-K<br>
</b></p>
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b>CURRENT REPORT
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<br>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
tab-stops:193.5pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">June 27, 2005
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  mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b>RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, Inc.
      </b></p>
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  mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</p>
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  text-autospace:none"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      Delaware&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      000-27965&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;22-3531208
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      or Other Jurisdiction
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  mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">of
      Incorporation)

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      Rudolph Road
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      <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Flanders,
      New Jersey
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  mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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telephone number, including area code: <b>(973) 691-1300
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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<i>see</i>
General Instruction A.2. below):
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<p><b>Item
1.01&nbsp;&nbsp; Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement
</b></p>
<p>The information set forth under "Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights
of Securities Holders" is incorporated herein by reference.
</p>
<p><b>&nbsp;
</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b>Item&nbsp;3.03.</b>&nbsp;
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Modifications to Rights of
Security Holders and Item 5.03
Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.</b>
</p>
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text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2">On
June 27, 2005, Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot; or "we")
filed with the Delaware Secretary of State a Certificate of Designations (the "Certificate
of Designations") setting forth the terms of the Company's Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Preferred Shares").&nbsp;
The Certificate of Designations was filed in connection with the adoption
on June 27, 2005 by our Board of Directors of a Stockholder Rights Plan (the "Rights
Plan").
</a></p>
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text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
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text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In connection with the Rights Plan, our Board of Directors declared a
dividend of one preferred share purchase right (the "Rights") for each
outstanding share of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common
Shares"), outstanding at the close of business on June 28, 2005 (the "Record
Date"). Each Right will entitle the registered holder thereof, after the Rights
become exercisable and until June 28, 2015 (or the earlier redemption, exchange
or termination of the Rights), to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth
(1/1000th) of a Preferred Share, at a price of $120.00 per one one-thousandth
(1/1000th) of a Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments
(the "Purchase Price").
</p>
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text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Until the earlier to occur of (i) ten (10) days following a public
announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons has
acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 15% or more
of the Common Shares (an "Acquiring Person") or (ii) ten (10) business days (or
such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior
to such time as any person or group of affiliated persons becomes an Acquiring
Person) following the commencement or announcement of an intention to make a
tender offer or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in the
beneficial ownership by a person or group of 15% or more of the Common Shares
(the earlier of (i) and (ii) being called the "Distribution Date"), the Rights
will be evidenced, with respect to any of the Common Share certificates
outstanding as of the Record Date, by such Common Share certificate. The Rights
will be transferred with and only with the Common Shares until the Distribution
Date or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights. As soon as practicable
following the Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing the Rights ("Right
Certificates") will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Shares as of
the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Right
Certificates alone will evidence the Rights. The Rights will at no time have any
voting rights.&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><a name="OLE_LINK24"></a><a name="OLE_LINK25">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Agreement provides that each of (i) August Technology Corporation (</a><a name="OLE_LINK25">"August"),
by virtue of those certain Parent Stockholder Voting Agreements (as defined in
that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date of the Rights
Plan, between the Company, NS Merger Sub, Inc. and August), and (ii) Liberty
Partners Holdings 11, L.L.C. and its affiliates and associates, is an "Exempt
Person."&nbsp; </a>&nbsp;
</p>
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text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Each Preferred Share purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will be
entitled, when, as and if declared, to a minimum preferential quarterly dividend
payment of $10.00 per share but will be entitled to an aggregate dividend of
1,000 times the dividend, if any, declared per Common Share. In the event of the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the
Preferred Shares will be entitled to a preferential liquidation payment of
$1,000 per share plus any accrued but unpaid dividends but will be entitled to
an aggregate payment of 1,000 times the payment made per Common Share. Each
Preferred Share will have 1,000 votes and will vote together with the Common
Shares. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction
in which Common Shares are exchanged, each Preferred Share will be entitled to
receive 1,000 times the amount received per Common Share. Preferred Shares will
not be redeemable. These rights are protected by customary anti-dilution
provisions. Because of the nature of the Preferred Share's dividend,
liquidation and voting rights, the value of one one-thousandth of a Preferred
Share purchasable upon exercise of each Right should approximate the value of
one Common Share.&nbsp;
</p>
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text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In the event that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person or if we were the
surviving corporation in a merger with an Acquiring Person or any affiliate or
associate of an Acquiring Person and the Common Shares were not changed or
exchanged, each holder of a Right, other than Rights that are or were acquired
or beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person (which Rights will thereafter be
void), will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise that number of
Common Shares having a market value of two times the then current Purchase Price
of one Right. In the event that, after a person has become an Acquiring Person,
we were acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction or more
than 50% of its assets or earning power were sold, proper provision shall be
made so that each holder of a Right shall thereafter have the right to receive,
upon the exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price of the Right, that
number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company which at the time of
such transaction would have a market value of two times the then current
Purchase Price of one Right.&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText">At
any time after a Person becomes an Acquiring Person and prior to the earlier of
one of the events described in the last sentence of the previous paragraph or
the acquisition by such Acquiring Person of 50% or more of the outstanding
Common Shares, the Board of Directors may cause the Company to exchange the
Rights (other than Rights owned by an Acquiring Person which will have become
void), in whole or in part, for that number of Common Shares having an aggregate
value equal to the excess of the value of the Common Shares issuable upon the
exercise of a Right and the then current Purchase Price.
</p>
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text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Rights may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at a price of
$0.001 per Right (the "Redemption Price") by the Board of Directors at any time
prior to the time that an Acquiring Person has become such. The redemption of
the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such
conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish.
Immediately upon any redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights
will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive
the Redemption Price.&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Rights will expire on June 28, 2015 (unless earlier redeemed,
exchanged or terminated). American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company is the
Rights Agent. &nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of one one-thousandths of a
Preferred Share or other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the
Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in
the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or
reclassification of, the Preferred Shares, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the
Preferred Shares of certain rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
Preferred Shares or convertible securities at less than the current market price
of the Preferred Shares or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the
Preferred Shares of evidences of indebtedness, cash, securities or assets
(excluding regular periodic cash dividends at a rate not in excess of 125% of
the rate of the last regular periodic cash dividend theretofore paid or, in case
regular periodic cash dividends have not theretofore been paid, at a rate not in
excess of 50% of the average net income per share of the Company for the four
quarters ended immediately prior to the payment of such dividend, or dividends
payable in Preferred Shares (which dividends will be subject to the adjustment
described in clause (i) above)) or of subscription rights or warrants (other
than those referred to above).&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no
rights as a stockholder of the Company beyond those as an existing stockholder,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any of the provisions of the Rights Agreement dated as of June 27, 2005
between the Company and the Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement") may be amended
by our Board of Directors for so long as the Rights are then redeemable, and
after the Rights are no longer redeemable, we may amend or supplement the Rights
Agreement in any manner that does not adversely affect the interests of the
holder of the Rights.&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
One Right will be distributed to our stockholders for each Common Share
owned of record by them on June 28, 2005. As long as the Rights are attached to
the Common Shares, we will issue one Right with each new Common Share so that
all such shares will have attached Rights. As of March 1, 2005, there were
16,855,318 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.&nbsp;
The Company has agreed that, from and after the Distribution Date, we
will initially reserve 50,000 Preferred Shares for issuance upon exercise of the
Rights.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Rights are not being distributed in response to any specific effort
to acquire control of the Company. The Rights are designed to assure that all
our stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed
takeover of the Company and to guard against partial tender offers, open market
accumulations and other potentially abusive tactics to gain control of the
Company, while not foreclosing a fair acquisition bid for the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Rights Agreement specifying the terms of the Rights is incorporated herein
by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K Current Report.&nbsp;
This summary description of the Rights does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.&nbsp;
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b>
</b></p>
<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Item 5.03&nbsp;
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year.
</b></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
On June 27, 2005, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware.&nbsp; Pursuant thereto, the Company authorized 50,000 shares of its
preferred stock to be designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock,
as further described under "Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of
Securities Holders."&nbsp; As of the date
of this Form 8-K Current Report, none of
the
shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock have been issued.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u style="text-underline:double">
</u></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b>Item&nbsp;9.01.&nbsp;
Financial Statements and Exhibits.</b>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">(c)&nbsp;
Exhibits<i>.</i>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">&nbsp;
</p>
<div align="center">
  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="86%" style="width:86.72%;
 mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in">
    <tr>
      <td nowrap valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Exhibit No.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Description
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td nowrap valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
          <hr size="1" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="center">
          </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">

          <hr size="1" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="center">

        </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
       </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">3.4 (1)
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" valign="top" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Certificate of
        Designations for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of
        Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">4.1(2)
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" valign="top" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Rights Agreement,
        dated as June 27, 2005, between Rudolph Technologies, Inc. and American
        Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, which includes the form of
        Certificate of Designations of the Series A Junior Participating
        Preferred Stock of Rudolph Technologies, Inc. as Exhibit A, the form of
        Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
        Preferred Shares as Exhibit C.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">99.1
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" valign="top" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Press Release, dated
        as of June 28, 2005, announcing the adoption of the Rudolph
        Technologies, Inc. Rights Plan.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.3pt;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company,
Inc. on June 28, 2005.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporated by
reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company, Inc. on June 28, 2005.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in">&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in">&nbsp;
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.8pt;
margin-left:.5in;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:63.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><b>&nbsp;
</b></p>
<b><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
</b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.8pt;
margin-left:239.3pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK5"><b>SIGNATURES
</b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:22.55pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none">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 hereunto
duly authorized.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
</p>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;
 mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in">
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;mso-pagination:none;
  mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
     </p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">RUDOLPH
      TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
  mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
     </p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;  </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">Date:&nbsp;
      <a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7">June 28, 2005</a>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">By:&nbsp;
      <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/
      Steven R. Roth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

      </u></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;</p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">Name:&nbsp;
      Steven R. Roth<sup>

      </sup></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
     </p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">Title:>&nbsp;
      Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;</p>
    </td>
    <td width="360" valign="top" style="width:3.75in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
  text-autospace:none">&nbsp;</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none">&nbsp;
</p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">&nbsp;
</p>
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b>EXHIBIT
INDEX</b>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">&nbsp;
</p>
<div align="center">
  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="86%" style="width:86.72%;
 mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in">
    <tr>
      <td nowrap valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Exhibit No.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Description
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td nowrap valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">

          <hr size="1" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="center">
          </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
       </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
         <hr size="1" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="center">
          </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">3.4(1)
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" valign="top" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Certificate of
        Designations for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of
        Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">>4.1(2)
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
       </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" valign="top" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Rights Agreement,
        dated as June 27, 2005, between Rudolph Technologies, Inc. and American
        Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, which includes the form of
        Certificate of Designations of the Series A Junior Participating
        Preferred Stock of Rudolph Technologies, Inc. as Exhibit A, the form of
        Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
        Preferred Shares as Exhibit C.
       </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">99.1
        </p>
      </td>
      <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="width:1.04%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;
       </p>
      </td>
      <td width="80%" valign="top" style="width:80.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
        <p class="MsoNormal">Press Release, dated
        as of June 28, 2005, announcing the adoption of the Rudolph
        Technologies, Inc. Rights Plan.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40.3pt;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.5in 0in .5in"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company,
Inc. on June 28, 2005.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-.25in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporated by
reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company, Inc. on June 28, 2005.
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt" align="right">&nbsp;<b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt">&nbsp;
</p>
<p align="center"><b>RUDOLPH ADOPTS STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN</b></p>
<p><b>FLANDERS, N.J., June 28, 2005 </b>- Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:
RTEC) today announced that the Board of Directors of Rudolph has adopted a
Stockholder Rights Plan (the &quot;Rights Plan&quot;). The Rights Plan is
intended to enable all Rudolph stockholders to realize the long-term value of
their investment in Rudolph. The Rights Plan will not prevent a takeover, but
should encourage anyone seeking to acquire Rudolph to negotiate with the Board
of Directors prior to attempting a takeover. The Rights Plan will expire in
2015.</p>
<p>Pursuant to the Rights Plan, the Rudolph Board declared a dividend
distribution of one Preferred Share Purchase Right (a &quot;Right&quot;) on each
outstanding share of Rudolph common stock. Subject to limited exceptions, the
Rights will be exercisable if a person or group acquires 15% or more of Rudolph'
common stock or announces a tender offer for 15% or more of the common stock.
Under certain circumstances, each Right will entitle stockholders to buy one
one-thousandth of a share of newly created Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of Rudolph at an exercise price of $120. The Rudolph Board will
be entitled to redeem the Rights at $0.001 per Right at any time before a person
has acquired 15% or more of the outstanding common stock.</p>
<p>The Agreement exempts each of (i) August Technology Corporation
(&quot;August&quot;), by virtue of those certain Parent Voting Agreements (as
defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date of
the Rights Plan, between the Company, NS Merger Sub, Inc. and August), and (ii)
Liberty Partners Holdings 11, L.L.C and its affiliates and associates.</p>
<p>The Rights are not being distributed in response to any specific effort to
acquire control of Rudolph. The Rights are designed to assure that all Rudolph
stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed
takeover of Rudolph and to guard against partial tender offers, open market
accumulations and other potentially abusive tactics to gain control of Rudolph,
while not foreclosing a fair acquisition bid for Rudolph.</p>
<p>If a person becomes an Acquiring Person, each Right will entitle its holder
to purchase, at the Right's then-current exercise price, a number of common
shares of Rudolph having a market value at that time of twice the Right's
exercise price, other than Rights held by the Acquiring Person which will become
void and will not be exercisable. An Acquiring Person is defined as a person who
acquires 15% or more of the outstanding common stock of Rudolph. If Rudolph is
acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction that has not been
approved by the Board of Directors, each Right will entitle its holder to
purchase, at the Right's then-current exercise price, a number of the acquiring
company's common shares having a market value at that time of twice the Right's
exercise price.</p>
<p>The dividend distribution to establish the new Rights Plan will be payable to
stockholders of record on June 28, 2005. The Rights distribution is not taxable
to stockholders.</p>
<p><b>ABOUT RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</b></p>
<p>Rudolph Technologies is a worldwide leader in the design, development and
manufacture of high-performance process control metrology and defect inspection
systems used by semiconductor device manufacturers. The Company's products
provide a full-fab solution through its families of proprietary systems, which
are used throughout the device manufacturing process. Rudolph's product
development has successfully anticipated and addressed many emerging trends that
are driving the semiconductor industry's growth in order to enhance the
competitiveness of its products in the marketplace. The Company's success in
creating complementary metrology and inspection applications through aggressive
research and development is key to Rudolph's strategy for continued
technological and market leadership.</p>
<p><b>FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS</b></p>
<p>This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can
identify those so-called &quot;forward-looking statements&quot; by words such as
&quot;may,&quot; &quot;will,&quot; &quot;would,&quot; &quot;should,&quot;
&quot;could,&quot; &quot;expects,&quot; &quot;plans,&quot;
&quot;anticipates,&quot; &quot;believes,&quot; &quot;estimates,&quot;
&quot;predicts,&quot; &quot;potential,&quot; or &quot;continue,&quot; or the
negative of those and other comparable words and phrases. Rudolph wishes to take
advantage of the &quot;safe harbor&quot; provided for by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and you are cautioned that actual events or
results may differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-
looking statements as a result of various factors, including risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Rudolph. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to:
(1) cyclicality of the semiconductor industry; (2) customer concentration; (3)
introduction of new products by our competitors; and (4) sole or limited sources
of supply. Factors that May Affect Future Results&quot; in Rudolph's Form 10-K
filed for the year ended December 31, 2004, which also summarizes certain other
risks and uncertainties. These factors are updated from time to time through the
filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Rudolph does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking
information contained in this press release.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt">&nbsp;
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UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC20549
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):
June 27, 2005
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware                                            
      000-27965                              
                 22-3531208
(State
      or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of
      Incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
One
      Rudolph Road
Flanders,
      New Jersey
07836
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code:
(973) 691-1300
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
[ ] Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[ ]
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
[ ]
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ]
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
1.01   Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement
The information set forth under "Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights
of Securities Holders" is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03.
Modifications to Rights of
Security Holders and Item 5.03
Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.
On
June 27, 2005, Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "we")
filed with the Delaware Secretary of State a Certificate of Designations (the "Certificate
of Designations") setting forth the terms of the Company's Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Preferred Shares"). 
The Certificate of Designations was filed in connection with the adoption
on June 27, 2005 by our Board of Directors of a Stockholder Rights Plan (the "Rights
Plan").
In connection with the Rights Plan, our Board of Directors declared a
dividend of one preferred share purchase right (the "Rights") for each
outstanding share of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common
Shares"), outstanding at the close of business on June 28, 2005 (the "Record
Date"). Each Right will entitle the registered holder thereof, after the Rights
become exercisable and until June 28, 2015 (or the earlier redemption, exchange
or termination of the Rights), to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth
(1/1000th) of a Preferred Share, at a price of $120.00 per one one-thousandth
(1/1000th) of a Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments
(the "Purchase Price").
Until the earlier to occur of (i) ten (10) days following a public
announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons has
acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 15% or more
of the Common Shares (an "Acquiring Person") or (ii) ten (10) business days (or
such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior
to such time as any person or group of affiliated persons becomes an Acquiring
Person) following the commencement or announcement of an intention to make a
tender offer or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in the
beneficial ownership by a person or group of 15% or more of the Common Shares
(the earlier of (i) and (ii) being called the "Distribution Date"), the Rights
will be evidenced, with respect to any of the Common Share certificates
outstanding as of the Record Date, by such Common Share certificate. The Rights
will be transferred with and only with the Common Shares until the Distribution
Date or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights. As soon as practicable
following the Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing the Rights ("Right
Certificates") will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Shares as of
the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Right
Certificates alone will evidence the Rights. The Rights will at no time have any
voting rights.
The Agreement provides that each of (i) August Technology Corporation (
"August"),
by virtue of those certain Parent Stockholder Voting Agreements (as defined in
that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date of the Rights
Plan, between the Company, NS Merger Sub, Inc. and August), and (ii) Liberty
Partners Holdings 11, L.L.C. and its affiliates and associates, is an "Exempt
Person."
Each Preferred Share purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will be
entitled, when, as and if declared, to a minimum preferential quarterly dividend
payment of $10.00 per share but will be entitled to an aggregate dividend of
1,000 times the dividend, if any, declared per Common Share. In the event of the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the
Preferred Shares will be entitled to a preferential liquidation payment of
$1,000 per share plus any accrued but unpaid dividends but will be entitled to
an aggregate payment of 1,000 times the payment made per Common Share. Each
Preferred Share will have 1,000 votes and will vote together with the Common
Shares. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction
in which Common Shares are exchanged, each Preferred Share will be entitled to
receive 1,000 times the amount received per Common Share. Preferred Shares will
not be redeemable. These rights are protected by customary anti-dilution
provisions. Because of the nature of the Preferred Share's dividend,
liquidation and voting rights, the value of one one-thousandth of a Preferred
Share purchasable upon exercise of each Right should approximate the value of
one Common Share.
In the event that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person or if we were the
surviving corporation in a merger with an Acquiring Person or any affiliate or
associate of an Acquiring Person and the Common Shares were not changed or
exchanged, each holder of a Right, other than Rights that are or were acquired
or beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person (which Rights will thereafter be
void), will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise that number of
Common Shares having a market value of two times the then current Purchase Price
of one Right. In the event that, after a person has become an Acquiring Person,
we were acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction or more
than 50% of its assets or earning power were sold, proper provision shall be
made so that each holder of a Right shall thereafter have the right to receive,
upon the exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price of the Right, that
number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company which at the time of
such transaction would have a market value of two times the then current
Purchase Price of one Right.
At
any time after a Person becomes an Acquiring Person and prior to the earlier of
one of the events described in the last sentence of the previous paragraph or
the acquisition by such Acquiring Person of 50% or more of the outstanding
Common Shares, the Board of Directors may cause the Company to exchange the
Rights (other than Rights owned by an Acquiring Person which will have become
void), in whole or in part, for that number of Common Shares having an aggregate
value equal to the excess of the value of the Common Shares issuable upon the
exercise of a Right and the then current Purchase Price.
The Rights may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at a price of
$0.001 per Right (the "Redemption Price") by the Board of Directors at any time
prior to the time that an Acquiring Person has become such. The redemption of
the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such
conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish.
Immediately upon any redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights
will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive
the Redemption Price.
The Rights will expire on June 28, 2015 (unless earlier redeemed,
exchanged or terminated). American Stock Transfer & Trust Company is the
Rights Agent.
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of one one-thousandths of a
Preferred Share or other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the
Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in
the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or
reclassification of, the Preferred Shares, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the
Preferred Shares of certain rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
Preferred Shares or convertible securities at less than the current market price
of the Preferred Shares or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the
Preferred Shares of evidences of indebtedness, cash, securities or assets
(excluding regular periodic cash dividends at a rate not in excess of 125% of
the rate of the last regular periodic cash dividend theretofore paid or, in case
regular periodic cash dividends have not theretofore been paid, at a rate not in
excess of 50% of the average net income per share of the Company for the four
quarters ended immediately prior to the payment of such dividend, or dividends
payable in Preferred Shares (which dividends will be subject to the adjustment
described in clause (i) above)) or of subscription rights or warrants (other
than those referred to above).
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no
rights as a stockholder of the Company beyond those as an existing stockholder,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.
Any of the provisions of the Rights Agreement dated as of June 27, 2005
between the Company and the Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement") may be amended
by our Board of Directors for so long as the Rights are then redeemable, and
after the Rights are no longer redeemable, we may amend or supplement the Rights
Agreement in any manner that does not adversely affect the interests of the
holder of the Rights.
One Right will be distributed to our stockholders for each Common Share
owned of record by them on June 28, 2005. As long as the Rights are attached to
the Common Shares, we will issue one Right with each new Common Share so that
all such shares will have attached Rights. As of March 1, 2005, there were
16,855,318 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. 
The Company has agreed that, from and after the Distribution Date, we
will initially reserve 50,000 Preferred Shares for issuance upon exercise of the
Rights.
The Rights are not being distributed in response to any specific effort
to acquire control of the Company. The Rights are designed to assure that all
our stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed
takeover of the Company and to guard against partial tender offers, open market
accumulations and other potentially abusive tactics to gain control of the
Company, while not foreclosing a fair acquisition bid for the Company.
The Rights Agreement specifying the terms of the Rights is incorporated herein
by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K Current Report. 
This summary description of the Rights does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Item 5.03 
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year.
On June 27, 2005, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware.  Pursuant thereto, the Company authorized 50,000 shares of its
preferred stock to be designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock,
as further described under "Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of
Securities Holders."  As of the date
of this Form 8-K Current Report, none of
the
shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock have been issued.
Item 9.01. 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) 
Exhibits
.
Exhibit No.
Description
3.4 (1)
Certificate of
        Designations for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of
        Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
4.1(2)
Rights Agreement,
        dated as June 27, 2005, between Rudolph Technologies, Inc. and American
        Stock Transfer & Trust Company, which includes the form of
        Certificate of Designations of the Series A Junior Participating
        Preferred Stock of Rudolph Technologies, Inc. as Exhibit A, the form of
        Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
        Preferred Shares as Exhibit C.
99.1
Press Release, dated
        as of June 28, 2005, announcing the adoption of the Rudolph
        Technologies, Inc. Rights Plan.
(1)  
Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company,
Inc. on June 28, 2005.
(2)   Incorporated by
reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company, Inc. on June 28, 2005.
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 hereunto
duly authorized.
RUDOLPH
      TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date:
June 28, 2005
By:
/s/
      Steven R. Roth
Name: 
      Steven R. Roth
Title:> 
      Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
3.4(1)
Certificate of
        Designations for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of
        Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
>4.1(2)
Rights Agreement,
        dated as June 27, 2005, between Rudolph Technologies, Inc. and American
        Stock Transfer & Trust Company, which includes the form of
        Certificate of Designations of the Series A Junior Participating
        Preferred Stock of Rudolph Technologies, Inc. as Exhibit A, the form of
        Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
        Preferred Shares as Exhibit C.
99.1
Press Release, dated
        as of June 28, 2005, announcing the adoption of the Rudolph
        Technologies, Inc. Rights Plan.
(1)  
Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company,
Inc. on June 28, 2005.
(2)   Incorporated by
reference to the Form 8-A filed by the Company, Inc. on June 28, 2005.
Exhibit 99.1
RUDOLPH ADOPTS STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
FLANDERS, N.J., June 28, 2005
- Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:
RTEC) today announced that the Board of Directors of Rudolph has adopted a
Stockholder Rights Plan (the "Rights Plan"). The Rights Plan is
intended to enable all Rudolph stockholders to realize the long-term value of
their investment in Rudolph. The Rights Plan will not prevent a takeover, but
should encourage anyone seeking to acquire Rudolph to negotiate with the Board
of Directors prior to attempting a takeover. The Rights Plan will expire in
2015.
Pursuant to the Rights Plan, the Rudolph Board declared a dividend
distribution of one Preferred Share Purchase Right (a "Right") on each
outstanding share of Rudolph common stock. Subject to limited exceptions, the
Rights will be exercisable if a person or group acquires 15% or more of Rudolph'
common stock or announces a tender offer for 15% or more of the common stock.
Under certain circumstances, each Right will entitle stockholders to buy one
one-thousandth of a share of newly created Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of Rudolph at an exercise price of $120. The Rudolph Board will
be entitled to redeem the Rights at $0.001 per Right at any time before a person
has acquired 15% or more of the outstanding common stock.
The Agreement exempts each of (i) August Technology Corporation
("August"), by virtue of those certain Parent Voting Agreements (as
defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date of
the Rights Plan, between the Company, NS Merger Sub, Inc. and August), and (ii)
Liberty Partners Holdings 11, L.L.C and its affiliates and associates.
The Rights are not being distributed in response to any specific effort to
acquire control of Rudolph. The Rights are designed to assure that all Rudolph
stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed
takeover of Rudolph and to guard against partial tender offers, open market
accumulations and other potentially abusive tactics to gain control of Rudolph,
while not foreclosing a fair acquisition bid for Rudolph.
If a person becomes an Acquiring Person, each Right will entitle its holder
to purchase, at the Right's then-current exercise price, a number of common
shares of Rudolph having a market value at that time of twice the Right's
exercise price, other than Rights held by the Acquiring Person which will become
void and will not be exercisable. An Acquiring Person is defined as a person who
acquires 15% or more of the outstanding common stock of Rudolph. If Rudolph is
acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction that has not been
approved by the Board of Directors, each Right will entitle its holder to
purchase, at the Right's then-current exercise price, a number of the acquiring
company's common shares having a market value at that time of twice the Right's
exercise price.
The dividend distribution to establish the new Rights Plan will be payable to
stockholders of record on June 28, 2005. The Rights distribution is not taxable
to stockholders.
ABOUT RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Rudolph Technologies is a worldwide leader in the design, development and
manufacture of high-performance process control metrology and defect inspection
systems used by semiconductor device manufacturers. The Company's products
provide a full-fab solution through its families of proprietary systems, which
are used throughout the device manufacturing process. Rudolph's product
development has successfully anticipated and addressed many emerging trends that
are driving the semiconductor industry's growth in order to enhance the
competitiveness of its products in the marketplace. The Company's success in
creating complementary metrology and inspection applications through aggressive
research and development is key to Rudolph's strategy for continued
technological and market leadership.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can
identify those so-called "forward-looking statements" by words such as
"may," "will," "would," "should,"
"could," "expects," "plans,"
"anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
"predicts," "potential," or "continue," or the
negative of those and other comparable words and phrases. Rudolph wishes to take
advantage of the "safe harbor" provided for by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and you are cautioned that actual events or
results may differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-
looking statements as a result of various factors, including risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Rudolph. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to:
(1) cyclicality of the semiconductor industry; (2) customer concentration; (3)
introduction of new products by our competitors; and (4) sole or limited sources
of supply. Factors that May Affect Future Results" in Rudolph's Form 10-K
filed for the year ended December 31, 2004, which also summarizes certain other
risks and uncertainties. These factors are updated from time to time through the
filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Rudolph does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking
information contained in this press release.